Bryan Schuff's Résumé

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OBJECTIVE
To obtain full-time employment engineering, recording, mixing, and/or producing audio in a sound studio, live venue, and/or filming location.

QUALIFICATIONS

Set up, engineer, mix, and tear down live sound and studio sessions with skill, care, and thought

Extensive experience with audio gear, instruments, and stereo equipment

Numerous hours recording and mixing class and personal projects on Pro Tools

Recorded, mixed, and produced a band’s song for inclusion on Red Dragon Records compilation

Archived live music to multiple digital audio media

Analyze music by listening for musicianship and creativity in performance and production

Courteous, respectful, detail oriented, hard worker, quick learner, unafraid to ask questions

DAW SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

Digidesign Pro Tools
Steinberg Cubase
Cakewalk SONAR
Cool Edit Pro / Adobe Audition
Sonic Foundry / Sony Sound Forge

EDUCATION
State University of New York College at Oneonta
Bachelor of Arts, May 2005, Magna Cum Laude, GPA: 3.85
Music Industry major, Audio Arts Production minor
Academic Honors:

Academic Achievement Award
Dean’s List (six semesters)
Richard Siegfried Award for Academic Excellence
College at Oneonta Academic Scholarship
Enrolled in the Honors Program
Provost Award for Academic Excellence
Inducted into the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society
American Society for Quality Rochester Section Scholarship Award
Susan Sutton Smith Award in Recognition of Superior Academic Achievement
Organization of Ancillary Services Scholarship

Relevant Coursework:

Audio Arts Production I – IV (including Digidesign Certified Introduction to Pro Tools)
Teaching Assistantship: Audio Arts Production
Record Producers Forum
Writing for Radio-TV-Film
Survey of Music Theory I & II
Legal Issues in the Music Industry
Music Marketing and Merchandising
Music Industry Communication
Contemporary Issues in the Music Industry
Music and the Marketplace

EXPERIENCE
Sound Board Operator, Assistant Stage Manager
Blackfriars Theatre, Rochester, New York
February 19, 2008 - May 18, 2008

Mixed wireless microphones and pre-recorded sound to the house sound system
Set the stage and props between acts and scenes to allow flawless performance
Rotated the turntable stage to the correct orientation during blackouts between scenes

Assistant Recording Engineer
Sunset Productions, Steubenville, Ohio
January 31, 2007 – February 2, 2007

Assisted setting up microphones, tracking audio, recording backup copies, and taking notes for rehearsals and a performance by organists Carlo Curley and J. Christopher Pardini
Helped position microphones in a church to capture audio in 5.1 Surround Sound
Ensured that equipment did not hinder the audience, nor the audience hinder the equipment
Consulted with artists regarding room acoustics and stage design

Pro Audio Sales Associate
Guitar Center, Inc., Store #853, Monroeville, Pennsylvania
January 25, 2006 – April 19, 2006

Qualified customers’ needs by asking specific questions, made certain that they purchased the appropriate equipment
Immersed myself in sound recording, sound reinforcement, keyboard, and deejay products
Interacted with customers about music and sound recording

Recording Intern
Saxon Recording, Rochester, New York
June 1, 2004 – August 6, 2004 (463.75 hours logged)

Assisted setting up and tracking recording sessions, observed and learned from the owner
Mixed down sessions to create reference mixes for clients to listen to
Prepared sessions and cleaned up tracks in Cubase SX, enabled the software to use outboard gear
Mixed a song in Cakewalk SONAR 3 to test the software
Assembled CD packages for in-house record label, Jargon Records

Audio Arts Production Teaching Assistant / Music Industry Club Production Committee member
SUNY College at Oneonta Music Industry Club, Oneonta, New York
Fall 2002 – Spring 2005

Set up, engineered, and tore down live sound, recorded live events
Reserved overnight studio sessions to record class, club, and personal projects
Assisted groups with class recording assignments

Secretary / Archives Department Chair
SUNY College at Oneonta Music Industry Club, Oneonta, New York
Spring 2003 – Spring 2005

Recorded meeting minutes, distributed them to club officials, members, and advisors
Kept record of club events for use in budget proposals, photo album
Assembled and maintained list of club members, contact information, and attendance in Excel
Created and maintained electronic mail distribution list for the club on school’s Listserv
Organized archive of past records, concert bills, minutes, contacts, photographs
Reserved and coordinated overnight studio sessions to record projects

OTHER WORK
Gylon Technician – Calender Operator
Garlock Sealing Technologies, Palmyra, New York
June 2, 2008 - Present

Prepared product, loaded product into calender, and received product from calender

Inspector
QCS: Quality Containment Services, Rochester, New York
September 12, 2005 – January 20, 2006, and September 10, 2007 - October 5, 2007

Examined, sorted, and reworked products for quality control

Produce Associate
Shop ‘n Save, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
June 1, 2006 – February 10, 2007

Provided friendly customer service to often unfriendly people
Inspected, filled, and rotated produce, maintained work areas

Volunteer Telephone Service
Elena's Sweet Indulgence, Oneonta, New York
November 14, 2003 - November 20, 2003

Provided twenty hours of service answering the telephone to receive orders and messages

REFERENCES
Professional and personal references available upon request, along with a print or digital version of my résumé.

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