A young masked musician just started his work experience here on monday.  

For the first day, we decided to get hands-on straight away and had a jam! we tracked (recorded) the drums and the new Sire Marcus Miller v7 bass using the sound card rack (Focusrite OctoPre Dynamic for Drums - ULN2 and Fairman Valve Pre for bass and vocals) as a jam session exercise recording a live multi-mic session. We then laid some vocals and a guitar line using the studio's Gibson Little Lucille and OCD pedal into a Marshall JCM800.

The second day, Tuesday, we mixed the song a bit then shot the raw images for the music video outside and inside the studio in 4K and slomo 1080p using with the GH4 (and some GH2 shots in 1080p) with a Came 7000 steady cam gimbal and a water counterweighted mini film crane.

He shot some of the scenes using the rigs and acted in the film. Lenses used were a Helios 44 Russian lens + Nikkor Kogaku 105mm + Iscomorphot 1.5/8 Cinemascope lens combo.

Last night I loaded all the footage and the song into the Laptop ready for him to edit in the morning.

Then today he spent his entire afternoon editing for the first time using a MacBook, FCP X and a 4k 55' Monitor for playback. 

By his 3rd day of work experience, he had successfully recorded, shot and edited his first music video in Cinemascope 4K and uploaded it onto the internet.. 

Here is the result of our common work..

Walking thru the dark night 4K

This project has come alight in the studio and is a combination of many nations and talents, from a Lebanese singer Milan and Sevan, his Anatolian/Armenian sound designer and wind instruments player (duduk, didg..), meeting Aurore, a very talented classically trained violon player bringing her female touch to the mix. Added to these the beats from different sources and evocative samples from the sounds of war torn Beirut to the sound of spiritual awakenings..

A very visual sound experience brought to you from our small Ariège based studio..

https://soundcloud.com/shazaya-beirut

C'est avec un grand honneur que nous vous proposons de découvrir le Premier Album de Rio Flores, ce duo féminin qui nous fais danser et voyager ici en Ariège.

Commandez le vite, il en reste moins de 500 copies!! Plus d'infos et d'actus sur leur site: http://rioflores.jimdo.com/musique/

Clickez le lien pour un extrait en bas de page..

We are happy to introduce Live Acoustic Drums to the studio.

Based on a 90's Sonor Force 9ply German Poplar Kit with custom cymbals:

• 20" Meinl Byzance Dark Ride
• 20" Paiste 101 Ride
• 16" Paiste Full Crash
• 18" Paiste 1960s 602 Formula Crash
• 14" Paiste 505 Green Series Top Hi-Hats
• 16" Ufip Chinese 
• 8" Meinl Byzance Splash

Sabian and extra unknown splashes and crashes

10 Mic Setup to record multitrack sessions.

After a great gig in Toulouse, we caught up with 'Grammy Award Nominee', Mr Lee Perry playing with his sidekick Mr Mad Professor for an hour of jamming, chatting and celebrating.

Lee was kind and patient enough to pose with everyone and gave us all a chance to meet him, ask questions and take pictures. What a wonderful and generous Artist.

A special thanks also to Mad P and the Toulouse family.

Record a music video while you perform in the studio or outdoors, our camera setup is now ready to shoot, including a 3-axis stabilisation gimbal and a mobile crane.

Tournez votre session d'enregistrement en qualité cinéma..

Notre nouveau materiel vidéo permet de tourner pendant votre enregistrement au studio et vos concerts.

Un stabilisateur numerique silencieux (steadycam) et un grue de cinéma portable alliés au GH4, le nouvel appareil 4K de Lumix, vous permettent de regarder et controller la caméra sur iPad ou Android grace a une app, et vous prenez le controle du film, et des photos pendant le tournage vidéo de la session.