Posted By Jericho on April 25, 2012

Come join us this Friday, April 27, 2012, at 5PM for a vocal workshop and showcase hosted by Cat Wong of CatWongStudio.

“How can I help a singer achieve vocal success? How can he or she find their own unique voice?”

These are some basic questions Cat Wong, Honolulu vocal coach & instructor of Cat Wong Studio, must answer every time a client comes in for a session.  Equipped with knowledge as a certified Speech-Level Singing^TM (SLS) Instructor (Level 3) combined with 20+ years of off-and-on performing, 8 years of college-level teaching (Public Speaking & Critical Thinking), and a degree in Communication Studies, what better path is chosen than to pass on the right information to up-and-coming performers, musicians, and people who just want to sing. Period. 

Speech-Level Singing^TM (SLS) is an effective vocal training method that has been widely endorsed and practiced by over 120 Grammy Award winners, Broadway performers, and actors.  Artists such as Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Linkin Park, and Kelly Clarkson have used this method.  Now this same method and wisdom is accessible to the local community as a way of helping others sing in a relaxed, healthy, effortless way all those songs that are “out-of-reach” or just seem too difficult to sing.  If you have had your struggles or need more help, vocal lessons may be the key.

Cat has been mentoring voices since 2005 and has done commercial work, voice-overs, and is a community advocate for affordable housing.

Contact: Cat Wong 808.375.7071 or visit www.catwongstudio.com

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Tags: cat wong, catwongstudio, clinic, showcase, studio, vocal, workshop

Posted By Jericho on April 23, 2012

Come join us Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at our Pearl City location at 5:00PM, as well as Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at 5:00PM at our Honolulu location for an amazing clinic as well as performance by the talented, Christine Havrilla.

TC Electronic and TC Helicon are sending west coast-based Christine Havrilla to Honolulu, to showcase the just released TC Helicon VoiceLive Play. This vocal FX processor has a complete vocal path: adaptive compression/tone, chorus/flange/modulation, Reverb, Delay with tap tempo, Harmony, Doubling, HardTune, Distortion, 30 second looping, and pitch correction.  It also has an 1/8″ input with voice elimination, practice mode with intelligent pitch display tracks and singing stats, and a built in USB audio interface for playback and recording.  The VoiceLive GTX features all of these effects for voice as well as guitar, with amp simulation on the guitar chain.

Also featured will be Voicelive Touch and VoiceLive Rack.

Christine Havrilla, a Philadelphia native who has five studio albums, three EPs, and over a decade of touring under her belt, ventures into a new band project with Gypsy Fuzz. The power trio based band features Christine on electric guitar and has been described as “70s rock meets R.E.M delivered by the modern singer/songwriter.”

Gypsy Fuzz’s first release, Searching. Finding. Living. is co-produced by Havrilla and renowned producer, Larry Crane (Cat Power, Sleater-Kinney, Elliott Smith…).   Layers of sound and dark lyrics take listeners on a journey from power-house rock on tracks like “Buzz Kill”, “Desire”, “Grace” and “Sail” to ethereal sounds on “Dance with Me”, “Over My Line” and “Foolish Lullaby”.

Gypsy Fuzz is fronted by Christine Havrilla on electric guitar, as she brings her aggressive, raw, trash-style playing well known by fans and critics alike from her solo projects.

* “Strong and soulful…a confident and seasoned performer…”
(The Washington Post)
* “Raw, simple, and wonderful…” (Curve Magazine)
* “Havrilla’s a talented veteran songwriter, one who is worth joining for the ride” (Upstage Magazine)
* “Terrific, big sound…” (Michaela Majoun / WXPN Radio)

www.GypsyFuzz.com
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/GypsyFuzzMusic/149973058403379

Also, we will be giving away (2) awesome prizes as well as some TC shirts.

We will be giving away (1) TC Electronics ND-1 Nova Delay at each clinic ($345 Retail Value)*.

*Winner of the ND-1 at Pearl City Clinic is not eligible to win the ND-1 at the Honolulu Clinic.

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Tags: christine havrilla, clinic, giveaway, TC, tc electronic

Posted By Jericho on March 8, 2012

 

Clinic Info:

Whether you are in a studio, recording at home, or just want to have the best live mixer you have ever had to take the production capabilities of your performances to the next level..the 01V96i can do it all.
Come find out more about how to use the 01V96 :

• For live mixing to ramp up the production quality  and mixing capabilities of ANY live performer or band
  • Using the Scene memory
  • Creating groups for mixing
  • Creating separate monitor mixes
  • Using the extensive libraries
  • Using the myriad of dynamic processors, 4 band parametric EQ, and 4 signal processors with Virtual Circuit Modeling ( V.C.M.) technology
• As an audio interface
• To control DAW recording software like Cubase / Nuendo or Pro Tools.
• Using Yamaha’s Studio Manager software and 01V96i editor
• Controlling Studio Manager and your 01V96i and mixing remotely from an i-Pad.

Tony Bio:

Tony Escueta is recognized as one of the music industry’s leading product specialists for digital musical instruments and related products.  He has worked with legendary entertainers, recording artists, and music producers throughout the U.S. and is frequently sought out for his technical expertise by touring artists throughout the world.  He has worked on a broad range of projects, providing sound design and sequence programming for live concerts, and music for theater, radio, film and video.

