My long-time parallel interests of music and audio-related technologies have led me to start a couple of business ventures, which I will briefly describe here. These are in addition to my current music and business project, Elegance Music.
I have often noticed that not all musicians and artists have the interest or knowledge in the technologies available which can enhance the creative process and serve as a vehicle to market their art. It's unfortunate, because part of the joy in creating art is the ability to share it with others, and the bigger the audience, the more likely it is that others will support our art. To lose out on the opportunity to expose our artistic efforts to a wider audience because of some technical limitation or problem in our hardware or software is a waste of good talent.
Since I have been a professional musician as well as a computer tech for decades, I figured it was time to put some of my skills in this area to good use helping others - providing computer help and consulting services to all musicians and other artists in need of computer expertise, and those who want to acquire custom turnkey digital audio workstations. This might involve helping musicians with their current problems with media-creation software such as Digidesign's Pro Tools, or perhaps evaluating their computer systems and their artistic goals to recommend audio equipment which would help them reach their artistic vision with a minimum of hassle, and with maximum return on their investment in equipment. My business channel to provide these services is:
COMPUTER HELP - ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY TECH SUPPORT
"Bridging the gap between the arts & entertainment community and the computer world"
Web Site:
http://www.computerhelptech.vpweb.com
In addition to the Computer Help venture, I have found that many musicians and other artists who use sound, don't have the means or the technological knowledge to record their art, whether it is for commercial distribution, a demo, or other purposes. And many creative people don't have the interest to acquire the audio equipment, nor to learn the skills necessary to professionally record themselves. Since I do have the equipment, knowledge, and skills necessary to make professional-quality audio recordings, I felt that making my expertise in this area available to help others would make a lot of sense, and benefit everyone involved. Whether it is a voice-over artist looking to make a demo recording, or a solo musician, musical duo or an entire band, artists can affordably obtain recordings to use for demo purposes, to market their art online, or make CDs to sell on gigs. To this end, I'm pleased to announce my services with:
ON LOCATION LIVE MUSIC RECORDING
"Providing all of your recording/mixing/mastering needs"
Web Site:
http://www.livemusicrecording.vpweb.com
I have started this on-location recording and audio production venture to meet the need for high-quality, portable, on-location recording services here in the San Diego area, as well as providing custom mixing/mastering of multitrack projects to the client's specifications. My focus, with this venture, is to provide the solo musician, singer, voice-over artist, theater group, band or vocal ensemble a professional-quality audio master, either for release on the retail market, or for a high-quality demo recording in the media format of your choice. Music, and audio technology, have been passions in my life, for most of my life, and I bring that passion, musical knowledge and experience, as well as my engineering skills, to each client's project.
See the above Websites for a listing of my services, for the two businesses.