Resume: Tom Frazee ****

EDUCATIONAL, TEACHING, PROFESSIONAL, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTAL RESUME FOR:

Tom Frazee

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Meridian, ID. 83646

208-***-****

abqjx9@r.postjobfree.com

www.admaginationstudios.com

Background:

Born: April 12th, 1954 / Glastonbury CT.

Education: K-12 Glastonbury Public School Systems (12th Grade requirements

completed by correspondence while traveling with Up With People)

Public Schools Music Program: Principle Instrument / Trombone

Piano Studies with Lori Dufford

Pre-Undergraduate Studies with: John Swallow, Principle Trombonist, New

York Brass Quintet in residence at Hartt College of Music.

Undergraduate & Post Graduate Studies:

University of Arizona, 1972-1973 (Communication Studies during Up With

People Tour-4 Credits)

Hartt College of Music, 1973-1974 / Music Education / Performance

Berklee College of Music, 1974-1977 / Jazz Composition & Arranging

(Completed dual major: BM / Jazz Comp. & Arranging & B.M.Ed.)

Brandeis University, 1984-1985 Post Graduate Studies, Music History (2

credits)

Private Studies:

Trombone: John Swallow, Tony Lada & Phil Wilson (Berklee College of Music)

Electric Bass: Steve Swallow (Berklee College of Music)

Arranging: Dick Lowell (Staff Arranger, Army Jazz Band, Woody Herman), Don

Sebesky (Master Class), Ted Pease (Berklee Professional Writing

Chairperson), Michael Gibbs (Chrome Water Fall Orchestra), Joe Zito (Nat

King Cole s Musical Director), Don Hannah (Las Vegas Arranger)

Teaching / Faculty Positions:

Berklee College of Music: 1980-1986 / Full Time

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Core Studies: Harmony 1-5, Theory & Arranging 1-2, Voicing s

Derived From Chord Scales, Listening Analysis, Ear Training 1-5

(Movable Do), Ensemble Studies (Small Group, Vocal Ensembles,

Big Band)

Advanced Studies: Commercial Arranging Small Ensemble,

Songwriting, Model Harmony, Acoustic Principles of Music,

History of Popular Music, Arranging Directed Studies. World Music

Studies / Analysis of Caribbean Rhythms and Culture.

Developmental Studies: Co-wrote Songwriting Curriculum for 4

Year songwriting degree program. Implemented the Tower of

Power Ensemble and obtained the TOP library from Greg Adams.

Started the Berklee Songwriters Contest and secured scholarship

grants from ASCAP, BMI & SESAC. Designed and developed the

Songwriters lab with multi-track workstations equipped through

TEAC and Kurzweil

Ad-Hoc Duties: Berklee Accreditation Committee. Berklee

Performance Center Development. Faculty Office Facilities

University of Nevada, Las Vegas: 1986-1989 / Ad Junct

History of Rock and Roll: Music, Artist and Culture (Humanities

elective) 3 sections, 125 students per section

Northwest Nazerene University, Nampa, Idaho / 2010- / Ad Junct

Contemporary Music Composition and Technology-Developed

curriculum and seminar structure for project oriented summer, 2

credit course in use of technology and music.

Taught cross-platform, MAC & PC (DP 6, Pro-Tools, Sonar 8.5

Producer, VST Instruments and plug-ins)

On-going duties will be to develop all core classes that are

required for a 4 year degreed program in Contemporary Music

within existing music depart

Professional Performances:

Buddy Rich / 1978 New England Tour

Gloria Gaynor

Ike and Tina Turner

Willie Nelson

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Joe Pesci

Wayne Cochran & The C.C. Riders

Don Vincent / Al Alvarez Orchestra, Las Vegas (Several top showroom acts)

Tom Jones, Wayne Newton, Smothers Brothers

Several club touring show and dance bands

Business & Creative Development: Audio For Broadcasting

Co-Owner / Creative Partner, Admagination Studios / Audio for Broadcasting.

Admagination is a full service production studio providing creative elements

for live performance and audio for broadcasting including audio for video

post-production. Admagination has been in the Audio for Broadcast and Live

Event Production business since 1991.

PC Based DAW workstation using Sonar 8.5, Sony Creative and

Bernie Grundman mastering software

MAC PowerBook with DP 6

24 Track direct to hard drive multi-track

32 Channel Full recall Ramsa Mkll Mix Desk

Waves Diamond processing bundle

Full analog single path vocal recording

Yamaha, Korg, E-MU, Roland outboard sound modules &

keyboards

Steinberg, Cakewalk and several 3rd party VST software

instruments

Lexicon and ART signal and effects processing

Admagination has produced over 140 audio for broadcasting jingle packages

in over 40 markets nationwide.

Business & Creative Development: Live Show Production

Produced live production shows and commissioned songs for Governor Dirk

Kempthorne s Gala Inaugural, World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame, Boise

Millennium Show, NCAA Half Time performances, Vice President Dick

Cheney s Visit To Idaho, Idaho Commission on the Arts, Susan B. Komen

National Race for the Cure (Washington, DC), Tournament of Roses Directors

Dinner, Bands of America, 116th Brigade deployment to Iraq Thanksgiving

concert, plus numerous corporate and association shows and award galas.

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All aspects of Sound Reinforcement (Own EAW, QSC, Yamaha

array rigs)

Lighting Design (Own Global Par Rig / 22,000 watts, Elation RGB /

LED color washes, Elation and Martin Moving Head Instruments)

Video Presentation: (Own DaLite screens from 6 x8 -9 x12,

Panasonic 4000-7000 lumens projectors, up-scaling to XVGA 1024

x 768 native, VGA to CAT 5 signal transfer)

Stage rigging: Flown and floor stand rigging using over 500 of

Global 12 box truss

Spent 10 years as Entertainment Directors of the Boise River Festival

First call sound track producers for Zambelli Internationale Fireworks

Company

Original cabaret-style production shows for Carnival Cruise Lines.

Software Proficiency:

Music Production: Sonar 8.5, Cubase 5, Digital Performer 6 (Mac), Sony

Creative (Sound Forge / Sonic Foundry Suite), Pro-Tools, Logic, TRacks /

Mastering, Waves Processing Bundle, VST and ReWire soft-synth

technologies. Roland V-Vocal VST

Dreamweaver Web design

PowerPoint

Excel

Access and MySQL database management systems

Photoshop CS2

Macromedia Flash

Joomla Open Source CMS for web

Word & Adobe PDF document handlers

Open Office Suite 3.2

FTP Data Transfer

Audio Compression software

I invite you to visit our website for a complete overview of Admagination. From there

you can hear dozens of audio demos that Admagination has produced since it s

founding in 1991. www.admaginationstudios.com

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References:

Governor Dirk Kempthorne (can be reached through his wife, former Idaho

First Lady Patricia Kempthorne s foundation, Twiga at 208-***-****

Warwick Carter, Dean, Columbia College Chicago (Former Dean of Faculty,

Berklee College of Music) 312-***-****

Bruce Nifong, Chairman, Ensemble Department, Berklee College of Music

617-***-**** X 2255

Dr. Casey Christopher, Music Department, Northwest Nazarene University,

208-***-****

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