Engineer Engineering

DON WEISS

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CAREER SUMMARY – Experienced, award winning music industry, audio and A/V professional. Produced and engineered music for major artists; mixed sound for live concerts and events; recorded music, audio and FX for popular TV shows. Established instructor, equipment designer and endorser in the audio industry. Presently working as Technical Director. Owner of Austin Recording Center. SKILL SETS

- customer service - project management

- music production - audio networking

- music engineering - music history

- sound design - teaching

- recording studio design - problem solving

- technical director - A/V streaming

- leadership - ATEM video switching

- collaborative problem solving - conflict resolution

- webcasting - public speaking

- contract negotiation - attention to detail

PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS

Music Producer / Engineer

Produced music and jingles for artists including:

The Beach Boys, Rush, Robert Palmer, Star Search, Paul Shaffer, Anne Murray, General Motors Austin Recording Center

Owner, music producer/engineer and instructor

Yavapai College – Prescott, AZ

Developed and taught ‘Introduction to Music Recording’ course

Taught ‘Rock Music and American Consciousness’ for ten years (a music history class) TV Audio Engineer

Recorded music and/or FX for many popular TV shows such as ‘Dangerous Minds’, ‘The Power Rangers’, and

‘Soldier of Fortune Inc.’

Studio & Equipment Design

Carvin Pro-Audio – San Diego, CA

Designed various equipment, including mixing consoles and speaker management systems

Endorser for Carvin, Yamaha and Argosy Consoles

Radio Shine KGCB – Prescott, AZ

Improved studio operation and broadcast signal quality Studio City Sound – Studio City, CA

Designed new three-studio facility

Live Sound and A/V

Oak Hill Methodist Church

Technical Director leading crew for simultaneous live in-person service and live stream Markey’s Rental & Staging, ATX Event Systems, AVTS, Dondisound - Austin

Audio engineer (A1) for mixing large events Arizona Centennial - Best Fest

Provided equipment, set-up and operated four music stages Miramar Air Show – MCAS Miramar, CA

Designed layout, provided equipment, set-up and operated live sound system (A1) over 1 square mile area for three-day air show attended by 750,000 people

Coordinated audio feed with jumbotron video truck

Integrated pilot communication between planes and spectators Arizona SkyFest – Prescott, AZ

Designed, set-up and operated live sound system for two-day air show attended by 30,000 people Sagebrush Cantina – Calabasas, CA

Audio engineer for music acts and various entertainers at 1,500 seat indoor/outdoor venue. Graceland Country Music Venue – Toronto, ON

Set-up permanent sound system for world-class country music performers CERTIFICATIONS

Dante Certification Level 1, 2, 3

Shure Integrated Systems 1, 2

Yamaha Dante Digital Sound Reinforcement, Rivage PM Series, CL/QL Series JBL Line Array III and Performance Manager

AWARDS

Platinum Record Award 1993

Engineer for Kim Mitchell album, “Shakin’ Like a Human Being” Gold Record Award 1989

Engineer for The Beach Boys album, “Still Cruisin’’ Gold Record Award 1986

Engineer for Rush “Power Windows” album/tour prep

Juno Award 1984

Recorded and co-produced best recording in the R&B/Soul category PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Audio Engineering Society 02/1981 – 02/1999

International Council of Air Shows 11/2008 – 11/2009 National Association of Music Merchants 01/1991 – present EDUCATION

Music Industry Arts Program - Recording Engineering Major - Fanshawe College, Canada

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