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Opening Keynote: Putting the Music Back in Music Row

Breaking In: Launching a Career in Music & Recording

It takes a lot of people to make a hit record. And even more to bring that music to the world. Designed for students and emerging professionals, this panel offers real-world insights into what it takes to enter and succeed in the music and recording industry. Hear from a range of voices—including representatives from Blackbird and East Iris studios, MTSU and Belmont Universities, and Warner Bros.Records—who will share their experiences, challenges and advice on turning a passion for audio into a career in music.

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Lunch

Monitoring the Immersive Mix: Speakers and Headphones

Nothing beats the experience of listening to an immersive mix on a properly tuned 7.1.4 or 9.1.6 monitor system, but statistics show that more than 90 percent of consumers will be listening through headphones, soundbars or two-channel playback. For the mix engineer, headphones have become much more than a tool to “check” an immersive mix or keep an ear on the binaural version, they’ve become an integral part of the production process.

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Rethinking Reverb at the Immersive Music Mix

Now that producers and engineers have gained a few years of experience mixing immersive music, they’re developing creative new ways to apply reverb—as well as delay, limiting, compression, EQ—throughout the 3D space. Sometimes on individual objects and other times across full groups. Traveling front to back with an instrument or ascending to the height channels when the guitar solo hits its peak. Of course, there can be challenges with a fold-down to stereo, but the opportunities can far outweigh the risks. In this special presentation, top Nashville mix engineers reveal the many creative ways they’ve learned to play with effects when mixing immersive music.

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Studio Crawl