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Snyder Presents at 26th Audio Engineering Society UK Conference

news · 2015-08-28

At the 26th Audio Engineering Society UK Conference hosted in Glasgow, Scotland from 26th August – 28th August 2015, Ohio University Lecturer Kyle P. Snyder presented his peer-reviewed paper, Case Study: Expanding Audio Production Facilities At Ohio University To Accommodate Student Needs, and sat on a panel discussion regarding internships / work placements.

Paper Session Files:

Download Case Study: Expanding Audio Production Facilities At Ohio University To Accommodate Student Needs from the AES eLib
Download Snyder’s Lecture Slides & Notes (Scribd)

The conference provided a forum for sharing ideas on teaching and pedagogy in the broad range of areas typically found in audio education. It brought together academics, industry professionals and students and featured an engaging and lively series of presentations and panel discussions.

Snyder Hosts 2015 MDIA High School Media Workshop

news · 2015-07-28

This year marked the second annual High School Media Workshop, which took place from July 8-11, and welcomed students from eight states and an international student from Vietnam. The workshop introduced students to the latest techniques and equipment in audio, video, games & animation, and storytelling/producing.

“It was wonderful to see so many students completely engaged over the three days,” said High School Media Workshop Director Karen Riggs. “Now in our second year, we grew from 55 to 62 students and have even gone international. A key asset for us was our MDIA student ambassadors. Workshop participants said they benefited greatly from one-on-one time with our college students.”

During the workshop students spent most of their time in Core Sessions that focused on each of the four media groups: audio, video, games & animation, and storytelling/producing. In these focused classes taught by School of Media Arts & Studies professors students received hands-on experience using the tools and equipment in the media labs.

Keaton Kreps of Athens, Ohio heard about this workshop from a peer last year, which led him to register for the workshop. He said that even though there are a lot of students here who are Athenians he enjoyed meeting students from states as far away as North Carolina, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Illinois. Kreps found all of the workshop sessions interesting but enjoyed working on audio and sound editing the most.

“We had a lot of long three-hour class sessions during the workshop, my favorite one was where we did music and editing,” said Kreps. “One of the coolest class sessions we had we did sounds for a short film. We learned how to do sounds while watching a video and editing. One of my favorite parts was creating a song with everyone in the group.”

Student Hang Le Thi Minh from Ha Noi, Vietnam had been eagerly waiting to attend the workshop since she had first heard about it, but was unable to until she was old enough. This trip was her first out of her country.

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“The High School Media Workshop had a profound impact on the way I see my passion and future career,” she said. “The experience I had here was definitely worth my 22 hour flight.”

Students who came for the workshop were about to have a look at what college life was like at Ohio University and wrapped up the week with a farewell banquet and a screening of their projects.

“An incredible aspect of the High School Media Workshop is that students attend not only to experience what the School of Media Arts & Studies has to offer within its curriculum but also for that first college experience, including one-on-one mentoring to help focus their passion and future career goals,” said High School Media Workshop Associate Director Kyle Snyder. “After several days experiencing a variety of required and elective workshops, it’s gratifying to hear students tell us we’ve opened their eyes to new possibilities and that they now know what they’ll be majoring in upon acceptance to the Scripps College of Communication.”

For more information, including pictures, on the 2015 High School Media Workshop please visit http://mediaschool.ohio.edu/hsmw-news. To see coverage of the workshop on Twitter visit #OUHSMW.

Original article by Claire Berlin

Snyder Named Distinguished Faculty Mentor By Ohio University’s Honors Tutorial College

news · 2015-05-01

Kyle P. Snyder, a Lecturer in Ohio University’s School of Media Arts & Studies and the Scripps College of Communication received an award from the Honors Tutorial College recognizing his role as a mentor.

Snyder won the Distinguished Faculty Mentor Award which was presented May 1 at the Honors Tutorial College (HTC) graduation dinner, held in Baker Ballroom. Snyder was nominated for his award by tutee and student Steven Van Dyne who wrote the thesis Case Studies in Classical Location Recording Using Improvised Techniques as Snyder’s advisee.

The Honors Tutorial College allows its students to create a customized curriculum—largely through one-on-one tutorials—based on their creative interests.

Snyder & SPARS Host AskSPARS Career & Mentoring Session With MDIA

news · 2014-12-01

SPARS recently partnered with Ohio University Lecturer Kyle P. Snyder, The School of Media Arts & Studies and the local Ohio University AES Student Chapter in presenting another of their popular Ask SPARS Mentoring Webinars (pdf).

The event was held in the Ohio University Schoonover Center and students had the opportunity to meet on-line and interact with Kirk Imamura, President of SPARS, as well as President of well-known NY recording facility, Avatar Studios.

Snyder Releases A Crash Course to Making Your Mark in the Recording Industry

news · 2014-10-10

Focal Press and CreativeLive have partnered with Ohio University’s Kyle P. Snyder to create the ebook A Crash Course to Making Your Mark in the Recording Industry. Intended for all aspiring and current audio recording practitioners, A Crash Course to Making Your Mark in the Recording Industry provides an overview of a wide-range of central topics related to the business and technical trade of recording.

Designed to help the reader quickly understand how best to achieve success in this industry and comprised of original material and excerpts from Focal Press titles and CreativeLive video courses, this ebook presents coverage of music business, audio fundamentals, pre-production, production, and post production. The title was edited by Kyle P. Snyder, one of the Audio Engineering Society’s leading experts on audio education and a Lecturer in Ohio University’s School of Media Arts & Studies.

