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June 1993 As black Americans celebrate Black Music Month, they may be unaware that recording technology is changing so rapidly, many budding musicians and technicians can't keep pace. But BasementRecording Inc., a fully functioning recording studio, intends to change that. The 11-year-old company is bringing the industry's newest technology to the inner city-training blacks to compete for industry jobs, cut recording studio expenses and maintain creative control of their music - all from an East Flatbush, Brooklyn basement. "Keeping abreast of technology is a life-or-death issue," says Augustin Hinkson, Basement Recordings' general manager. "When you master the technology, you're guaranteed a job and you have the ability to compete. Since 1989, over 3,000 musicians, teachers, engineers and others, have taken Basement Recordings' six-week digital electronic music seminars. Basement Recordings also runs workshops and annual technology fairs. Hinkson estimates his total costs at $500,000 annually, but says the operation is primarily a volunteer effort. Trevor John, Basement Recordings' director, says blacks must now move to digital and hard disc recording like the major record labels "We need to operate in the current formats and be able to change to the formats of the future," For more information, call 718-485-7120. -Matthew S. Scott |
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