TAKE THE HELM OF THE RECORDING STUDIO AT TIMBER LAKE CAMP!
Salary: $5,500 - $8,500 (based upon experience) + Room & Board
Start Date: approximately June 17, 2023 for Staff Orientation
End Date: August 12, 2023
We are looking for an inspiring, greatly skilled, organized, and enthusiastic Producer/Songwriter/Educator to work with campers (ages 8-15) at Timber Lake Camp, a highly regarded sleep away camp in Upstate, NY. This multi-room camp recording studio is equipped with Pro Tools, Ableton, Logic, and Reason.
This position as RECORDING STUDIO MUSIC DIRECTOR will facilitate the creation and production of an album (about 7-20 songs) that features the original music and lyrics written & recorded by the campers over the course of the summer! Music Ascension will provide a mastering engineer and graphic designer.
Expect to facilitate 4-5 elective based classes per day of 3-15 campers. You will have a great Music Assistant staff person who is returning for his second summer at TLC. Focus areas include Songwriting & Recording, Performance Coaching, Music Production, Beat Production & anything additional you might want to incorporate.
There are no teaching responsibilities after the last program period which ends at 5:30pm each day. Although you will have the ability to use the recording studio for your own work at night and off hours, please know this is not an Artist-In-Residence position and you will often need to use non-teaching time for session prep as well as post production responsibilities. You will have a 30 hour day off every WEDNESDAY that begins on TUESDAYS at 6pm.
QUALITIES WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
- Collaborative, positive-minded, and able to help cultivate a fun and creative space.
- Strong experience in songwriting and music production and feel right at home running a recording studio.
- Experience teaching in group settings. Private lessons are great, but we are looking for people that can command a room and inspire groups of people to get excited about making music.
- Ability to have a very solid studio work flow while working with campers.
- Experience in mixing.
- Prior attendance or prior work at a summer camp a major plus.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Total Summer Salary= $5,500 - $8,500 (based upon experience) + Room & Board
Accommodations: Private room staff housing
This is an 8 week job commitment
APPLICATION STEPS:
STEP 1: Please send a cover letter and resume to info@musicascension.com
If available, feel free to also send link(s) or an attachment of a song you wrote and/or produced to info@musicascension.com
STEP 2: Please fill out the on-line application by clicking the APPLY link below.
APPLICATIONS ARE REVIEWED ON A ROLLING BASIS. PLEASE NOTE ONLY COMPLETED APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED.