David Leikam

Current

• Founder / Owner at the Arts Noticed Corporation
• Promotions and Graphic Design Advisor at Leikam Enterprises, LLC
• Assistant Online Promotions at The Douglas Beach House

• Founder / Owner at dBcL recordings
• Music Radio DJ / Host and Live Sound Engineer at KZSU 90.1 FM
• Audio Engineer / Sound Designer at David Leikam
• Graphic Designer / Fine Artist at David Leikam

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Past

• Broadcast Operations Logs Manager at KZSU 90.1 FM
• Founder / Owner at the Arts Noticed
• Founder / Owner at Insectual Senses / I Senses

• Graduate Teacher’s Assistant at California Institute of the Arts
• Asistant Sound Engineer at California Institute of the Arts
• Webmaster / Graphic Design / Bookseller at Kepler's Books
• Assistant and Music Duplication Sound Engineer at The Annex
• Chief Sound Engineer and Equipment Setup at Musart USA
• Librarian Assistant at Cecil H. Green Library

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Education

• Foothill College
• California Institute of the Arts
• California Institute of the Arts

• Musicians Institute

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Recommended

3 people have recommended David

Connections

196 connections

Industry

Media Production

David Leikam’s Summary

To get hired for full-time work in a productive environment that challenges my creative talents and skills.

I am a twenty-year veteran in the arts fields primarily of music and visual art.
I come up to speed quickly in new situations and attentive to detail.
I have a wide range of application and editing skills.

David Leikam’s Specialties:

Computers / OS: PC Windows, Macintosh OS 7 - X
Audio: ProTools, Digital Performer, Peak, Soundtrack
Graphic Design: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe ImageReady, Adobe Illustrator
Internet Browsers and Editors: Internet Explorer, OmiWeb, FireFox, Safari, Dreamweaver, FTP
Word Processing / Presentations: Microsoft Word / Office

David Leikam’s Experience

• Founder / Owner

  the Arts Noticed Corporation

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  October 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  the Arts Noticed Corporation, tAN.c, a place of worldwide Art, the Artists who create it, and the different forms it takes.
  
  MORE: http://theArtsNoticed.org/

• Promotions and Graphic Design Advisor

  Leikam Enterprises, LLC

  (Retail industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)

  Advisor and works on promotions, newsletters, and image design for the company.
  
  MORE: http://www.ovenclaw.com/

• Assistant Online Promotions

  The Douglas Beach House

  (Entertainment industry)

  April 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

  Help manage online presence and actively promote upcoming events at the venue along with maintenance of several website profiles like Facebook.com, Myspace.com, and AllAboutJazz.com.
  
  MORE: http://www.bachddsoc.org/

• Founder / Owner

  dBcL recordings

  (Performing Arts industry)

  August 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

  Produce live events that include public promotions, time planning and scheduling of performers. I produced and promoted several live concerts of my own music and played in others performances. This included various eight-hour Sleep Concerts, outdoor half-day long music festivals and 3-4 hour late night improvisational jazz / rock concerts.
  
  MORE: http://Leikam.com/david

• Music Radio DJ / Host and Live Sound Engineer

  KZSU 90.1 FM

  (Entertainment industry)

  October 2001 — Present (8 years 4 months)

  Host and produce a three-hour radio show called “In Your Ear …” (since 1999 on KCIA, CalArts). Playing a variety of music from classical and world to jazz and punk to rock and pop. The show also involves taking live requests on the phone from listener call-ins. This radio show broadcasts locally at 90.1FM Stanford, CA and worldwide on the Internet at http://kzsulive.stanford.edu/. Been the chief sound engineer for various Stanford University on-campus events, engineering local live bands presented by KZSU 90.1FM. Along with helping with the general organization of the station and help with the training of new staff at KZSU with the On-Air equipment and show content. I also close down and open the KZSU 90.1FM radio station on occasion by turning on / off transmitter when needed.
  
  MORE: http://kzsu.stanford.edu/

• Audio Engineer / Sound Designer

  David Leikam

  (Media Production industry)

  September 1993 — Present (16 years 5 months)

  The recording, mixing, and mastering of audio material that also includes the transferring of analog to digital formats. Editing material if needed and mastering it for a CD commercial quality product. Sound engineering, PA equipment setup, live presentations, and client handling.
  
  MORE: http://Leikam.com/david

• Graphic Designer / Fine Artist

  David Leikam

  (Media Production industry)

  January 1985 — Present (25 years 1 month)

  Original designs for posters, business cards, logos, and merchandise with working in computer graphics, inks, pencil, oils, and watercolors. Including preparation of canvas (stretching) / materials, and construction of frames.
  
  MORE: http://Leikam.com/david

• Broadcast Operations Logs Manager

  KZSU 90.1 FM

  (Entertainment industry)

  September 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 7 months)

  Duties include weekly updating and printing out of the legal station broadcast logs for the upcoming week's schedule, correcting and informing staff members of any errors made in the previous week's logs, following up on the latest modifications to the weekly programming from the Program Director, and working with staff promptly to correct or resolve any problems that may arise during the week. Also, am one of a couple On-Air radio show broadcast trainers that help instruct new staff members to KZSU in how to operate the proper equipment during their show, show presence while broadcasting, and proper cataloging of recorded shows / playlists.
  
  MORE: http://kzsu.stanford.edu

• Founder / Owner

  the Arts Noticed

  (Media Production industry)

  July 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 4 months)

  the Arts Noticed, tAN, a place of worldwide Art, the Artists who create it, and the different forms it takes.
  
