SSR News

Photos of the Christmas Event (please click to enlarge)

SSR London Head of Audio Jonathan Espinosa:
“It was great to have all the students together enjoying the atmosphere in SSR. We have come a long way since our first opening back in February and it’s great to see the place so vibrant.”

SSR London is set to co-host a Pro Tools Event on the 28th January with SSR Manchester. SSR tutors and representatives from AVID will be on hand to showcase the new features and updates of Pro Tools 10.

To register for your place please click here.

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01.12.11

Bruno Coppola joins the SSR London Team

We are delighted to welcome Bruno Coppola to our team of industry tutors at SSR London.

Bruno will be delivering lectures for students on our Audio Engineering Techniques & Technology and Advanced Post Production courses.

Bruno is the cousin of legendary film director Francis Ford Coppola and has worked in film, theatre, radio and music in the US, England, and throughout Europe. His credits include Assistant Director to David Fincher (music videos), music producer in Italy for his cousin Francis Ford Coppola (“Godfather III”), and for three years he was chief radio drama writer at the BBC World Service in London.

His short “Rules of Love” film was shot in Los Angeles and came top ten in the Turner Classic Shorts Section of the London Film Festival, won Best Short at the Alaska Panhandle Film Festival, the Silver Open Award at the Cotswold Film Festival, Best of the Fest at the Manchester Short Film Festival and Film of the Day at the Int’l Festival do Algarve in Portugal.

Bruno’s experience and knowledge of film and post production will be highly beneficial to our students.

Bruno Coppola:
"I am delighted to be delivering lectures at SSR London. Its is great to be surrounded by such talented and ambitious students who have a real passion for their work”

SSR London Head of Audio Jonathan Espinosa:
“We are delighted to have Bruno teaching here at SSR, his experience in the music and film industries will be invaluable to our students and I am sure his lectures will be very inspiring.”

SSR Student Lewis Lennon
"It’s great having Bruno’s experience and guidance to help us with our studies. I am really enjoying my time at SSR and having such experienced tutors is one of the reasons that make studying here such a rewarding experience"

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01.12.11

New weekend crash courses launched

We are proud to announce the launch of two new weekend crash courses taking place at SSR London in Camden.

Launching from January 2012, we will be running intensive weekend courses in mixing and mastering techniques for modern music productions.

Mixing Crash Course
Designed to improve your understanding of the mixing process including equalization, dynamic controllers, use of effects and other processes involved in the mix stage.

Mastering Crash Course
Aims to improve your understanding of what is involved in the mastering process, giving you an overview of modern techniques along with mastering workflows and processing chains.

(please click course title for full details and content)

The courses take place over 2 days on Saturdays and Sundays at SSR London from Jan 2012 and will utilise our high end studios and equipment including Mac Suite, Neve studio and plenty of analogue hardware and professional software plug-ins.

Both courses will also encourage attendees to bring their own productions along and work on them with the expert tutors, allowing first hand experience of mixing and mastering of your own tracks.

These science-meets-art music courses will be an invaluable experience for those attending and hopefully provide plenty of inspiration, skills and insight to take away with you.

Each 2 day course is priced at £300, with a special offer of £500 (save £100) for both courses when booking at the same time. Included in the price will be hand-out documents covering the course content to take away with you, perfect for future reference.

For further information or to make a booking, please call us on 0207 482 7067 or email support.london@s-s-r.com

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17.11.11

Audio student Sophie Grant releases first album

SSR Audio Engineering student and winner of the first Ian Brown Scholarship Sophie Grant has released her first album.
Sophie produced and engineered the EP at Studio Plateaux.

The album “Swamp Sessions” features tracks from 5 bands who, with shared equipment, passion and drive, got together to record an EP on a secluded island in the Thames. The tracks are a mix of classic punk and grungy sounds reminiscent of the 90’s Sub Pop compilation EPs.

The recording and mix were done over the same weekend. Sophie who was one of the 3 record producers working on the album describes the whole experience:

“We gave the bands each a 2hr block. In the mix I quite simply wanted to produce a great live exciting performance. The whole weekend was fast moving but really fantastic.”

