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So you think that soundengineering is dominated by men? Well, right you are, I guess. Nevertheless, I too was somehow infected with this hey-I-love-a-1000-knobs-and-blinking-lights-flu a couple of years ago and actually managed to turn my hobby into my job within only a few years!But here's how it happend:It all started when I was just about 16 years old at our local venue the Gaswerk. After helping out as a stagehand a couple of times I was soon left alone behind the desk. Within a years time I was in charge of the sound-crew at the Gaswerk, working at almost all the shows myself. It was around that time that I also started to accompany bands around the country as well as taking over the stagemanagement-job at our hometown festival Musikfestwochen. In january 2004 - freshly out of highschool - i got accepted to Zepra (Zentrum für professionelle Audiotechnik) in Aarau and signed the two-year contract as Assistant Engineer at Hardstudios in Winterthur. The two years at Zepra and Hardstudios taught me a great deal. Working with people like Moritz Wetter and Ron Kurz daily, as well as assisting engineers such as Patrick Müller, Patrick Schwitter, Helge Dyk, Daniel Dettwiler and meeting engineers, musicians, producers and who-ever-else has been a huge benefit. Without them, I'd never be where I am today. While working 100% at Hardstudios, I still found time to travel from gig to gig with different bands every weekend or work at local venues such as the Gaswerk and the Salzhaus. The reward for two years of working 200% was a very successful start into my life as a freelancer. I hope to be able to continue this way for a long time and I want to thank everybody who has helped me in the past, helps and teaches me now and will be of assitance in the future. You are making it possible for me to live my dream. THANK YOU!My most frequent challanges are:My Name Is George (Swisstop 2006!), The Paces, The Air Collective, The Bianca StoryOver the years I've had the chance to do front of house for:Adam Bomb (USA/I) - Admiral James T. & the Bell Garden Four (CH) - Aeronauten (CH) - Audiovirus (CH) - Average (CH) - Big D and the Kids Table (USA) - Catchpole (CH) - Christian Kjellvander (Sw) - Da Basco (CH) - Doomraiser (I) - Eastern Standard Time (USA) - Flink (CH) - Flower (CH) - Franky Fucking Four Fingers (CH) - Golowin (CH) - Hellroom Projectors (CH) - Hukedicht (CH) - Ken Stringfellwo & Subterfuge (USA/D) - Kid Ikarus (CH) - Knarf Relöm (D) - Labrats (CH) - Landfall (CH) - Meister Ömi und das Flo (CH) - Men from S.P.E.C.T.R.E (CH) - Mester Stoorworm (CH) - Mogus (CH) - Mudriver (CH) - New York Ska Jazz Ensemble (USA) - Plankton (CH) - Raptor Kit (CH) - Räuberhöle (D) - Redwood (CH) - Rich Hopkins and the Luminarios (USA) - Rubber City Rebles (USA) - Saalschutz (CH) - Scaramanga (CH) - Schtärnefoifi (CH) - Scope (F) - Shiry Shiroky (CH) - Slimboy (CH) (u.a. Fast Forward Tour 2006) - Snotty Cheekbones (CH) - Solace (USA) - Teenage Kings (CH) - The Creepshow (USA) - The Peacocks (CH) - The Slackers (USA) - The Spades (NL) - The Strivers (CH) - Throw Rag (USA) - Toxic Guineapigs (CH) (Fast Forward Tour 2006) - UK Subs (USA) - Unused Pawnshop (CH) (Fast Forward Tour 2006) - Yumi Yumi (J) - Zhivago (CH) and many others...Monitors for:Baschi (CH) - Bubble Beats (CH) - Betzefer (Isr) - Chumbawamba (UK) - Devil Driver (USA) - Die Apokalyptischen Reiter (D) - Eagles of Death Metal (USA) - Favez (CH) - Forever Will Burn (SA) - Gianna Viscardi Band (Bras) - Gutbucket (D) - Huston Swing Engine (CH) - Laith Al-Deen (D) - La Phaze (F) - Let Me Dream (FIN) - Millionaire (Bel) - Mouse on Mars (D) - New York Ska Jazz Ensemble (USA) - Open Season (CH) - Panteón Rococó (MEX) - Plankton (CH) - Plenty Enuff (CH) - Poppa Chuby (USA) - rad. (USA) - Rose Tatoo (AUS) - Scaramanga (CH) - Skalariak (ESP) - Skatalites (JAM) - Snotty Cheekbones (CH) - Soulfly (Bras) - The Organ (CAN) - TV Smith (UK) - Tyr (Färöer Islands) - Votiva Lux (I) - X-Vision (FR) and then some...And recorded the following bands live:Adrian Stern (CH) - Beat by Five (D) - Coheed & Cambria (US)- Dada Ante Portas (CH) - Dozer (SWE) - El Thule (I) - Gogol Bordello (UKR) - Howie Beck (CAN) - Kettcar (D) - Los de Abajo (MX) - Millencollin - Nada Surf (USA) - Plankton (CH) - Pornole (CH) - Seda – Live Record(CH) - Skin (UK) - Sportfreunde Stiller (D) - The Men from S.P.E.C.T.R.E (CH)I hope to be able to add lots of other names to this list as time passes - maybe your band too one day - see you on stage!

