"I hadn’t really ever used many Shure condenser mics, but we put the [KSM] 44s on everything, lots of stuff…guitars, vocals," added sophomore Adam Brisbin. "It gave a really clear, really nice sound."
Wins Shure’s Fantastic Scholastic Recording Competition
A three-member team from the Music Department at Texas State University is this year's Grand Prize Winner of the fourth annual “Fantastic Scholastic Recording Competition.” Joel Cowen, Adam Brisbin and Jordan Lott, with faculty advisor, Mark Erickson, won this year's Shure contest with an original composition by Graham Wilkinson and the Underground Township entitled “Let It Go.”
“First off, we’d like to congratulate the winning team from Texas State and to thank all of the students who participated in the contest from all of the schools,” said Dave Mendez, Market Development Specialist from Shure, who coordinated the competition.
In addition to the Texas State University team, there were nine other competing teams from Anderson University, Biola University, Butler University, California State University (Chico), Middle Tennessee State University, Ohio University, The Hartt School at the University of Hartford, the University of New Haven and the University of South Carolina School of Music.
Each of the 10 student teams worked on a recording project that consisted of tracking and mixing a performance, exclusively using a “microphone locker” provided by Shure for the competition. Teams submitted a stereo mix for review by a panel of industry professionals who were selected by Shure to judge the competition.
The winning team used all of the microphones in the locker provided by Shure to create their project, but the students definitely had a few favorites and they gained experience with some microphones that none of them had previously used.
“I like the SM7 for vocals…rock vocals,” commented senior Joel Cowen.
“You know, if I need a good snare sound I don’t hesitate to grab a [SM] 57,” said senior Jordan Lott. “I know it’s going to sound good and I’m not going to have to worry about there being any problems with it. You know it’s going to work.”
To hear the winning composition, click here
As the winning school, Texas State takes ownership of the entire Shure Microphone Locker, which consists of: (1) Beta 52®A, (1) Beta 91, (3) Beta 98D/Ss, (2) KSM27s, (2) KSM32s, (2) KSM44s, (2) KSM141s, (4) SM57s, (1) SM7B, (1) VP88, and (1) A27M. The entire microphone package is valued at more than $12,000. In addition, a donation of $3,000 towards a scholarship fund will be awarded to Texas State, and each member of the team will receive a KSM27, valued at $575.