COMPOSER-CREATOR, AUDIO: mix+edit+fixer, SONG PRODUCER, MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, PRODUCTION MUSIC LIBRARY OWNER, PODCAST RUNNER, SYNTH GEEK
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email: byroMMusic @ mac. com
Twitter: @stevenbyrom
Please Command-click to download my UPDATED July 12. 2022 full CV in PDF format.
DAWS: Avid Pro-Tools 12, Ableton Live 10, iZotope RX8, Digital Performer 7 (20+ yrs)
FOH & Monitors+EAM using Yamaha M7CL, Allen&Heath, Behringer consoles (5 yrs)
Studio rig: MacBook Pro 2017, PowerMac 2012, Native Instruments Komplete Ultimate11, UA Apollo, MOTU 828mk2, iZotope RX7&8, Accusonus, Korg KRONOS v2, Roland VK-7 Organ, Roland XV5080, Apple Mainstage3, Novation Impulse, Honer Melodica, hand percussion, bells & whistles.
Primary VST’s: Orange Tree Samples, VIR2 Labs, Spitfire Audio- several titles & LABS, Native Instruments Komplete Ultimate10, EastWest Symphonic Orchestra and Choirs, Heaviocity Damage, Storm Drum2, SampleTank, Toontrack. Vast drives of sound design elements/loops/SFX. Lots of other studio gear. I thrive with MIDI Orchestration, Film & TV Scoring, Music transcription & notation. Extensive expertise with: Analog, FM, Digital, Granular, Multi-Hybrid synthesis, SampleCell, MAX, CSound, Sound editing, Sample-based sound design, audio editing, sound matching, organic Foley. Proficient in orchestral & mallet percussion performance, OSX, MSOffice, Google Docs+Drive, Basecamp, SLACK, Cannon cameras, most electronic gadgets. I’m often told that I have a high emotional IQ. I make an excellent cappuccino. Have tux, will travel!
--- WORK RESUME---
Composer/Producer (18yrs):
Singing Serpent Inc. NYC/San Diego -Staff Composer 2004-2009. Full-time, writing-on-assignment via creative briefs, under multiple deadlines. Custom music/sound design for TV/Radio/web.
SOUTH Music & Sound Design Nashville, TN -Senior Staff Composer/Producer 2010-2011. Full-time, writing-on-assignment via creative briefs, under multiple deadlines. Led a team of 7 composer/producers.
Freelance Audio + Music Production: HiFi Project, Yessain, Elias Arts, Marmoset Music Inc, IV Group, NC2 Media, Verbatim Sound, Epipheo Studios, No No Yes, Tom Page Worldwide, Peter Shankman/"Faster Than Normal" Podcast, The Derrick Kinney Group/Good MoneyPodcast, Greg Becker’s Wonder Women The Musical, The X8 Global Luxury Travel Podcast, The Disney Way for the Digital Age Podcast, you too I hope!
Original compositions, (wins) for: The VIA Group, DDB, Deutsch, GSD&M, Strawberry Frog, Creature Seattle (Bronze Lion award at Cannes), Arnold, TBWA/Chait/Day, Publicis, Sony, Mattel, Nickelodeon, McDonalds, Spike TV, Microsoft, Jim Beam, Dodge, Taco Bell, Tostitos, The N Network, Southwest Airlines, The Olive Garden, Lockheed-Martin, NASCAR, Progressive Insurance, Fidelity Investments, US Bank, Time Warner Cable, Radio Shack, The Ad Council, Toyota, Xfinity, Pam, Sunny Delight, Hardee’s, Zatarain’s, Honey Baked, Verizon Wireless, many others.
Technology:
Music Playground Inc. -Producer of sound-alike tracks for an interactive CD-ROM musical game experience featuring V-Pick technology. This software and gaming experience was a predecessor to Activision’s “Guitar Hero”. Featured titles: Meatloaf, Blondie, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Heart, others.
Faith International -Polyphonic ring tone design for 3G cellular telephone networks in UK and Asian markets.
iDealMusic.com -Genre Classification Specialist: Resolved errors, ran reports. Filed songs into a multi-tiered genre algorithm, for use with a now defunct online subscription music service/database akin to Pandora.
Keyboard Player/Synth Geek (25yrs) Tours & gigs with:
Highway 101, The Hager Twins! Helena Johansson, The Long Players, Tommy Shane Steiner, Jill King, Nikki Williams, Abenaa, Ricochet (subbing as "Tex"), Brad Wolf, Blake Shelton, Guilty Pleasures (sub), Brett James, The Lewis Sisters, Brett James, Collin Raye, Denny Jiosa, The Kinleys -Clint Black/Trace Adkins tours, James Bonamy, Ronna Reeves -Statler Brothers tours, David Nail, Steve Holy, Jennifer Lopez (sub), Rachel Proctor, Jennifer Day, Tanya Tucker (Bandleader/keyboards/vox), Jo Dee Messina- tours w/h Brooks&Dunn, Alan Jackson. Mindy McCready (Musical Director/keyboards), Rebecca Lynn Howard, Ben Graves, others.
