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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Archival digitization & preservation of highly valuable, historically significant, rare, irreplaceable and often fragile audio assets, with knowledge & experience of a wide variety of legacy carriers, their preservation & care, including: grooved shellacs, nitrocellulose lacquer, flexi-discs, vinyl discs, wire recordings, dictabelts, cartridge-based audiotapes, sprocketed mag-film recordings, consumer & professional open-reel audiotapes, digital audiotapes & born-digital media.Notable digitization projects include:• 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀 (𝗞𝗟𝗥𝗨): Digitized & preserved thousands of original, two-inch, half-inch and quarter-inch audio master tapes as well as hundreds of DTRS, DAT and optical formats, spanning over 40 years of original recorded content. Master recordings include Willie Nelson, John Prine, Emmylou Harris, Ray Charles, Tom Waits, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Loretta Lynn and hundreds more.• 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗝𝗿. 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: Oversaw preservation & digitization of The King Center audio archive, consisting of thousands of historically significant, open-reel tape, audio cassette & grooved media recordings. Recordings include personal recordings of Dr. King and his family, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and more.• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗢𝗿𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Digitized hundreds of historic shellac, nitrocellulose lacquer & vinyl discs requiring extensive cleaning, repair and digitization considerations due a wide scope of disc ages & conditions. Recordings include original masters for Louis Armstrong, The Boswell Sisters, Glenn Miller, The Dorsey Brothers and more.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

On-set ADR mixing and original dialogue recording for several network TV shows, including The Resident (Fox), Night Sky (Amazon), Doom Patrol (HBO), Black Lightning (The CW), The Originals (The CW), Sleepy Hollow (Fox), The Quad (BET), Legacies (The CW), Star (Fox), and more.• Collaborate directly with principal cast, sound supervisors & directors in fast-paced environments to achieve superior results for national broadcast• Hundreds of supervised and unsupervised sessions while maintaining creative & technical productivity under critical network deadlines• Comprehensive knowledge of ISDN, Source Connect, Cleanfeed & advanced Pro Tools mixing/editing techniques• Scout set locations and setup complete, on-set recording studios for ADR servicesSee more credits on IMDB:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9461205/

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

I began my Audio Preservation journey at Crawford Media Services, where I digitized legacy media, including the skills I learned along the way, such as remediating physical damage, splicing tape, removing pops & clicks, identifying polarity issues, print-through and other audio anomalies & performed complete documentation of condition, treatment, playback & delivery.Relevant Skills:• Knowledge & experience of audio production workflows including professional music environments, audio post-production environments for television & film, as well as consumer habits & workflows.• Knowledge & experience with legacy analog & digital playback equipment, including professional, prosumer, consumer & vintage equipment; their proper usage, calibration, maintenance and care.Ability to apply knowledge of integrated systems, applications, and other information technologies related to audio preservation to analyze technical and operational problems and develop solutions.• Experience with complex audio metadata capture, investigation & manipulation for a variety of preservation and access deliverables, including BWF, Mp3, M4a, FLAC and more, using various tools including MediaInfo, BWF MetaEdit or native DAW software.• Advanced knowledge of the principles & concepts of audio routing, recording and delivery• Experienced with audio capture & editing using Windows, MacOS and Linux platforms, including Merging Technologies Pyramix, Avid Pro Tools, Steinberg Wavelab, Adobe Audition, Cockos Reaper & Audacity• Experienced with multi-room, AoIP-based integrated technologies such as AES67, RAVENNA, & Dante networked systems.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

I had the absolute honor to work alongside producers Rodney Mills & Mike Clark (both GA Music Hall of Fame award recipients themselves) as well as the extraordinary Thom 'T.K.' Kidd & Greg 'Fern' Quesnell, to mix Front Of House sound for our annual music awards show.We worked with multiple public broadcasting stations and media trucks to mix the live television broadcast for a regional viewership of over 2 million people each year. We later edited & mixed each live show for re-broadcast in surround sound.Some of the artist we were fortunate to work with include:Kenny Rogers, Indigo Girls, Chuck Leavell, Patty Loveless, Newsong, Gregg Allman, Dallas Austin, Jermaine Dupri, R.E.M., Freddy Cole, Allen Toussaint, Mylon LeFevre, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ludacris, Keith Sweat, Widespread Panic, Collective Soul, India.Arie, The Black Crowes, Toni Braxton, Mother’s Finest, Jan Smith, Sugarland, 38 Special, Goodie Mob, CeeLo Green, Kansas, Whitney Houston, Jeff Foxworthy, Lady Antebellum, Francine Reed, Ed Roland, Wet Willie, Drivin’ N Cryin’, Justin Beiber, Usher, Issac Hayes, Randall Bramblett Band, Candi Staton, Joe South, Swimming Pool Q’s, Tamyra Gray, The Sunshine Boys, Johntá Austin, Third Day, Black Crowes, Styx, Diana DeGarmo, Ace Young, Bo Bice, Billy Joe Royal, Justin Bieber, Jasmine Guy, Charlie Daniels, and more!