Sophie has been working with some of the artists and bands for a long time and recently one of the bands has been recording here in SSR’s Camden studios.

SSR London Head of Audio Jonathan Espinosa:
“We are really proud of Sophie’s first album; this is a real achievement for her after just 6 months on the course. She approached the whole project in a highly professional manner and her mix allowed the excitement of the live performance to really shine through, not always an easy thing.”

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01.11.11

The Amarylas record at SSR London

SSR London was proud to welcome The Amarylas to our studios for the first of their professional recordings.

Formed in 2007, the band describes its style as “Pixies meets The Shins” and a classic sound with Victorian-inspired lyrics and an undeniably modern sensibility. They are due to release their new track “Self-Medication” later this year with a music video to accompany.

SSR students assisted with the recording which took place in the Neve Studio and was led by SSR’s studio manager and sound engineer Andrew Kyprianou. It is this type of real world industry experience that makes SSR training unique.

SSR Studio Manager Andrew Kyprianou:
“The Amarylas were great in the studio, we had only 6 hours to record the track and this was achieved successfully, thanks to the high quality of the facilities at SSR London and the skills of my student assistants Dan Smith and Jay Thomas”

The Amarylas’ current tracks can be heard on Myspace and Youtube
www.myspace.com/theamarylasband
www.youtube.com/TheAmarylas

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29.09.11

SSR Production Masterclass At Roundhouse Studios

On Tuesday 27th September SSR hosted a music production and music theory masterclass event at The Roundhouse Studios, Chalk Farm, Camden.

The evening featured demonstrations, Q&A with the attendees and production workshops with SSR’s Head of Audio Jonathan Espinosa, and Hotwired Music’s Matt McKinley.

The evening was deemed a great success from everyone involved, and some pictures of the the event can be viewed below.

Due to the popularity of the event we will be arranging another free masterclass session very soon, so please keep checking back to the website for the latest news.

If you would like to come and visit the SSR studios in Camden, our next open event will be held on Thursday 6th October between 5pm and 7pm. If you would like to attend please fill out the form on the bottom of this page and we will get in touch with you.

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15.09.11

Reverb Music A&R Delivers Guest Talk at SSR

SSR was delighted to welcome industry guru Rob Adamson to our studios in Camden.

Head of A&R at Reverb Music, Rob came to visit SSR and meet our students for a special guest lecture. He emphasised the importance of the professional demo and the role of the sound engineer and music producer, an inspiring message for SSR students.

Based in London, Reverb Music is a highly successful independent record publishing and artist management company. Now with an international profile as well, They have more than 12,500 copyrights and have enjoyed a regular market share since 2000, with frequent appearances in the Top Ten UK Publishers. Reverb have received several BMI Award and also Grammy and Ivor Novello nominations, with their catalogue licensed extensively on films, TV, adverts and multimedia throughout the world.

Reverb have songwriters and catalogues whose works cover a whole range of genres from mainstream pop, r&b, indie, rock, dance and electronica through to chillout and classical crossover to jazz and 70’s disco. The catalogue has been recorded by artists as diverse as Rihanna, Jessie J, Black Eyed Peas, Ellie Goulding, Paloma Faith, Razorlight, Paolo Nutini, Pussycat Dolls, Fionn Regan, Turin Brakes and Justin Timberlake.

SSR Student Sophie:
“It was great to meet Rob and to hear his words of wisdom about making it in the business. His advice on sampling was particularly informative along with his suggestions on how to launch a new act onto the market."

SSR London Head of Audio Jonathan Espinosa:
“SSR delivers the best professional training in the capital, and with these industry connections and opportunities, SSR students can look forward to being snapped up by the leading companies in the region.”

We are very much looking forward to developing our creative relationship with Rob and Reverb Music, including the possibility of some exciting work experience opportunities for our students.

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26.08.11

Nate Young track mastered at SSR London

SSR'S Head of Audio Jonathan Espinosa has been mastering a track for signed artist Nate Young in SSR's world class ICON D Control ES studio.

