G E N E
C R O U T
audiodude@audiodigital.com
303-467-9499
http://www.audiodigital.com
Professional
Credits
Mastering
Engineer, Guest Performer
"Randy George - Action Reaction", (2011) Commercial Music
CD release
Mixing and Mastering
Engineer
"KDB3 - Autobiograph", (2011) Commercial Music
CD release
Mastering
Engineer
"Time
Horizon - Living Water", (2011) Commercial Music
CD release
Co-Producer;
Mastering Engineer
"CPR
- Volume 4", (2011) Commercial Music Compilation
CD release
Producer,
Recording, Mixing and Mastering Engineer, Performer
"Mark
Sherak - LordSongs", (2010) Commercial Music CD
release (recorded and mixed in 2005, mastered in 2008)
Mastering
Engineer
"Torman
Maxt - The Problem of Pain [Part 2]", (2010) Commercial
Music CD release
Producer,
Recording, Mixing and Mastering Engineer, Guest Performer
"303
Movement - All In", (2010) Commercial Music CD release
Co-Composer;
Producer; Performer; Recording, Mixing and Mastering Engineer
"Guides
Group Theme", (2010) Promotional Theme for The
Guides Group
Producer,
Arranger, Recording, Mixing and Mastering Engineer, Performer
"Melissa
Wright - You Placed Me Here", (2010) Commercial
Music CD release
Co-Producer;
Recording, Mixing and Mastering Engineer, Performer
"Jason
McCrite - Shining Through EP", (2010) Commercial
Music CD release
Producer;
Recording, Mixing and Mastering Engineer
"Johnny
Fitz - Miles Away", (2009) Commercial Music CD release
Producer;
Recording, Mixing and Mastering Engineer
"The Rollovers - Spring Song",
(2009) Promotional Jingle for Spring
Communications
"The Rollovers - Spring Hott",
(2009) Promotional Jingle for Spring
Communications
Mastering
Engineer
"Everlasting
Arms - On Broken Wings", (2009) Commercial Music
CD release
Composer;
Producer; Performer; Recording, Mixing and Mastering Engineer
"GolfTEC
Driving Theme", (2009) Promotional Theme for Golftec
Mastering
Engineer
"KDB3
- Verite", (2009) Commercial Music CD release
Mixing
and Mastering Engineer
"Dogmatics
- Luther-N", (2008) Commercial Music CD release
for Youngside Records
Composer;
Producer; Performer; Recording, Mixing and Mastering Engineer
"Someday
is Today Techno Remix", (2008) Promotional Theme
for Golftec
Mixing
and Mastering for Broadcast
"Make a Wish / Clint Hurdle",
(2008) Three :30 Commercial TV Spots for The
Creative Alliance / Make a Wish
Foundation
Co-Producer;
Mastering Engineer
"CPR
- Volume 3", (2008) Commercial Music Compilation
CD release
Mixing
and Mastering Engineer
"Passport 2008", (2008)
Mix and Master for CPR Volume 3
/ Phil Keaggy
Mixing
and Mastering for Broadcast
"Jeep
Accessories", (2008) :30 Commercial TV Spot for The
Creative Alliance / Bestop
"Truck
Accessories", (2008) :30 Commercial TV Spot for The
Creative Alliance / Bestop
"How
Do YOU Bestop?", (2008) :30 Commercial TV Spot for The
Creative Alliance / Bestop
Producer;
Performer, Recording, Mixing and Mastering Engineer,
"Stephanie
Ault - Heart in Hand EP", (2008) Commercial Music
CD release
Mixing
and Mastering for Broadcast
"Warrior Lacrosse- The
Chase", (2007) :30 Commercial TV Spot for Vivid
Design / Warrior Lacrosse
"Warrior
Lacrosse- The Shot", (2007) :30 Commercial TV Spot for Vivid
Design / Warrior Lacrosse
Producer;
Recording, Mixing and Mastering Engineer
"Some
Random Band - More or Less", (2007) Commercial Music
CD release
Recording, Mixing and Mastering Engineer
"Swamp
Koolers - Swamp Koolers", (2007) Commercial Music
CD release
Producer;
Performer; Recording, Mixing and Mastering Engineer
"Someday
is Today", (2007) Promotional Theme for Golftec
Recording, Mixing and Mastering Engineer
"Stanky
Pockets - Family", (2007) Commercial Music CD release
Producer;
Recording, Mixing and Mastering Engineer
"Home
- Demo 2007", (2007) 3 song Demo for upcoming Commercial
