Oktober 22nd, 2008

Andy Gillmann’s DVD Top10 Grooves and Beats, directed by Andrew Mottl for his final visual exam, is currently featured on Drummerworld. I took responsibility for the drum sound recording and the final mix of the DVD. The DVD was published by the LEU-Verlag, has recieved various excellent reviews and was elected “DVD of the month” in the 05/08-issue of the German “Sticks” drum mag.

Oktober 7th, 2008

This year’s recording competition at the 125th AES Convention in San Francisco turned out to be a big success for me. My recordings were awarded with the second prize in the “non-classical surround” category and third prize in the “stereo jazz/blues” category. It’s a great honor to be officially awarded by professionals such as Bob Ludwig, Steve Bellamy or Graemme Brown and I thank the AES for giving me this fantastic opportunity. Besides the official award certificate, I’ve recieved a Digidesign M-Box 2 mini and an AKG Perception 420 microphone.

non-classical surround

Oktober 3rd, 2008

I’m very happy to announce that I’ve been nominated for two categories in the finals of the current 125th AES recording competition. The nominations are for the non-classical surround category and the stereo jazz/blues category in which I both entered a track of my recent recording with the Andy Gillmann Trio. The final results will be officially announced on Sunday. I feel honored that the Audio Engineering Society and AEA Microphones have given me this opportunity.

September 22nd, 2008

I will start a five-month internship at AEA Microphones in Pasadena, California this October. I will get professional insight in developing, engineering and testing large ribbon microphones. Furthermore I am going to get in touch with the LA studio scene and learn as much as possible in the various fields of audio engineering. The month of October is going to start really busy with the 125th AES Convention in San Francisco. Besides assisting AEA Microphones CEO Wes Dooley, I will also assist former AES President Ron Streicher while recording Graham Blythe’s organ recital at St. Mary’s Cathedral on October 4th. Big thanks to everyone who helped me organizing this trip during the last months!

August 26th, 2008

DPA microphones and it’s German distributor Mega-Audio have supplied me with a SMK4061 Stereo Mic Kit for my upcoming Andy Gillmann Trio demo production. Special thanks go out to Stephan Berlenbach from Mega Audio for his kind support within the last few weeks. The surround recording of the jazz trio will be submitted to the next AES recording competition in San Francisco this October.

August 15th, 2008

I’m very happy to announce that I’ve been offered to do an internship at AEA Microphones in Pasadena, CA, USA. Starting this October I will do my very best to learn as much as possible from Wes Dooley and his experience in big ribbon microphones and audio engineering in general. I am very grateful that he has offered me this fantastic opportunity and I also have to thank the wonderful people from the Audio Engineering Society (Bob Moses and Ron Streicher) for their help finding a new host company. This internship is only possible because of a sponsorship by the German government that was granted to me by the InWEnt company.

Juli 25th, 2008

Sadly, I had to cancel my internship at Skyline Studios in NYC. Since I am taking part in an official scholarship programm (by InWEnt and it’s US partner CDS) I have to go through a quite complex visa application process. The U.S. State Department has introduced very strict regulations and standards for those companies that agree to host foreign interns. Unfortunately, Skyline doesn’t meet those quite ridiculous requirements and there was noway to solve the problem. Anyway, now there’s only little more than two months left to get things organized and I’m desperatly searching for a recording/mixing studio in the NY area that could use an extremely motivated, highly qualified and experienced intern for a 5-6 month period this fall. Please contact me if you would be interested!

Juli 7th, 2008

I have been responsible for recording piano and cello for the original sountrack of the documentary motion picture Reise zum Horizont (Journey to the horizon) directed by Thomas Latzel. The music was composed and arranged by Clemens and Nick Prokop of trustyourears. The session was recorded with Apple’s Logic Studio 8 at the University of Applied Sciences Duesseldorf. I will also be in charge as mixing engineer for part of the soundtrack music within the next weeks.

Juni 30th, 2008

Andy Gillmann’s DVD Top 10 Grooves & Beats has recieved two excellent reviews within the last few months. The DVD (recorded by Andrew Mottl and me) was chosen as “DVD of the month” in the May issue of the German Sticks drum magazine. Furthermore, the German Off-Beat magazine gave four of four possible stars for both content and production of the DVD in its review. Check out the my Demoreel for a teaser of the DVD.

Juni 2nd, 2008

My colleague Andrew Mottl has edited a short promotional trailer of the new Andy Gillmann DVD “Top 10 Grooves and Beats” for which I took responsibility in the audio department. I have published the english dubbed version of the trailer in the showreel section and I happily invite you to have a look (and listen). Also feel free to post your comments to our work in the guestbook.