Nate Young started singing professionally at 16 years old and has developed into an amazing vocalist and writer. Now 21, Nate has worked with some of the stars of today, Chipmunk, Wretch 32, Tinie Tempah, Ortise Williams (JLS) and Ghetts to name a few.

SSR student Louis Lennon had the chance to sit in on the session and witness first hand the art of mastering. The track, "Someone to love" will be released next week and will be airing on all major Radio networks. Nate chose Jonathan as one of the industry's finest mastering engineers and the SSR ICON studio was the perfect setting.

SSR London Head of Audio Jonathan Espinosa:
“The ICON Studio here at SSR, with an Avid D-Control ES Control Surface and PMC surround-sound monitoring, offers an impressive, professional environment for recording, mixing and mastering. The PMC monitors in particular were ideal for mastering a track of this calibre due to their superb clarity and stereo imaging.”

SSR first intakes of students in March are already working in the ICON facility just 6 months into the course, something few other audio schools can match. And from here the students will be introduced to SSR's Neve studio giving them access to arguably two of the finest analogue and digital work surfaces in the industry.

Ensuring that commercial work runs alongside the training process is one of the reasons why SSR is so respected in the industry as an audio engineering school.

You can find out more about Nate Young by visiting his website or following him on Facebook
http://www.nateyoungmusic.co.uk/
http://www.facebook.com/officialnateyoung?sk=wall

Click here to see details of SSR's Audio engineering course.

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23.08.11

Chromatone record 3 tracks at SSR London

Chromatone describe themselves as a mixture of Funk, R'n'B and B-Boy Dancing and their extravagant shows, involving cutting-edge street dance, have taken them to London's most prestigious venues, such as the Jazz Cafe, the O2 Academy Islington, Scala and many more.

They had previously been recording at London’s legendary Roundhouse but have now chosen SSR London to record 3 brand new tracks entitled Satisfied, Anything is and Winner.

The tracks were recorded by Head of Audio Jonathan Espinosa and students were allowed to sit on the session which gave them some extremely valuable real world experience.

SSR Student Jay Heigh:
"The whole day was awesome. We were able to see how great the technology worked with a very complex recording session. Our tutor, Jonathan, showed why he is such an amazing sound engineer and record producer."

Philip Cerny:
“Thank you guys! Had a great time recording our tune and are very happy with the results, the studio and the professionalism that Jonathan and his crew brought to their work. Highly recommended."

SSR is always very supportive of the commercial ventures of our tutors as it is opportunities like this that are key to a students learning.

To find out more about Chromatone you can visit their Facebook page or listen to their music on Myspace.

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16.08.11

SSR London announces its newest addition to the team

We are delighted to announce that highly experienced music producer, DJ and musician Adam West will be taking charge of our industry course Electronic Music Production.

Adam has produced and remixed work alongside some of the world’s top names such as Alexander O’Neil, Above & Beyond, Faithless, Des Mitchell & Rockerfeller. Moreover Adam is an accomplished pianist and started playing keyboard at just 3 years of age and at only 13 went on to play with numerous acts including Sting and Robbie Williams.

Head of Student Services Wendy Breakell:
“We are delighted to have Adam join our team and our students will benefit hugely from his industry knowledge. Adam has enjoyed an illustrious career to date and his passion for music and production made him an obvious choice. Adam will bring not only his experience but his contacts and networks will be a real asset to the course.

To find out more about Electronic Music Production please click here or alternatively contact our admissions team on enquiries@s-s-r.com.

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28.07.11

SSR London’s Head of Audio mixes and masters DJ Dislexik’s new releases

SSR London’s Head of Audio Jonathan Espinosa was recently asked to mix and master brand new tracks for DJ Dislexik’s EP “Moodswing” and latest release “Passion”

DJ Dislexik hails from Canada and has developed a reputation as a diverse DJ, producer and musician specialising in House, Breakbeat, Trance and Techno. His releases have received support by acts such as the Crystal Method, Far Too Loud, Kickflip, Jay Cunning and DJ Icey.

Tracks from both releases were mixed and mastered in SSR London’s flagship Neve studio by our Head of Audio Jonathan Espinosa.

