Michael P. Lazarus

Current

Owner, Mastering Engineer at Latin Music Mastering
Founder & President at Latin Pulse Music Inc. - www.LatinPulseMusic.com
Owner at www.TIMBA.com

Bass Instructor at Sylvan Music
Performing Musician at www.puracepa.com (Self-employed)

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Past

Consultant / Engineer at OEM Audio Consulting (Self-employed)
Electro-Acoustic Engineer, OEM Design at Plantronics
Test Engineer and Group Leader at FAU Electromagnetic Interference Research & Development Lab

Freelance Sound Reinforcement at various South Florida sound and lighting companies (Self-employed)
SONY Audio Tape Marketing Detailer at Silverman Sayer Services

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Education

Florida Atlantic University
University of Miami
S.E.S.O - Southwestern Educational Society

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Industry

Online Media

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Michael P. Lazarus’s Summary

Digital Media Executive & President of Latin Pulse Music Inc. LPM owns and operates a network of Latin music and Hispanic culture websites. The network includes various popular portals with a broad international base of visitors, www.TIMBA.com for example, that is supported via digital content sales and delivery provided by www.latinpuslemusic.com. LPM can interface with aggregators, labels and artists alike.

Latin Pulse Music Inc. is an internet-based, publishing and technology company that owns and operates a network of latin music & culture websites. Revenue sources include on-line retail sales of digital content, advertising, music publishing & licensing.

Our core e-commerce and digital distribution techology is provided by the www.LatinPulsemusic.com website, a proprietary web app that handles sales of all types of digital content: album downloads, videos, eBooks, sheet music and production tracks. Divisions of LPM include a record label and licensing arm that supplies music for TV & Films.

Michael P. Lazarus’s Specialties:

Latino / Hispanic focused Digital Media Development, Distribution & Sales, digital media ecommerce, website development and infrastructure management, internet promotion, content creation, music production, audio mastering

Michael P. Lazarus’s Experience

Owner, Mastering Engineer

Latin Music Mastering

(Broadcast Media industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)

Latin Music Mastering is a network of recording studios that provides full spread recording and production services. Each member of the team has a unique specialty -from arranging, composing and track development, to tracking, mixing and finally mastering your music. Services can be quoted per individual track or complete package. Se habla español.
Founder & President

Latin Pulse Music Inc. - www.LatinPulseMusic.com

(Privately Held; Online Media industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

Latin Pulse Music Inc. (www.LatinPulseMusic.com) is a fair trade, internet-based, media company that specializes in digital retail sales and promotion of Caribbean, Central, and South American (Latin) musical content. Our featured products include whole album downloads, videos, eBooks, sheet music and production tracks. We make latin media downloads 100% legal, fun, fast and easy.

For inquiries please email me: michael@latinpulsemusic.com
Owner

www.TIMBA.com

(Privately Held; Online Media industry)

November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

Due to the sheer amount of information it contains, TIMBA.com is unofficially the largest latin music website availble today. Boasting 10,000 visitors and 30,000 pageviews a week, TIMBA.com is the "Home of Cuban Music on the Web".

TIMBA.com is brought to you by a handful of Cuban music lovers from around the world. Our objective is simply to provide the most complete and up-to-date information regarding Cuban music & culture. TIMBA.com has correspondents in Havana, Miami, Boston, New York, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Puerto Rico, Switzerland and Germany. Our unique and dedicated team brings you updates, reviews, coverage of concerts, special events from around the world, plus news from the island.

TIMBA.com is dedicated to music and culture, not politics. Consequently, we do not have an opinion on U.S. & Cuba relations. We do not have any political agendas nor do we support, represent or advocate any political parties and/or organizations. Lo que queremos es....TIMBA!
Bass Instructor

Sylvan Music

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)

May 2002 — Present (7 years 7 months)

Sylvan Music, located on the corner of Mission and Bay streets in Santa Cruz. I am the advanced instructor on the Teachers List there.

