Kevin attended the 130th Audio Engineering Society Convention, held at the Novotel West in London, UK this year, from May 13-16, 2011. Each year, an international Student Recording Competition is held, including 4 categories for entry and a Gold/Silver/Bronze award system, this year.
The competition results:
By the nature of the award process: 9 Bronze, 3 Silver, and 1 Gold awards were awarded across all four categories. Kevin was awarded 2 Silver Medals: one in the 'Traditional Studio' and another in the 'Modern Studio' categories, for his recording, production, and mixing work on the music of 2 artists, all done in IC's recording and production facilities.
He was awarded prizes from PMC Loudspeakers, Melodyne, Cockos [Reaper], and Focal Press.
A local music/IC alum pride note! His winning entry for the Modern Studio category is a song called "Jhari" by local musician and IC alum, Diwas Gurung, '06, Economics.
The song will be released later this week on an EP called 'Adhunique', and can be heard/downloaded at http://diwas.bandcamp.com/, once released. Diwas Gurung is the guitarist of popular local band Ayurveda.
Congrats Kevin!
Rules/description as pasted from the AES Student blog:
Awards
Finalists will not be ranked 1st, 2nd, 3rd anymore, but rather awarded a Gold, Silver, or Bronze certificate of quality. This award system is meant to make the Student Recording event less of a head-to-head contest and more of a merit-based, collegial competition that recognizes outstanding student recordings.
New Categories
1. Traditional Acoustic Recordings
Category 1 is suitable for recordings of acoustic instruments, vocalists and ensembles recorded live in natural acoustic settings such as performance halls, churches, theatres, soundstages, pavilions and similar environments.
2. Traditional Studio Recordings
Category 2 is suitable for recordings that are created in a recording studio or similar facility using multitrack studio techniques and technology.
3. Modern Studio Recordings
Category 3 is intended for multitrack studio projects that do not meet the restrictions of Category 2. All options are allowed with respect to sound sources, recording techniques, creative production, editing, processing and mixing.
4. Sound for Visual Media
Category 4 is for any type of sound recording created to support a visual experience. The category is open to all visual media, including narrative and documentary video and0film, advertising, video games, signature graphics and image spots.