SSR London Head of Audio Jonathan Espinosa:
“Working with Dyslexik has been a pleasure, he is a very talented producer and really knows about programming great sounds. The time spent in the Neve studio working on these tracks is what we both live for, and it makes you so proud to see the tracks hit the shelves!”

SSR is always keen to encourage commercial ventures as being industry active is a key trait of all of our tutors.

Moodswing was released on the 23rd May and featured tracks “Violent Moodswing”, “Hide My Knives” and “Forgot My Meds”. The forthcoming Passion release will feature tracks “Interrogation”, “Passion” and Re-Passion”. Dates for the release of Passion are still to be confirmed.

To find out more about DJ Dislexik you can follow him on Facebook or alternatively visit his website http://www.djdislexik.com/.

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12.07.11

Nick Netsall joins SSR London team with guest lecture

Nick Netsall is one of our Post Production tutors at SSR Manchester and we can now also welcome him to the team at SSR London.

Nick is a leading post production professional who has been involved in hit TV programmes such as the X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent and Derren Brown’s ‘Trick or Treat’ to name a few. During his career, Nick has worked for some of the UK’s most high profile post production companies including The Farm and Sumners, producing top quality audio for clients such as Simon Cowell’s SYCO, Talkback Thames, ITV Productions and Endemol UK Productions.

In addition to his work for us in Manchester, Nick will be supporting our Post Production course at SSR London by both delivering and
arranging guest lectures with other industry professionals.

This support has already been put into practise with Nick recently delivering a guest lecture to students on the first phase of our Film & TV Audio Post Production in London. Nick gave the students an introduction into the key aspects of Post Production in a broadcast environment as well as parting with some of the wisdom and insider knowledge he has acquired during his professional career.

The lecture was rounded off with tips, tricks and insights into what it takes to succeed in such a demanding industry; advice our students can only learn from an industry professional and will benefit greatly from in their own careers.

Post Production Tutor Neil Collymore:
“It was great for Nick to dedicate his time to my students; we know he is a busy man! The insights that Nick gave were priceless and it’s coming from someone who has been there and done it.”

Head of Student Services Wendy Breakell:
“We are delighted to have Nick on board the team in London. Our students will benefit greatly from Nicks experience and passion for the industry along with his excellent teaching skills.

If you would like further information on our Film & TV Audio Post Production in London please click here.

If you would like to sit in on a guest lecture or normal SSR lesson/studio session to get a better idea of what being an SSR student is all about, we are currently holding taster sessions throughout the week at our Camden campus in London. Click here for further information and to book your place.

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14.06.11

SSR London’s ICON studio completed

We are pleased to unveil our brand new ICON studio at SSR’s London base in Camden. Featuring Avid ICON D-Control console and 5.1 PMC surround sound, the studio is equipped with all the tools needed to create and mix broadcast quality audio for film, TV and games projects.

The ICON studio will compliment our existing Neve studio with a combined live room containing a Foley floor and audio/visual monitoring to record footsteps, dialogue and sound effects. The ICON control room contains widescreen projection and surround sound monitoring which provides the ideal platform for students to learn how to record, edit and mix sound to moving picture.

Avid’s ICON D-Control console will provide an excellent facility for workflows in music and audio post production.

SSR Technical Director Tom Aston:
“It’s brilliant to see the ICON studio completed and ready to go. It’s a state of the art facility and students are already chomping at the bit to use it! I would like to thank everyone involved for helping us complete the project, especially SSR's Nick Barnard, Eric & Mark from Mediaspec and Ian Downs from PMC.”

For a full breakdown of the Studio and detailed specifications please visit the facilities’ page on our website http://www.s-s-r.com/london-icon-studio.php.

Furthermore if you would like to visit the new studio or wish to find out about our fantastic range of courses you can come to our next open event on Thursday 7th July at 6pm.

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28.04.11

SSR London Announces first intake of students

SSR is proud to welcome our first intake of students at our London campus in Camden.

The students, who are enrolled onto our 18 month Audio Engineering and Post Production courses, have now started their training in our highly spec’d new facilities which include the Neve VR60 recording studio and ICON Post Production suite.

