Signal Gain Announcement! | Let's Talk...Audio featuring Lisa Machac

Let's Talk...Audio

Hello World! In case you missed the previous episode with Lisa from the Omni Sound Project (LINK), this interview starts with an introduction about Lisa and Omni. Lisa is a musician in Austin, TX, and had first started exploring audio to learn how to record. In an effort to get more educational resources in this area, she started Omni Sound Project in about January of 2020, becoming an online community in March of 2020.

What is the primary goal of Omni?

"Right now the driving force is achieving gender parity, but we do also focus on all types of inclusion. We wanna make sure that everyone feels welcome in the recording studio ..."

Omni's classes aren't necessarily about music or the studio. They have also done classes on podcasting and even on-set recording for film.

Lisa is discovering, going into year three with Omni, is that they need to balance including basics-oriented classes that have been covered before with new classes on new topics.

Tangela and Lisa remember how naïve their last interview was with regards to Covid's trajectory.

The upcoming Signal Gain event will be totally online again this year, excepting a potentially live viewing party that may or may not take place.

While Texas law prevents business from requiring proof of vaccination of their customers, they absolutely can still require masks of them.

Signal Gain is a celebratory event, kind of like an online conference, with classes from accomplished teachers. This year Omni is adding "speed sessions" to run in between events. These are prerecorded, short form videos.

Omni Sound Project has adopted a "core faculty" model with lots of guest teachers, chosen with a strong emphasis on communication skills, generosity and enthusiasm. Lisa has also adopted a practice of holding sponsors to account for gender representation.

Omni was originally modeled after organizations like Sound Girls and WAM. While those organizations are geared towards education for professional audio engineers, Omni is a little more community minded. They talk further about differentiation and competition in the online space.

Talking about things learned. Lisa has learned to trust her gut more regarding who to do business with. The lockdowns have taught Lisa to prioritize taking care of herself and to be sure to find joy in her music making.

Also, Lisa is in Montana during this interview, surrounded by smoke from the west coast fires.

Tangela and Lisa like the human element in their respective spaces of interviews and music. Tangela shares a short takeaway from an upcoming episode of The Music Executive podcast which Tangela edits. The host, Cinnamon Denise is also a core faculty member for Omni Sound Project.

Finally, you can get in touch at omnisoundproject.com and @omnisoundproject on IG

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As usual you can find Tangela on her website where you can sign up for the Newsletter!