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

What can I say - Rodney and I did thousands of records together! It's impossible to remember them all, but we had a great ride for just over a decade of work. I worked with Rodney to record, mix & master countless albums and singles for artists nationwide. I also designed and authored numerous DVD’s, Enhanced CD’s and other multimedia enrichment projects for clients.I also gained advanced knowledge of metadata, encoding & media enrichment services including ‪Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems‬, Mediabase, Gracenote, and distribution platforms for Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Tidal & more.We were fortunate to celebrate numerous Billboard #1 hits, Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 10 Reissues of the year, numerous records with RIAA Certified Gold or Platinum status as well as Grammy & Emmy award nominations & wins. Some of the records we worked on include:Beastie Boys, The Wallflowers, Freak Nasty, Rico Wade, Anthony Hamilton, Killer Mike, Pylon, Baby D, Sister Hazel, Irene Cara, David Banner, The Woggles, Local H, Keith Sweat, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Francine Reed, 2 Live Crew, The Kentucky Headhunters, Pastor Troy, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Dethklock, Ying-Yang Twins, Jason Isbell, Sonny Emory, The Bangles, Josh Joplin, Ghetto Mafia, Goodie Mob, Taylor Hicks, Collective Soul, .38 Special, Gucci Mane, Bohagan, The Damnwells, Russian National Orchestra, Sleepy Brown, Yatch Rock Review, Col. Bruce Hampton, Glenn Danzig, Shooter Jennings, Sammy Sam the Hitman, The Oak Ridge Boys, Cartel, Matthew Sweet, Organized Noize, Butch Walker, Zac Brown Band, Michael Johns, Ruben Studdard, DJ Unk, Candi Staton, Anathollo, Pete Droge, Drivin 'n' Cryin, Blind Boys Of Alabama, Bone Crusher, Fresh Kid Ice, William Bell, Michelle Malone, Dottie Peoples, Dixie Hummingbirds, Eric Clapton, Soulja Boy, The Fleshtones, DJ Smurf, Sean Costello, Sugarland, Colour Revolt, Cameo, Swimming Pool Q’s, Amy Ray, Bigg Gipp, Juanita Bynum, Too $hort, and thousands more.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Mixed sound for live television & radio broadcast of weekly services for largest Presbyterian church in the United States• Mixed Front-of-House sound for services & special events for a congregation of over 10,000 members across 4 services weekly• Worked with music program consisting of 16 choirs and ensembles, several concert series, community music school and music interns from the famous Eastman School of Music in New York• Mixed & recorded annual Christmas concert featuring the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Recorded on-field action during game time for several SEC Championship games in Atlanta, GA• Gathered B-Roll audio & video of behind-the-scenes footage throughout stadium• Assisted camera operator with multiple Steadicam sequences on and off-field

Atlanta, Ga

I began my career performing audio sweetening, sound design, ADR & voiceover work for clients such as Turner Broadcasting, CNN, TNT, TBS, ESPN & Cartoon Network. I also worked in live sports production for several networks including ESPN, NBA, MLB, NCAA & SEC. Matt has recorded numerous SEC Championships, ESPN Final Four, NBA All-Star Games and engineered, edited & mixed the original music for Braves Baseball in surround sound (currently the NBA theme). • Assistant engineering for many remote voiceovers & ADR via ISDN• Assistant recording/ mix engineer for several original scores• Performed advanced multi-track editing for music scores in surround sound• Created dubs of multiple linear formats (e.g., Beta SP, DigiBeta, D2, etc.)• Edited, organized and maintained large music & SFX libraries for networked studios• Maintained facilities and equipment for several audio & video suites• Performed receptionist and scheduling duties for multiple rooms/ engineers