Music CD release
Producer;
Recording, Mixing and Mastering Engineer, Guest Performer
"Electric
Side Dish - Forward", (2006) Commercial Music CD
release
Mastering
Engineer
"Vertical
Alignment - Signposts", (2006) Commercial Music
CD release
Recording,
Mixing and Mastering Engineer
"Roe
- Frame By Frame EP", (2006) Commercial Music CD
release
Mastering
for Broadcast
"Warrior Lacrosse- Psycho",
(2006) :30 Commercial TV Spot for Vivid Design / Warrior Lacrosse
"Warrior
Lacrosse- Diner", (2006) :30 Commercial TV Spot for Vivid
Design / Warrior Lacrosse
"Warrior
Lacrosse- Hubby Slomo", (2006) :30 Commercial TV Spot for
Vivid Design / Warrior Lacrosse
Mastering
Engineer
"Evan Levine - O Jerusalem",
(2005) Commercial Music CD release
Recording,
Mixing and Mastering Engineer
"Stoned
Emotion - Stoned Emotion", (2005) Commercial Music
CD release
Voice
Over Recording and Editing
"Battle
Ready", with Coach Bill McCartney (2005) Portable
Audio Playback Device
Mastering
Engineer
"Ajalon
- On the Threshold of Eternity", (2005) Commercial
Music CD release
Co-Producer;
Mastering Engineer
"CPR
- Volume 2 ", (2005) Commercial Music Compilation
CD release
Composer,
Engineer, Performer
"Warrior - Connor Gill",
(2005) :30 Commercial TV Spot for Vivid Design / Warrior Lacrosse
ADR
Engineer
"UNEARTHED",
(2004) Feature Film, Pheromone
Films
Co-Producer,
Mastering Engineer
"CPR
- Volume 1", (2004) Commercial Music Compilation CD
release
Mastering
Engineer
"Fallen Short - Freedom",
(2003) Commercial Music CD release
Composer,
Engineer, Performer
"Warrior Whitebox",
(2003) Two :30 Commercial TV Spots for Vivid Design / Warrior Lacrosse
Recording
Engineer, Vocal Arranger, Additional Production, Guest Performer
"Kaimana
- Hawaiian Punch", (2003) Commercial Music CD release for YoungSide
Records
Recording
Engineer, Vocal Arranger, Additional Production
"Junker
Jorg - Ignite the Machine", (2002) Commercial Music CD release
for YoungSide Records
Mastering
Engineer
"Ric Cori
- Thawing the Ice Man", (2002) Commercial Music CD
release
Recording,
Mixing and Mastering Engineer / Producer, Performer
"America Gomorrah - Exchanging
Truth for a Lie", (2000) Commercial Music CD release
Sound Designer
/ Audio Engineer
"Tiger Street", (1998) Feature Film
Audio Engineer
/ Archive Restoration / Add'l Composition
"Media Waves: An Introduction
to Mass Communication", (1997) Video, (26 1/2hr episode Video
Telecourse)
Digital Audio
Consultant / Audio Engineer
"Online Multimedia Accounting
Review (OMAR)", (1997) (online course, developed in WebCT)
"Introduction to Multimedia",
(1997) (online course, developed in WebCT)
Composer /
Sound Designer / Audio Engineer
"WebToolBase Pro", (1997) Television
Commercial
Digital Audio
Consultant / Audio Engineer
"Leadership
Online", (1996) Windows CD-ROM, (Intranet training package)
"The
Highlands Ability Battery", (1996) Windows CD-ROM, (Internet
based Ability Identification Program)
"Computers: An Interactive
Look", (1996) Version 2 (CD-ROM)
Audio Engineer
/ Arranger
"Charlton
Heston's Voyage Through The Bible - Old Testament", (1996) Windows/Mac
CD-ROM, (Edutainment)
"Charlton
Heston's Voyage Through The Bible - New Testament", (1996) Windows/Mac
CD-ROM, (Edutainment)
Composer /
Sound Designer / Audio Engineer
" Media Tycoon", (unreleased) Windows
CD-ROM, (Strategy Game)
"Jones
Telecommunications and Multimedia Encyclopedia", (1996) Windows/Mac
CD-ROM, (Reference)
Composer /
Sound Designer / Audio Engineer
"Jones Interactive", (1995) Windows/Mac CD-ROM, (Promotional
/ Marketing)
Composer
"Seagram's Taos", (1993) Television Commercial
"J. Luria's", (1993) Promotional Video
Skill
Summary
- Highly skilled
and experienced Music Producer, having overseen full production of
over 10 Commercial CD releases.
