Composition and Audio production samples for video and synchronization
Paris tourist office Social media video ad
Concept development via email and Zoom meetings with client who requested a short 15 second clip for social media to sync to existing video. Requested theme was a young and modern ambient vibe that paid homage to traditional Parisian music.
Travel Masters Recruitment Video
Concept development via conversations with client about the freedom a travel agent job can offer. Requested themes were open space, light and airy sounds but a driving pulse to illustrate a feeling of movement.
Click below for full audio track utilized in this project – “Open Your Mind”
Canadian coast guard / coastal first nations coast guard auxilary public awarness Videos
Concept development took place over a few meetings with both the Canadian Coast Guard and the representative of the Coastal Nations Coast Guard Auxiliary. Requested themes were a sense of sadness for the opening sequence and a demure tone (first video) and both projects would require a traditional first nations tribal rhythm under a melodic structure that evoked a sense of rebirth, cooperation and stability.
Click below for full audio track utilized in this project – “Origin Story” and “We Are”
Canadian coast guard / coastal first nations coast guard auxilary orientation video
Concept development took place over a few meetings with both the Canadian Coast Guard and the representative of the Coastal Nations Coast Guard Auxiliary. Requested themes were a sense of adventure and a driving pulse that encouraged a feeling of excitement among potential CNCGA recruits at orientation.
Click below for full audio track utilized in this project – “High Energy”
AUDIO PRODUCTION / COMPOSITION
Co-producer/arranger, drums, percussion, programming (bass, synths, strings, woodwinds, piano), mixing and mastering.
PODCAST MIxing/editing/mastering SAMPLES
Intro song composition, production, audio editing, mixing and mastering.
Production, audio editing, mixing and mastering.
Production, audio editing, mixing and mastering.
VODCAST SAMPLES – LIVE VIRTUAL PRODUCER, CO-HOST, EDITING, MIXING, MASTERING
Education
Audio Production
Assiniboine Community College – 1998
Audio mixing and mastering
Berklee Online Certificate – 2018
Professional Music Studies under the following teachers:
Mitch Dorge – Producer/drummer – Crash Test Dummies
Zoro – Drummer – Lenny Kravitz, Bobby Brown, percussion instructor at Belmont University in Nashville
Dom Famularo – International drum clinician for Sabian Cymbals, Vater Percussion and Mapex drums, author and public speaker
Sean Jesseau – Owner Music Workshop – African drum master and facilitator
André Dufour – Principal percussionist – Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra
EXPERIENCE
1993 – 1995 – Touring/studio drummer – Sony music artist Geoffrey Gilmer
1995 – 1997 – Touring drummer – Elvis impersonator Randy “Elvis” Friskie
1995 – Session drummer Shania Twain – “The Woman In Me” Canadian album release party Edmonton, Alberta.
1998 – Present – Studio drummer – Studio One (Winnipeg MB), Tetrahedron Studio (Vancouver BC), Sonic Temple (Halifax NS), Zero Gravity Studios, Electric City Sound (Victoria BC)
2016 – 2017 – Drummer/synth bass/singer – Echo Drop – Celebrity X Cruises
2017 – 2018 – Artist in residence – Echo Drop – Intercontinental Hotel Group – Changsha, China
2021 – Present – Drummer/co-producer/programmer – Echo Drop “Hindsight” with Jill Mitchell and Emm Gryner (Canadian singer/songwriter, pianist for David Bowie, Juno award nominee)
2020 – Present – Associate producer/mixing editor – Retrologists podcast
2021 – Present – Co host Drum Geek vodcast
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