Name: Jessica Cook
Date: Nov/16/2012
Time In: 10 am 
Time Out: 1pm
Lesson: #4

We brought in an artist today and recorded him doing some back up vocals. My mentor had me go into the studio and set up the Dynamic Mic, in the middle of the room. He also had me test the headphones, and levels for the artist. 
While our artist was getting comfortable in the studio, my mentor and I, discussed the importance of the proximity of a mic. We also went over the proper placements of the Mic (why we told it up or down so the artist is able to move around while singing). 

I watched as my mentor recorded and re-recorded multiple times. We haven't gone over the program yet, so between watching Brad, and listening to the artist I was able to take a few notes on some of the equipment that I will eventually be working with.

Rane Profire Unit - M-Audio2626
Behringer - EuroDesk for MX9000
Forcusrite - Super Amp
Yamaha 03D - Digital Mixing Console
Moto 828

I realized in this session that there needs to be a huge amount of patience in this career, as frustrated as you may get for having to do one take after another, you need to remain calm and continue to record until the artist is happy. I believe this could be a strength of mine. 

A weakness in this session: Not Enough Knowledge! I am starting to feel like I am taking a lot of information in, and researching on my own, but I worry I am not looking deeper into the right topics.