G Douglas Barrett, Ph.D.
Web: http://gdouglasbarrett.com
Email: acep8t@r.postjobfree.com
Phone: 617-***-****
Experience Summary
. Extensive writing experience, along with copyediting, and proofreading in
academic, commercial, web, and business contexts. Experience writing SEO-
Optimized copy
. Years of experience writing technical product guides, user manuals, and
API documentation.
. Extensive experience with Git, MySQL, Python, XML.
. Experience using Agile methodologies in Sprint.ly.
. Experience creating schemas and diagrams using Illustrator and
OmniGraffle.
. Numerous original publications written for peer-reviewed academic
journals.
. Written advertising copy for high traffic commercial websites. Experience
with CMS systems.
. Excellent graphic design skills using Adobe CS Suite, and ability to
integrate screenshots, videos, and graphics.
. Product demonstration videos using Final Cut Pro, presentation design
using Keynote and Powerpoint.
. Excellecnt UI/UX, storyboarding, and mockup skills using Balsamiq and
Adobe CS Suite.
. Highly organized and detail-oriented with effective communication skills.
Writing/Presentation Writing (Academic, Scholarly, Business,
Skills Technical), Copyediting, Proofreading. Project
Management, Graphic Design, Product
Presentation Design. Public Speaking and
demonstration. SEO Optimization.
Office Applications MS Word, Excel, QuarkXPress, InDesign, Keynote,
Powerpoint
Multimedia Adobe CS Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator,
Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Bridge, After Effects),
Final Cut Pro, Audacity, SoundBooth
Web Technologies HTML4/5, CSS2/3, JavaScript, JQUERY, JSON,
JQuery-UI
Project Management Agile, Scrum, Sprint.ly
Database SQL, MySQL, SQLAlchemy
Operating Systems OS X, Windows 95/98/2000/XP/Windows7/NT/Vista,
UNIX, LINUX
Education
State University of New York at Buffalo . 2006 - 2010, Music
Composition, Ph.D.
Universit t der K nste Berlin . 2009 - 2010, DAAD Research Grant
California Institute of the Arts . 2004 - 2006, Music, Integrated
Media, MFA
Berklee College of Music . 2001 - 2004, BM
Work Experience
Oxford University Press . Contract copyeditor, proofreader. March 2014 -
May 2014.
Plum Perfect/Color Modules, Inc. . Operations/Project Manager. Aug. 2012 -
Dec. 2013
Wrote copy for technical product guides, Application Programming
Interfaces (API) documentation, and website copy. Design, promote,
maintain, and manage team of developers for web/mobile software
application.
Juju.com, Software Developer . Feb. 2011 - Sep. 2012
Web Programming, design, and managing job-search database.
www.gdouglasbarrett.com . 2010 - Present . Personal website design and
maintenance (HTML, JS, CSS, Adobe CS)
Teaching Experience
Pratt Institute Department of Digital Arts . Adjunct Faculty. Sept.
2011 - Dec. 2012.
Courses: Sound for the Digital Arts: History, theory, and practice
of sound in media and the performing arts.
Advanced Interactive Media: Programming languages for real-time
interactive art (Max, PureData).
SUNY at Buffalo Music Department . Teaching Assistant. 2006 - 2009.
Courses in 20th and 21st Century Music History: Electronic
Music, Computer Music, Algorithmic Music, New Media
Publications
Barrett, G. Douglas, Lindsey Lodhie. "'Hearing Things Through Things': Hong-
Kai Wang's Music While We Work."
Ear Wave Event. April 17, 2014.
http://earwaveevent.org/article/hearing-things-through-things-hong-kai-
wangs-music-while-we-work/
Barrett, G. Douglas. "The Limits of Performing Cage: Ultra-red's
SILENT LISTEN." Postmodern Culture.
Volume 23, No. 2. January, 2014.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/postmodern_culture/v023/23.2.barrett.html
Barrett, G. Douglas. "Speaking Volumes: On Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S.
Davidson's Volumes for Sound at Recess." Recess Art. May, 2013.
http://www.recessart.org/activities/7725
Barrett, G. Douglas. "The Silent Network-The Music of Wandelweiser."
Contemporary Music Review special issue, Wandelweiser. 30:5, May 17,
2012. Oxford, UK, 2012.
Barrett, G. Douglas. "A Text Score Manifesto." Word Events: Perspectives on
Verbal Notation.
James Saunders, John Lely (Eds.). New York: Continuum, 2012.
