Hector La Torre was a
recording and touring musician who felt the
need to know about the record production
process. He joined the Recording Institute
of America and soon became its Director of
Studios. Hector went on to be the
Editor/Publisher of Modern Recording
magazine. He then ran an artist management,
recording studio and record production firm
in NYC, producing artists for various
labels. Mr. La Torre soon became the
technical consultant to Music & Sound
Output and advisor to Sound &
Communications magazines. He was, until
recently, the Executive Director of EQ
and Gig magazines, as well as the
technical consultant to Pro Sound News.
Hector La Torre heads Fits & Starts
Productions, a company providing seminars
and workshops and consulting services to the
recording industry.
MIKE SOKOL
mike@fitsandstarts.com
Mike Sokol has been a live
sound and studio engineer and performer for
35 years. In addition to owning and
operating a 48-track studio in Maryland, he
often works on live productions that vary
from Klezmer to Classical, and Celtic to
Metal. Mr. Sokol has worked with many of the
top Blues performers, and often assists the
Maryland Symphony with their outdoor
concerts of over 40,000 listeners. In a
previous life he designed controls for
packaging robotics, built electronics for
missile guidance systems, and ran a computer
communications integration business that
interconnected banks with the Federal
Reserve and the early Internet.
Currently, Mike is a recognized surround and
live
sound expert. During the past eight years, he
has given over 400 seminars and workshops
across North America at recording schools,
universities, AES and NARAS chapters on
mixing music in 5.1 surround and above. A
Contributing Editor to Electronic
Musician, EQ, On-Stage and TV Technology
magazines, Mike currently has over 1,200
copyrighted columns in print. He recently
published a book with Prentice Hall: The
Acoustic Musician's Guide to Sound
Reinforcement & Live Recording.
