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  • artist/musician, band: dewey decibel system
  • 14 years+, audio engineer/production, see resume below
  • activist, f.b.i. file is classified so you won't find that here.
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    RÉSUMÉ:



    > audio engineering: troubleshooting, repair, live sound reinforcement, multi-track recording

    > significant experience in multiple levels of facility operations and event production management.

    >professional services available for hire.

  • 2004 spring/summer
    Monitor Engineer / Recording Engineer -Sonia Dada Test Pattern North American Tour 2004 (U.S./Canada)

  • 2002 - present
    Audio / Video Engineer; Audio Technician -Kronke Sports Enterprises / Pepsi Center Arena / Universal Lending Pavilion -Denver, CO Full time house a/v engineer. Colorado Avalanche / Denver Nuggets / Colorado Mammoth / Colorado Crush / Colorado Rapids / Rhino Productions

  • 1998 - present
    Owner -decibel Arts -Denver, CO Production Management; audio engineering equipment rental and services; music publishing. Clients include: Advanced Audio Services, Heritage Christian Center, Dowlen Sound, Performance International, Gothic Theatre, Bluebird Theatre, Ogden Theatre, Nobody In Particular Presents, Production Services International/Audio Denver and more.

  • 1998 -StagePro, Inc. -Lawrence, KS
  • 1997 -House Of Blues Entertainment, Inc. -New Orleans, LA
  • 1997 -I.A.T.S.E. Local 478 -New Orleans, LA
  • 1997 -Western Staff Services -New Orleans, LA
  • 1994 - 1996 -Southland Music Company -Gainesville, FL
  • 1993 - 1997 -Gainesville Music Alliance -Gainesville, FL
  • 1991 - 1993 -Paradigm Studios -Oakland, CA
  • 1991 - 1993 -Bill Graham Presents, Inc. (BGP) -San Francisco, CA
  • 1987 - 1990 -Great American Sound, Q Records, Peaches Records & Tapes -Boca Raton, FL

  • Education

  • Boca Raton High School Class of 1989 -Boca Raton, FL

     

    A SAMPLE OF RECORDING ARTISTS I HAVE WORKED WITH:


    That I can remember:

    10,000 Maniacs; 16 Horsepower; 2 Skinee J's; 3 Doors Down; 3 lb. Thrill; Acoustic Syndicate; Acrobat Down; Against Tomorrow`s Sky; Agents of Good Roots; Agnostic Front; Alabama; Alan Jackson; Alejandro Escovedo; Alice Cooper; Alison Krauss & Union Station; Alkaline Trio; All; All Mighty Senators; All That; Allister; Allman Brothers Band; American Hi-Fi; And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead; Anders Osborne; Andrew WK; Andy Monley; Apex Theory; Apoptygma Berzerk; Apples In Stereo; Apt 213; Askimbo; Ataris; Audio Adrenaline; Avail; Avant; Bad Religion; Badly Drawn Boy; Bang Cherry; Banyan; Basement Jaxx; Battery Park; Beautiful Creatures; Beborn Beton; Beck; Behemoth; Bela Fleck & The Flecktones; Beloved Invaders; Ben Folds; Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals; Bernard Allison; Bernie Worrell & the Woo Warriors; Beta Band; Bette Midler; Better Than Ezra; Betty Dylan; Big Ass Truck; Big Head Todd and The Monsters; Big White Undies; Billspeering; Black Creek Band; Black Crowes; Black Lamb; Black Rebel Motorcycle Club; Black Uhuru; Blackdog; Blackhawk; Blind Melon; Blister 66; Bloodhound Gang; Blue Meanies; Blue Mountain; Blue Rags; Blue Ribbon Boys; Blueground Undergrass; Blues Traveler; Bo Diddley; Bob Dylan; Bob James; Bob Log III; Bob Schneider; Bob Weir; Bobs; Bobby Blue Bland; Bobby Collins; Bone Pony; Bonnie Raitt; Bop Skizzum; BR-549; Breeders; Brethren Fast; Brian White; Buck-O-Nine; Buckwheat Zydeco; Built To Spill; Buju Banton; Burlesque As It Was; Burning Airlines; Busta Rhymes; Buttermilk; Buzzcocks; Cabaret Diosa; Cannibal Corpse; Carlos Washington & Giant People; Carolyns Mother; Cat Power; Catch 22; Cephalic Carnage; Charlie Daniels Band; Cheap Trick; Cher; Cherry Poppin' Daddies; Chief Broom; Chris Cagle; Chris Daniels and the Kings; Chris DiCroce; Chris Duarte Group; Chris Whitley; Chubby Checker; Cindy Wonderful; Circle Jerks; clannad; cLOUDDEAD; Coco Montoya; Col. Bruce Hampton; Cold Moon; Computorgirl; Confederate Railroad; Corrs; Cowboy Mouth; Cramps; Crazy Fingers; Crazy Town; Creed; Crispy Critters; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Crystal Method; Cult; Czars; Dalhart Imperials; Dan Bern; Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks; Dandy Warhols; Danzig; Dark Star Orchestra; Dash Rip Rock; Dave Mathews Band; Dave Nelson Band; Dave Wakeling & Bang; Dave Watts; David Bowie; David Grisman; David Lindley; David Wilcox; Day By The River; De La Soul; Deana Carter; Dear Marsha; Deep Banana Blackout; Delbert McClinton; Delgados; Derailers; Derek Trucks Band; Deviant; DeVotchKa; Dexter Grove; Dialektix; Diamond Rio; Dick Dale; Dillinger Four; Dinosaur Jr.; Dirty Dozen Brass Band; Disco Biscuits; Dismemberment Plan; Disturbed; Dixie Chicks; DJ Chonz; DJ Kahlil;; DJ Logic; Dead Kennedys; Doc Watson; Don Henley; Donnas; Dope; Dotcero; Double Trouble; Doug Kershaw; Doug Stone; Doug Supernaw; Doves; Down-n-Outs; Dr. John; D.R.I.; Drag The River; Dream Theater; Dressy Bessy; Dropkick Murphys; Dropsound; Dub Narcotic Sound System; Duncan Sheik; Dwarves; Eagles; Echo and the BunnyMen; Eddie Money; Edwin McCain; Eek-A-Mouse; Ekoostik Hookah; Electrik Frankenstein; El Vez; Elton John; Emilio Emilio; Emmy Lou Harris; Eric Gales; Eric Johnson; Eric Shiveley; Evan & Jaron; Eve 6; Everclear; Everything; Eyehategod; Fabulous Boogienauts; Fabulous Thunderbirds; Face To Face; Faith Hill; Fantomas; Faster Pussycat; Fat Apple; Fat Mama; Fatty Tea Bags; Fiji Mariners; Filth Industry; Fishbone; Five Iron Frenzy; Flaming Lips; Flaw; Flex Luther; Flogging Molly; Floyd's Funk Revival; Foggy Mountain Fuckers; For Squirrels; Frank Black & The Catholics; Freddi Henchi Band; Freddy Jones Band; From Good Homes; Fu Manchu; Fugazi; Funky Meters; Future Presidents; G. Love & The Special Sauce; Galactic; Gamits; Garbage; Gary Allan; General Public; Genesis; Geoff Tate; George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic P-Funk All-stars; George Porter Jr.; George Thorogood; Gina Go Faster; Gipsy Kings; Global Funk Council; God Street Wine; Goldfinger; Gov't Mule; Grandmothers; Grateful Dead; Gregg Allman & Friends; Groovehawgs; Guided By Voices; Guns 'n' Roses; Guster; Guttermouth; Gwar; Hank III; Hazel; Hazel Miller; Hell Camino; Hellacopters; Hellmen; Hemi Cuda; Henry Rollins; Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters; Hey Mercedes; Hillbilly Hellcats; Hole; Home Grown; Homestyle; Hot Tuna; Hot Water Music; House Of Large Sizes; Huey Lewis & The News; Ian Astbury; Iguanas; Imperial Teen; Impotent Sea Snakes; Indigo Girls; indigo Swing; Jackopierce; Jackson Browne; Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey; Jaka; James Brown; James Taylor; James Taylor Quartet; Janes Addiction; Jars Of Clay; Jazz Is Dead; Jazz Mandolin Project; Jerry Douglas; Jerry Garcia Band; Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons; Jesus Lizard; Jet Black Joy; JGB; Jimmy Cliff; Jimmy Smith; Jive; J.J. Cale; Joan Armatrading; Joan Osborne; Joe Bonamassa; Joe Cocker; Joe Satriani; John Cowan Band; John Doe; John Hammond; John Lee Hooker; John Michael Montgomery; John Pizzarelli; John Prine; John Scofield; John Mayall; Johnnie Johnson; Johnny O Band; Johnny Socko; Journey; Juliana Theory; Jump Little Children; Junior Brown; Jupiter Coyote; Jurassic 5; k.d.lang; Kalamath Brothers; Karl Denson`s Tiny Universe; Keb Mo; Keller Williams; Kelly Osbourne; Kentucky