Two fields of study:
1- Comprehensive Bass Instruction
All styles, technique, theory, reading and rhythm.

2- Beginning to Intermediate Rhythm and Latin Percussion, Polyrhytmic studies, Latin beats.

All lessons include theory hand-outs and play-along exercises. A laptop is provided for beat analysis and CD/mp3 playback.
Performing Musician
www.puracepa.com (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Music industry)

March 1985 — Present (24 years 9 months)

Specializing in Afro-Cuban and Afro-Rican styles.

Performed with:
Danny Lozada - Giovanni Hidalgo - Fito Reinoso - Jesus Díaz - Chuchito Valdés - Orquesta d' Soul - Melcochita - Tomás Cruz - Karl Perazzo - Carlos Caro - Anthony Blea - Julius Meléndez - Bill Ortiz - Raúl Pineda - Roberto Morris - Sandy Pérez - Colin Douglas

www.puracepa.com
Consultant / Engineer
OEM Audio Consulting (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Telecommunications industry)

July 1999 — April 2002 (2 years 10 months)

Operated as an independent contractor that provided technical expertise in the fields of acoustics, electronics, and computer audio. Developed, performed, and implemented acoustical and electrical product designs, tests, measurements, and technical specification and procedure documents.

Modified and tested a series of cost-reduced USB audio chipsets. Optimized & redesigned the acoustic performance of the Microsoft XBOX headset. Completed a comparative technical analysis of various PC microphone arrays. Served as the principal electro-acoustic engineer during the complete development of the first USB based, stereo headset for computer applications (the Plantronics DSP Series Digitally Enhanced USB-PC Headsets). Trained QA engineers for baseline testing. Worked with Texas Instruments during the development of the first USB headset. Completed a series of Voice Recognition studies for comparative analysis between headset and microphone array devices.
Electro-Acoustic Engineer, OEM Design

Plantronics

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PLT; Telecommunications industry)

September 1996 — July 1999 (2 years 11 months)

Provided the essential engineering support needed to engage the OEM customer companies to “design in” Plantronics products. Developed products that accompany and fortify the “headset only” (no adapter) call-center solutions.

Served as the technical interface with the engineering personnel at all the major OEM customer companies. Performed and explained specialized electrical and acoustical measurements in order to ensure efficient operation of the communication systems.

Designed a low voltage/current, line powered Receiver (speaker) In-line amplifier. Developed various Hookswitch and In-line Mute solutions for Lucent and Nortel. Automated measurements and data calculations via visual basic macro programs. Measured a wideband free-field to eardrum transfer function for a B&K HATS. Completed a PSPICE electrical circuit simulation of a wideband headset system. Recipient of a Sound Future award for the creation of a “Virtual Samples” program.
Test Engineer and Group Leader

FAU Electromagnetic Interference Research & Development Lab

(Privately Held; Research industry)

January 1995 — June 1996 (1 year 6 months)

Performed FCC Part 15, EN55011/22 (radiated and conducted) compliance
evaluations with certification reports and custom RF measurements for digital wireless communication product manufacturers. Maintained general operations including customer service and scheduling. The FAU EMI R&D Lab is a FCC listed semi-anechoic and shielded enclosure facility.
Freelance Sound Reinforcement
various South Florida sound and lighting companies (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Music industry)

August 1988 — December 1994 (6 years 5 months)

monitor engineer, staging, sound technician, spotlight operator, etc.
SONY Audio Tape Marketing Detailer

Silverman Sayer Services

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

May 1992 — May 1993 (1 year 1 month)

Performed marketing support visits throughout Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. Developed marketing presentations for regional trade shows, warehouse coordinator, and sales assistance.

Michael P. Lazarus’s Education

Florida Atlantic University

BSEE , Electrical Engineering , 1992 — 1996

Activities and Societies:

Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
University of Miami

BM (Bachelor of Music) , Music Industry , 1986 — 1990
S.E.S.O - Southwestern Educational Society

1974 — 1986