Jim Anderson, Past-President of the Audio Engineering Society and a nine-time Grammy award winner with twenty-five Grammy nominations said of A Crash Course, “Anyone who wants to, as the title suggests, make their mark in the music industry must have these pages imbedded in their DNA before starting on their journey.” When people try to break into this field (and long after), they go about it in their own unique way; that is why everyone involved is eager to share this text with the public.

According to Alex Case, noted author and Associate Professor of Sound Recording Technology at University of Massachusetts Lowell, “We don’t just want information on working in the recording industry— we want quality information…For a concentrated dose of quality content on the recording industry, start here.”

Jeff Dean, Focal Press senior publisher remarked, “There is no better person in the industry than Kyle P. Snyder to develop this high-value content, and we couldn’t be more delighted with the result.” Dean explained, “This is an outstanding collaboration between Focal Press and CreativeLive, as both companies strive to create exceptionally high quality content for audio education.

”The resources available in the ebook were designed to help individuals quickly understand a topic and best-achieve success in our tumultuous, ever-changing world. Whether one is just entering the field or has been in it for decades, it is our sincere hope he or she will find it a useful guide.

To get your free copy of A Crash Course to Making Your Mark in the Recording Industry, simply visit www.focalpress.com/crashcourse

Please contact Scott Berman at scott.berman@taylorandfrancis.com to request additional materials, interview requests, or publicity requests.

Top Right: Snyder moderating a Focal Press Author’s Panel at the 137th Audio Engineering Society Convention.

Snyder Coordinates Central Indiana Audio Student Workshop 2013

news · 2013-02-23

On February 16, 2013 the Central Indiana Section of the Audio Engineering Society hosted the Second Annual Central Indiana Audio Student Workshop. The event was hosted by Section Chair Fallon Stillman, and coordinated by Workshop Advisor Kyle P. Snyder with great assistance from the Executive Board of the Central Indiana Section as well as the faculty and staff of the Indiana University Department of Recording Arts. The Central Indiana Audio Student Workshop 2013 was held on the campus of Indiana University Bloomington, in the Department of Recording Arts studios and related facilities.

Like other regional events, the Central Indiana Audio Student Workshop was modeled like a mini-convention. The goal was to provide an intimate learning environment, open to anyone interested in audio, including local professionals, university students, and high school students. The Workshop provided attendees the opportunity to improve their skills with some of the best in the business, who presented on topics in recording, mixing, live sound, and acoustics.

In planning for the event, Snyder and the Central Indiana AES Executive Committee also wanted to provide the Workshop free of charge, to give students of all means equal access to the audio instruction we were providing. Also, not only did they strive to provide high-quality instruction for free, but wanted to incentivize attendance with useful giveaways from sponsors.

Finally, they wanted to ensure that an acceptable student to teacher ratio was achieved, so that students felt less like they were part of a crowd and more like they were in a small classroom where they could ask questions.

The events pre-registration topped out at over 250, and they saw physical attendance at over 200 including numerous walk-in’s, reaching a group of audio students and professionals from every corner of the state and many from neighboring territories, who were appreciative beyond words. Snyder and his team couldn’t have been more pleased with how the event turned out.

For additional information on the event including sponsors, posters, artwork, schedules, and much more please visit the official event site.

Additionally, the official event report is available for download (pdf).

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Snyder Hosts Central Indiana Audio Student Workshop 2012

news · 2012-04-15

On March 10, 2012 the Central Indiana Section of the Audio Engineering Society hosted the first annual Central Indiana Audio Student Workshop. The event was hosted by Section Chair Kyle P. Snyder, as well as assistant workshop host Jeffrey Seitz and with great assistance from the Executive Board of the Central Indiana Section, in the Music Media Production and Industry studios on the campus of Ball State University.

Snyder also wanted to provide the Workshop free of charge, to give students of all means equal access to the audio instruction we were providing. Also, not only did he strive to provide high-quality instruction for free, but wanted to incentivize attendance with useful giveaways from sponsors.

Finally, he wanted to ensure that an acceptable student to teacher ratio was achieved, so that students felt less like they were part of a crowd and more like they were in a small classroom where they could ask questions.

Event pre-registration topped out at 180, and the workshop saw physical attendance at 150 including numerous walk-in’s, reaching a group of audio students and professionals from every corner of the state and many from neighboring territories, who were appreciative beyond words. Snyder and his team couldn’t have been more pleased with how the event turned out.

For additional information on the event including sponsors, posters, artwork, schedules, and much more please visit the official event site.

Additionally, the official event report is available for download (pdf).

Press:

Snyder Records Tuscarawas Philharmonic’s Historic Release

news · 2011-12-27

I’m pleased to announce that over the 2011 holiday season, one of my many projects in production was the Tuscarawas Philahmonic’s “As A Child Looks At Christmas Eve” which is now available on CD and will soon be available via digital distribution. I couldn’t be happier that this project has been so well received and I was tremendously blessed to work with such a talented ensemble, including conductor Eric Benjamin and singer/songwriter Alex Bevan.

From the release:

The Tuscarawas Philharmonic is pleased to announce the release of “As A Child Looks At Christmas Eve,”a live concert featuring critically acclaimed North-East Ohio native singer/songwriter Alex Bevan.

The cycle of songs, originally written by Bevan, takes the audience on the annual pilgrimage to bring out the family’s Christmas decorations for seasonal use, seen through the eyes of a child. In the process, they discover a box filled with cards which evoke powerful memories. Each song depicts a Christmas card, as well as the sentiments attached, and Bevan’s narration leads the audience on a magical journey at Christmas time.

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Press Coverage:

12.23.2011 – The Times Reporter
12.12.2011 – Mitchell’s Studio Action Photos

Album Sample: Dancer on the Ice