Spring Break
WRIU Union studio recieves upgrade
Jeff Sullivan
Issue date: 6/13/09 Section: News
Whittaker added these PSAs could include content ranging from event notifications to group meeting times and awareness campaigns for local issues. He said they intend to reach out to local community and environmental groups, like Save the Bay.
"We want to get more student and community groups in for PSAs," Whittaker said. "I've been talking to different clubs, like Student Action for Sustainability, and a few other organizations besides them have certainly expressed interest."
Because the station only had the new equipment for about six weeks, they have focused on getting volunteers familiar with the system rather than outreach into the surrounding community.
"We're still trying to make sure the people in there know what they're doing before we start inviting people to come in and potentially waste their time," Reyes said.
Reyes is helping with the studio and is using it as a compliment to his curriculum. Students in his Audio Communication In The Media class have come into the studio to get a hands-on experience in sound recording. When he first came to the university, his class did not have any useable recording equipment at all, let alone a furnished studio.
"When I arrived here, I said where's the recording studio?" Reyes said. "They said, 'Well, we don't really have one.'"
Once at URI, Reyes and Whittaker started the process to get the proper equipment for the studio.
"They had every piece of the recording studio except for the thing that would record," Reyes said. "So as far as an investment of time and energy, it was really a no-brainer because they had all the hidden costs and hidden labor here already."
Maxwell Adepoju, a communication studies major at URI and a member of Reyes' class, said he is excited about the studio. He is producing hip-hop beats in the studio and thinks it will advance URI music.
"There's a lot of musicians and artists with no way to fully utilize their skills without the proper equipment. Now that they have that, everything is going to be local," Adepoju said.
Reyes is hopeful about what this studio could do for the university in terms of locally produced content. He said it will help get URI involved both in the music scene and the local community.
"We want to get more student and community groups in for PSAs," Whittaker said. "I've been talking to different clubs, like Student Action for Sustainability, and a few other organizations besides them have certainly expressed interest."
Because the station only had the new equipment for about six weeks, they have focused on getting volunteers familiar with the system rather than outreach into the surrounding community.
"We're still trying to make sure the people in there know what they're doing before we start inviting people to come in and potentially waste their time," Reyes said.
Reyes is helping with the studio and is using it as a compliment to his curriculum. Students in his Audio Communication In The Media class have come into the studio to get a hands-on experience in sound recording. When he first came to the university, his class did not have any useable recording equipment at all, let alone a furnished studio.
"When I arrived here, I said where's the recording studio?" Reyes said. "They said, 'Well, we don't really have one.'"
Once at URI, Reyes and Whittaker started the process to get the proper equipment for the studio.
"They had every piece of the recording studio except for the thing that would record," Reyes said. "So as far as an investment of time and energy, it was really a no-brainer because they had all the hidden costs and hidden labor here already."
Maxwell Adepoju, a communication studies major at URI and a member of Reyes' class, said he is excited about the studio. He is producing hip-hop beats in the studio and thinks it will advance URI music.
"There's a lot of musicians and artists with no way to fully utilize their skills without the proper equipment. Now that they have that, everything is going to be local," Adepoju said.
Reyes is hopeful about what this studio could do for the university in terms of locally produced content. He said it will help get URI involved both in the music scene and the local community.
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