STUDENT, DAVID PRUITT GOES TO HOLLYWOOD!

Bright city lights of Hollywood were calling out to audio student David Pruitt as he and Audio Instructor Gregg Sartiano hopped the eye-opener flight from Raleigh, NC to Los Angeles, CA. The two arrived in LA just before noon and drove straight to the studio for a scheduled recording session with Graham Ward and Mark McCombs. Graham Ward is a musical prodigy specializing in percussion, and Mark McCombs is a seasoned jazz pianist.

Almost upon arrival, Gregg, David, and the musicians got straight to work recording, slicing and mixing tracks for an upcoming Warren G album. When things slowed down in the studio, David and Mark were able to venture out into the streets of LA running errands and site seeing. David saw some of the familiar sites he had always seen on television, such as the Walk of Fame, Kodak Theater, Wax Museum, and Capital Records building.

Day two started early, Gregg had five songs to mix before lunch. Later that day, as a creative exercise, Gregg took the fresh tracks they had created and put them on a CD and drove around the city. Mixing business with pleasure, Gregg showed David the “perks” of being an audio engineer in a town like Hollywood. They went into a tall plain looking building and inside David found a hidden treasure of talent, such as the sound engineer for “Cold Play,” Gregg’s good friend James Lugo who is a vocal coach for “American Idol,” and Dave Stewart audio engineer for “Eurythmics.”

David’s determination, talent and passion to be a part of the audio industry in Los Angeles led him to meet Gregg’s peers who accepted him as one of their own. He now has contacts in his field and an open invitation to any one of the studios he visited.

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Debra A Hooper
Vice President/Director
School of Communication Arts
@ Digital Circus