- Highly skilled
in Audio Engineering, Mixing, Mastering and Production for fixed medium
and commercial broadcast having participated in more than 60 commercial
CD releases, radio and television broadcasts, films and interactive
titles.
- Excellent Leadership
and Instructional skills, with over 10 years teaching experience,
both private and in the classroom.
- Highly skilled
composer, arranger and producer of music in a wide range of styles;
always emotive and provocative.
- Skilled in sound
effect design and creation.
- Skilled in live
sound support.
- Over 30 years
experience as a musician and performer in both live and studio settings.
- Over 25 years
of advanced technical computer application and support in a variety
of environments and platforms.
Professional
Experience
Audio
Digital Arvada, CO 1997 -
present
Owner / Operator / Producer / Engineer / Composer / Arranger / Performer
/ Instructor
A multifaceted business providing audio recording and production, original
music and sound design, CD brokering, Record Label and Publishing, and
Music Education services to a wide variety of clientele. Specializing
in Recording, Mixing and Mastering of commercial music as well as original
content creation for CD-ROM, Internet, broadcast television, radio and
film. Currently utilizing an extremely well equipped studio based on Digidesign
ProTools HD3 | Accel hardware and software on a Macintosh platform. Please
see http://www.audiodigital.com/adhome.html
and http://www.audiodigital.com/adservices.html
for more information.
- Clients include
Ajalon, Ali
Pierre, America
Gomorrah, Audio RnR, The
Creative Alliance, Daystar
Television / KRMT TV, Digital Creators, Electric
Side Dish, Harcourt College
Publishers and Dryden Online, Home,
Jones Digital Century
and Jones Educational Media,
Junker Jorg, Kaimana,
Kreative Media, Luther-N,
MegaVoice, Paragon Solutions,
Inc., Pheromone Films, Phil
Keaggy, Ric Cori, Rich
Media Technologies, Inc., Roe,
Some Random Band, Stephanie
Ault, Mark
Sherak, Stanky
Pockets, Stoned
Emotion, Swamp Koolers,
Time Horizon,
Torman Maxt,
Vivid Design,
Wagner Data, and others.
- Co-Founder and
Co-Producer of the CPR
Compilation CD series, featuring Christian Progressive
Rock artists from around the world.
- Oversaw and
Executed full production of America
Gomorrah's Exchanging Truth for a Lie,
Jason McCrite's Shining
Through, Melissa
Wright's You Placed Me Here, Some
Random Band's More or Less, and Mark
Sherak's LordSongs, including preproduction,
session planning and budget, performance, engineering, mixing, mastering.
(some including replication, distribution and promotion).
- Has participated
in the production of over 50 Commercial CD releases,
Television and Radio Broadcasts, Films or Interactive Software Titles.
