Exponential Growth05/05/2018 The Gotham Sound Expo returns Saturday, May 5th! It'll be a great chance to play with the latest gear, talk with the manufacturers directly, and hang out with your fellow mixers, plus lunch, giveaways, and a kickin' after-party!Confirmed manufacturer reps and demos below the jump! Read more about Exponential Growth 0 comment Share Tweet
Straighten Up and Boom Right04/29/2018 Join veteran boom operator Ken Strain at the Academy for Careers in Television & Film in Long Island City on Sunday, April 29th from 3-6pm for a FREE masterclass in boom operation. Register here to reserve your space today!Full topic list is available after the jump.Refreshments will be served.This event is sponsored and organized by K-Tek with local support by Gotham Sound. Read more about Straighten Up and Boom Right 0 comment Share Tweet
Learn to Lav 'Em and Leave 'Em03/29/2018 Award-winning sound mixers Chris Newman and Peter Schneider, aided and abetted by professional sound people Jeannie Gilliland, Gregg Harris, Kira Smith, and Julian Townsend, demonstrate how to hide wireless microphones and transmitters on actors for film. The demonstrations will be followed by hands-on breakout sessions, so you can try out what you've learned.Please note that the event is free and open to all, but you must register here by 11am on 4/14 so we have your name for entry into the building.Sponsored by the School of Visual Arts, the Cinema Audio Society, and Gotham Sound. Read more about Learn to Lav 'Em and Leave 'Em 0 comment Share Tweet
Life & Taxes: Navigating the New Tax Code for Production Personnel01/26/2018 Confused about the major upheaval that the United States tax code just underwent and wondering how it affects self-employed freelancers in film and television? Join us on Sunday, February 18th from 11am-2pm at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School* or online. Nancy Adams, CPA (who's been known to do this sort of thing before) will be on hand to explain the changes and take questions.RSVP now to attend in person! Admission is free, but will require an RSVPNancy Adams is a certified public accountant with more than 25 years of public accounting experience and a client base including documentary and feature film companies, individual producers, actors, and other industry personnel.*Note: This was orignally planned for our Long Island City shop, but, due to overwhelming demand, we have moved it to the Frank Sinatra School Of The Arts, one block away. Read more about Life & Taxes: Navigating the New Tax Code for Production Personnel 0 comment Share Tweet
ATL Ease, Soldiers10/25/2017 The Atlanta Mixer Mixer is coming up fast! It's always a delightful time and a great opportunity for Atlanta's excellent sound community to come together and we're excited to see all of you.Sunday, November 5th from 10:00am to 5:00pm at the IATSE 479 assembly hall (4220 International Parkway, Suite 100) is the main event with manufacturers, dealers, gear, door prizes, and refreshments! Gotham Sound will be there, of course, plus the good people of DPA Microphones, Lectrosonics, Orca, Production Sound Solutions, Remote Audio, Sound Devices, Timecode Systems, Trew Audio, and Zaxcom!Let us know if there's any gear in particular for which you'd like to see a demo and we'll see if we can make it happen! Read more about ATL Ease, Soldiers 0 comment Share Tweet
Consult the Orca-cle09/15/2017 Gotham is Orca Bags' Dealer of the Month for September and their representatives will be surfacing at our Long Island City office this Friday, September 15th from 10am to 4pm! Drop by to try out the entire Orca line of products, including their new magnetic boom holder, cart antenna mount, and lightweight harness! Light refreshments will be served. Read more about Consult the Orca-cle 0 comment Share Tweet
Don't Freq Out09/14/2017 The Get Your Freq On seminar on navigating the spectrum upheaval as a wireless mic operator occurred last weekend and went reasonably well, if we do say so ourselves. Special thanks to Howard Kaufman of Lectrosonics, Colleen Goodsir of Zaxcom, Ben Escobedo of Shure, and everyone who attended either online or in person! If you missed it, we've posted the video online and made the speakers' presentations available in PDF format here: Gotham Lectrosonics Zaxcom Shure Or if you prefer the TLDR version, the most salient points are below the jump. Read more about Don't Freq Out 0 comment Share Tweet
Don't Freq Out09/10/2017 It's an uncertain time to be in the wireless business. With the finalized results of the spectrum auction, production use of frequencies above 617 MHz will be illegal in 2020 and impractical in many markets much sooner - some mobile carriers have announced deployment in the 600 MHz band starting this month.However, the good news is that the wireless manufacturers have been assiduously devising systems that can continue to transmit and receive clean, reliable signal under the new rules and offer the flexibility to keep you working when the rules change again.Presenters will include:Howard Kaufman from LectrosonicsBen Escobedo from ShureColleen Goodsir from Zaxcomand more!The seminar will take place on Sunday, September 10th from 12pm-3pm EST at Gotham's NY shop in Long Island City, but will also be broadcast live on livestream and our facebook page.Light refreshments will be provided.The event is free, but RSVP here or on our facebook event to help us get a headcount. Read more about Don't Freq Out 0 comment Share Tweet
Bags of Tricks01/26/2017 Join us in Long Island City on Saturday, February 18th from 12-4pm for Build-A-Bag day!Bring in your audio bag and share tips and tricks, powering solutions, ways to lighten the bag, organization schemes, walkie routing options, etc.! See how other mixers are tackling the challenges of bag mixing and what they're doing to make their day to day easier.Gotham will be on hand to help with ideas and provide demo items (plus refreshments!)Big hat tip to Alex Ramirez for conceiving the idea and helping organize, not to mention writing a great pitch email we cribbed freely from.Entry is free, but it'd help us plan if you <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/build-a-bag-tickets-31496466780" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/build-a-bag-tickets-31496466780" target="_blank" "="">RSVP so we have an approximate headcount! Read more about Bags of Tricks 0 comment Share Tweet
ATL Ease, Soldiers11/03/2016 The Atlanta Mixer Mixer is almost upon us! Come Sunday, November 6th from 10:00am to 5:00pm at the IATSE 479 assembly hall (4220 International Parkway, Suite 100) to hang out with your fellow sound mixers, plus manufacturers, dealers, gear, door prizes, and refreshments!Gotham Sound will be there, of course, with demo units from Ambient, Schoeps, Audio Limited, and Rycote, plus the good people of The Audio Department, Batteries Plus, Bubblebee, DPA, Independant Audio with Cedar, Lectrosonics, Location Sound, Orca, Plus 24 with Sanken, Pro Sound, Remote Audio, Sound Devices, Sound Guys Solutions, Trew Audio, and Zaxcom! Read more about ATL Ease, Soldiers 0 comment Share Tweet