When I arrived at the Anaheim Convention Center for the 115th annual National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Show held in Anaheim, CA, what impressed me the most was the inquisitive and diverse array of attendees at the convention. NAMM experienced a record number of eclectic and colorful exhibitors this year, from big corporations to family-run …
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The Legacy of Love was a tribute show for the late Ryan Ogle, a wonderful person and talented producer who lost his life earlier this year. Ryan enrolled as a student in October of 2014 and excelled beyond words throughout the time that he was with us. He influenced and inspired many of his classmates, …
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Last week Canterbury Park put away the saddles and made way for the sleds… motor sleds. The AMSOIL Championship Snocross was in town for the Pirtek Snowcross National and IPR Digital Video and Media Production students were in the thick of it. The AMSOIL Championship Snocross is an ISOC sanctioned snocross series that consists of eight national …
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[slideshow_deploy id=’11047′] On Monday Black Sabbath members Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, and Geezer Butler rolled into town to perform as a part of the “Final Tour by the Greatest Metal Band of all Time,” and IPR students and staff were there to see it. Live Sound & Show Production students Zachary Rudolph and Kaia Duchenne, along …
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The Minnesota Vikings season is over with the loss to Seattle in the playoffs on Sunday, but despite the final heartbreaker, it will be a season to remember – particularly for IPR Digital Video and Media Production student Audrey Swenson. And not just because of that definitive win in Green Bay to clinch the NFC …
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It’s 10 a.m. on a Friday in December and IPR’s Edina campus is teeming with activity. IPR students and instructors, along with a team of film professionals, are gearing up for a day of production on Personal Space, a short film they are producing for this year’s Z Fest short film competition. Digital Video and …
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[slideshow_deploy id=’10958′] On Thursday, Dec. 10, IPR held its inaugural Holiday Music Festival. Don’t let the name fool you, this wasn’t five guys in ugly sweaters singing carols. DJ BlazeOne (IPR Lab Staff member Paul Znascko) MC’d and performed between acts on Thursday as a procession of names from IPR and the Minnesota music scene …
Jarod Hadaway graduated from IPR in 2007 with an associate degree in audio production and engineering. Since then, he has worked in all aspects of the creative media industry from teaching and mentoring high school students at a Minneapolis charter school to founding and running Last Triumph, one of Minnesota’s first certified B corporations and …
IPR’s Edina Studio Manager Red White often warns new students that, “if you don’t have a passion for video production, don’t get in the business.” After over thirty years working in feature film and commercial production, he knows what he’s talking about. His words were not wasted on these hard working IPR students. After spending half of …
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Bryan Mengy owns a successful recording studio in Northeast Minneapolis called Northwood Studio, which he says has been completely slammed since opening in 2012. A lot of that is due to his experience at the Institute of Production and Recording (IPR). “I met a ton of people that I still work with now,” he explains. …
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