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Improve the live sound for your variety act or burlesque performance with artist Brett Ashleigh.
Sign up: https://music-solo-performers.eventbrite.ca
9 hours total, over 3 sessions // $92, or $65 with any VIVO Producer Membership (+GST), all equipment provided
Session 1: Fri, Mar 6, 6pm-9pm
Session 2: Sat, Mar 7, 1pm-4pm
Session 3: Sun, Mar 8, 1pm-4pm
Extended subsidy available for this workshop. See registration page for link to application.
Prerequisite: General computer literacy (e.g., saving files, facility with a mouse and keyboard) is required.
This beginner workshop is designed for burlesque or variety performers who want to improve their audio files for playback during their live shows. This is a practical workshop which will present an effective workflow for customizing your act’s audio, smoothing transitions between songs, and even setting up a show control system to automate an entire set list.
Over 3 sessions, you will:
Bring your own audio. Come prepared with 5 songs, any file type, and you will leave with a killer audio track ready for live performance.
All equipment and software provided. However, participants may bring their own headphones if they wish.
VIVO is located in the homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples in a warehouse space at 2625 Kaslo Street south of East Broadway at the end of E 10th. Transit line 9 stops at Kaslo Street on Broadway. From the bus stop, the path is paved, curbless, and on a slight decline. The closest skytrain station is Renfrew Station, which is three blocks south-east of VIVO and has an elevator. From there, the path is paved, curbless, and on a slight incline. There is parking available at VIVO, including wheelchair access parking. There is a bike rack at the entrance. The front entrance leads indoors to a set of 7 stairs to the lobby.
A wheelchair ramp is located at the west side of the main entrance. The ramp has two runs: the first run is 20 feet long, and the second run is 26 feet. The ramp is 60 inches wide. The slope is 1:12. The ramp itself is concrete and has handrails on both sides. There is an outward swinging door (34 inch width) at the top of the ramp leading to a vestibule. A second outward swinging door (33 inch width) opens into the exhibition space. Buzzers and intercoms are located at both doors to notify staff during regular office hours or events to unlock the doors. Once unlocked, visitors can use automatic operators to open the doors.
There are two all-gender washrooms. One has a stall and is not wheelchair accessible. The other is a single room with a urinal and is wheelchair accessible: the door is 33 inches wide and inward swinging, without automation. The toilet has 11 inch clearance on the left side and a handrail.
To reach the bathrooms from the studio, exit through the double doors and proceed straight through the lobby and down the hall . Turn left, and the two bathrooms will be on your right side. The closest one has a stall and is not wheelchair accessible. The far bathroom is accessible.
Brett Ashleigh is a sound designer, researcher, and PhD student in Communication at Simon Fraser University. Her work takes an intersectional feminist approach to social issues and provides sound-based interventions.
