Sia Furler Institute appoints its first Artist-in-Residence

Jon Lemon in mixing booth

Jon Lemon at work on the Us +Them tour. Photo by Kate Izor.

One of the world鈥檚 leading live-sound music engineers has become the first Artist-in Residence at the 成人大片鈥檚 Sia Furler Institute of Contemporary Music and Media.

Jon Lemon, most recently live-sound engineer for Pink Floyd frontman and founder Roger Waters鈥 acclaimed Us +Them tour, has worked with many of the world's best-known artists such as Seal, Janet Jackson, Beck, Sinead O鈥機onnor, INXS, Pet Shop Boys, Oasis, Bryan Ferry and Lana Del Rey, just to name a few.

He was recently awarded the Total Production International 鈥楽ound Engineer of the Year鈥 title in London and also a CAS (Cinema Audio Society (US)) Award for his contribution to Smashing Pumpkins鈥 If It All Goes Wrong DVD. He is preparing for another Roger Waters tour, This Is Not a Drill, scheduled for 2021.

鈥淎s Artist-in-Residence, Jon will be sharing his knowledge and experiences from his live work as well as his in-studio work for students to get an insider perspective of music-making at the highest level,鈥 says Professor Tom Hajdu, Director of the Sia Furler Institute.

鈥淥ur students are incredibly fortunate to be able to share Jon鈥檚 insights. And it鈥檚 particularly appropriate that he is our first Artist-in-Residence, given he has worked extensively with Sia herself.鈥

Jon Lemon says: 鈥淚鈥檓 excited about the prospect of working with the students at the 成人大片. I鈥檝e been lucky enough to meet and work with some of the greats of the touring and recording industry along my journey and have always been grateful to those who鈥檝e opened themselves up to pass on their knowledge and experience.

鈥淚鈥檓 happy to be able to pass on some of what I鈥檝e learned over the years to these young people who are just starting out on their creative careers, and hope I can be of some small benefit to them.鈥

鈥淥ur students are incredibly fortunate to be able to share Jon鈥檚 insights. And it鈥檚 particularly appropriate that he is our first Artist-in-Residence, given he has worked extensively with Sia herself.鈥Professor Tom Hajdu, Director, Sia Furler Institute

After growing up in Adelaide, and working in the UK and US, Lemon has moved back home to South Australia. These days, he resides in Port Willunga, near the Fleurieu Peninsula.

The Sia Furler Institute has a track record of hosting world-class creative experts through its programs.

In 2020, Laurie Anderson was the inaugural Artist-in-Residence at Art Intelligence, a ground-breaking collaboration around art and artificial intelligence between the Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) and Sia Furler Institute.

And the Institute鈥檚 Creative Revolutionaries series, featuring visionary cultural creatives driving change through innovation, has hosted several international leaders in their fields.

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