MEET OUR TEAM
Nick Hall
MIDI Director
Although we’re obsessed with a blend of community and music gear, we are also all about the people that contribute to our Community-Focused activities.
The Source Studio is owned by the Music in Devon Initiative, which is a Community Interest Company, founded 10 years ago by MIDI Director Nick Hall. MIDI is different to many music organisations as there is a heavy focus on the community and creating opportunities for musicians, many in the very early days of their music careers, at its core.
Many of you that are local to Exeter will probably have run into Nick at the many events and projects MIDI have developed for Devon’s Music Community
These projects have seen a dedicated team of music freelancers help over 500 artists begin their careers.
Nick is an accomplished and professional musician with 30 years’ experience as a guitarist and multi instrumentalist teacher. He has travelled Europe and West Africa as a musician , learning various instruments and musical styles, playing Dakar Audio Club, Batch Gueye Band and now his main band the space rock band Rameagle.
Over the years he has been featured on 6Music, BBCR3 and played at Latitude,, Womad and Tropical Pressure Festivals and in front of 80,000 people with Batch Gueye in Liverpool.
Dave Knox
Source Studios Producer & Manager
Dave Knox is the FreelanceStudio Manager and In-House Music Producer at the Source Studios Exeter. He has been making music for ever, playing the bass and guitar in numerous bands in the 90’s and 2000’s and has his own Production Company R&K Studios, who are now based out of the Source Studios.
Since 1992, he has recorded albums for The Kredo, Vodka Doll, The Collectiv and 4 Eps for Selectiv, which were featured on numerous compilations. Recently, he’s recorded 2 Eps for the Supermercados, live videos for Southern Fried Groove Queens, demos for Pack of Animals, an album’s worth of material for the Kabins, an album for Rameagle and a four-track, 3rd EP for No Ordinary Fish.
His band the Collectiv played the main stage at the first Beautiful Days, Glastonbury and with Senser, Hawkwind, Banco De Gaia, Transglobal Underground, Asian Dub Foundation, Ozric Tentacles as well as releasing their eponymous album on SAS Records in 2003.
He also works with Devon Music Hub and records the winners for the Devon Secondary Schools Battle of the Bands. Over the last 4 years, these have included a single for Vanity Proj3ct, 2 singles for Absent Minds, an album for The Upper Hand, 2 singles for Sekrement and two EPs for Leonard & The Zombies. You can listen to them all here; https://randksystems.com/home
Dave has a passion for recording and has always worked with producers to for the mixing stage, to make the music he records sing. He believes that recording and mixing should be done by separate people to deliver the best results. Vodka Doll was mixed & mastered by Shaun Cronin, Rick Wolkers Mixed and Mastered the Collectiv Album, Selectiv was produced by Andi Bliss, the Supermercados by Tom Harrison, Pete Marten mixed & mastered 3 Kabins’ single releases and all of the Battle of the Bands winners.
As well as helping bands record, mix and master their music to a very high standard, Dave also works with the bands he records to optimise their releases. He advises on how to register publishing and then uses a tried and tested Music Release Plan to help them to identify all of the essential steps to take when releasing original music. These release plans also include EPKs that are used to secure reviews, radio opportunities, festivals and sync licensing opportunities. Bands he has been in and worked with have been featured on BBC Introducing and played venues from the Dublin Castle in London, to the Exeter Phoenix, Beautiful Days, Exmouth Festival, Sidmouth Folk Week, Sidmouth SeaFest, Goren Festival, Altitude, Festival on the Hills, Glastonbury
Read testimonials from Bands he’s worked with here; https://randksystems.com/testimonials
Dave has been working with MIDI for a number of years on a range of live sound, band booking, PR and assisting with events such as Exeter Street Arts Festival, Shanty Fest, The Devon Music awards as well as surviving
the legendary Politmore festival’s rain, thunder and lightning whilst staying chained to the mixing desk and keeping the bands rolling all weekend.
