
Independent Entertainment & Marketing Professional
Greater New York City Area

Independent Entertainment & Marketing Professional
Greater New York City Area
I produce and record a variety of projects for many different clients. I love working with different types of projects, and am good with explaining the various parts of the process to clients. In addition, I am very familiar with new media on the internet, and can assist my clients with achieving the visibility they desire on their projects.
Voice-Overs (Recording and performing), Location Seminar recording, Musical Arranging, Vocal Arranging, Music Composition, Directing, Children's Theatre
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)
July 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)
I produce the most popular Theatre Podcast on the internet. We currently reach over 40,000 theatre fans each month. I interview people from Broadway to Off-Off-Broadway, and often record exclusive musical performances from productions in my studio to air in the production. Some of my favorite interviews have been with the composers Flaherty and Ahrens, Dapne Rubin-Vega and recent Tony winners Michael Mayer and John Gallagher Jr.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)
May 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)
I produce Next Big Hit, currently one of the largest online podcasts promoting independent musicians. We currently reach a monthly audience of over 160,000 avid fans of new music each month. I take care of programming, promoting, and recording the show each episode. I also record and engineer all the "Stripped Down" perfomances of the live artists in my Times Square recording studio.
(Self-Employed; Entertainment industry)
June 2002 — Present (7 years 2 months)
I engineer and produce for clients of all different stripes out of my Recording Studio in Times Square. I work predominantly with Solo Performers who need my expertise in producing their music projects and bringing in the approriate musicians for the work, but I recently have been doing field work as well recording seminars for audio release.
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Music industry)
February 1989 — Present (20 years 6 months)
I write and composer songs in a variety of styles. I have done work for Film, TV and Stage, but my dominant focus has been songwriting for contemporary pop. I write music and lyrics alone, or I am a very versatile collaborator with artists and other writers. I have had songs placed in "Passions" and the CD "Sounds of Superman" from Superman Returns and the dance group, Mateo and Matos. I have also composed over thirty original Children's musicals, including an 80 minute opera of "Rapunzel", original music for John Jay College's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and an original song for David Stalling's new play, "Arpeggio" presented Off-Off-Broadway. I am currently writing music and lyrics for an internet musical, "Cupid".
(Entertainment industry)
2006 — 2008 (2 years)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Retail industry)
October 2000 — July 2002 (1 year 10 months)
I worked with clients to select keyboard and recording gear that would meet their live and studio needs.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
September 1998 — June 2000 (1 year 10 months)
I founded an onloine collaborative of dance producers and released three 12" vinyl releases. We hit the top ten in over 20 record pools in the United States. I wrote melody and lyrics over varios dance producer's tracks and recorded them. I also obtained funding handled marketing and promotion. My favorite achievent was getting the group Beat Symphony together for the first time with a perfomance and interview on National Swedish Television for an audience of over 2 million people.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Performing Arts industry)
June 1995 — November 1998 (3 years 6 months)
I founded a community theatre in my hometown, Great Falls, MT, producing over 30 plays and musicals. During this period I participated at different times in every aspect of the theater, from directing and acting to promotion, advertising, box office and theatre cleanup. My favorite productions during this period were "The Boys Next Door" presented as a fund-raiser for Easter Seal Great Falls' 50th anniversary, The scathing crime/fame satire, "Coming Attractions" and Joyce Carol Oates' fantastic collection of Women's monologues, "I Stand Before You Naked."
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)
June 1992 — September 1997 (5 years 4 months)
I ran and directed a Children's Theatre in my hometown, Great Falls Montana. Over the course of 5 years I wrote and directed over 30 original Children's Musicals while teaching the basics of theatre to over 250 9-15 year old students.
BFA , Theatre, Music Technology, Business , 1990 — 1995
I am into Songwriting, Producting, Recording, Reading, Theatre, Movies... basically I am an entertainment junkie, both as a consumer and creator. I love helping people realize their creative goals and seeing their excitement as the project comes to fruition.
NYC Podcasting Association, Cupid the Musical, NYMF