Benjamin M. Email & Phone Number

Global

🔊 As a Field Sales Specialist at Sole Source AV, I leverage over 20 years of extensive experience in the audio industry, encompassing live sound, DJing, recording, software, synths, instruments, venue and studio A/V system designs, church A/V system designs, broadcasting, and performing arts. With over 6 years in management and sales within the music and broadcasting sectors, I ensure every client's projects meet the highest standards of quality and innovation, delivering tailored solutions that enhance experiences across various environments.

World Wide

Song writing, Lyricist, Performing Artist, Emcee

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Worldwide

Soul Threading is a photography business specializing in modern lifestyle portraiture focusing on anything that has love+feeling.We are a husband + wife team; photographing + merging into videography for weddings/engagements, lifestyle portraiture + events, and commercial images for your business. We give a raw perspective with every professionally planned shoot. Soul Threading skillfully post-edits the images for showcasing in an easy accessible password protected gallery. This allows you the freedom to decide on how to share and use them, and you always have a safe place to store your precious keepsakes.The imagery shows how stunning you are, your love is for someone & your craft/business' portfolio is.Now, check out our portfolio to see our experience. We love being a Gainesville, Fl photography family and we look forward to serving you, and accomplishing your documentary needs!BTW Soul Threading loves to travel and we've journeyed cross country to photograph many special events. So all of you out-of-towners feel free to reach out as well!www.SoulThreading.comwww.TwoSoulsThreading.com

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

In my role as a Sales Engineer at Sweetwater, I am entrusted with the responsibility of providing top-notch advice and consultation to my personal customer base. I take pride in cultivating enduring relationships with over 3000 customers, serving as their dedicated one-on-one advisor for all things related to music and audio technology.My day-to-day duties include placing 80-100 outbound phone calls to reach out to customers and extend professional guidance on musical instruments and pro audio gear. Additionally, I am responsible for creating sound systems and selecting equipment for diverse applications, such as schools, churches, recording studios, live venues, and more.As a music and audio technology expert, I educate my clients on a wide range of topics, including guitar tone and amplification, digital audio recording, MIDI and sound synthesis, drums, live sound, and more. I collaborate closely with Sweetwater's Support team to follow up on orders and troubleshoot any issues that may arise, providing exceptional customer service throughout the process.To keep pace with the ever-evolving products and technologies in the field, I attend brand office hours, meetings, training sessions, and workshops to hone my skills and knowledge.Ultimately, my goal as a Sales Engineer at Sweetwater is to deliver personalized and expert consultation to each of my clients and foster enduring relationships with them. Drawing upon my passion and expertise in music and audio technology, I help my clients achieve their objectives and find the gear that meets their unique needs.

Hopkinton, Massachusetts, United States

Responsible for mixing the live front of the house worship services. Rocking out on the Yamaha QL5!

North Attleboro, Ma

As a Store Manager, my role encompasses the comprehensive management of the retail business, including leading a team and ensuring successful outcomes. I prioritize creating and fostering a culture of integrity, inclusion, musical passion, and respect.My success as a Store Manager is driven by several key characteristics:Business Mastery: I have a comprehensive understanding of how the business operates, including key drivers, strategies, competition, and financial data impacting the department or organization. I can effectively evaluate and solve problems.Customer Focus: I prioritize providing excellent customer service and have a deep understanding of customer service principles. I connect with customers in a genuine, knowledgeable, and encouraging way, and am committed to helping them achieve their goals.Organizational Skills: I effectively manage my time, energy, and resources to prioritize tasks, meet goals, and stay on track. I excel at multitasking and paying close attention to detail, even in fast-paced and high-pressure environments. I am committed to completing tasks thoroughly and protecting assets and people by adhering to protocols and guidelines.Performance Management: I excel at leading, managing, and mentoring others, and prioritize leading by example. I am dedicated to developing the skills and capabilities of direct reports to ensure goals are met, and I provide effective positive and constructive feedback.