Valentine
Productions, L.L.C. Littleton, CO
1997-1998
Audio Engineer / Producer
Audio Engineer for fully digital audio post production complex located
in TCIÍs National Digital Television Center (NDTC) in Littleton, CO. Produced
audio for broadcast television, radio and film. Engineered voice-over
sessions with in-studio talent and via ISDN connections. Edited and mixed
music. Created Sound Effects. Layback of final air masters to Digital
Betacam, Betacam SP and DAT.
- Engineered broadcast
television and radio productions for Columbia Tristar Pictures, Encore
Media and Encore Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, Health TV,
Polygram, Outdoor Life Network, Telecommunications Inc. (TCI), Hallmark
Entertainment, Universal Pay-TV, Stars!, Warner Bros. Inc., Paramount
Pictures Inc., Request Television and others.
- Provided original
sound design as well as documentation and tracking forms for audio
post production of the feature film Tiger Street.
Jones
Digital Century Englewood, CO
1993 - 1997
Multimedia Audio Engineer 1995
- 1997
As sole operator of JDCÍs digital audio workstation, processed audio for
CD-ROMs, video productions and other corporate projects. Activities included
production and engineering of voice-overs and sound effects as well as
composition, production and engineering of original music.
- Setup and maintained
Apple Macintosh based digital audio workstation for CD-ROM development
group.
- Setup and maintained
complimentary audio processing system on Pentium based PC.
- Composed, produced
and engineered over 2 hours of original music
for Media Tycoon; produced and engineered voice-overs.
- Assisted in design
and planning of corporate audio suite and specified all production
hard/software.
- Increased sound
card support for Media Tycoon by researching, obtaining and reviewing
multiple soundcards.
- Designed and
implemented process for creation of MIDI files for multiple soundcard
support with a minimum of redundancy in production effort.
- Developed and
implemented low frequency dithering concept in the Old
Testament CD-ROM to reduce decimation noise in 8 bit audio without
adding typical high frequency dithering hiss.
- Met or beat all
milestones for completion of audio on all products.
Interactive Software Production Assistant / Acting Audio Engineer
1994 - 1995
Assisted in all aspects of CD-ROM production. Managed processing of graphics
and audio. Scanned and digitally processed photographs and other graphic
elements, created Quicktime movies, document processes.
Help Desk Associate (Jones Interactive Systems, Inc.)
1993 - 1994
Provided hardware and software support via telephone to over 500 corporate
associates and 50 national cable systems on all aspects of IBM PC computers.
Provided support for LAN connectivity, business software and proprietary
business applications running on IBM AS400 systems.
PCA /
Century Health Plans Miami, FL
1992 - 1993
Quality Reviewer
Worked directly under the manager to coordinate efforts of the Contract
Administration department. Duties ranged from data entry of new providers
to review of providerÍs fee schedules and maintenance of multiple PCs.
Reviewed and verified 100% of the work within the department.
- Rapidly promoted
from Provider Maintenance Coordinator in January of 1993.
- Designed and
implemented dBASE IV database system and related programs to track
work and employee performance.
- Wrote two procedural
manuals for the Contract Administration department and provided ongoing
training for the Contract Analysts and Clerks.
VMSI
d/b/a PHOTONET Miami Fl 1988 -
1991
Computer Operator / Customer Service Rep
Handled all aspects of customer service including processing and transmission
of information via electronic mail and computer fax to over 700 subscribers.
Maintained sales database and generated reports for the Marketing Director
using dBASE III / Foxplus.
- Sole computer
operator in charge of all company computer systems.
- Wrote numerous
procedure manuals covering several aspects of the companyÍs operations.
Additional
Skills
- Demonstrated
ability to adapt current computer application knowledge to new systems
and rapidly develop proficiency.
- Highly detail
oriented and committed to quality workmanship and ethics.
- Works effectively
as a team member and individually.
- Clear, concise
and effective communication skills.
- Highly skilled
guitarist, bassist, vocalist and keyboardist.
Education
Bachelor
of Music Theory and Composition (cum laude), University
of Miami School of Music, 1991 |