So the AASG staff took some time off, but we’re heading into 2010 full-steam ahead. The first order of business is to announce our new friend and editor, Andrew Levine. I asked Andrew to write up a small auto-biography so you could get to know him a little bit better:

Andrew Levine was born 1968 in NY city. As sun of a trumpet player he got into music at an early age, studying violin and singing, then detoured into pursuing an academic career. He received an M.A. in computational linguistics and cognitive psychology at the University of Trier and moved to Berlin in 1995, where he lectured university graduates in the fields of software development (lots of Enterprise Java) and digital media. Besides this occupation he developed multimedial CD-ROM’s, shot and edited several documentaries in the field of pedagogics.

At some point (around 2002) the music reemerged and “sound” became central to Andrew’s life. There followed intensive studies of the theory of recording and lots of ears-on experimentation with various musicians, tracking whatever he could lay microphones on. Organ recitals, choral concerts, tango sextets, live rock and oratorios. In 2004 Andrew released the 1st CD of his sonophile label “blumlein records”. In the following year he was excepted into the German Tonmeister Association and moved to Hamburg with his studio and family.

Fast forward to 2008: After recording many a concert in preparation for an enveloping remix the LevingRoom finally is upgraded to 5.1 surround. Several months are spent experimenting with surrounding renditions of sessions dating back to 2003. In the same year Andrew develops and tests the XYtri that is presented at the bi-annual VDT international convention.

Andrew also has a few websites you should check out:  http://mobile.blumlein.net/index_gb.html (recording), http://edition.blumlein.net/index_gb.html (label), and http://radio.blumlein.net/ (blog)

Andrew will be tackling the more hardcore audio topics and generally helping us out around the site. Be sure to look out for all our future reviews, articles, tutorials, and more!

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