Headhunters; Kenny Wayne Shepherd; Kim Lenz & Her Jaguars; Kim Richey; King Crimson; King Diamond; King Rat; King Sunny Ade; Kingdom; Kinleys; Kiss Army; KMFDM; Korn; Kottonmouth Kings; Kristin Hersh; Kristina Ingham; Kudzu Kings; Kula Shaker; L.A. Guns; Ladysmith Black Mambazo; Lake Trout; Larry; Lavellas; Lawrence Arms; Lazy Lightning; Le Tigre; LeAnn Rimes; Lee Rocker; Leftover Salmon; Legindary Pink Dots; Lennon (Murphy); Leo Kotke; Leo Nocenteli; Les McCann; Less Than Jake; Lifehouse; Linkin Park; Liquid Soul; Lit; Little Charlie & The Nightcats; Little Texas; Living Daylights; Liz Clark; Local 33; Log; Lonestar; Long Beach Dub Allstars; Los Hombres Calientes; Los Jaguares; Los Lobos; Los Straitjackets; Los Tigres Del Norte; Lost Prophets; Love .45; Love Spit Love; Loverboy; Lou Rawls; Lou Reed; Lowen and Navarro; Lunachicks; Luscious Jackson; Lyle Lovett; Lynch Mob; Mad Hatters; Magadog; Mama Sutra; Man Or Astroman?; Manplanet; Maraca 5-0; Marcia Ball; Maroon 5; Martin Sexton; Martina McBride; Marty Jones & the Pork Boilin Poor Boys; Marv 3; Matchbox 20; Matthew Sweet; Medeski, Martin & Wood; Megadeath; Melvins; Memory Dean; Meters; Mercury Rev; Mercyful Fate; Meredith Brooks; Merl Saunders; Merle Haggard; Mermen; Meshell N'Dagiocello; Metallica; Michael Martin Murphy; Michelle Branch; Mick Taylor; Micky Hart; Mike Watt; Mighty Mighty Bosstones; Misfits; Misunderstood; Moby; Modern English; Moe; Morphine; Morrissey; Moses Guest; Mosiac; Motet; Mother Hips; Motorhead; Moxy Fruvous; Mudhoney; Mudvayne; Munly; Mustard Plug; My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult; Nadas; Nanci Griffith; Napalm Death; Neal McCoy; Neil Finn; Neville Brothers Band; New Found Glory; New Orleans Klezmer Allstars; Ngoma; Nickelback; Nina Storey; Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; Nixon Grin; No Means No; No Use for a Name; Nobodys; Nocturne; NOFX; North Mississippi Allstars; Northside Swing Mafia; O.A.R.; Oak Ridge Boys; Offering 74; Old '97's; Oleander; OM Trio; Opie Gone Bad; Orbit; Orbital; Ordinary K; Origin; Original P; Oteil Bainbridge; Otion; Our Lady Peace; Outkast; P-funk; P-Nuckle; P.J. Harvey; Papa Roach; Particle; Pat McGee Band; Paul McCandless; Peace Love & Destruction; Pennywise; Pere Ubu; Perry Weissman 3; Persuasions; Pete Yorn; Peter Rowan; Phantom Planet; Pharcyde; Pharoah Sanders; Phish; Phix; Phunk Junkeez; Pinhead Circus; Pistol Grip; Planes Mistaken for Stars; Planet X; Preacher Boy; Primus; Project Object; Psychedelic Furs; Public Enemy; Qualm; Quails; Queensryche; Quiet Riot; Radiators; Railbenders; Railroad Earth; Rainville; Rage Against The Machine; Rancid; Randall Bramblett; Randall Goodgame; Randy Travis; Ransom; Ratdog; Ratt; Ray`s Music Exchange; Reals; Rebirth Brass Band; Red hot Chili Peppers; Reel Big Fish; Refried Confusion; REO Speedwagon; REO Speedealer; Reverend Horton Heat; Rhett Akins; Richard Thompson; Rickie Lee Jones; Ricky Skaggs; River City High; R.L. Burnside; Rob Wasserman; Robert Bradley`s Blackwater Surprise; Robert Earl Keen; Robert Randolph; Robert Walters; Robyn Hitchcock; Rocket Ajax; Rocket from the Crypt; Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers; Roger McGuinn; Rogue; Rollins Band; Ron Miles Quartet; Ronnie Montrose; Roomful of Blues; Rubber Planet; Rufus Wainwright; Rusted Root; Ryan Adams; Ryan Tracy Band; Sad Star Cafe; Sally Taylor; Sam Bush; Samples; Santana; Savoy Brown; Sawyer Brown; Saves the Day; Scofflaws; Sea & Cake; Self Service; Semisonic; Serberus; Seven Nations; Sevendust; Sex Mob; Shadows Fall; Shakedown Street; Shannon McNally; Shanti Groove; Sharon Docherty; Shawn Colvins; Shawn Mullins; Sheryl Crow; Sick Of It All; Sister 7; Sister Hazel; Skinlab; Slaughter; Slaves On Dope; Slightly Stoopid; Slim Cessna`s Auto Club; Slip; Slobberbone; Smiling Assassins; Social Distortion; Sonia Dada; Sonic Youth; Sonny Rollins; Soulive; Sound Tribe Sector 9; Southern Culture on the Skids; Space Team Electra; Speach; Spearhead; SpeedBall; Spin Doctors; Spiritualized; Split Lip Rayfield; Sponge; SR-71; St. James Gate; Stamina; Stanley Jordan; Stanley Milton; Steel Pulse; Stereolab; Stereomud; Steve Kimock Band; Steve Miller Band; Steve Poltz; Steve Winwood; Steven Perkins; Stewart Copeland; Strangefolk; Streamlined; Subdudes; Subhumans; Sucker; Sugarcubes; Suicidal Tendancies; Sum 41; Sunny Day Real Estate; Super Diamond; Superdrag; Supergrass; Supersuckers; Swingin Utters; System Of A Down; T Benoit & the Shuckers; Tab Benoit; Taj Mahal; Take 6; Taking Back Sunday; TapRoot; Tarantella; Tarmints; Teenage Bottlerocket; Tequila Mockingbird; Terri Clark; Terry Bozzio; ThaMuseMeant; Third Eye Blind; Third World; Three Degrees of Freedom; Thro Cult; Tim McGraw; Tim Reynolds; Timbuck 3; Tinker`s Punishment; Toadies; Todd Rundgren; Tommy Castro Band; Tony Furtado; Tony Rice; Topaz; Tower Of Power; Trace Adkins; Tracy Lawrence; Train; Ty Herndon; U2; Uninvited; Union Underground; United Dope Front; VAST; Victor Wooten; Vince Gill; Vinyl; Violent Femmes; VNV Nation; Voices on the Verge; Voodoo Glow Skulls; Vox Demonna; Wade Hayes; Wallflowers; Walter Wolfman Washington; Warren Haynes; Waterdog; Wayne "The Train" Hancock; Webb Brothers; Weezer; Wendy Woo; What It Is; Whoreculture; Widespread Panic; Wild Magnolias; Willie Nelson; Worm Trouble; Wovenhand; X-Ecutioners; Yonder Mountain String Band; You Call That Art?; Young Dubliners; Zen Tricksters;