This first intake has sparked a real hive of activity around the London campus with local press covering the event. The new SSR centre is well connected to the creative hub based around the Camden area, as well as SSR’s established creative partners.

SSR Head of Audio Jonathan Espinosa :
“SSR is committed to delivering the most professional training in the capital. We will be producing the industry’s next generation of professional engineers, and this is reflected by the expertise of our staff and the cutting edge environment we have provided for our students. The SSR London team are all very excited and passionate about what we are doing down here.”

SSR London featured in the Camden Gazette:

If you would like to kick-start your career in the music and media production industries, there only limited places available for our Spring courses, with some very special introductory offers available. We are offering ‘catch up’ sessions allowing any new students to get up to speed with the rest of the class.

We are also offering special ‘SSR taster sessions’ for anyone who would like to sample the SSR experience for themselves before signing up to a course. Full details of these sessions and our special offers can be found on the Summer School page.

For further information about SSR London and our range of courses, please visit www.s-s-r.com.

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29.03.11

SSR London is proud to announce the first official recording in our flagship Neve Studio.

SSR recently ran a studio competition on Soundlcloud; an audio platform that enables anyone to upload, record, promote, and share their originally-created sounds across the web.

We received a high number of entrants and it proved to be a very tough task picking from such a talented bunch of musicians.

The 27th March is now the official date for the recording of the first studio competition winners. The band in question are called Tenderstar and they have been granted a full day to record up to two tracks.

Studio supervisors Andrew Kyprianou and Lior Havkin will be on hand to assist SSR London Head of Audio Jonathan Espinosa during the session.

SSR London Head of Audio Jonathan Espinosa:
“I am delighted to finally get a band into the Neve Studio. It is a professional environment and we can produce a real quality sound in there, I’m sure Tenderstar will enjoy the experience.”

The session will be a great chance to showcase the professional Audio Equipment SSR London has to offer and the talents of our Head of Audio Jonathan Espinosa.

We would like to congratulate Tenderstar for their success in the Soundcloud studio competition and we wish them all the luck for the future.

For more information about SSR London, our courses and facilities why not come to our next open evening on 30th March 2011, alternatively please call 0207 482 7067 or email us and we will be happy to help you.

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15.03.11

SSR London launches 6 month Music Technology Course

For this March only we are introducing a special 6 month Music Technology course for SSR London at a special one off discounted price of £1,500 (standard price £2,900).

Due to this special price and limited availability for our March 2011 courses, only 6 places are available for the course. Music Technology will involve 6 hours of lectures per week on a Monday and Wednesday evening (6-9pm) plus 6 hours of studio time per week for practical project work.

The Music Technology course will cover the basics of audio engineering and studio production, including official AVID Pro Tools 101 and 110 certification, along with an introduction to Apple’s Logic software.

Students who successfully complete the 6 month Music Technology course can, if they wish, continue their studies on the later phases of our full Audio Engineering or Film & TV Audio Post Production course. This option allows students to top up to a full SSR Advanced Diploma, with the additional option of NCFE Level 5 (equivalent to an ordinary bachelors Degree) also available with the Audio Engineering course.

For full details on this course and information on how to apply, please click here

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02.03.11

SSR London Develops Partnership with The Roundhouse

SSR London has formed a partnership with the legendary Roundhouse venue in Camden to deliver master classes in music production.

The Roundhouse is a cutting-edge live music and arts venue based in the heart of Camden Town, London. During the 60’s and 70’s it staged famous live concerts by artists including Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Peter Brook and The Living Theatre of New York. It continues this tradition to this day and recent performances include Gorillaz, Mark Ronson and Tinie Tempah.

The Roundhouse also supports and nurtures local young people. Each year they work with over 3,000 11-25 year olds, enabling them to realise their creative potential; and offers audiences of all ages new and extraordinary experiences in live music, circus, theatre and new media.

Participants from The Roundhouse’ projects will attend master classes in our flagship Spirit Studio which houses a brand new Neve Vr60 mixing desk. SSR's Head of Audio, Jonathan Espinosa will be leading the sessions. Jonathan is a world class sound engineer, music producer and expert in Pro Tools.

