Objective: + To be a professional Recording
Engineer and Musician
Professional Empolyment:
+ Current
: Independent
Musician, Live Sound Engineer, Recording Engineer, Studio Tech
Drum and Percussion Teacher
at ST-Specialty-Sounds Music school
Drum and Percussion
Teacher at Git.Art.M Music school
Live Sound; a
band I mix regularly 4 T Up
http://www.4t-up.de/
I teach 70 + Students a week
Band
playing with Die Poppendorfer Musikanten, Michael Wolfschmidt, Töchter Forchheims
and many others....
+ 2005 - 2006 : * Leeding Bench Tech / Substitude
Second
Engineer at Westlake Recording Studios
www.thelakestudios.com
* Independent Tech /
Substitude Second
Engineer for Studios in the Los Angeles area.
* Blue Ocean Steel Drum Band
(My own Band,
playing successfully
in the greater Los Angeles area)
+ 2004: Ocean Studios Burbank ( Was Tech Intern)
www.oceanstudiosburbank.com
+ 2004: Mad Dog Studios (Was Intern) www.maddogstudio.com
+ 1993 - 1996: Communication Electronics Technician
at German Telekom (German Phone Company)
Education: + 1982 - 1993 Elementary, Middle and
High School in Germany
+ 1993 - 1996 Communication Electronics Technician at
German Telekom and trade school
+ 1998 - 2000 Los Angeles Music Academy
+ Summer 2001 - December 2003 Citrus College Recording Arts
Program
(Graduated with an over all grade average of 4.0)
+ Fall 2004 Starting to work on an Associates Degree In Music
at
Citrus College
Skills:
+
Repairing Pro Audio Gear like Neve, SSL consoles, Mics, UREI, Gates,
Sontec,AMS, Tascam, Yamaha, Mackie..., Alignment of DA88,98,30.. Dat
and other tape machines
+
Computer - Mac, PC
+ Software - Audio
Logic, Digital
Performer, Pro Tools, Word
+ Hardware - Neve, Euphonics, Soundcraft,
Mackie,
Roland, 2” Tape
+ Playing Drums and Percussion (acoustic and electronic)
+ Able to type
+ Fluent in speech and writing
- German (1st
Language)
- English (2nd
Language)
Professional
Affiliations:
+ Audio Engineering Society --------------------------------AES
+ National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences -------- NARAS
+ American Federation of Musicians ------------------------AFM Local 47
Reference: + Mr. O’Hara,
Stephen
Phone: request by phone or e-mail
+ Mr. Barrera, Joe Oscar
Jr.
Phone: request by phone or e-mail
Equipment
Drums:
- 6 piece Drumset
(AMC / own
design)
-
Yamaha DTX Version 2 electric Drum
Percussion:
-
3 Sizes of Congas
-
Timbales
-
Quica
-
Shekere
-
Shakers
-
Bells
-
Berimbau
-
Pandeiro
-
Whistles / Birdvoices
-
Bodhran
-
Bones
-
Windchimes
-
Tamborin
-
Tamborim
-
and other small devices
Other Instruments:
- Yamaha PSR-225GM
Keyboard
Recording Hardware:
- Allen & Heath iLive IDR 48 with Madi
-
Power Macintosh G5 Dual Processor
- Mac Book Pro
-
PC / Pentium 4 / 1 GHz / CD-Burner / Sound Blaster Live
-
Digi 002 Rack
-
Granite Digital Hot Swap Hard Drive Rack
-
Racked outboard
geaar, like DBX Compressor, Yamaha Rev7, Yamaha SPX90, Roland DEP-5 and
more....
-
Microphones: * Neumann / Gefell UM57
*
AKG 414 Stereo Pair
* 1x AKG
D 112
* 3x AKG C 408
* 1x Electro Voice PL 88L
Recording Software:
- Reaper
-
Pro Tools LE
-
Logic Express
-
Digital Performer
-
Finale
-
Transcribe
-
Harmony Assistant
Live Sound Hardware:
- Allen & Heath iLive IDR 48 with Madi
- Carvin P620-1230 PA System
Music-Schooling
Drum Instruction:
01/1997 – 05/1998 Modern Drum School Germany
09/1998 – 03/2000 Los Angeles Music Academy:
Drum Program for one year:
-
Jazz (Joe Porcaro)
-
Rock (Mark Schulman)
-
Brazilian (Mike Shapiro)
-
Afro Cuban (Aron Serfaty)
-
Drum Technique and Odd Meter (Ralph Humphry)
-
Jazz Ensemble (Sherman Ferguson)
-
Big Band playing (Tony Inzalaco)
-
Studio Drums (J.R. Robinson)
Percussion Program for six months:
-
Handpercussion (Jerry Steinholtz, Emil Richards and Leonice Shinneman)
Playing Experience:
-
Brass Band / Polka Band
-
Rock/Pop Top 40 Bands
-
Chicago Blues Band
-
Classical Orchestra
-
Afro Cuban and Brazilian Band
-
Sub for Musical “Space Dream”
-
Casual Gigs
-
Country music
-
Caribbean music
-
Studio Sessions in front and behind the glass
Current Projects:
- Michael Wolfschmidt, Crowd Whickle, Die Poppendorfer Musikanten, Töchter Forchheims
- Recording Projects of all kinds, Music, TV, Radio, Live Recording,
Demos.....
Teaching Experience: from 1996 – 1998 ; 2000 - ?
Private lessons;
Brass Band/Orchestra (Musikverein)
General Education / Schooling
General Schooling
1982-1993
- Grundschule / Elementary school
- Hauptschule /Middle school
- Realschule / High school
Job Training
1993-1996
- Learned Communication Electronics Technician
at German Telekom (German Phone company)
My work included Computer systems,
Satellite systems,
Phone Systems and schooling in a Trade
school, which
takes 3 ½ years to
complete, but because of good grades
I was able to do my final 6 months
earlier and got my
degree as a Communication Electronics
Technician.
Army
min. 10 Month at the time
(which is mandatory in Germany
for every male, at age 18)
1996-1998
- I chose not to join the Army, because of the
possibility of
going to war and having to commit acts
of violent . So I
had to do 13 month of civil
service, which I served at
Friedrich Alexander University Hospital
Erlangen
at the women x-ray station. My work
included filing and
patient care.
