Curriculum Vitae
Experience
Freelance Sound Engineer (November 2004 - Present Day)
I am currently self-employed, and do the majority of my work as a touring live sound engineer for bands, working mainly for Atlantic Audio, Thames Audio and Orbital Sound. I am a member of BECTU and hold public liability insurance.
Technical Earth Ltd. (June 2003 - August 2004)
As a Trainee Technical Engineer, I was involved with tasks such as studio installation, Pro Tools system building, service, technical support and wiring.
Guildford Civic Centre (January 2002 - June 2003)
I worked at this venue as a casual in-house sound engineer, while covering lighting, follow spots and local crew work at larger shows until it was closed down for redevelopment.
USSU Stage Crew (September 2001 - July 2005)
As a volunteer, I worked on a regular basis for the University of Surrey Students´ Union while studying for my degree, running shows as FOH/monitor engineer or covering other production roles as required.
Skills
Live audio:
- Over 6 years experience as FOH and monitor mixer with national and European touring experience in a wide variety of small to large venues, both in the role of system engineer and travelling band engineer.
- Experience in using a diverse selection of professional modern sound reinforcement equipment (including digital consoles) and the ability to quickly adapt when faced with unfamiliar hardware.
- Experienced system technician; building, specifying and taking responsibility for complete sound reinforcement systems from vocal PAs to festival band systems, for a wide variety of different requirements.
- Familiarity running sound for a variety of different kinds of events from lectures, theatre and comedy through to bands, DJs, orchestral, corporate parties and fast-turnover festivals.
- An understanding and practical knowledge of dual FFT based audio analysis equipment, most specifically Smaart.
- A good knowledge base of audio theory ranging from acoustics and electro-acoustics to audio engineering and electronics.
- Practical and logical understanding of signal flow and test equipment for swift fault-finding.
Audio recording:
- Several years experience multi-track recording using both analogue and digital recording systems including large scale consoles and 24-track 2" tape.
- Experience making straight to stereo recordings in studio and location settings using co-incident pair, spaced pair, spot and hybrid microphone techniques.
- A broad practical understanding of current computer audio and MIDI sequencing packages, most specifically Pro Tools and Logic Audio.
General:
- Driving licence with category C and category B entitlement, held for over 6 years with experience driving vehicles rated up to 7.5 tonnes, as well as small and large vans/minibuses.
- Experienced wireman with knowledge of most modern single and multi-pin connectors.
- Computer literate with both x86-compatible PCs and Apple Macs, with a working knowledge of networking, commercial office software and programming in XHTML, PHP, MySQL and BASIC.
- Hold a current valid UK passport and available for travel.
- I have an easy-going, friendly, approachable and helpful nature, whilst maintaining a professional attitude at all times.
Interests
I enjoy listening to many kinds of music in my spare time, as well as going to gigs, playing the bass guitar and also keyboards. I used to swim competitively and still enjoy it in my spare time. Computer programming also interests me, specifically web design, having created and maintained several web sites in the past.
Education
- Graduate with Second Class Honours (Upper Division) classification from the BMus (Hons) Music and Sound Recording (Tonmeister) course at the University of Surrey.
- 3 A´s at ´A´ level in Mathematics, Physics and Music Technology and 1 A at ´AS´ level in Further Maths.
- 9 A-C´s at GCSE level, including 2 A*´s and 5 A´s.
- LVCM (Hons) for Electronic Organ playing and a merit in Grade 6 music theory.
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