By Myra Mulongoti, Arts and Entertainment Editor
DeepEnd Productions is a student-run record label at Post that offers hands-on experience to students pursuing careers in the music industry. Their two main goals are organizing live events for students and helping students record and release music. The club is managed by music, technology, entrepreneurship, and production majors (MTEP). The current e-board of the club includes: co-president senior Lucas Caballero, co-president senior Justin Dama, vice president junior Ben Hoffman, treasurer sophomore Ray Schwan, secretary sophomore Sofia Lanese.
Hoffman articulated the club’s learning goals for students. The club offers practical experience to various aspects of the industry from setting up equipment to releasing music.
“We want to get real-life world experience that we can learn from and apply it to our future careers,” he said.
DeepEnd has hosted several exciting events in the past. The board members highlighted two in particular: Cove City Sounds Studio Tour and DeepEnd Artists Showcase at Industry. Caballero and Hoffman selected Cove City Sounds Tour as the club’s best past event.
“At the end of last semester, we did a tour of Cove City Sounds studio, which is a professional recording studio in Glen Cove,” Caballero shared. “They’ve recorded Mariah Carey and a few other really famous people. They also recorded JLo. That was definitely our coolest event, because all the music students got to see a real studio.”
Another notable event was a performance by Post student bands held at a venue in Huntington—Industry—last semester. In addition to these events, DeepEnd also hosts regular open mics on campus.
One of DeepEnd’s main focuses is providing students with an opportunity to learn studio recording. Although DeepEnd does not distribute music for students, they offer advice and guidance in this regard and help with marketing.
So far this school year, they have recorded music for several artists including “Better Left Unsaid” by cannonfodder, a band that includes DeepEnd members Schwan and Lanese. Additionally, they recorded the song “Third Party” for the band Oeste which is expected to be released in November.
Caballero discussed the recording-side of DeepEnd.
“We help people record their music, and then we just tell them how to release it,” he explained. “So technically, we don’t release anything. We just help people record stuff and we put publishing and marketing stuff on it.”
As for the structure of the club, DeepEnd operates with a small team of MTEP majors. While performance-based events are open for all to attend, recording sessions are kept for the MTEP majors in the club. This helps keep the process smooth and efficient while ensuring valuable learning opportunities for MTEP students.
Lanese elaborated on this process.
“We’re always willing to help people record their music but we don’t really need more people to make it happen,” she said.
Schwan echoed this sentiment, explaining how having too many people can actually detract from the learning experience.
“There can also be too many chefs in the kitchen,” he explained. “If we have 25 people trying to get into a studio session, people just end up getting in the way.”
Looking forward, DeepEnd has more exciting projects and events lined up. In addition to their regular open mics, the club is looking to make their radio-show, “Live From the Bubble” a more regular fixture.
Caballero explained the concept of the show.
“Live from the Bubble is a student-hosted interview music performance talk show,” Caballero said. “In the little podcast section, students get interviewed and talk about their music and their experience working on music. The guest also plays their original music, or a cover occasionally. They usually play three or four songs.”
Additionally, they are looking to record and release a compilation album featuring student artists.
“We’re trying to record a compilation album. And hopefully, if we have everything done by spring break we want to get vinyl pressings of the compilation album and sell them on campus at tablings and school concerts, and then also sell vinyl to record stores. We’re planning to donate all the money made from it.”
As they continue to grow, DeepEnd is hitting all the right notes and reviving the music scene at Post. They currently have on-campus open mic events scheduled for Oct. 10 and Nov. 7. Previous episodes of “Live from the Bubble” are available to watch on their YouTube channel. Keep an ear out for new music and more fun events!
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