Profile
I am a Composer and Sound Designer, with more than ten years of experience in the music and sound for visual image industries. Worked on projects in a variety of contexts including composer, sound designer, recording engineer, and mastering engineer. My current focus is in interactive music and audio while pursuing continued education in music composition and implementation for games. I am certified by Audiokinetic for Wwise 201 (Wwise Fundamentals and Music Implementation), and working towards Wwise 301 Certification for advanced implementation and Unity integration.
Skills
I’m very comfortable with a wide variety of software, operating systems, DAWs, control surfaces and various recording procedures and techniques. Fast learner with the ability to adapt quickly to new and changing processes. Strong communication skills. Fast worker and out-of-the-box thinker.
Software Experience
Audiokinetic Wwise (Certified)
Unity (beginner)
Ableton Live
FL Studio
Logic Pro
Pro Tools
Reason
Adobe Audition
Waves Complete
Izotope RX
Melodyne
RipX Deep Audio
NI Komplete
Arturia V Collection
Spitfire BBC Pro
Vir2 Mojo Horns
East West Composer Cloud
Adobe Premiere
Adobe Photoshop CC
Excel & Sheets (Advanced)
Word & Google Docs
Asana
Slack
“PEZZNER” - Summer 2007 - Current
Electronic Music Artist/Freelance Composer
Composed and produced sound and music for countless productions to enhance the overall creative concept of each project as developed by the Producer/Director. Drafted and negotiated over 100 copyright & performance contracts with publishers, record labels and venues. Produced hundreds of music tracks for retail sale and license on a variety of publishing platforms including iTunes, Amazon, Beatport, Audiosocket and many more. Created music and sound design for sync, advertisements and promotional use. Worked with booking 3 agencies to align nightclub and festival performances worldwide.
Ran Ableton & FL Studio workshops, and taught one-on-one tutorials with students in electronic music composition and mixing techniques. Musician endorsements with Ableton, Microsoft, Behringer and Native Instruments.
Clients and Projects Include: Microsoft, Grammercy Post, Virgin Active, Nordstrom, VML, SAP, T-Mobile, Digital Kitchen, American Idol, Dirtybird Records, and Fabric London
The Can Can Cabaret - Spring 2017 - Current
Composer/Engineer
Operate and maintain an on-site music production studio where I compose and edit music for a dinner theater cabaret. Each show runs for 3 months and create roughly 15 songs per show, as well as sound design for the stage. Recording, engineering, mixing and mastering of all audio. Manage music distribution and licensing for all recordings. Maintain and organize the venue’s music production software library and licenses.
Education
Shoreline Community College: Associates Degree - Music Technology - Digital Audio 1997
School of Visual Concepts: Graphic Design and Typography, 2001
Audiokinetic Wwise: 101 + 201 Certification