Front Ear Sound-Stephen Hamacek
- Account Type:
- member
- Location:
- Cooroibah, Qld Australia
- Member since:
- April 25, 2001
- Last Login:
- August 6, 2005
- Last Update:
- August 6, 2005
- Bio:
Skills
- Primary Skill:
- Advanced Musician
- Secondary Skill:
- Advanced Sound Effects
- Tertiary Skill:
- Intermediate Artist
- Summary:
- Awards
2004 Best Musical Composition & Top Ten finalist - The Shoot Out Toowoomba film fest
2004 Best Director - Alfresco 24/7 film fest
2003 Sunnie award (recording engineer) Best Instrumental Album for Jaleos - Andrew Veivers
1993 Audio Production Prize Winner - Queensland Conservatorium of Music
1989 Ethnic Music Prize Winner - Queensland Conservatorium of Music
Experience
Composing & Sound Design 1992 -
for independent animation/theatre/film/new media productions including Trainz 2 (Auran), Maranethan game demo, Singularity game engine demo, Soulcatcher, The Case, The Revenge of Sheriff Ploppy, The Wild Front Ear, Weapons of Mass Distraction, Flat Moon Theory, Charades, No Ill Feeling, Little Shop of Horrors, Dirt exhibition & DVD, Crocodiles' Playground documentary pilot.
Recording & Production 1993 -
Clients include: Jacob, Digital Archives Network (Daniel Fournier), Hurdy Gurdy Girls, Musica Prima, Tim Carter, Leisa Griffiths, Andrew Vievers, Sista, John Langford, Michael Knopf, Who Man Beans, Battered Fish, Latin Connection, Daytura Orchestra, Lavante, Pitchfork, Too Loose Too Tight. et al.
Performing 1988 -
Qld Conservatorium of Music Orchestra, QCM Chorus, Lindsay Pollack & Friends, Chinese Orchestra, Contemporary Music Ensemble, Coolum Theatre Company, Musica Prima Early Music venues including Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Queensland Art Gallery, Woodford Folk Festival et al.
Education
Graduate Diploma of Education 1998
University of Queensland - Music/Instrumental Music majors
Bachelor of Music (Sonology) 1991-1993
Queensland Conservatorium of Music
Audio Production Prize winner 1993
Bachelor of Music (Instrumental) incomplete 1988-1990
Queensland Conservatorium of Music
Ethnic Music Prize winner 1989
Musical Instruments played
Flute, recorders, piano/keyboard, saxophone, trumpet, guitar, bass, various exotic/historical instruments including: many flutes/whistles; cornamuse; lute; vihuela; Hummelchen bagpipes; percussion; psaltery; hammered-dulcimer.
Hardware/Software
My studio gear:
ProTools HD, 96io, Control|24, Dynaudioacoustics, Mac G4 933, Absynth, Ampfarm, Autotune.
Windows 98/XP Athlon 2.6, Gigastudio, Reason, Rebirth.
Rode microphones: NT2, NT3, NT5 and ClassicII
Other gear I know:
Conservatorium:
Neve V series console/flying faders, MCI 2" tape machine, 1/4"tape machines, Dolby SR noise reduction, Neumann/AKG/Beyer mics, Drawmer/Urei outboard
WEM studios:
Sony MCI console/tape machine, dbx, drawmer, outboard gear, Shure/Sennheiser mics.
Auran:
Procontrol, Focusrite red, TLA, Amek, Manly, Avalon outboard, Earthworks, Neumann, AKG mics
The Whitehouse:
Tubetech, Neve, LA2A, Joemeek, TLA outboard.
Other Interests
Gaming - especially Fantasy RPGs & Action
Reading - Terry Pratchett is my favourite.
Windsurfing - when I need to get out in the elements for an adrenaline rush.
References
Daniel Fournier
Digital Archives Network and composer for Auran Games. Former lecturer.
Ph. 04 1969 6699
Vic & Lorna Martin
Documentary film-makers and artists
Ph. + 61 7 5442 4726
Leisa Griffiths-Park
Long-term music client as producer/arranger
Ph + 61 7 3869 0233
Joshua Klint
Creator of Singularity 3D game engine and Lead Programmer for Cartography Shop
josh@thegamecreators.com
Andreas Dehn
Project Lead and musician for Struggle for Life and Honour
igorrr@igorrr.com
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