💖sparks and approach for the upcoming workshop on audio mixing and post.
Saturday, April 20, 1-6PM, $75 (St. Henri area)
Open to sound creators of all skill levels!
Register for the full address in our bio
About us 🌻
If we haven’t yet met in person. Our name is Fili (pronouns: we/they), we’re an artist and sound engineer living in Tiohtià:ke / Montreal and started the audiovisual company Studio Apothicaire in 2018.
#montrealworkshop #montrealartists
Mic workshop this weekend 🎤🎻 Bring your own mics / instruments and explore how to make beautiful captures with them.
The workshop runs
March 2 & 3
1 - 5 PM
$100 for both days, $65 for one day
More info and registration -> see link in our bio.
#montrealartists #diysound
Join us / Fili as we make cello pieces for our community over live-stream, accompanied with visual projections by @mysssterious999 💗
Sunday Dec 17, at 7pm EST
The goal is to make heartfelt recordings that can support you or your loved ones. You can request a piece and tell us what you want the music to evoke:
- Energizing your week
- A gift or tribute for a loved one
- Relaxation, stress relief, or self-care
- Moving deep-seated emotions, letting go, celebrating
Each piece will be 5 - 10 minutes. In the following days, you’ll receive a professional recording of your piece via email. Suggested donation $40 - $70, any amount appreciated. The webcast itself is free.
To find the webcast link and make a request in advance - see link in bio.
#soundapothecary #energeticsupport #celloimprovisation
How we started audio production…
Sound skills are there to help you sound like you, not someone else.
We feel this is a kind of value that’s often missing in most online resources, and that’s the spirit of what we want to offer through personalized audio learning sessions.
If this interests you we’d love to talk. Ask for a free 15 minute session!
We’d love to hear about your process, aspirations and see how we can help you flourish as a sound creator.
🌿🎹🎧
#bedroomproducer #soundclass
How to make a dance track 101
Anywhere anytime 🎶🎹🌷
#audiotips #diyproducer #filtersweep
How to make a meditation timer on a DAW 🎹
This idea came when we were doing a series of timed practices in our day (we do these to stay healthy amid all the computer work).
For short sequences of a few minutes each it was kind of awkward to start and stop a timer each time!
So we thought … why can’t we do this in a DAW? That way we can space out the timings (and any sounds we want to have in our practice) the way we like to each day.
Here’s what we came up with!
This is our first tutorial in this quick style. It’s weird for us to move so fast but maybe it can be more digestible that way - glad for your feedback and let us know if you’d like more of these 🙏☺️
#soundmeditation #meditationtimer #dawtips
Loving this idea of sound as animate matter - matter in motion.
Part 2 of some thoughts on sound and its connection to the body.
If you’ve been curious about learning a sound practice, we’d be honoured to support your creative process through our online learning platform - Soundgarden.
We offer solo and group sessions online over zoom. Sound topics are custom tailored to what is useful to you:
- making recordings
- beatmaking
- sound design
- editing and mixing workflows
- live performance
We also accompany the creative and emotional process of doing this work… from navigating creative blocks to staying healthy in computer practice.
Feel free to reach out! We can set up a free 15-min session to meet up and talk about the things you are working on. 🙏♥️
#soundbody #vibrations
#skillstraining #soundclass #diysound #diymusician #embodimentpractice #queeraudio #soundart #audiolearning #soundgarden #audiotips
#vibrationalfrequency
Sound technology is a body practice!
If you find this topic interesting we’d love to read your comments or chat sometime 🙏☺️
#soundbody #soundclass #diysound
Best and fastest way to learn the frequencies 😎
Armed with this knowledge you can use EQ in your mixes more effectively, or just sing sounds for fun…
#soundclass #audiolearning #frequencies #audiotips
Online sound skills group class - in a nutshell 🌰
It feels important to offer a consistent space for sound creation to happen, surrounded and inspired by other creators who believe in the same thing.
Through intimate group sessions, we’ll be transforming audio from an overwhelming practice to one that feels easeful, fun and nourishing.
If you are curious about starting, write to us!
You can also book a free 15 minute intro session. Link in bio.
