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SPARS recently matched some 20 industry leaders with more than 125 students, recent graduates and active recording professionals in a two hour Ask SPARS speed mentoring session at the 2013 NAMM show in Anaheim, CA. The H.O.T. Zone event...
On Saturday, October 27, 2012, during the AES / SPARS Joint Student Section party, the SPARS Board of Directors bestowed its highest honor, the 2012 SPARS Legacy Award, on one of the recording industry’s most revered and respected luminaries,...
SPARS recently sat down with Terri Winston, Founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Audio Mission, to find out more about the organization. WAM is one of the participating groups along with AES, the Game Audio Network Guild (GANG) and Manhattan Producers Association (Manhat Pro), who...
SPARS ended its 2011-2012 fiscal year recently, producing several well attended and successful events. In addition, the 33 year old recording association experienced an increase in membership, newsletter subscriptions, as well as social media participation. The Board of Directors is poised...
Over two years ago, when SPARS decided to redesign its web presence, the 33-year-old recording association had the good fortune to be introduced to Lois Gilbert and Bryan Davis with JazzCorner. Lois and Bryan worked with SPARS to build...
EARS Chicago recently honored iconic engineer, producer, and music legend Phil Ramone during the recording group’s April meeting. The event was held at the Shure Theater in Niles, Illinois on May 3, 2012 in collaboration with Columbia College.
This year marks a very special moment in the 32-year history of SPARS. The SPARS Board of Directors has selected recording legend Joe Tarsia as the first annual SPARS Legacy Award recipient. Joe was one of the original founders of SPARS...
SPARS recently initiated a new series of SPARS Sessions at the 131st AES convention in NY. One of those sessions was Speed Counseling with Experts – Mentoring Answers for Your Career and was warmly received by some 88 individual...
Our industry has changed. The old rules do not work. Everything is upside down. The industry has decentralized, but what has been happening in our industry has already happened or is taking place in the computer, printing, film and...
Re-definition and change are constants in the world, most certainly including the music industry and the world of professional audio. Accordingly, the Society of Professional Audio Recording Services (SPARS) is in the process of reviewing and resetting its direction....