Nick Taylor

Multimedia technician for the past 5 years specialising in digital delivery formats for video and audio. Graduated from MAINZ in 2005 with Diploma Audio Engineering & Music Production. Upon graduation I got awarded; Best Academic Performance, 
Best Audio Production
, Best MIDI Production, 
Best Multimedia Production. In my spare time I have been working on various music projects ranging from a four piece metal band to a alt/indie singer/songwriter.

From 2000 to 2002 I studied Bachelor of Design majoring in Sculpture at Unitec.

Key skills: 
  • Audio engineering
  • Music production
  • Pro Tools and Logic
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Final Cut Studio package
  • Adobe Premiere
  • DVD authoring
  • Photo editing and restoration
Year of Graduation: 
2005
Formal qualifications: 

Diploma Audio Engineering & Music Production (MAINZ)

Work history: 

Multimedia Technician                       2006 - Aug 12 2011
Silver & Ballard

Duties:
Designing promotional material - web and print
Designing artwork for DVD and CD covers and disc faces
Video Editing including keyframing and graphic overlays
Mastering to tape for broadcast
Encoding video for multiple delivery formats
DVD authoring including moving menus and scripting
8mm, Super8 and 16mm film scanning and restoration

Dubbing Audio Engineer              April 10 – May 12 2006
Digital Post

Temporary position

Duties;
dubbing and dispatch, backing up and restoration of sessions, editing, production music searches, transfers, OMF conversions.

Creative achievements: 
  • Tower Insurance internal video "The Great Kiwi Road Trip" - Audio post production and music production.
  • Bluebird Avenue - Recording, mixing and mastering
  • Sarah Good Travels NZ (travel documentary) - Voice over recording. Composition of two musical pieces for use throughout.
  • Elevator Classics (Nick Taylor / Derek Futter) - Album - ongoing - Recording / programming / mixing / mastering
  • Okura - Voice Into Sound EP- 2008 - Recording / Mixing / Mastering
  • An Emerald City - EP - 2008 - Recording / Mixing of 'Qing Song' and 'Thousand Stars At Night'
  • The Rubber Chickens - EP - 2007 - Recording / vocals / synths / mixing / mastering
  • Dr. Green & The Greasy Saucepan - Help Me I'm Stuck In Cheese EP - 2006 - Production / recording / all instruments and programming / mixing / mastering
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    Nick Taylor

    Background in visual arts, recording and sound design, music production and multimedia

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