The students will be bringing a multi track session for mixing, learning the top tricks to create their own perfect mix. From this they will gain an insight into the workings of a top end professional studio environment.

Jonathan Espinosa:
“Working with the Roundhouse is a great opportunity for SSR students. Through this partnership SSR students will be uniquely linked to one of the UK's most famous live sound venues and recording centres. We believe this partnership will be of great benefit to our students and the community groups at The Roundhouse.”

The first master class with SSR took place last week and was a great start to the collaboration.

Tony Nwachukwu from The Roundhouse:
“The master class session at SSR was a great success. The students loved the opportunity to be in such a high end professional studio working with SSR’s Head of Audio Jonathan Espinosa. We look forward to returning there soon.”

Working alongside The Roundhouse is further proof of our commitment to providing students with the best possible education and training, at the same time supporting the local community and young people.

For more information about SSR London, our courses and facilities, why not come to our next open evening on Wednesday 9th March. Alternatively please call or email us and we will be happy to help you.

Visit the Roundhouse website here: www.roundhouse.org.uk

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12.01.11

Ian Brown Bursary

£10,000 bursary available for talented, enthusiastic music producers and engineers.

SSR, the UK’s leading audio engineering and music production school, is celebrating its opening in London with the launch of the ‘Ian Brown Bursary’.

The scholarship is worth £10,000 which will pay the fees for SSR’s flagship ‘Audio Engineering Techniques and Technology’ course at the London campus in Camden, starting March or September 2011.

The Ian Brown Bursary will support one talented, creative and ambitious individual who has the potential to offer something special to the industry.

Ian Brown has enjoyed an incredible career in music as lead singer with seminal Manchester band The Stone Roses and has released 7 solo albums. Ian’s links with SSR stretch back to the early days when we operated as a commercial studio.

Ian Brown:
“It is an honour for me to be supporting SSR London and the next generation of talented producers and engineers being taught there. I have a long history with SSR from the early days recording with The Stone Roses and I hope the scholarship inspires the next generation of talented producers and artists.”

SSR London Head of Audio Jonathan Espinosa:
“Ian Brown is an iconic figure in the industry. He has written and produced inspirational music with powerful lyrics. It is an honour and a privilege that he is offering his support to SSR and we are so excited at the unique opportunities that this scholarship can offer.”

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12.01.11 / Manchester

SSR Course Now Accredited NCFE Level 5

We are delighted to announce that SSR’s Audio Engineering Techniques & Technology courses in Manchester and London have now been accredited as equivalent to an ordinary bachelors degree. This is a unique opportunity for SSR students.

The SSR Industry Advanced Diploma course Audio Engineering Techniques and Technology course was fully inspected and judged against the most rigorous standards.

This nationally recognised accreditation means that students can opt to have their training recognised as equivalent to an ordinary bachelors degree.

With the impending rise in university tuition fees and difficulty of getting onto University courses, the option of upgrading your SSR qualification to a bachelors degree level will be an attractive and viable option for many students.

The NCFE option will be available from our next intake starting in March 2011, and as stated applies to both Manchester and London SSR courses.

SSR Principal Ian Hu:
“Gaining this recognition gives tremendous added value to SSR’s audio engineering course and we are delighted to be able to offer students the opportunity to gain a formal qualification within our most practical and hands on programme”

For further information on what will be involved please contact SSR Principal Ian Hu on 0161 276 2100.

To visit the NCFE web site click here.

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12.01.11

SSR London Appoints Head of Audio

We are delighted to announce that highly experienced music producer/sound engineer Jonathan Espinosa Minuesa will be heading up our Pro Tools delivery and Audio Engineering courses at SSR London.

Hailing from Madrid, Spain, Jonathan began his career from the age of sixteen and progressed into an established engineer working with high profile acts like The Pogues, Enya and Joy Malcolm. He is also a music producer working with recording companies like Ministry of Sound, Defected and Sony.

We are proud to have acquired Jonathan’s services and students will benefit by learning from an industry active tutor who can pass on his skills and knowledge from such an illustrious career.

SSR is dedicated to providing students with the best possible education it can and having tutors of Jonathan’s calibre is a testament to this.

