To celebrate 60 years of representing the professional recording industry the APRS is holding a series of events throughout 2007.

Keep an eye on this page for news of past and future events...

01.

25-Jan-2007

upstairs at The Bath House,
96 Dean Street, London W1

"Alternative Burns Night"
Our opening event of the year was a fun evening of anecdotes and reminiscences, but there were also some positive thoughts about the future of the industry. The evening was well attended and highly appreciated by all who came along.

For those of you who couldn't attend in person please click here to read - and hear - all about it - including Keith Grant's wonderful violin story

02.

01-Mar-2007

upstairs at The Bath House,
96 Dean Street, London W1

"Meet the Musicians"
Following the success of our first event featuring the memories and anecdotes of some of our top engineers we assembled some of the country's greatest and most illustrious session musicians for the ultimate vrrbal jam-session. The line-up included Clem Cattini, Mitch Dalton, Mo Foster, Brian Gascoigne, Cliff Hall. Elliott Randall and Derek Wadsworth

The evening turned out to be jam-packed with wall-to-wall anecdotes!

See photos from the event here. We were also able to record the event. Members and invited guests can download the sound clips. Others can download this taster.

03.

21-Mar-2007

upstairs at The Bath House,
96 Dean Street, London W1

"An Evening with Rupert Neve"
In contrast to our two previous events our March gathering was devoted to the life, work and philosophies of one man - the legendary Rupert Neve.

Rupert took us on a journey from his earliest beginnings as a Public Address engineer in South West England, through to the design of his many justifiably renowned analogue recording consoles through to his latest audio design achievement the Portico series of high quality audio modules. Along the way there were some great memories and stories.

Click here for photos, audio downloads for members and a taster for others.

04.

25-Apr-2007

upstairs at The Bath House,
96 Dean Street, London W1

"An Evening with the Media & Marketing Experts"

Chairing the evening was Nick Dimes, Dimes + Sillitoe

Our expert panel consisted of

• Dave Robinson, Pro Sound News Europe
• Graham Boswell, Prism Sound
• Mimi Kerns, Mark Angelo Studios
• Giles Orford, Focusrite
• Matt Bell, formerly of Sound on Sound

Sound clips (for members only) and photos | Free audio taster

05.

31-May-2007

upstairs at The Bath House,
96 Dean Street, London W1

"Open Mic"
Once again we took over the upstairs function room at The Bath House, this time for an "Open Mic" evening.

This was your chance to have your say about anything you like concerning post-production, recording and the music business. Those who came along and can be heard taking part included: Peter Filleul (chair), Dennis Weinreich, Gilead Limor, Alan Sallabank, Elliot Randall, Mo Foster and Dave Harries.

Sound clips (for members only) | Free audio taster

06.

02-July-2007

Metropolis Studios,
The Power House,
70, Chiswick High Road,
London W4 1SY

"The Black Art of Mastering"
For our sixth event we moved to Metropolis Studios for an evening devoted to Mastering for vinyl, CD and beyond

Our panel consisted of

• Sean Magee, Abbey Road Studios
• Miles Showell, Metropolis Mastering
• Ray Staff, Alchemy Mastering
• Nick Watson, Fluid Mastering

and the evening was hosted by Mike Brown.

This proved to be an extremely popular evening.

Sound clips (for members only) are now online | Free audio taster

07.

27-Sep-2007

The Roof Gardens
Kensington High Street
London W8 5SA

The 60th anniversary lunch.
And so it came to pass that on Thursday 27 September 2007 many of The Great and The Good of the UK recording industry gathered to celebrate no less an event than the 60th anniversary of the organisation which has represented it through both good times and bad.

Click here for photos and sound clips.