Brian Powers — Virginia Beach Recording Connection

2nd Advanced Session - Posted by Brian Powers on 2016-05-26

5-26-16 In this lesson John and I dove into a better understanding and use of Beat Detective, Vocal Tuning and Compression... Read More >>

1st Advanced Session - Posted by Brian Powers on 2016-05-26

5-24-16 In this session John and I worked with Sam, a producer, and Tyler, the artist, on two Pop tracks that Tyler was laying vocals on... Read More >>

17th Session - Posted by Brian Powers on 2016-04-26

4-25-16 Yesterday I got to run a hip-hop session for a producer, James Whitaker and his artist Denzel.  John already had the TLM 103 setup and running into the Focusrite pre-amp... Read More >>

16th Session - Posted by Brian Powers on 2016-04-26

4-16-16 This was the tracking session for The Family Trucksters.  We recorded the whole band first and then went back and recorded guitars and vocals... Read More >>

15th Session - Posted by Brian Powers on 2016-04-14

4-13-16 Yesterday John went into great detail about all the automation options in Pro Tools.  He showed me how to use EQ and volume automation on the master track to give the chorus of a song a lift from the verse... Read More >>

14th Session - Posted by Brian Powers on 2016-04-04

4-3-16 I recently found a part time job at a local studio recording and mixing vocals for hip-hop.  My lesson with John today was just that mixing four different vocals onto an already made instrument track... Read More >>

13th Session - Posted by Brian Powers on 2016-04-03

Friday March 25 2016 A quick mixing session with the DeLoreans.  I'm amazed at how fast John can get a mix sounding great... Read More >>

12th Session - Posted by Brian Powers on 2016-04-03

I Haven't blogged in a while so here goes.  In this lesson John and I worked on a better understanding of compression added to effects... Read More >>

11th Session - Posted by Brian Powers on 2016-02-16

1-22-16 We started the session out talking about analog gear and pre-amps.  John want over everything in the console room and any extra gear that he personally brought to the studio... Read More >>

10th Session - Posted by Brian Powers on 2016-01-21

1-19-16 John loaded up Pro Tools and started going over all the tools in the editing window and when he would use them... Read More >>