    Silver City
    Film to be released fall 2004
    Dewey Decibel System band gear to appear in new John Sayles film starring Richard Dryfus, Kris Kristofferson, Daryl Hannah, Chris Cooper, Danny Huston, more.
    Note: character's name is Dewey.

    FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
    AT&T Lodo Music Festival
    July 18th & 19th, 2003
    21st & Market Streets -Downtown Denver

    FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
    Denver International Buskerfest
    June 27th, 28th, & 29th, 2003
    16th Street Mall -Downtown Denver

    FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
    Denver Blues, Bones, & All That Jazz Festival
    June 14th & 15th, 2003
    Invesco Field At Mile High -Denver

    FESTIVAL CO-PROMOTER/CO-DIRECTOR
    Alachua Music Harvest I, II, III, & IV
    1993-1995
    Alachua County Fairgrounds -Gainesville, FL


  • Interesting dewey facts:

    BIRTHPLACE: Zanesville, OH
    HOMETOWN: Coshocton, OH
    HIGH SCHOOL YEARS: Boca Raton, FL

    Communities i've lived in:

  • Coshocton, Ohio
  • Greena Acres, Florida
  • Boca Raton, Florida
  • Dillon, Colorado
  • Telluride, Colorado
  • Oakland, California
  • San Francisco, California
  • Birmingham, Alabama
  • Gainesville, Florida
  • New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Lawrence, Kansas
  • Denver, Colorado

  • Favorite shoe: Chuck Taylor

  • I was an alter boy.

  • Worked as a cab driver (Yellow Cab) in Gainesville, FL

  • Favorite Ice Cream flavor: mint choc. chip

  • Began playing guitar at age 9 (25 years now).

  • Favorite reality show: The Amazing Race

  • In 1990 I worked in retail with Brian Warner (a.k.a Marylyn Manson) at Peache's Records & Tapes in Boca Raton, Florida. Although i'm not a "Marilyn Manson" fan, Brian is one of the nicest guys i've ever known and he was a good friend to me.

  • Favorite singer: Van Morrison

  • During 1992 and 1993 I volunteered on a regular basis at the International Indian Treaty Council in San Francisco. The IITC is a great organization that represents and helps indiginous people all over the world. It was one of the most enjoyable experiences in my life.

  • Favorite cartoon: Family Guy

  • I attended over 100 Grateful Dead shows. 50% of them I worked (BGP) setting up their dressing rooms, moving Jerry Garcia's couch from venue to venue. The coolest job I ever had.

  • Favorite songwriter: Bob Dylan

    Interesting dewey fiction:

  • Robbed a bank in Elko, Nevada in '91?
    (It was Reno)

  • Started the rodney king riots in san fran '92
    (Just an innocent bystander -Geoff stay out of this!)

  • Briefly married
    (Proove it!)