Critical Listening Studio Engineering Workshop with Bruce Swedien
July 7, 2009 by Aaron Diemel
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Does Michael Jackson (the 104 million selling ‘Thriller’ LP), Quincy Jones, James Ingram, Michael McDonald, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Jennifer Lopez, Muddy Waters, Duke Ellington sound familiar? Well the man behind their sonic achievements has opened the doors of his West Viking Studio to host a series of critical listening workshops and guess what?…. You’re invited!
www.criticallistening.net is currently accepting 10 students to attend Bruce’s Critical Listening Workshop to be held at Bruce’s private home studio in Central Florida. This is the first time Bruce has ever opened his studio to such an intimate group of students, this should be something to cherish and remember forever. This master class is designed for those professionally involved in the technical aspects, the performing, and the production of high-quality recorded music. Critical listening is a form of listening that involves analysis, serious thinking and thoughtful judgment. When it comes to recording and mixing music, critical listening is used every day. We will explore all phases of world-class, state-of-the-art music recording right up to and including the final mix…
Engineer Bruce Swedien’s resumé lists such names as Michael Jackson (the 104 million selling ‘Thriller’ LP), Quincy Jones, James Ingram, Michael McDonald, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Jennifer Lopez, Muddy Waters, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughn, Jackie Wilson, Herb Alpert, Barbra Streisand, the Chi-Lites, Donna Summer, Count Basie, B.B. King, George Benson, Sergio Mendes, Patti Austin, John Lee Hooker, Dinah Washington, Missing Persons, Natalie Cole, Buddy Miles, Lionel Hampton, Lena Horne and Woody Herman, among others.
Bruce has recorded just about every type of music and has worked on numerous movie scores including ‘The Wiz’, ‘Running Scared’, ‘The Color Purple’ and more. He has won 5 Grammy® Awards from 13 Grammy® Nominations including those for his engineering of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’, ‘Bad’, and ‘Dangerous’ albums and for two Quincy Jones albums — ‘Back on the Block’ and ‘Q’s Jook Joint’.
