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ACADEMIC CV

EDUCATION

B.S., Cum Laude, Contemporary Christian Music: Recording and Production, Greenville College, Greenville, IL 2002-2006

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND RECOGNITION

Dean’s scholarship
Dean’s list (6 semesters)
Selected to perform at Senior/Faculty Breakfast, 2006
Starbucks District Employee of the Year, 2007

ORIGINAL BANDS

• V4: post-hardcore rock, lead guitar and primary songwriter, no recordings yet
• Matt’s Band: intricate melodic rock, vocals, lyrics, no recordings yet
• Pilots: 2003-2010, hardcore metal, lead guitar and primary songwriter, self-released four EPs, notable performances include Cornerstone Music Festival (2005) and an east coast tour (2006)
• God Will Break Your Wooden Ships: 2008, instrumental post-rock solo project, guitar, bass
• Conrad: 2005-2006, folk rock, lead guitar, bass
• The Four Five Ones: 2004-2005, country rock, bass
• The Johnsons: 2004, alternative rock, lead guitar
• Melissa Harper Band: 2003-2004, alternative rock, lead guitar
• And Always Will: 2002-2003, melodic hardcore metal, lead guitar, primary songwriter, back-up vocals
• She Said: 2000-2002, pop punk, lead guitar, songwriter, back-up vocals

RECORDING AND PRODUCTION

• Pilots: hardcore metal; production, engineering, mixing, mastering, guitar, bass; recorded four EPs (2003’s “Beginnings,” 4 songs; 2006’s “When Sorrow Fails,” 6 songs; 2007’s “EP,” 5 songs; 2008’s “Demo 2008,” 3 songs;) currently in production on an LP
• Dear Future: rock; engineering, vocals for “Can’t Wait Any Longer” EP, 1 song
• John Brittingham: instrumental post-rock; engineering, 5 songs
• God Will Break Your Wooden Ships: instrumental post-rock; production, engineering, mixing, mastering, guitar, bass, composed for drums, violin, trumpet and trombone; “Wedding March,” 5 songs
• Caitlin Daniel and the Sparrow Lilies: folk; engineering, mixing and mastering; 2008 demo, 3 songs
• Conrad: folk rock; lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass, ukulele; “The Shortest Distance Between Two Points” 2006, 10 songs
• Johnmark Hatfield: folk pop; engineering, mixing, mastering; live recording of senior recital, classical and acoustic guitar, vocal, string quartet and piano, 2006, 12 songs
• Mailman Bites Dog: pop punk; engineering, mixing, mastering; 2004, 7 songs

JOBS

• Hartford Coffee Company: Coffee Roaster and Barista (June 2008 to present)
• Greenville College Admissions Counselor (June 2007 to June 2008)
• Apple, Inc.: Mac Specialist (October 2007 to August 2008)
• Starbucks Coffee Corp.: Coffee Master and Barista (August 2006 to June 2007)
• Greenville College Recording Studios: Studio B Manager (Sept. 2004 to May 2006)
• Greenville College Student Newspaper: Music critic, Editorials Editor (Sept. 2004 to May 2006)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Post-punk and extreme music and culture, popular culture, internet culture and how the internet creates communities, youth movements, film, “compulsion” driven art, religious studies, religious themes in art and politics, personality theory, Weberian and Marxist history, technology, social media, web development and design, graphic design and rhetoric

PAPER IDEAS

• “The Shape Of Punk To Come That Never Came: How the Internet affected the local music scene”
• “Who is Chris Carrabba? Understanding the man behind Dashboard Confessional through television and film”
• “Dischord vs. Deathwish: 1980s DC hardcore scene and Ian MacKay compared to Jacob Bannon and the modern Boston hardcore scene”

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

- Microsoft Office
- Adobe Creative Suite 3 (moderate)
- iLife ‘08
- Garageband ‘08
- iWork ‘08
- Pro-Tools 5-7 (201 Certified)
- Web development applications
- Windows XP, Mac OS 10.4-10.6