March 24-25 | 10AM–5PM | $795

Master the latest heavy metal recording techniques with Sweetwater’s Shawn Dealey on this hard-hitting two-day workshop with Judas Priest’s Richie Faulkner and his latest band, Elegant Weapons. Each jam-packed session walks you through superior techniques to track, overdub, comp, edit, and perfect your mix with EQ and effects. Experience how Shawn captures and mixes heavy guitar, thundering bass, titanic drums, and aggressive vocal styles to make your metal mixes rise above the rest.

This workshop is designed for anyone who wants to record, but are already comfortable with navigating Pro Tools, miking, patching, and finessing tracks using plug-ins and outboard gear.

You’ll Learn:

// Collaborative creativity
// Keeping musicians inspired
// Facilitating musicians who record with a less-structured approach
// Recording and mixing on the fly
// Capturing and leveraging the unexpected
// Transforming mayhem into masterpieces

Sweetwater Studios is proud to welcome Richie Faulker of Judas Priest and his brand-new heavy metal monster Elegant Weapons. Join Richie and his bandmates Ronnie Romero (Rainbow, Vandenberg, Michael Schenker), Dave Rimmer (Uriah Heep), and Christopher Williams (Accept) as they pummel you with their latest incendiary material. Harking back to the years of metal’s genesis forging such influences as Jimi Hendrix, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, and Black Label Society, Elegant Weapons is the continuation of a loud and proud tradition. This workshop is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see how the legends do it in the comfortable and intimate setting of Sweetwater’s Studio A.