“The Studio,” located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has started a new affordable workshop for aspiring artists, engineers, and recording professionals.
Individuals can sign up for four different workshops in which they will learn from professionals about how to put together a well-polished record, as well as network with top engineers from the Pennsylvania area. Owned by prominent music producer/arranger Larry Gold, “The Studio” features two different recording studios. Created in 1996, it has been the birthplace for records by artists such as Kanye West, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, and The Roots.
Individual workshops are priced at $250. Email workshops@seekupgroup.com for more information.
In other news, producer/rapper/philanthropist Wyclef Jean was recently named 2010’s “Artist of the Year” by the Harvard Foundation at Harvard University.
S. Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation, explained Jean has gone above and beyond through his professional and person work over the past year. “His contributions to music and distinguished history of creativity have been appreciated by people throughout the world, and he is admired worldwide for his humanitarian efforts on behalf of the people of Haiti,” Allen said.
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Wyclef Jean will be awarded during their annual Cultural Rhythms Festival this Saturday. Previous recipients include Queen Latifah, Herbie Hancock and Will Smith.
