Long & McQuade Learning Series - Calgary (Chinook), AB

Tuesday, March 7 | 6pm
Modern Metal Production Clinic
with Sacha Laskow

Modern Metal in 2023 has a distinct, unique production style and aesthetic that isn’t really shared with any other genre. Many producers have said that if you can mix Metal, you can mix anything. The density and range of frequencies, the technicality, maintaining clarity among the chaos is an art. 

Topics:

• Programming instruments to sound realistic and huge using Virtual Instruments
• Using MIDI, AI and other tools to help in your writing, demo and producing process
• Tracking techniques and editing to capture pristine tracks and make mixing easier
• Production tips and tricks to make the song come to life – layering, FX, automation 
• Mix breakdown of a modern Metal track – Drums, Bass, Guitar and Synth / Backings

As a guitarist, Sacha cut his teeth in Divinity, with numerous tours and albums to their credit while being signed to Nuclear Blast and Candlelight Records. Other side projects included Enditol and Walk as Chaos, before he ultimately formed Every Hour Kills. To give back to the Alberta music community, Sacha has been teaching aspiring young musicians guitar and recording techniques for over a decade.

Tuesday, March 14 | 6pm
The Five Elements of Song
with Kenna Burima

There is a song in all of us. In fact, a thousand songs reside in each of us and with a little time, encouragement, and assistance, anyone can bring a song into being.

Kenna's 20+ years of writing, performing, and teaching songs of all kinds and genres has honed an intuitive approach that will break the lock between you and your creative force. In this workshop, Kenna will present the Five Elements of Song, expanding your understanding and experience of creativity. Through shared storytelling, writing prompts, and short collaborative exercises, you will have the opportunity create unique melodies, harmonies, rhythms and forms that will launch you into your own creative songwriting practice. 

Wednesday, March 22 | 6pm
Living as a Musician From the Perspective of a Bassist, Music Therapist, and Someone Who Never Quite Fit In
with Lisa Jacobs 

Multi-instrumentalist Lisa Jacobs declares the bass guitar her most beloved. Playing her first blues festival at age 12, she has gone on to write, record, music direct and perform with a variety of artists (Jocelyn Alice, Jill Barber, Jann Arden, Wide Mouth Mason, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Kyle McKearney). She’s had songs featured on TV shows and co-wrote a song that went Gold in Canada.

Lisa has a degree in Music Therapy (with a minor in Jazz Performance on electric bass). As a music therapist, she’s had the opportunity to create music with people of varied abilities in many different settings, including schools, hospitals and even a maximum security prison. She currently sits of the board for the Music Therapy Association of Alberta.

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Registration & inquiries may be sent to the store at [email protected]