With Kiran Gandhi (drummer for M.I.A.) and Kimberly Thompson (drummer for Beyoncé)
San Francisco, CA - April 25, 2016 —Women’s Audio Mission (WAM), a San
Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of women in music
production and the recording arts, presented an intensive drum
recording workshop with guest celebrity drummers Kiran Gandhi, music
producer and drummer for M.I.A. and Thievery Corporation, and Kimberly
Thompson, recording artist and drummer for Beyoncé and Late Night with Seth Meyers at Women’s Audio Mission’s recording studio on April 10, 2016.
Women’s Audio Mission trains over 1,200 women and girls every year in
the only professional recording studio in the world built and run
entirely by women. WAM Executive Director Terri Winston led the workshop
and trained over 20 young women in how to prepare and tune a drum kit
and select and place microphones to produce high-quality, professional
recordings of live drums. The students then participated in a live
recording session of both Gandhi and Thompson on drums.
“I haven’t worked with any other female engineers except for myself and a
few of the ladies today,” Thompson said during the workshop. “I’m
really honored to step into the first female engineering location. It’s
very inspiring … I think that there are some core people in this camp
that are really going to change the world. “
“I think one of the things I’m most inspired by is how energetically
positive this place feels. It just feels super supportive, celebratory
of each other’s music, everyone is super good at what they do,” Gandhi
observed. “I just feel like my comfort level here is so good and stable …
Today’s class was just through the roof good vibes … Everyone was so
happy working together, we had a blast playing, teaching and getting
inspired.”
“WAM is so honored to have Kiran and Kimberly here working with our
students,” Winston said. “What a life-changing experience for our
students to witness such incredibly accomplished and gifted drummers who
were so generous with their knowledge and experience. It doesn't get
any better than this."
Hear more from Gandhi and Thompson in an exclusive WAM podcast interview produced by WAM student interns.
San Francisco, CA - April 25, 2016 —Women’s Audio Mission (WAM), a San
Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of women in music
production and the recording arts, presented an intensive drum
recording workshop with guest celebrity drummers Kiran Gandhi, music
producer and drummer for M.I.A. and Thievery Corporation, and Kimberly
Thompson, recording artist and drummer for Beyoncé and Late Night with Seth Meyers at Women’s Audio Mission’s recording studio on April 10, 2016.
Women’s Audio Mission trains over 1,200 women and girls every year in
the only professional recording studio in the world built and run
entirely by women. WAM Executive Director Terri Winston led the workshop
and trained over 20 young women in how to prepare and tune a drum kit
and select and place microphones to produce high-quality, professional
recordings of live drums. The students then participated in a live
recording session of both Gandhi and Thompson on drums.
