Josh Rogosin’s Masterclass captivates Bologna with two days of technique, creativity, and immersive live-recording sessions.

dBTechnologies ACADEMY closes its 2025 edition with the masterclass “Tiny Desk Concerts: Shaping the Sound”, led by Josh Rogosin.

Bologna, December 6, 2025 – dBTechnologies ACADEMY closes its 2025 edition with the masterclass “Tiny Desk Concerts: Shaping the Sound”, led by Josh Rogosin, longtime sound engineer of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts and founder of the Global Sound Concerts series. Two remarkably well-attended days, enriched by direct exchange, hands-on demonstrations, and a live recording session that perfectly embodied the essential, deeply human philosophy at the heart of his work.

Day 1 – A journey through technique, experience, and the philosophy of sound capture. On the first day, Rogosin revisited the intense and exhilarating years of his career through milestones and anecdotes that revealed an approach grounded in a clear principle: allow each artist’s uniqueness to emerge unfiltered, because the unrepeatable relationship between performer and audience is the true substance of any recording. Capturing that relationship with honesty—both technically and visually—is what gives content real power.

From field recordings to hundreds of Tiny Desk sessions, Rogosin demonstrated how complexity can be managed through essential choices: fewer microphones, greater sensitivity to the environment, and a sonic approach that leaves room for spontaneity. His philosophy is both simple and radical: a form of minimalism that elevates intensity, emotion, and the intersubjective interplay within a space.

Day 2 – A live recording with Cari Q Music Band at Ex.Dynamo: where space and performance merge into a single narrative. The second day was entirely practical, offering participants a true immersion into the Rogosin method. Cari Q Music, the GSC contest-winning band, recorded a live performance across the indoor and outdoor areas of Ex.Dynamo, a social hub for art, culture, and sustainable mobility.

The location was as evocative as it was complex: open-air sections, interior structures, and the narrow underground tunnels once used as an atomic shelter. Each space transformed the performance, becoming an active part of the sound—exactly the foundation on which Global Sound Concerts is built.

Participants followed every step “at zero distance”: choosing the environment, positioning, natural balancing, and managing the unpredictable. No artifice, no overproduction—only performance, space, and an ear trained to capture the “truth” of sound.

Rogosin brought to Bologna the very best of his method: respect for artists, attentiveness to the audience, cultural curiosity, and a clear vision for the future of the craft. He reminded everyone that extraordinary talent and compelling stories can be found everywhere—not only in major productions.

A highly engaging masterclass The participants’ energy, the depth of discussion, the quality of the practical session, and Rogosin’s ability to involve everyone—with expertise, verve, and remarkable generosity—made this edition one of the Academy’s most significant.

Bologna welcomed a true storyteller of sound: someone who transforms simplicity into impact and continues to explore the meeting point between places, people, and music through Global Sound Concerts.