Music production,
sound design, music composition, sound recording and mixing, producer for
various artists in London studio.
2000 to August 2005
IT Support officer- Saúde Portugal- paharmaceuticals Company based in
portugal, including IT Support officer
2 months period of
training in the maintenance Departments of Electronics and Automation for
“Sotancro” – a major glass manufacturing company based in Portugal.
EDUCATION
AND TRAINING
BSC
Degree - September 2007 – present
Frequency
in the BSc Music Informatics - University of Westminster – London
Principal subjects
skills covered
Computer Programming (c++, c#, java), Multimedia, Music
Production, algorithmic composition and interactive music, business of the
audio industries and entrepreneurial techniques
Diploma
-Audio Engineering - September 2006
Audio
Engineering Diploma - SAE International Technology College in
London
Principal subjects skills covered
Theory:
Sound Theory, mathematics, music theory, electronics, wiring, loudspeakers,
microphones, analogue tape recorders, signal flow & mixing consoles,
acoustics, signal processing, music production, live engineering,
restoration, digital audio, advanced midi & sequencing, synchronisation
and broadcast theory.
Practical:
Audio editing, recording & mixing (Pro Tools 7, Mackie HD recorder,
Yamaha O2R, Mackie DXB, Neve VR series, SSL G4000+ series and SSL AWS 900
mixing consoles), midi (Logic 7), Post-production (Pro tools 7), Restoration
(Sadie).
Academic
years: between 1998 and 2004
Title of qualification awarded
Frequency
the FirstCycle of the Licentiate Decree Course in
Electro-technical Engineering – Industrial Automation and Power Systems
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
Mathematics
(Differentials, Integrals, Algebra, Series), Physics (static, cinematic,
electromagnetism) and Electronics: Analysis of circuits (knots, meshes,
transformation of sources, etc); laws of Ohm and Kirchhoff; Circuits DC and
AC; Circuits mono-phase RLC and tri-phase in free regime and in forced
regime; Analysis of circuits with base in state variables, transformed of
Laplace and series of Fourier; Circuits with diodes and transistors.
Name and type of organisation providing education and
training
ISEL
– Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa(Superior Institute of Engineering of Lisbon)
SOCIAL
SKILLS AND COMPETENCESs
Team spirit and
good ability to adapt to varied environments.
L
– 16271042 (Portuguese driving
license). Valid for vehicles ≤ 3500 Kg ( category B)
TECHNICAL
SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Hardware:
Analogue and digital mixing desks, effects units and DSP boards, mainly
Creamware Scope platform.
Music Software: Pro
Tools 7, Logic Pro, Sadie, Cubase SX, V-stack, Wavelab, Reason, Rebirth,
virtual instruments and plug-ins; SynthMaker and Supercollider.
Multimedia Software
and Development Tolls: Processing 1.0, Flash 8 and Director MX;
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (C++)
COMPUTER
SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Windows XP &
OSX. Microsoft Office, and multimedia software such as Dreamweaver,
Photoshop, In-design, Illustrator.
ARTISITC SKILLS ADN COMPETENCES
Piano classes (3 years);
Yamaha Music Foundation - Electone Club (level 5). Guitar Course (2 years).
Instruments: piano,
organ Electone, synthesisers and virtual instruments, plug-ins, classic
guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, small guitar.
Additional
information
For a portfolio of
my music, mixes and other projects visit:
Damien Swaby is a recording artist, musician, guitarist, bassist, keyboard player, co-producer and vocalist.
Who will be releasing his album Round 9 in 2011.
Damien attended Lewisham College where he honed his craft under the tutorlege of Nick Doyne Ditmas, before moving on to the illustrious Goldsmith University.
After university Damien played in many bands and co wrote songs with many local artists before signing a song writing deal with “The Lemon Group”.
Since “The Lemon Group” Damien went on to be an in-house musician for Dai4films T.V and Film Company that has done many films, documentaries, and T.V shows for the BBC, ITV, SKY, Channel 4 etc. Damien over saw all things musical and produced music for the company.
Damien’s musical talents have taken him as far as Reykjavik, Iceland where he co-wrote pops songs and wrote a rap track called “free again” for the musical “What if” which he also performed in. He also re wrote songs for the Canadian musical “Rugrats”
Damien’s next project with MRrecordings is for the film score for the feature film “Dirty Sheets” Staring Rudi Lickwood and directed by Neil Davies which is sure to be a summer blockbuster!
Music and Society
Planning a music project
Sound and the music industry
Arranging
Composing
Improvisation
Music performance session styles
Sound recording techniques
The functional music keyboard
Theory and Harmony
Working and developing as a musical ensemble
