A. SAM BOTTONI
Local Address: 3164 Bird Avenue #2, Miami, Florida 33133
Alternate Address: 4353 Sawyer Road, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
53066
Cell Phone: (773) 562-4508 Alternate Phone: (262) 560-0620
CAREER OBJECTIVE:
To work as a team member with other professionals in an industry that combines technology with music and audio. To exhibit strong work ethic and expertise in the field of computer music, combined with a passion for music and audio technology that will serve to benefit a representative enterprise.
COMPUTER MUSIC, PRODUCTION AND COMPOSITION SKILLS:
Proficient in composing, recording, producing and post-producing with Logic, Max/MSP, Peak, Pro-Tools, Reason, Cubase, Reaktor and Finale. Also proficient in the use of Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects), Final Cut Pro and ProPresenter.
EDUCATION:
• University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Master of Music with Concentration in Computer
Music/Composition, May 2006
Thesis:
Authored a computer program entitled μ-gen using Max/MSP,
an object-oriented programming environment. μ-gen acts as a
composition tool in which a musical idea or mode is
entered, several parameters are selected (i.e. rhythm,
duration, repetition, note value, velocity, etc.), and the
computer outputs a longer variation of the original musical
idea.
• DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois Bachelor of Music with Major in Music Business and Minor in Business Administration, May 2004
• LIPM (Laboratorio de Investigacion y Produccion Musical), Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 2006 This three-week Music Technology Summer Academy cultural exchange program included intensive electronic music analysis, advanced Max/MSP applications and concerts by attendees
WORK EXPERIENCE:
• New World Symphony Miami Beach, Florida
Administrative & Production Assistant, October 2006 to
Present
o Analyze orchestral scores to project titles, text
translations, moving graphics and other elements to enhance
performances
o Assist in the production of live Internet webcasts
o Select production hardware including audio/video routers,
audio interfaces/processors and video archival and playback
systems
o Implement customized sound design for video animations
for educational concerts
o Audio and video editing
o Organize events and exhibits as part of the annual
In-Context festival that explores a particular composer
and/or time period.
o Operate camera for community engagement activities,
Internet2 sessions, rehearsals and performances
• Offspring Media, Inc. Boca Raton, Florida
Media Programmer, May 2006 to October 2006
Constructed a multimedia program using Max/MSP illustrating
potential uses of an audio invention to generate investment
capitol
• Frost School of Music, University of Miami Coral
Gables, Florida
Teaching Assistant, Summers 2005 and 2006
Trained music educators at the University of Miami’s Summer
Arts Institute in order to promote music technology
education in the public school system. This included
tutoring music educators in the use of the following:
o MIDI and sequencing
o Reason and Logic
o Finale
MIDI Lab Assistant, September 2004 to July 2006 o Assisted
students with computer-related troubleshooting
o Regularly supported students and professors in the use of
Max/MSP and sequencing
• Southern Records Inc. Chicago, Illinois
Paid Intern, Summer 2002
o Increased concert attendance and revenue by determining
market locations for upcoming events
o Initiated public awareness of upcoming artists and events
through national poster distribution
o Generated higher sales volume for record label and
retailers by distributing records and CDs
of musical artists to music retailers
ACTIVITIES:
• Co-directed the Electronic Music Ensemble at the
University of Miami Frost School of Music, 2004-2006
• Set up microphones, speakers and mixers and record live
performances
• Performed original electronic compositions at the Victor
E. Clarke Recital Hall at the University of Miami and
performed in several musical events at UM, including
Festival Miami
• Disk-jockey for WVUM at the University of Miami in 2006
and for WRDP at DePaul University in 2004
• Proficient in jazz, rock and acoustic guitar, as well as
electric bass and drums
• Arranged several pieces for jazz combo
• Play acoustic/electric guitars and drums as part of Bird
Road Community Church and Life Church Worship Teams, 2005
to Present
HONORS AND AWARDS:
• Composed original music for the full-length film, In
the Dark, winner, Gold Remi for Best Low Budget Feature at
the 38th Annual World Fest-Houston Film Festival in April
2006
• Scholarship, Frost School of Music, University of Miami
• Award of Academic Merit, Frost School of Music,
University of Miami
• Member, National Society of Collegiate Scholars
• Scholarship, Jazz Summer Workshop Scholarship, Wisconsin
Conservatory of Music, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Student Achievement Award, Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• First Place Soloist Award in jazz guitar, 1998 State Jazz
Competition in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
References furnished upon request