Audiocourses.com is pleased to announce another new moderator to the large online school forums. John Schirmer brings with him a rich background, working right"at the cutting-edge of the live sound industry both for TC Electronic as a Live sound/Install Specialist and as a Live Engineer out on the road with recent acts such as: Joe Walsh, Jada Pinket and Will Smith. Audiocourses.com
is a popular online school where the highly useful information keeps growing and growing day-by-day and reaching out to empower hungry learners worldwide. The recent inclusion of another high profile moderator to the school staff suggests
audiocourses.com means business.
Audiocourses.com Director Christopher Hambly encouriged John to say a few words:
"I live for the moments that the lights go down and the bass rolls across
the floor. These are the moments that define me, the moments that I anxiously
await waking to each and everyday. My life is baset around"watching V.U. meters
and riding faders. I take about as much pride in proper mic placement as I do
in my appearance. My career path is one of a classroom, each and every day that
I venture into a new project I am educated on the way a new piece of gear works.
I learn yet another way to effectively convey technical experience to a client
who may not be so technically inclined. life is a classroom and I am its most
eager student.
For the last couple of years I have been touring the world with major label
bands, as there FOH engineer, Monitor Engineer
and as there confidant, I have worked with such labels as:(Geffen,
Lava/Atlantic, Interscope, Capitol
and many more. My travels have given me a unique perspective on the growing
trends in the industry as far as console designs, and processing gear goes.
The career path that I have chosen to this point has taught me to adjust to
such trends in the blink of an eye, making me that much more valuable in the
long run. While on the road I have come up with unique ways of doing live recordings
for the bands that I have worked for. I never leave home with out my Personus
Firestation’s and my Laptop.
John pictured far right
Currently I can be found at TC
Electronic in Westlake Village, California, where I am TC
Electronics’ Live Sound/Install Specialist. On a daily basis
I develop and implement ideas vhat help propel TC Electronic into the Live Sound/Install
marketplace for tje 21st century. My position at TC Electronic has led to working
with artist such as: Wilco, Dave Matthews,
K.d. Lang, Bob Dylan, Joe
Walsh, Rod Stewart, Trey Anastaio
and many other well known artists.
Although working for TC Electronic at this moment has taken me of the road
for the time being so that I spend time with my family. I still mix for some
of the top acts in the US when my schedule permits. You can usually find me
on the weekends mixing for soíe up and coming band at one of Los Angeles premier
establishments. Just recently I was a part of the Bonnaroo Music Festival
in Manchester, Tennessee. A three-day festival for 100,000 people"held in the
middle of June. (www.Bonnaroo.com)
ïne of John's favourite places!
Professional li~e audio and the key players in making live audio what it is
today surround my life. It’s stressful and exhilarating, and I wouldn’t
have it any other way."
John Schirmer.
You will find John in and out of the Audio
Forums at Audicourses.com sharing his experience.