SSR Director Wendy Breakell:
“I am really pleased to announce Jonathan is heading up the SSR London team. His passion for music and production really stood out and combined with his vast experience and contact network will be a real asset to our new London campus.”

SSR London Head of Audio Jonathan Espinosa:
“It’s an honour to be leading SSR’s new London campus. The facility is looking fantastic and will offer a totally unique experience for students right in the heart of London.”

We have some exciting scholarship news to announce in the coming days, and will be hosting open events and launch parties in the coming months. Details of these events will be announced soon, please keep checking the website.

If you require any further information about SSR London or our courses, please call us on 0207 482 7067 or email
sarah.bradney@s-s-r.com using the subject heading “SSR London”.

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13.12.10

SSR London Studio Competition

SSR is soon to announce the winners of out recent competition for bands and solo musicians to win some exclusive recording sessions in our brand new studios in Camden.

Working in partnership with Soundcloud, the competition was to help celebrate the launch of SSR London and a brilliant platform to showcase some really talented musicians.

Six winners have been hand picked from the deluge of entries by the SSR team and the musicians will be treated to either a full day of half day of recording at SSR London early in 2011. The lucky winners will record their chosen tracks with an in house sound engineer/producer in our brand new ‘Spirit 2’ studio, which houses a Neve VR60 mixing console, vintage microphones and an extensive range of FX and outboard equipment.

SSR Marketing & Events Manager Matt Talbot:
“We had a brilliant response to the competition and had the pleasure of listening to some really talented musicians. Picking the winners was no easy task. We are now in the process of notifying the winning acts and we look forwards to working with these artists in our brand new studios early in the new year.”

SSR would like to thank all the entrants who took the time to enter the competition and we look forward to working with the winning acts, who will be profiled in full on our website in the run up to the actual recording sessions.

We also have some more exciting announcements regarding SSR London coming up after Christmas, including details of a unique scholarship programme, special launch events, VIP guests and seminars from some of the biggest names in the music industry. Please keep checking the website for all the latest news.

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22.09.10

New Neve studio takes shape

Work has begun on SSR’s new Neve studio which will provide our students with the ultimate training experience. The studio will feature the superb Neve VR60 console backed up by a selection of hand picked outboard gear and monitors supplied by PMC.

Due for completion in Jan 2011, SSR’s top end studio will be an outstanding working environment for SSR students.

SSR Director Wendy Breakell:
“This is a truly fantastic development for SSR, and confirms our status as the number one training location for creative media in the UK. The new Neve Studio will offer students a versatile space in which to record, using the best equipment available.”

The new studio will be called ‘Spirit 2’ in recognition of the original name of the company in 1980. Spirit Studios was then a collection of rehearsal rooms and recording studios for the up and coming bands of Manchester, with clients including The Smiths, The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays.

We will bring you more news and pictures of this exciting new development soon, so keep your eye on the website.

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07.07.10

SSR London gets the keys for The Piano Factory

It is with great delight to confirm that SSR will be taking up residence in one of Camden’s most iconic historic buildings, the Piano Factory.

The distinctive rotunda shaped Piano Factory on Gloucester Crescent in Camden has held a unique place in the musical landscape of London for over a hundred years, most notably as the factory where renowned piano manufacturers Collard & Collard pioneered the techniques of mass piano production.

At SSR we are thrilled to be keeping up the musical tradition of the Piano Factory with a 21st century twist, as we renovate the building with high-end recording studios, green screen filming area and editing suites to be used as educational and commercial facilities.

Taking inspiration from our highly successful Manchester based enterprise, the Piano Factory will combine unique design features and top-end equipment to create some of London’s most advanced recording and post production facilities.

The new facility could not be better placed as we will be surrounded by some of the UK’s best media and production companies which will lead to some great work placement and project opportunities for our students.

SSR Director Wendy breakell
“The Piano Factory is set to become the most exciting and innovative centre for media and music by combining commercial and training within one facility. SSR has always set the standard in choosing bold and interesting buildings in which to house state of the art technology.”

Watch this space for more news on our equipment and facilities.

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