Daniel W. Maier
41 W 87th St., #5R, New York, NY 10024
201-220-6930, dan@5gproductions.com
Summary
Highly skilled professional audio engineer and producer with broad-based knowledge of Pro Tools and creative marketing. Extensive experience in broadcast television and the music industry. Demonstrated creativity, production aesthetics, cutting-edge approach to individual projects with keen detail sensibilities, visionary thinker, skilled musician, and collaborator.
Experience Scope
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MANAGEMENT PRODUCTION MIXING |
INNOVATION DESIGN EDITING |
TEAMWORK MAXIMIZER TRAINING |
Achievements
| - | Conceptualized, produced and mixed topical promotions for national advertising campaigns for NBC. |
| - | Conceptualized, designed and built three Pro Tools workstations in two editing suites at MSNBC. |
| - | Innovated a tapeless system to network the Advertising and Promotions department’s Avid workstations with Pro Tools workstations for digital file transfer and multi-departmental file-sharing at MSNBC. |
| - | Founded an urban music production company specializing in producing and mixing original compositions at 5G Productions. |
| - | Recorded studio sessions and outdoor remotes nation-wide with artists and students for a charity song to benefit Kosovo refugees at DAS Ventures. |
| - | Established a music publishing division, Five G Music Publishing, which is associated with the BMI performing rights organization. |
| - | Composed original promo music for Oprah Winfrey/Harpo Productions in 2006, 2007 and 2010. |
Professional Experience
National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), New York, NY
10/99 – 3/09
The NBC Agency, New York, NY (11/07 – 3/09)
Senior Audio Producer/Engineer – Cut and edited music, sound designed to picture, scored NBC tradeshow events, recorded voice-over talent and collaborated on creative projects. Managed projects for various promotional campaigns designed to engage, entice, inform and excite a potential audience.
Clients: NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, NBC Sports, NBC Olympics, MSNBC, Peacock Productions, NBC Artworks and WNBC.
MSNBC, Secaucus, NJ (10/99 – 11/07)
Senior Audio Engineer – Senior manager of three Pro Tools suites for daily primetime on-air promotion. Prioritized workflow of all audio production for multiple daily news topicals: assigned projects to staff of four or more engineers, coordinated projects with producers, scheduled all voice-over sessions, and recorded and directed talent.
Audio Producer – Selected, composed and edited music for network’s on-air promos. Utilized Pro Tools to edit all audio, sound design to picture with plug-ins, and also Foley sound effects when necessary. Mixed award-winning national on-air and radio promotional spots for NBC News.
Pro Tools Consultant/Computer Engineer – Trained other audio engineers in advanced Pro Tools techniques to increase audio efficiency and workflow. Also responsible for computer maintenance, project backups, and software upgrades for entire audio department.
5G Productions, Brooklyn, NY (8/98 – Present)
Founding Partner/Producer/Engineer – Produce and mix original compositions for a range of local and national acts from demo to complete full-length albums. Also negotiate business transactions, manage all finances and maintain our online presence. Freelance audio engineer in television broadcast industry mixing and sound designing promos and programming.
Clients: Flavor Flav, Mr. Cheeks, Gym Class Heroes, Ludacris, Hall & Oates, Louis Logic, J.J. Brown, CBS, NBC, BET, Nickelodeon, TruTV, Chiller, MLB Network, Inside Edition, Oxygen, Discovery Channel among others.
DAS Ventures – John Lennon Songwriting Contest Bus, New York, NY (5/99 – 9/99)
Chief Recording Engineer/Session Drummer – Toured on a mobile recording studio bus as a nation-wide promotional and education tool. Produced, recorded and collaborated on original compositions with signed artists.
Clients: On the Warped Tour ’99 and at Woodstock ’99: P-Diddy, Eminem, Black Eyed Peas, Ice-T, Metallica, Suicidal Tendencies, Jimmy Cliff, Live, Wyclef Jean, James Brown, George Clinton and The P-Funk All-Stars, Alanis Morissette, Moby, Lit, David Cassidy, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, Fat Boy Slim, Randy Jackson, Sevendust, Fenix TX, Less Than Jake, Cowboy Mouth, and The Living End, among others.
Education
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
8/95 – 8/99
B.A. in Integrative Arts – Audio Engineering and Music Technology
Skills
| - | Pro Tools, ICON Control surfaces, Sound Forge, Reason, Recycle, Soundminer, Gigastudio, Microsoft Office, Photoshop and ACID |
| - | Professional drummer and programmer with guitar, keyboard and vocal experience |
| - | Home theater design and install with emphasis on digital surround sound |
| - | Mac and Windows OS |
| - | Trained in Final Cut Pro 7 |
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Pro Tools HD version 8 Operator Certified in Music
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