Summary:Ohio
native seeks to transplant city skills to fertile ground
Brooklyn Country Music,
New York, NY, 2004-2012
Promoter/Producer/Host
Johnny
Cash Birthday Bash, an annual celebration of the Man
In Black, sold out 8 years
in a row, “Lowbrow. Brilliant.” – New
York Magazine
Brooklyn
Country Music Festival, showcases local talent in the
country, bluegrass,
old-time, and blues genres, “Yee-Haw!” – New
York Times
CasHank
Hootenanny Jamboree, monthly sing and stomp-along to
old county songs, “Best of
NYC” – Village
Voice, “Critic’s Pick”
– New York Magazine
Signature Sound, Inc., New York, NY, 1999-2010
Director of Music
Supervision
Suggested
and licensed music for television, film, theatrical,
and advertising clients (Guiding Light,
As The World Turns, The Maury
Show) working directly with producers and music
directors
Researched
music rights ownership utilizing ASCAP and BMI
databases
Created
and submitted accurate music cue sheets to performing
rights societies
Legal Support
Personnel, New York, NY, 1998-1999
Litigation Paralegal
Cross
checked audio transcriptions of broker recordings for
accuracy
Oversaw
document review in massive class action lawsuit
between vendors and credit card
companies
Troma Films, New York,
NY, 1997-1998
Wrote
website content for B-movie studio
Portrayed
various “Troma” characters on DVD extra features
Richards & O’Neil,
LLP, New York, NY, 1995-1997
Litigation Paralegal
Cite-checked
briefs with Lexis/Nexis/Westlaw
Made
copies
New York University,
New York, NY, 1997-1998
Certificate of Film
Learned
the entire art of 16mm filmmaking including camera
operation, screenwriting,
editing, negative cutting, sound recording and mixing
St. John’s College,
Annapolis, MD, 1990-1994
Bachelor of Arts
Laboratory
Assistant, (‘91-’94)
Editor
of the weekly student newspaper, The Gadfly, (‘91-’93)
University School,
Hunting Valley, OH, 1988-1990
AV
Club
Also: Writing (Redd
Foxx, American National Biorgraphy, Oxford
University Press, 1998), Music recording,
mixing and editing with Pro Tools, songwriting,
experienced club DJ