  MORE: http://theArtsNoticed.org/

• Founder / Owner

  Insectual Senses / I Senses

  (Media Production industry)

  January 2002 — November 2007 (5 years 11 months)

  An Independent Arts Label of dBcL.
  
  MORE: http://Leikam.com/david

• Graduate Teacher’s Assistant

  California Institute of the Arts

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2005 — May 2006 (9 months)

  Made copies of class materials, held weekly planning meetings with class instructor, and substituted for class instructor when absent.
  
  MORE: http://music.calarts.edu/

• Asistant Sound Engineer

  California Institute of the Arts

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2004 — May 2005 (9 months)

  Set-up equipment for concerts that included setting out chairs, positioning mics, rugs, recording equipment, working with performers and recording live concerts to CD. In addition, transferred archival audio material from cassettes to digital formats that sometimes included editing and mastering of the project material.
  
  MORE: http://music.calarts.edu/

• Webmaster / Graphic Design / Bookseller

  Kepler's Books

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2002 — 2003 (1 year )

  Updating, creating and designing website material daily; designing and sending out HTML newsletter notices; processing online book orders from the Kepler's website; customer assistance, book inquires and research.
  
  MORE: http://www.keplers.com/

• Assistant and Music Duplication Sound Engineer

  The Annex

  (Entertainment industry)

  July 1994 — August 1996 (2 years 2 months)

  Assisted in professional in-house recording sessions with chief engineers Tom Carr and others that included preparation / recording of analog and digital tape; operating professional soundboards; setup of mics and tuning of musical instruments; greeting clients. Produced out-of-house, commercial, mass sound duplication orders.
  
  MORE: http://www.annexdigital.com/

• Chief Sound Engineer and Equipment Setup

  Musart USA

  (Music industry)

  September 1993 — July 1995 (1 year 11 months)

  Sound engineering and equipment set-up work for live performances and studio sessions. Collaborated and worked with solo artists and music groups associated with Musart USA.
  
  MORE: http://musartcompany.com/

• Librarian Assistant

  Cecil H. Green Library

  (Libraries industry)

  July 1992 — May 1993 (11 months)

  Helped with shelving, repair of, and organizing library material. Also, assisted with patron's needs and other library services.
  
  MORE: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/green/about/index.html

David Leikam’s Education

• Foothill College

  Personal Study , Business: International Business, Marketing, and Advertising , 2007 — 2008

  MORE: http://www.foothill.edu/bss/index.php

  Activities and Societies:

  His primary field of study was in International Business to help his general job skills and development with his own business, the Arts Noticed . tAN.
  
  MORE: http://theArtsNoticed.org/

• California Institute of the Arts

  MFA , Music Performer / Composer: Specializing in Improvisational Forms , 2004 — 2006

  David played Moog synthesizer in the music ensembles of Wadada Leo Smith and Vinny Volia respectively. He also explored the dynamics of improvisation performance and the correlation with daily living. He primarily studied music with Wadada Leo Smith, Vinny Golia, John Bergamo, and David Rosenboom. He also continued his prominent interest with creative collaboration in modern dance and music with Mort Subotnick.

  Activities and Societies:

  Students in this specialization are trained to be creative performers who can approach music– and artmaking from a variety of angles and contexts, including musical, theoretical, historical, sociological, philosophical and interdisciplinary perspectives. Students enjoy immersive experiences in improvisation, composition, performance and collaboration–all of which combine to lay the foundation for new and holistic work.
  
  MORE: http://music.calarts.edu/programs/aaim

• California Institute of the Arts

  BFA , Music: Composition , 1998 — 2001

  Since its founding, the School of Music has been recognized as a leading center for contemporary composition. The Composition Program continues this legacy by helping each student to develop his or her own artistic voice through the mastery of a broad range of theories, techniques and technologies. In recognition of the enormous expansion in the stylistic breadth of contemporary music during the last century, ...
  
  MORE: http://music.calarts.edu/programs/composition

  Activities and Societies:

  Produced an annual springtime concert of original music and performance art. David's academic mentors were Wadada Leo Smith and Barry Schrader respectively. He primarily studied music with Wadada Leo Smith, Arthur Jarvinen, John Bergamo, Daniel Rothman, and Alan Chaplin. He also started a prominent interest with creative collaboration in modern dance and music with Mort Subotnick.

• Musicians Institute

  Certification , Audio Engineering: Studio and Live , 1996 — 1997

  There, David met and started a very successful music collaboration with Thomas Meracz, in primarily electronic based music that has continued to the present day.

  Activities and Societies:

  David was one of the most innovative students and was awarded by being also the hardest working student in his class with a mixing board / desk upon graduation. He also took the extended graduate program thereafter for 3 months and has produced several independent audio albums since then.
  
  MORE: http://www.mi.edu/ProgramByDegree/Audio-Engineering/Certificate/33_7.aspx

Additional Information

David Leikam’s Interests:

Networking internationally, global promotions, creative collaborations, innovative businesses practices, and education venture projects in multiple fields of interest.

David Leikam’s Groups:

the Arts Noticed Corporation (tAN.c), KZSU 90.1FM, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Musicians Institute (MI), Friday Night Music (FNM)

•    CalArts Alumni Association
•    MusicBiz
•    twitter innovators Innovation & Creativity Network of Tweeters
•    the Arts Noticed, tAN . Promote, Network, Educate the Creative Arts Worldwide

David Leikam’s Honors:

• CalArts Graduate Student Scholarship in 2005.
• Hardest working student in the class of 1997 RIT program at the Musicians Institute. Was awarded a new mixing board /desk.

David Leikam’s Contact Settings

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