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Member Since: 1/25/2007
Band Members: Mylène Jacquemart
Influences: All the fantastic bands, my talented and ever so experienced colleagues as well as all the great records that can be found out there.
Sounds Like: Someone who has dedicated her life to soundengineering and spends every free minute mountainbiking, snowboarding, racebiking, surfing, reading, climbing, playing bass, looking for cool new converse, going out with friends and enjoying life in every other way that comes to mind!
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My Blog

VASCO ROSSI 2008 Part I

Time flies by as we are already approaching our last gig in Messina, Sicily next weekend. We've been going since mid May, starting in Genova, passing on to Rome, Milano, Ancona, Venezia (Heineke Jammi...
Posted by Girlpower Engineering on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:23:00 PST

NOVEMBER: ROME, HANNOVER, BERLIN & HAMBURG

Yeah, not bad for one month, huh? I spent five days in Rome beginning of this month - not for work reasons for once. Yes, i took some days off and went "back to the roots". It's hard to believe, that ...
Posted by Girlpower Engineering on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:55:00 PST

MY NAME IS GEORGE "WOW!" TOUR

Soooo.... here we are. The WOW! tour with My Name is George is over. We finished with two spectacular shows in Basel and Chur that really gave us the feeling that things are far from finished! Thanks ...
Posted by Girlpower Engineering on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:55:00 PST

ARBEITARBEITURLAUBURLAUB

Bom dìa es ist doch schon einige Zeit vergangen, seit ich zum letzten mal Portugiesisch im Blog verwendet habe. Nun ist es wieder soweit, ich bin zwar nicht ganz so weit weg wie beim letzten Mal in ...
Posted by Girlpower Engineering on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:27:00 PST

TOUR NEWS 2

Hmmm... nach allen logischen Überlegungen müsste nach einem Eintrag mit dem Titel "Tour News 1" ja auch noch ein Eintrag mit dem Titel Tour News 2 kommen. Da ich aber schon lange wieder zu Hause bin, ...
Posted by Girlpower Engineering on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:47:00 PST

TOUR NEWS 1

Ciao a tuttiEndlich finde ich ein Bisschen Zeit, um hier ein paar News zu hinterlassen. Ich bin ja doch schon seit dem 4. Juni in Italien... Was bisher geschah:Abgeholt vom Flughafen Fiumicino in Rom ...
Posted by Girlpower Engineering on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:43:00 PST

ICH DARF AUF TOUR...

Ja, das ist richtig... Ich geh sechs Wochen mit Vasco Rossi (ob der Pornos mag?) auf Tour durch Italien. Noch fühle ich mich mit der kommenden Aufgabe "leicht" überfordert. Ich werde als Systemtechnik...
Posted by Girlpower Engineering on Sun, 20 May 2007 02:07:00 PST

MAGST DU PORNOS?

Auf die Gefahr hin, dass mein MySpace Account bald gesperrt wird, weil das Wort Pornos so oft darauf erscheint, muss ihr hier doch eine kleine Erläuterung anbringen. Pornos - von gewissen, eher schüch...
Posted by Girlpower Engineering on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:14:00 PST

ZU GAST IN BASEL

In der ersten März Woche durfte ich acht Tage lang in Basel gastieren. Anlass dazu waren die GVs von Novartis und der BLKB (genaugenommen war das eine Zertifikatsversammlung) im St. Jakobs Park (ja, d...
Posted by Girlpower Engineering on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:28:00 PST

1:0 FÜR BRASILIEN

bom día an alle! die einen habens mitgekriegt - die anderen nicht. ich war eben für zwei wochen in brasilien. ein wunderbares land!! hier eine kleine zusammenfassung einiger erlebnisse. bilder folgen...
Posted by Girlpower Engineering on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:41:00 PST