Studio Recordings for:
Universal Music Group, Brad Jones (Mia Wray, Garrison Star, Matthew Sweet, Butterfly Boucher), Curb Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music Publishing, Jake Owen, Robert Counts, Jimmy Ritchey, Justin Niebank, Johnny Rabb (Collective Soul), Harold Shedd, Jo Dee Messina, Wynn Jackson, Charlie Daniels, Rafter Roberts, Marvin Etzioni, Asthmatic Kitty Records, Castanets, Brett “Scoop” Blanden (Lady A, Dixie Jade), Greg Becker (Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood), Patricia Conroy, Chris Estes, Maura Fogarty, Darran Smith, BMG Entertainment, Almo Irving Publishing, Kami Lyle, Pat Pattison, Cindi Law, Ken Rash, Tony Buscemi, Arista Records, Famous Music, Street Singer Music, Bro&Sis Music, Rick Brantley, Jessica Felice, Melissa Lewis, Wes Wehmiller (Duran Duran), Diana DeWitt, Shane Adams (Patrick Clarke), Billy Mann, Rob Giles, Clay Walker, Presley & Taylor, David Andrews, Deutsch NYC "Westin Hotels" E-Music single&ring tone, Scott Rouse, others.
Keys and Percussion for Pit Orchestra / Theater:
Carousel -percussion, Little Shop Of Horrors -keyboards, "A Little Night Music" -synth & piano, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat -synth, "Musical The Musical" (Comedy Improv Group) -piano, "SO many pageants & auditions" -rehearsal pianist.
Management:
Glascow Audio -Crew Manager. My responsibilities were to locate and interview individuals for crew positions, manage responsibilities and calculate payroll for New England area shows: REO Speedwagon, Paul Revere and the Raiders, etc. Tour Management -Several different artist liaison/management hats, listed above under Tours. Boston Communications Group -Cellular Roaming Operator/Floor Supervisor Fidelity Investments -Human Resources Specialist. Arranged for all interviews, flight, hotel & limousine scheduling; reporting to VP of FRIS Human Resources, Pat Curran.
Affiliations:
SAG-AFTRA (current), AFofM Local 257, ASCAP, Association of Music Producers (AMP), Digital Economics LLC, NCA.
A few influences:
The Art of Noise, Wesley Willis, Quincy Jones, John Cage, Greg Phillinganes, Edgard Varese, Jim Keltner, Dave Brubeck, Shirley Scott, Fleetwood Mac, David Foster, Henry Mancini, Carl Stalling, Hargus “Pig” Robbins, Bjork, Randy Newman, David Paich/Toto, BT, Bach, Robin Williams, Tom Waits, Jack Lemmon, Ray Charles, WWOZ New Orleans, WRLT, New York, San Francisco, SNL. Favorite song: “The Way We Were” as performed by Gilda Radner’s character, “Lisa Loopner” on Saturday Night Live
Education:
Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA. BFA Music Synthesis, 1994
Emerson College, Boston, MA. Mass Comm/Media courses via Professional Arts Consortium 93-94
Harvard Bartending School, Cambridge, MA Master of Mixology 1995
---REEL CREDITS AND AGENCIES---
SPIKE TV AWARDS: SPIKE TV Music House: Blackboard3
PROGRESSIVE: Arnold Worldwide Music House: HiFi Project
SPIEGEL: EPIPHEO STUDIOS Music House: Polyphone Music
HARDEES: SOUTH Music & Sound Design
DON’T DROP THE BALL: NIRH Music House: Blackboard 3
SOUTHLAND PARK: 1049 PRODUCTIONS Music House: Blackboard3
SONY: IGNITED MINDS, LOS ANGELESMusic House: Singing Serpent
BUDDY LEE: FALLON-MN, CHRIS CARMICHAEL- CELLOMusic House: Singing Serpent
WESTIN: DEUTSCH, NYC Music House: Singing Serpent/Jack Bradley
VERIZON: MCCANN ERICKSON, NYC Music House: Singing Serpent
LOCKHEED MARTIN: KEILER & COMPANY, CT Music House: Singing Serpent
NASCAR/Ethanol: 90 DEGREES WEST Music House: SOUTH Music & Sound Design
DENVER ZOO: MCCLAIN FINLON, DENVERMusic House: Singing Serpent
TOSTITOS: GSD&M, AUSTINMusic House: Singing Serpent
CONTESSA:Â GROUND ZERO, LOS ANGELES Music House: Singing Serpent
XFINITY: N/A Â Music House: SOUTH Music & Sound Design
SF ZOO: BBDO, SAN FRANCISCO Music House: Singing Serpent
PAM: DDB, SAN FRANCISCO Music House: Singing Serpent
SOUTHWEST AIR: GSD&M, AUSTIN Music House: Singing Serpent
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