A 音乐 Production bachelor’s student recently won the opportunity to have her demo mixed by renowned recording engineer Alan Parsons. Steffie Tj和ra’s R&B的歌, “I Don’t Want to Fall,” beat out 83 other submissions for an in-person recording 和 mixing master class session at Alan’s ParSonics studio in Santa Barbara, 加州.

Alan Parsons has worked in the music industry for over 50 years, contributing to projects like the Beatles’ 艾比路 和 随它去吧. He was also nominated for a Grammy for his work on Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon 和 led his own successful rock b和, The Alan Parsons Project, from 1975-1990.

The session gave Steffie a front-row seat to Alan’s iconic recording techniques. He focuses on using live instruments in a studio setting to create the best possible track.

“A lot of music today starts with electronic sources, whether that be samples taken from existing sources, or elements that are programmed on a drum machine or within the computer. Whereas Alan's specialty historically, 和 the focal point of his master classes, is recording instruments in the studio,” says 满帆’s Audio Production Program Director Brian Smithers. “He uses an actual drum kit 和 musicians playing bass 和 guitar 和 potentially keyboards. Putting microphones on instruments 和 recording people performing is kind of part 和 parcel of his classic recording techniques.”

The class not only gave Steffie an opportunity to work with Alan – it also gave Alan an opportunity to be impressed by her professionalism 和 musical talents.

"Steffie not only submitted a great song, but also was amazingly tolerant of a four-piece b和 of professionals 和 people besides myself all pitching ideas at her, both musically 和 lyrically,艾伦说。. “She accepted many of the ideas with good grace 和 was always decisive about what worked 和 what didn’t. She was also very sensitive 和 complimentary to the vocals performed by Br和i Rose. Sometimes songwriters just submit demos 和 leave the act to get on with it. Not Steffie – the result would not have been the same without her presence at the master class."