Tony’s clinics stir the interests and the imaginations of amateur and professional musicians alike.  In his presentations, he incorporates the creative use of Yamaha’s digital music instruments as powerful, expressive performance and writing tools. Tony’s goal is to inspire musicians of all levels to unleash their creative and musical potential by utilizing the best of today’s technology.  Tony holds a Bachelor of Music from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

He resides in Dallas, TX and is an avid half marathon and marathon runner.

Free Giveaway:

(3) Yamaha PockeTrakW24 with Case (Told you it was going to be good)

Also, if you go to our facebook page and confirm that you will be attending the Yamaha Clinic, you will receive (1) extra raffle ticket, giving you more chances to win.

Click here to confirm: Yamaha Clinic on Facebook

 

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Tags: 01vi, clinic, digital mixer, motif, motifxf, motifxf6, motifxf8, o1v96, workstation, yamaha

Posted By Jericho on March 5, 2012

 

Steve Jones, bass guitar instructor and artist, will be hosting a “Bass Talk” at our Honolulu location this Thursday, March 8, 2012, at 5:00PM. Steve will be going through a hand-full of our bass guitars and will be explaining the features and characteristics of each. If you are in the market for buying a bass, you need to come to this! If you are interested in the different types of basses, you need to come to this! If you don’t have anything better to do on a Thursday night, you need to come to this! It’ll be a fun and educating evening. See you there!

“Why do bands have bass players? To translate for the drummer.”

FREE GIVEAWAY:

We will be raffling away Marshall headphones: (2) Major ($100 value) and (2) Minor ($60 value).

UPDATE:

Mahalo for everyone that came out! Here is a photo of our attendants, prize winners, and Steve Jones.

 

 

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Tags: bass, bass guitar, bass talk, clinic, dean, epiphany, fender, ibanez, Squire, sterling, Steve Jones, yamaha

Posted By Jericho on November 7, 2011

 

Our amazing friend Nilo will be hosting another Harmonica Clinic here at our Honolulu location. The clinic will be a Q&A type session, so be sure to come with questions. There will be a lot of interactive playing among audience members, so be sure to bring your harps with you as well.

Also, we will be giving away two Hohner Piedmont Blues seven piece harmonica sets with custom carrying cases in a raffle.

“The instrument that doesn’t blow, you do.”

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Tags: clinic, free, giveaway, harmonica, nilo

Posted By Jericho on October 14, 2011

Pictured here is Heratch (left), Yamaha Digital Music Product Specialist, and new owner of a pair of MSP5 Studio Monitors, Montgomery (right). 

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Yamaha clinics. Officially best clinics we’ve hosted so far.

Please keep attending, so we can keep giving away free gear!

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Tags: clinic, giveaway, yamaha

Posted By Jericho on October 13, 2011

Pictured here is our winner, Shelby, who won a Yamaha MG82CX live sound mixer, and John Schauer, Yamaha Live Sound Product Specialist.

If you missed the clinic, you have another opportunity to catch another one. Tonight (depending on what day you’re reading this), we will be hosting a Yamaha Clinic featuring Heratch Touresian, Yamaha Digital Music Product Specialist. Heratch will be covering a few of the great keyboard/workstations offered by Yamaha.

Also, if you like winning prizes, we will be giving away a pair of MSP5 Powered Studio Monitors.

Don’t miss out!

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Tags: clinic, giveaway, yamaha

Posted By Peter on September 21, 2011

Wed – Oct.12 – 5:00p @ Easy Music Center Honolulu 1314 S. King St., Honolulu

WE ARE GIVING AWAY A FREE YAMAHA MG82CX MIXER TO ONE LUCKY PERSON!!!!

What are all those knobs for?

Can everyone in the audience hear clearly?

Are the musicians happy with their sound?

Find the answers to these and other common, and not so common, sound reinforcement questions at this special event. Yamaha Live Sound expert John Schauer will cover the basics of sound systems, explain how to best use the gear you already have, and show you new products that help you maximize sound quality for fixed installations and mobile events. Whether your needs are mostly speech, music, or a mix of both, you’ll get lots of good information.

Problems with a sound system distract from your event or service. John will share stories, tips and tricks that you can put to use immediately. Our staff will also be available to help you evaluate your needs, understand your gear, and review your options, including: should you select powered or unpowered speakers, how big of a mixer do you need, what’s the best spot to place speakers and more.  All workshop attendees will receive a free copy of “Exploring Sound Reinforcement” a DVD with over two hours of valuable information about sound! That is a $50 value free!

If you’re new to sound mixing, confused about certain audio issues, or just want a refresher course, you shouldn’t miss this helpful and informative event.

Presenter: John Schauer

John has more than 25 years of professional audio experience. He’s supervised audio for theaters, concerts, churches and corporate events. He’s also designed numerous sound systems, from simple speech applications to huge 24,000 watt, 60-channel concert rigs. During his seminars, John explains many complex audio concepts in easy-to-understand terms.

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Tags: band, clinic, event, john schauer, live sound, mixer, pa, PA Gear, performance, yamaha