April Edwards — Lexington Recording Connection

What a long, strange trip it's been... - Posted by April Edwards on 2017-07-22

What a journey. My school work had stalled between my last blog entry and now, but for good reason. Halfway through my internship at Nitrosonic, I was officially hired as a Studio Manager and Engineer... Read More >>

Mixing and such - Posted by April Edwards on 2016-07-10

I've finally finished the Gospel album that's taken months to complete and it's a good feeling. I've moved on to other projects, assigned to me by my mentor... Read More >>

ProTools - Posted by April Edwards on 2016-06-19

Finally got my ProTools up and running. Looking forwards to learning how to use another DAW! Read More >>

Mastering sessions - Posted by April Edwards on 2016-06-09

Over the past month I've been able to sit in a few times with the studio owner, Brian, while he Masters... Read More >>

Through Chapter 6-FINALLY - Posted by April Edwards on 2016-05-03

It's taken me FOREVER to get through chapter 6...doing my best to balance everything but sometimes it's a beast! I'm getting great experience at Nitrosonic and absolutely love it and the people I get to work around... Read More >>

Nashville Pussy - Posted by April Edwards on 2016-03-19

This past week I was able to sit in on a spoken word session and a song recording by Nahville Pussy's own, Blaine Cartwright... Read More >>

Fifth week - Posted by April Edwards on 2016-02-26

This week I finished chapters 3 (Digital Audio) and 4 (Connectivity). I've gotta say, both of these chapters were pretty challenging and had a TON of information to process... Read More >>

Fourth week, first real "session"! - Posted by April Edwards on 2016-02-15

This week I was entrusted by my mentor to work part of a recording session with a local rapper. It was my first "professional" engineering experience and I loved every minute of it! I used the experience I already have with the DAW from working on my own music and recording my own vocals, so it came naturally to me and my mentor was able to pretty much hand over the reins and let me take over for a while... Read More >>

Third week at NitroSonic - Posted by April Edwards on 2016-02-08

Winding down from week number three as an Intern at Nitrosonic studio. I can definitely feel the load I've put on my shoulders now; being enrolled in this program along with being a full time student at a community college and mommy to a 2 year old boy is a lot to take on all at once... Read More >>

Second week, first "project" - Posted by April Edwards on 2016-02-01

Here ends the second week as an intern at Nitrosonic and student of the Recording Connection! I was given an assignment by my mentor, Ron, to gage my proficiency with Logic Pro X (since I've already worked in Logic for a few years)... Read More >>