AES Los Angeles 2014
Thursday, October 9, 1:00 pm — 2:00 pm (Room 403 AB)
Opening Ceremonies
Awards
Keynote Speech
Presenters:Sean Olive, Harman International - Northridge, CA, USA
Bob Moses, AES - Vashon Island, WA, USA
Valerie Tyler, College of San Mateo - San Mateo, CA, USA
Michael MacDonald, ATK Audiotek - Valencia, CA, USA
Jan Abildgaard Pedersen, Dynaudio - Skanderborg, Denmark
Alan Parsons
Abstract:
Awards Presentation
GOLD MEDAL AWARD • Floyd Toole
BRONZE MEDAL AWARD • Mark Gander, • Peter Mapp, • Francis Rumsey
BOARD OF GOVERNORS AWARD • Jim Anderson
FELLOWSHIP AWARD • Alex Case, • Mark F. Davis, • Jim Kaiser, • Bob Lee, • Bruce Swedien, • Edmund Welly, • James Yeary
CITATION • Christopher Freitag
HONORARY MEMBERSHIP AWARD • Steve Lillywhite
Keynote Speaker
Alan Parsons, the acclaimed engineer, musician, and record producer, has been involved in the production of several legendary albums throughout his career. He was fortunate enough to work as assistant engineer on the final two albums by The Beatles, and after he qualified as a fully-fledged recording engineer, he went on to work with Paul McCartney and The Hollies, among many others. But it was his contribution as engineer on Pink Floyd's classic Dark Side of the Moon that really got him worldwide attention and earned him his first of many GRAMMY® nominations. That soon led to striking successes as a producer – notably with Pilot's “Magic,” John Miles’ “Highfly” and Steve Harley’s “Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)”. He also produced the hugely successful Year of the Cat album with Al Stewart and two albums with American progressive rock band Ambrosia. With Eric Woolfson, Parsons co-founded The Alan Parsons Project, famous for its revolving group of studio musicians and vocalists and its platinum albums and singles, including “Games People Play” and “Eye in the Sky.”
Additionally, he developed The Art and Science of Sound Recording, a definitive collection of training videos presented by Parsons, which gives viewers his exclusive insider access to legendary musicians, producers and engineers and their award-winning recording techniques.
Alan has come full circle and is back in his role as producer and engineer, both at his own Santa Barbara studio and other studios internationally. In 2012, Alan produced an album called Grand Ukulele with virtuoso ukulele player Jake Shimabukuro. A collaboration with Steven Wilson as engineer and associate producer resulted in the album The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories) in 2013, hailed as a major success and reaching Top 5 on the album charts in Germany.
In his Keynote address, Mr. Parsons will provide his unique insights on the current and future direction of the music and recording industry from his singular perspective of success and experience throughout the history of popular music.
