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DARE-U
DEMOS AND RECORDING ENRICHEMENT UNLIMITED
DARE-U (Demos and Recording Enrichment Unlimited) is a Lawnya Vawnya program designed to offer bands and solo artists access to professional recording sessions at no cost and on a first come first serve basis.
Participants are granted a 2 hour slot of engineered studio time at Lawnya Vawnya’s in-house studio. For the sessions, LV provides a drum kit, two guitar amps, a bass amp, and all of the necessary recording equipment. The sessions are led by local professional recording engineers hired by Lawnya Vawnya.
Beyond recording opportunities for bands and solo artists, a concurrent hands-on mentorship opportunities are available to individuals interested in learning how to engineer recordings, alongside professional engineers. Mentees will receive an instructional session, and subsequently shadow the engineers throughout the recording process. Interested mentees may submit an expression of interest to programming@lawnyavawnya.com.
MEET THE TEAM
Recording Engineer
SARAH HARRIS
Sarah is a musician and recording engineer based in St. John's and Montreal. Recording credits include artists such as Amery, Backxwash, and Knitting. Sarah also performs as the guitarist for the Montreal band Knitting, and performs solo under the name Ultra Far. s-harris.com
Recording Engineer
JAKE NICOLL
Jake Nicoll is a musician and recording engineer based in St. John’s NL. He has recorded albums for The Burning Hell, Kelly McMichael, Toby Goodshank and Leslie Grtaves. Over the years his DIY attitude and a love of old weird electronics led him to build a unique assortment of preamps, compressors and effects units. https://www.jakenicoll.com/portfolio
Mixing Engineer
JACOB CHERWICK
Jacob Cherwick is an Audio/Visual artist based in St. John's, NL, perhaps best known as a musician, performing with a number of groups including Swimming, Kubasonics & Sick Puppy. He is also 1/2 of Halfcase, a creative team where he works as a mixing/mastering engineer & graphic designer. halfcase.studio