Author: Christene Tagarro

I was planning to practise using the MIDAS live music mixing desk with the help of one of the technicians after realising that I am on a time crunch. I would have practised using this specific desk because it would be one that is accessible for me to take down to the Darkroom Bar to […]

After reaching out to the darkroom, I agreed with the owner of the Darkroom Bar on doing in on April 11th – it’s during the holidays but then it’ll be less busy, meaning set up won’t be too much of a hassle, but would have to take place during the day because it closes at […]

Reflecting on the progress that I have currently made, my plan for the live event has not changed, with my production of Laiara Amelie’s EP being the sole purpose for this live performance. This will still be taking place in the Darkroom Bar in LCC, with a possible live show date in mind being Friday […]

To research live music venues, I went to a jazz bar night at Night Tales Loft. This helped me visualise the set-up of an ongoing jazz live night and think about what I could take from this and do within the darkroom space for my event. I took pictures of the microphone set up for […]

I booked my last studio session with Laiara before the Winter break, where I set up the SM58 for her vocals and she wanted to test out the Fender Stratocaster electric guitar, so I thought to mic up the guitar amp and hear how that sounded. Similarly to my other studio sessions, I asked about […]

After knowing what exactly I will be doing for my FMP and having done a few studio sessions with Laiara, I would next be having to email and confirming the event with the Darkroom Bar. I first contacted the music production technicians to let them know about what my event is, asking what kind of […]

I utilised the UAL music studios and booked them out for me to test out different microphones for Laiara’s voice to start the practical side of the project. These sessions were for me to test the different microphones for the live show recording and the EP recording for vocals and different instruments. For the first […]

For my first submission for my Final Major Project, I had to create an initial presentation. Doing this helped me to lay out and summarise what I am actually doing for my hand in, with goals set in mind to reach whilst doing this project. This also helped me set out how I would have […]

After figuring out what I will plan to carry out for my FMP, I started to solidify my idea with the help of another tutorial with Alfie. He helped clarify things about my project, such as where I can hold my event and what I can do for my hand in. With the limitation of […]

Having gone through two years of my Music Production BA course, I knew that I wanted to do my final major project on something to do with live sound since this is the sector in which I wish to advance in for the future. I decided at the end of my second year that I […]