From
July 17th to 23rd 2014, British Council hosted the much
travelled Mr. Sam Jones of Soundthread in Lagos.
Daily
Newswatch reliably gathered that Mr. Jones was in the country to facilitate a
Live Music Show Workshop organised by British Council to provide training
opportunities for sound engineers.
According
to the organiser, the workshop marked the second time British Council is
working with Sam Jones.
Last
year Sam Jones was on hand to facilitate a workshop for record producers at Ayo
Bankole’s studio in Surulere, Lagos.
This
year’s workshop was attended by 11 upcoming sound engineers from Lagos who
spent three days learning the finer points of sound engineering from Sam Jones
as well as getting hands on experience preparing and sound engineering for a
major music show. The show the participants worked on was the monthly
Afropolitan Vibes show at Freedom Park Lagos.
The
showcase was well attended and the rain earlier on was no deterrence to people
from all walks of life and nationalities that graced the occasion. The high
point of the music show was the appearance of Afrikan Boy, a UK MC whose trip
to Nigeria was facilitated by British Council and Legendary Fuji musician Salawa
Abeni.
For
the workshop participants, sound engineering for a major concert was a huge
event, but it was the end of their learning process. The day after the music
concert the workshop shifted base to Ayo Bankole’s studio in Surulere, where
Sam Jones spent two days working them through music production, using the sound
they had recorded from the Afropolitan Vibes showcase.
At
the end of it all on Monday, June 23, the workshop participants were very
elated by how much they had seen, done and learnt during the course of the
workshop.
“I am very happy with the opportunity
I got to work with Sam Jones and the British Council. This workshop is one of
the greatest things that have happened to me since I started working as a sound
engineer. I started three years ago, but this is the first time I am learning
about mic placement and so many other elements of the job. I am very grateful
and will encourage the British Council to do more of these types of workshops,”
AdemolaAdenokan, one of the participants.
Sam Jones on his part was very happy with the
outcome of the workshop and said that he always looks forwards to coming to
work in Nigeria, most especially, because of the pool of talent that exists here
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