Barrett, G. Douglas. "Echoes of Narcissus: Erin Gee's Voice of Echo at
Contrary Projects." Echo Made Proximate. Exhibition Catalogue
Essay. May, 2011. Contrary Projects. Regina, SK, 2011
Barrett, G. Douglas. "Translating Innova: The New Opera Work of Object
Collection." New Music Box. NewMusicBox.org. April 13, 2011.
http://newmusicbox.org/article.nmbx?id=6870
Barrett, G. Douglas. "The Impossible Image: The Photographic Worlds of Ruud
van Empel."
Ruud van Empel - Worlds. Exhibition Catalogue. April 6, 2011. New
York: Stux Gallery, 2011.
Barrett, G. Douglas, M. Winter. "LiveScore: Real-Time Notation in the Music
of Harris Wulfson," in Contemporary Music Review special issue, Virtual
Scores and Realtime Playing. 29: 1, August, 2010. Oxford, UK, 2010.
Barrett, G. Douglas. "Window Piece: Seeing and Hearing the Music of Peter
Ablinger." HIS Voice, a magazine for other music. March, 2010.
Prague, 2010.
Barrett, G. Douglas. "Between Noise and Language: The Sound Installations
and Music of Peter Ablinger." Mosaic, a journal for the
interdisciplinary study of literature. December 2009, Volume 42, No. 4.
December, 2009. Winnipeg, 2009.
Barrett, G. Douglas, Francesco Gagliardi. Performing the City: An Urban
Performance Workshop. International Computer Music Conference
(ICMC 08) Proceedings, August 24, 2008. Belfast, 2008.
Barrett, G. Douglas. Spectore: Generating Notated Music Using Spectra as
Structural Materials. Society for
Electro-Acoustic Music (SEAMUS) 2008 National Conference, April 3,
2008. Salt Lake City, 2008.
Barrett, G. Douglas, Michael Winter, and Harris Wulfson. Automatic Notation
Generators. International Computer
Music Conference (ICMC 07), 27 August 2007. Copenhagen, 2007. Also
published as: +Wulfson, Harris, G. Douglas Barrett, and Michael
Winter. Automatic Notation Generators. New Interfaces for Musical
Expression, 6 June 2007, New York University. New York, 2007.
Conferences, Public Presentations
Tuning Speculation conference, November 1-2, 2013. York University,
Toronto, Canada. Paper Presentation: "The Debt of Philosophy-Cassie
Thornton's Debt 2 Space Program and the New Materialism."
The Future of Cage: CREDO Conference, U of Toronto, Centre for Drama,
Theater, and Performance Studies. Paper
Presentation: "At the Limits of Performing Cage: 4'33" and the Art
Activism of Ultra-red", October 25, 2012
Conference of Works: Operations and Participations, Panoply Performance
Laboratory.Vaudeville Park, November 11, 2011. Brooklyn, NY.
Artist presentation and performance.
Re-thinking Music of Today, April 6-8, 2011. Universit de Paris-Est Marne-
La-Vall e, Paris, France.
Paper Presentation: "Postconceptual Music," April 8, 2011. Paris,
France
"A Few Transcriptions, A Place or Two, Some Recordings," Neutral Ground,
April 24, 2010. Regina, Saskatchewan.
Evening-length Curated Concert Performance and Artist Talk.
Biennial Symposium for Arts and Technology, March 6, 2010. Connecticut
College, New London, Connecticut.
Paper Presentation: "The Interdisciplinary Performances of the
Maulwerker Ensemble"
"Listening to Language: Text Scores, Recording Technology and Experimental
Music," January 18, 2010. Sound Studies - Akustische Kommunikation.
Sound Studies Lecture Series. Universit t der K nste Berlin.
De Uitwerking I: 'A few silence', November 13, 2009. Performance of A Few
Silence and round-table discussion led by Bas Geerts and Vincent
Gerven Oei. Theater Perdu. Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Nothing New? Understanding Newness in Medieval and Contemporary Music,
April 25, 2009. University of Huddersfield. Huddersfield,
UK. Music Performance: Derivation X.
S.E.M. Ensemble's Reading of New Compositions Workshop, Feb.15, 2007, Feb.
14, 2008, Feb. 11, 2009. Willow Place Auditorium. Brooklyn, New York.
Music Performances: Derivation V., Derivation VIII., Derivation XIII b.
International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 08 Belfast, Ireland), August
24, 2008, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Paper Presentation: Performing the City: An Urban Performance Workshop
Society for Electro-Acoustic Music (SEAMUS) 2008 National Conference, April
3, 2008, Salt Lake City, Utah
Paper Presentation: Spectore: Generating Notated Music Using Spectra
as Structural Materials