Description

The Women’s Audio Mission (WAM) Recording Studio and Training Facility is a small, professional recording studio and training facility in the Mission District that provides a rigorous internship and training environment to cultivate women recording engineers and producers. The new state of the art studio was built from the ground up in the past year and includes a 48 channel Otari Status console, Pro Tools HD system with Pro Control + Edit Pack, and Lavry A/D/A.

Through grants and industry sponsorship, the non-profit organization has funded construction on this new facility, and developed curriculum to train engineers and producers, as well as workshops and a mentorship programs for girls between 8-18 interested in audio careers, and an artist incubator program for local musicians and songwriters.

About the Speaker

Terri Winston's love for music and the recording arts spans 20 years as a songwriter, composer, recording engineer, and producer. Currently the Broadcast Electronic Media Arts instructor at CCSF, Winston teaches audio production, digital media skills, and the recording arts. In 2003 she founded the Women’s Audio Mission, a non-profit organization that provides training for women interested in the recording arts and audio technology.

Winston was signed as a recording artist, engineer and producer by Polygram and BMG subsidiaries, and has shared the stage with such acts as P.J. Harvey, Pixies, Throwing Muses, Flaming Lips, Fugazi, Cake, and Third Eye Blind. She has collaborated with Lenny Kaye of the Patti Smith Group and Greg Hawkes of The Cars and worked as a recording artist and producer for MainMan whose roster also included David Bowie, John Mellencamp, Lou Reed, & Iggy Pop. Winston has composed and produced theme music for KRON-TV's "First Cut" series, Banana Republic and for various films that have shown on BRAVO's Independent Film Channel, French Television's Cine Cinemas and major festivals all over the world. As a musician, Winston is a two-time National Lilith Fair Tour finalist, has received numerous awards including an ASCAP songwriting award, Boston Music Award and Bay Area Music Award nominations, is a voting member of the National Academy of the Recording Arts and Sciences and is active in the Producers and Engineers wing. Winston has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University.

Address

Women's Audio Mission
1890 Bryant Street, Suite 312
San Francsico, CA 94110
415-558-9200

Directions

From the South: Take 101 north, exit Vermont Street, turn left onto Vermont Street, turn left onto 16th street, another left on Bryant St. There is usually street parking within a block.

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