The Boston Section of the Audio Engineering Society Presents…Is
MIDI Dead? A Panel Discussion
Tuesday Feb. 9th, 7pm
Walsh Function Room* - Boston College
Paul
Lehrman
Paul Lehrman created the world's first all-MIDI album, "The Celtic
Macintosh", in 1986. He served three terms as executive director of the
MIDI Manufacturers Association and was principal author of the standard
college textbook, "MIDI For the Professional," still in print after 19
years. He has written over 500 articles on pro audio and music
technology, most recently as "Insider Audio" columnist for Mix
magazine. A prolific composer of documentary film scores, his music has
been heard on PBS, A&E, History Channel, Learning Channel, and in
France, Ireland, Israel, and Australia. His most recent mega-MIDI
project has been the revival of George Antheil's revolutionary 1924
work for multiple player pianos and percussion, "Ballet
mécanique," which has been performed over 30 times in North
America and Europe. He is coordinator for music technology at Tufts
University where he teaches courses in audio production, computer
music, and electronic musical instrument design. http://www.paul-lehrman.com
(Photo by Evan Kafka for WIRED magazine)
Andrea
Pejrolo
Andrea Pejrolo is the Assistant Chair of the Contemporary Writing and
Production department at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Andrea is
a composer, producer, audio engineer and bassist. He is the author of
Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production (2005) and Acoustic
and MIDI Orchestration for the Contemporary Composer (2007) and has
written several articles for music magazines, including Sound On Sound,
Bass World Magazine (USA), Muralann and Boheme Press (Canada), and Il
Capitello Publisher (Italy). Andrea also created the iAcousticA Studio
drum library, which is distributed by BandMateLoops.com and available
in Kontakt 2, EXS-24, Giga Studio, and Reason NN-XT formats.
Andrea's recent collaborations include The Lincoln Center, Don Sebesky,
Cy Coleman, The Contemporary American Theater Festival, The United
Nations, CNN, NBC, ABC, Burning Petals Music Production (U.K.), the
Broadway Show Swing, Care2 Web site, The European Community, Le
Conservatoire de Strasbourg (France), the Grand Canyon Music Festival,
Tony Scott, Terre Roche (The Roches), Birdland, and The Bottom Line.
Andrea did his undergraduate studies at Manhattan School of Music in
New York City. He received his master's in composition from the
University of Bristol (U.K.), and his Ph.D. in jazz
composition/performance from New York University. http://www.apejrolo.com
Dave
Roberts
"Magic" Dave Roberts has been a working musician and audio engineer
since high school in the 1970s. Dave moved to Boston in 1981 and
built and ran several recording studios, while also playing in local
bands. In 1993, Dave started working at MOTU as a technical
support person. His current title is Product Specialist.
Dave is responsible for artist and VIP support, as well as sales and
marketing.
In addition to his MOTU day job, Magic Dave continues to be active as a
recording engineer, producer, and artist. Dave has engineered two
solo records for the artist Al Kooper, as well as remastered 50 songs
from the Al Kooper catalog for Sony records.
Dave has released four solo CDs and continues to play in the local
Boston
music scene.
* Note room change from recent AES Meetings.
Parking is available in the Commonwealth Ave Parking garage for a small
price or free on Commonwealth Ave. The entrance to the Walsh
Function Room is on the right before the main entrance to Walsh Hall.
Look for the AES Banner in the window. I've added an arrow pointing to
the entrance on THIS map. The general directions to Boston College
can be found HERE.
FROM POINTS NORTH AND SOUTH: Take Interstate 95 (Route 128) to Exit 24
(Route 30). Proceed east on Route 30, also known as Commonwealth
Avenue, and follow for about five miles to Boston College.
FROM POINTS WEST: Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (Route 90) to Exit
17. At the first set of lights after the exit ramp, take a right onto
Centre Street. Follow Centre Street to the fourth set of lights, and
turn left onto Commonwealth Avenue. Follow Commonwealth Avenue 1-1/2
miles to Boston College.
FROM DOWNTOWN BOSTON: Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (Route 90) to
Exit 17. Take a left over the bridge after passing the Sheraton Tara
Hotel. Take the first right onto Centre Street. Follow above directions
from Centre Street.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: The Boston College branch of the MBTA's "Green
Line" (B) ends at the Boston-Newton boundary on Commonwealth Avenue.