SOUND / Recording & Production
remotely interested
April 2020. Finally got round to doing the podcast thing I've been putting off for years.... funny that...
Episode 1 with Gavin L. Sutherland of Other Lands (not pictured) is out now.
SOUND / Music Production
Movers International
'When I first heard this amazing album, I felt like I'd been waiting all my life for it' - Irvine Welsh on 'Stranger Things Have Happened.' M.I release on Paradise Palms Records and Ramrock and are part of the Out of the Ordinary supergroup.
TUTORING / Youth Work
Heavy Sound
As Lead Music Practitioner with Heavy Sound, Gavin works with groups who face barriers to learning & inclusion, primarily young people who've experienced trauma. H.S help people reengage through projects using hip-hop, rapping & DJ’ing.
SOUND / Recording, Mixing & Mastering
Sanna
Gavin spent several years working closely with Sanna on their debut album. Recorded live in their rehearsal room the album was lovingly and gently mixed and mastered by Gavin before being taken to Precise Mastering to be cut.
SOUND / Sound Design
Remembering Those
Gavin was asked to design the sound for 'Remembering Those' by Duncan Kidd which was performed at Edinburgh Castle on 15th November 2018 at a Veterans First Point & A Sense of Belonging event to mark the Centenary of Armistice day.
EVENTS / MIDI & Sound Tech
The Lammermuir Festival 2018
Gavin was asked to provide MIDI and sound support for the Red Note Ensemble's performance at The Lammermuir Festival.
SOUND / Live Sound
Jacqui Dankworth
Gavin was asked to provide live sound engineering services for Jacqui Dankworth and acclaimed American pianist-vocalist, Charlie Wood's UK tour when it stopped off in Edinburgh this August.
EVENTS / Youth Work
Meadows Festival 2018
Gavin provided support for the young people performing, sound engineering and stage managing the Futures Stage at The Meadows Festival.
SOUND / Audio Recording
the western revue
Artlink hired Gavin to digitise these two fascinating records. The Revue became a tradition in the 1960s. Performers included nurses, junior doctors, radiographers, pharmacists, physiotherapists, porters and anyone else who could be persuaded to join in.
EVENTS / Production Management
Wide Days 2018
Gavin returned to Wide Days this year to oversee the live production and the recording of this award winning event which continues to go from strength to strength. In 2014 it was named Best Networking Event at the Yearly Music Convention Awards and was also nominated for Best Convention Venue in 2016.
SOUND / Editing
Kirsten Newell
Gavin was asked to help out award winning Bharatanatyam dancer and teacher, Kirsten Newell, with some music for her latest performance.
SOUND / Sound Design
Dr Korczak’s Example
To mark the beginning of Scotland’s “Year of Young People” (2018) and World Holocaust Memorial Day, NHS Lothian and Strange Town Theatre Company presented a performance of “Dr Korczak’s Example” by David Greig with sound by Gavin Fort.
SOUND / Radio Production
Rock Art
Visually impaired Arts Access users found out more about prehistoric rock art this summer, with a hands-on visit to explore the collection at the National Museum of Scotland, followed by a field trip to discover ancient cup and ring marks on Tormain Hill outside Ratho. Sound artist Gavin Fort made a recording of the trip.
SOUND / Radio Production
Dead Ends
Dead Ends is a radio drama series developed and produced by Strange Town, working with Gavin Fort, and a team of young writers and actors. Series 1 is currently being aired on Radio Summerhall and series 2 is in the pipeline.
Tutoring / Sound Courses
Stills
Gavin teaches 'Sound Recording and Editing for Artists & Filmmakers' at Stills Gallery in Edinburgh. He has also delivered bespoke training for Stirling University, Baillie Gifford and the N.H.S. He has been invited to lecture at the SAE Institute and has worked as a tutor for University of Edinburgh supervising postgraduate students.
EVENTS / Tech Management
Wide Days 2017
Gavin has been involved in Wide Days since it was launched in 2010. 2017 saw the biggest production yet and Gavin was hired to manage all the technical aspects of Scotland’s only music-business convention. In 2014 it was named Best Networking Event at the Yearly Music Convention Awards and was also nominated for Best Convention Venue in 2016.
Tutoring / Youth Work
Urban Word
Urban Word is a youth based music workshop working with a range people between 12 and 25 years of age, teaching lyric writing, recording, DJ-ing and performance.
EVENTS / Event Production
Edinburgh Youth Music Festival
In 2015 Gavin was commissioned to plan and deliver the inaugural YMF. He worked with range of partners and stakeholders to develop a suite of workshops, opportunities for showcasing work and a platform for profiling and promoting youth music opportunities in the city. He also mentored and managed a team of young apprentices.
SOUND / Radio Production
Pleasance Podcast
The ‘Pleasance Comedy Podcast’ brings live stand up and interviews and features to the ears of over 250,000 listeners every year
SOUND / Project Management
Verden Demo Project
Gavin ran the highly successful demo project for young bands and artists at Verden Studios for several years until the studio's closure in 2015. The project helped launch the careers of bands such as The Spook School and Jamie & Shoony.
SOUND / Music Production
Gin Goblins - What Lies Beyond
Gavin worked as an engineer with the Damned's Rat Scabies on this album by Edinburgh Punk legends Gin Goblins
SOUND / Location recording
The Dying Eye
Gavin worked as a boom operator and sound recordist on the 2013 feature film The Dying Eye.
SOUND / Music Production
Bombskare - A Fistful Of Dynamite
Gavin recorded and co-produced Bomskare's debut album. The album won Punk Recording of the Year at The Scottish New Music Awards 2011.
SOUND / Voiceover
Flow Hospitality Training
Using the latest technology, Flow delivers a continuously evolving learning and development solution tailored to the hospitality and tourism sector, providing accredited, certificated training throughout the industry.