Boston, Ma

Gainesville, Florida Area

Gainesville, Florida Area

The mission of Proverbs 3 Studios is to enable artists and creatives the opportunity to fulfill their recording needs with excellence in a comfortable atmosphere efficiently and cost effectively. We offer professional audio recording and mixing for your project in my home studio. A little about me, I have been a recording artist myself for over 10 years and have worked in a few studios back home in Chicago. I created my home studio for my personal work and have now decided to reach out and use the space to serve more people.

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Strategize to drive online traffic to a company's website.• Intensive brand discovery through meetings with clients and in-depth research of the industry.• Develop all digital marketing campaigns for clients.• Raise brand awareness by implementing and formatting pictures, text, and icons into company webpages that align with the desired brand identity.• Managed campaign necessitated brainstorming with and provided clear direction to other members of the marketing team, such as the social media manager, web designer, web developer, and copywriter.• Study and understand the current trends in search engine marketing, search engine optimization, pay-per-click advertising, budget management, email marketing, remarketing, and web analytics.• Track conversion rates by analyzing all website data amassed through the use of digital marketing tools such as Google Analytics, Google AdWords, Raven, etc.• Oversee and strategize improvement for all approaches to client social media accounts.• Measure marketing data and report progressive results to clients and company contacts.• Identify and understand the fluid changes of ongoing trends and insights to make the most of new opportunities to reach leads and prospects.• Plan and control the advertising budget for all client digital advertising campaigns.• Perform continued market research, competitor analysis, and customer evaluation to preserve and advance the competence of each client's online presence.• Collaborate with marketing team members to create landing pages and other assets that can be optimized for user engagement.• Provide thought leadership and fresh marketing perspective for adoption into appropriate client campaigns.• Produced and submitted weekly reports outlining progress against KPI objectives.• Built, implemented and updated effective SEO strategies.• Maximized strategic approaches by keeping close eye on performance and making appropriate adjustments.

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Responsible for live audio engineering and mixing during church service.• Recorded and mixed every service, edited and posted to church website.• Managed and trained audio team in the areas of lighting, proper stage set-up and teardown (microphone placement, running cables, etc.), turning on and off equipmentproperly, and running appropriate gear.

Gainesville, Florida Area

Heartside Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork is located in the Tree Top Massage Co-op 900 N.W. 8th Avenue, Gainesville, FL

900 Northwest 8Th Avenue Gainesville, Fl 32601

Massage Therapist

Greater Chicago Area

Responsible for coordinating recording, mixing, mastering, sessions with various clients, through face to face interaction, telephone conversations, and networking.• Consistent daily networking with potential customers and prospects with an emphasis of building/fostering studio relationships.• Assist in various studio productions including operation of mixing board and various outboard gear (i.e. compressors, microphone preamps, amplifiers, etc.), editing/mixing sound files, overall recording coordination including scheduling, client interaction, etc.• Created samples for production library using various synthesizers, and DAW (digital audio workstation)• Involved with assisting of audio operations for live sound purposes, whether it be through a specific customer and/or entity. Tasks included initial mixer setup, placing microphones on signal sources (i.e. instruments, vocals, etc.), conducting sound checks, and making spot checks on audio during performances.

Song writing, Lyricist, Performing Artist, Emcee

Greater Chicago Area

• Provided tutoring, visual arts, music workshops, games/activities, counseling to K-8 grade.• Developed core curriculums for each grade level serviced.• Main emphasis on creating and supervising audio/visual workshops, designed to engage and instruct youth in fundamentals of basic audio and visual production.• Responsible for initial set up of individual audio/visual workstations (mixers, microphones, monitor, etc.).• Responsible for live sound operation for special events created by the school's various departments.• Encouraged students to perform at peak ability and learn from failure.• Inspired students and assisted in developing creativity and self-expression through various art forms and media.• Documented student work in order to exhibit and celebrate learning process of each child.• Developed appropriate curricula dependent on age group and education level.• Provided feedback to students and parents on progress and abilities.• Developed and implemented various thematic lesson plans, utilizing age-appropriate material and focusing on relevant topics.

Therapeutic Massage, Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage

Activities and Societies: Hydrotherapy, Connective Tissue, Sports Massage, NMT/Trigger Point, Polarity, Swedish, Foot ReflexologyThorough.

Education record

Graduate Class of 1998

Graphic Design