Group sessions open Nov 10.
Sessions will be online / zoom.
1hr x 1 per week.
Group of 4-8 people.
Membership:
120$ USD / 150$ CAD per month. Pause or return as needed.
#soundclass #audiolearning #diysound
Soundgarden group class is opening up Nov 10.
Sessions will be online - 1hr x 1 per week. In a group of 4-8 people.
Membership is monthly 120$ USD / 150$ CAD per month. Pause or drop in as needed.
If you’d like to join the class or just meet and say hello send us a message.
#soundclass #diymusician #diyrecording
Technique is love crystallized ♥️💎
We’d be honoured to support your creative process with sound.
We offer solo and group sessions online over zoom. Sound topics are custom tailored to what is useful to you:
- making recordings
- beatmaking
- sound design
- editing and mixing workflows
- live performance
And even more importantly perhaps, we accompany the creative and emotional process of doing this work… from navigating creative blocks to staying healthy in computer practice.
See our soundgarden page in bio for more info, or reach out directly to meet up and talk about the things you are working on. 🙏♥️
#soundcreation #soundproject #diystudio #diymusician
When someone tells you there is a ´right way’ to do something (i.e. placing mics, EQ, compression) - its good to be suspicious!
Sound practice is all about listening, and also about who you are as a creator. The final result really depends on you.
If you’re curious about learning sound skills in a personal and creative way, we’d be honoured to work with you!
Ask us about our online Soundgarden sessions, 1:1 or group formats are available!
Our new weekly group class is starting Nov 10 ⚡️ 4-8 spots available. Preregistration is open!
#diymusician #diyrecording #audiotips
Group classes for sound creators!
Starting november 10.
Reach out for more info!
& book a free 15-minute session. We’ll use the time to learn about your work and answer any questions about sound practice, recommendations, mic, software etc.
#composerlife #diymusician #recordingstudio
Sharing the basic idea of Soundgarden - online audio skills accompaniment and support we offer for creators:
https://studio-apothicaire.com/soundgarden
If this resonates with you, we would be happy to meet up and talk about your sound projects.
Free 15 minute intro session with Fili: https://cal.com/studio-apothicaire/15min
Things you could bring to talk about:
gear recommendations...
tech problems...
creative blocks...
ideas & dreams...
anything sound-related!
We love a good ☕️ in the morning, but sometimes language practice works just as well (and less jitters! )
#morningrituals #coffeesubstitute #sustainableaudio
Finding video angles to work in a small space takes creativity and exploration … but the same principles can apply filming anywhere! Glad to share notes and feedback.
#bedroomstudio #diyaudio #soundcreation
When we can embrace our limits or any perceived lack of skill, it actually frees up our creativity, allows us to find new sounds.
Here’s a soundtrack we made for a podcast project with @nav.pall at the Max Bell School this spring.
We used our personal favourite textures:
• 3 tracks of piano
• 2 tracks of cello
• a few synth pads
• 1 drum kit (acoustic)
• 1 drum kit (beat samples)
… maybe not the most conventional combination of sounds!
Coming as a cello player (and not an accomplished pianist) we are ‘faking’ the piano by building up texture in single lines—line by line.
This is how a string player feels music, we are into melodies and we don’t play many notes at once like the piano.
So it’s something that lately we’re really trying to embrace… the idea that it’s always possible to make something personal and unique from our limits, rather than waiting to be ‘good enough’ someday.
#musicinspiration #cellistcomposers #diymusician
A brief intro to contact mics, piezoelectricity and what to plug them into.
(Edit: Instagram clipped our reel, so this is part 2, see our previous post for part 1!)
Many thanks to @teozamudio for suggesting this topic!
Original music by @goni_ma x @filiapothicare
🎤🌿SOUNDGARDEN
If you want to keep deepening your sound creation skills... we offer 1-on-1 teaching sessions online (zoom) to creators in many different countries.
We offer knowledgeable and respectful hands-on learning oriented towards your creative process. All styles and skill levels welcome.
Write (DM) us/Fili for a free 15-minute session to say hello and talk about your sound projects!
#soundprojects #contactmic #piezoelectric
