Recording Engineer Performanced Based SOW.pdf

F1WTBA1010A001

STATEMENT OF WORK

FOR

RECORDING ENGINEER

1.0 DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

1.1 SCOPE OF WORK. The vendor shall provide all personnel, equipment (not provided by the government), tools, materials, supervision, or services necessary to create digital audio recordings of the USAF Band of the Pacific.

1.2 RECORDING. The vendor shall engineer recording sessions for the USAF Band of the Pacific Greatlanders, Top Cover, Alaska Brass or any combination of these groups. The vendor shall be knowledgeable and utilize all recording equipment listed in SOW Attachment 1.

1.3 MIXING. The Vendor shall mix all audio feeds of the recording session using best commercial practices. The finished product shall be ready for editing.

1.4 EDITING. The Vendor shall edit all audio captured to tape and or hard drive using best commercial practices. The final edited product shall be ready for mastering. Edits will be subject to approval by a representative of the USAF Band of the Pacific.

2.0 SERVICE DELIVERY SUMMARY

2.1 The end product of the recording session will be used for a compact disc featuring all USAF Band of the Pacific ensembles (Greatlanders, Alaska Brass, Top Cover, Dixie Express, Northern Lights Brass). Additionally, the recorded music will be used on our website, and as background music for radio and television advertising spots which will be available for concert sponsors to use. Audio files may be made available for web download at a later time, depending on copyright permissions.

2.2 The recording engineer must be available for invitational orders and deliver services in the city of Anchorage, AK from 16 January 2011 through 23 January 2011.

3.0 GENERAL INFORMATION

3.1 Unless otherwise notified, all recordings shall take place at an appropriate recording studio in Anchorage, AK on the inclusive dates of 16 January 2011 through 23 January 2011.

3.2 Minimum Qualifications of Personnel. The contractor shall meet the minimum qualifications as identified below.

3.2.1 Vendor shall have at the minimum 15 years consistent recording experience of world-class groups and artists of commercial jazz/rock/pop music on major labels such as GRP Records, Blue Note Records, Concord Records, etc.

3.2.2 Vendor shall have a minimum 15 years experience mixing and producing audio for live national television programming such as Saturday Night Live, Christmas Tree Lighting at Rockefeller Center, The Carson Daly Show, etc.

3.2.3 Vendor shall be familiar with both Pyramix and ProTools workstation platforms and the most current restoration and signal processing platforms: ReNovator and Audiocube. Vendor shall have appropriate degrees from an accredited institution such as B.A., M.A., M.F.A., M.M.

with, as a minimum, a specialty area in Humanities with extensive training in recording technology and techniques, or equivalent professional experience.

3.2.4 Vendor shall be familiar with both multi-microphone (24 microphones or more) and multi-track micing (five microphones or fewer) recording techniques and latest recording technologies such as DSD (SACD).

3.2.5 Vendor shall have experience with content preparation and encoding for digital delivery.

3.2.6 Vendor’s previous recordings of small- and medium-sized jazz, rock, or pop musical groups shall have been nominated and/or awarded for multiple international and/or national awards (Grammies, etc) with most nominations and/or awards received for jazz vocals and/or traditional blues.

3.2.7 Vendor shall have extensive experience as a recording engineer of small- and medium-sized jazz, rock, and pop musical groups.

3.2.8 Vendor shall have a minimum of 15 years professional experience working on an a wide variety of vintage, modern digital, and analog recording equipment, to include comprehensive use of Encore automation software; OR have completed no fewer than forty (40) professional tracking and/or mixing projects using a wide variety of vintage, modern digital and analog recording equipment.

3.2.9 Vendor shall have a minimum of 3 years professional experience using Digidesign’s ProTools HD audio recording and editing software, version seven (7.4) or higher.

3.2.10 Vendor shall have a minimum of 5 years of professional experience working with Pyramix audio recording and editing software, version four (4.0) or higher.

4.3.1. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS. The service provider shall be knowledgeable of and shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, permits, Department of Defense (DoD), AF, and base requirements and instructions required for the performance of the duties in this SOW. The service provider shall ensure policies and procedures are established that protect the safety and welfare of customers, employees, and the community to minimize or eliminate safety or environmental pollution risks.

4.3.2. INDEMNIFICATION: The contractor agrees to indemnify and hold the Government and the Department of the Air Force harmless, whether in tort or in contract, for any and all loss or liability for injury to or death of service provider personnel in transit to, from or during the period of attendance at any of the required locations in support of this production.

4.3.3. The contractor shall ensure compliance with all federal, DoD, AF, and Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson (JBER) vehicle identification policies for contractor-owned vehicles.

4.3.4. The contractor shall obtain proper identification badges for access to JBER, for the duration of the contract.

4.3.5. TRAVEL, MEALS, LODGING AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES: Do not include pricing for meals, lodging, and incidental expenses. The vendor will travel on invitational orders.

4.3.6. RIGHTS AND ROYALTIES: All rights and royalties resulting from the production of recordings shall become the property of the United States Air Force and the United States Air Force Band of the Pacific. The contractor shall not have any rights to potential royalties, now or in the future, as a result of their performance under the terms and conditions of this contract.

4.3.7. Hours of Operation

4.3.8. RECORDING SESSIONS: Recording sessions take place Monday through Sunday between the hours of 0800 and 1900. The vendor may be asked to work hours earlier or later than the aforementioned example.

4.3.9. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: Dates of the session are 16-24 January 2011.