About Me

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Brendan J. Coyle


EDUCATION
Master of Arts Music Technology 2003–2005
The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
G.P.A. 4.0
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music 1997–2000
Conservatory of Music, Purchase College, Purchase, NY
G.P.A. 3.65
Cum Laude


PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE

Freelance Audio Engineer, November, 2012–Present
 Edit audiobooks for Audible.com
 Provide post-production services to voice-over artists
Consult clients on home studio set up, ensuring professional audio quality
 Composed and produced music for The Adirondack Film Society’s “Go Digital Or Go Dark” campaign

Producer and Head of Production, January 2007–October 2012
Such A Voice, Burlington, VT
 Manager of the Such A Voice post-production department which consists of 3-5 post production
engineers and 15-17 remote producers throughout the United States. Responsible for coordinating these
two teams to ensure demos are recorded, delivered, edited, mixed and mastered to the highest quality
 Develop the formatting and sound design for Such A Voice demos by communicating with the casting
directors who will ultimately audition and hire the talent
 Work one on one with hundreds of our students in private voice-over coaching sessions in order to
prepare them for their recording session
 Record and produce hundreds of voice-over recording sessions while working with a wide diversity
of talent from beginner through professional
 Teach Voice-Over Master Class covering technique, marketing, and recording
 Wrote the Pro Tools and Presonus Studio One recording manuals that are distributed to all clients
 Wrote the lesson plan for the Such A Voice Master Class that is used by all Such A Voice producers
 Film and edit training videos with iMovie
 Provide home studio tech support for our clients and producers
 Hire and train new employees, interns and freelance editors/producers
 Responsible for file management and server maintenance
 Manage licensing with music libraries such as DeWolfe Music and American Music Company
 Developed and maintain a sound effects library of over 1000 audio files


Freelance Producer, 2003–Present
 Mix musical projects including Rock, Folk, Jazz, and Chamber Music
 Produce and engineer bands and ensembles in the Albany Capital District and New England areas
 Arranged music for orchestral and big bands with both Sibelius, and Finale
 Organize and oversee projects from pre-production through promotion


PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Drummer, 2005–2007
Capitol Repertory Theater, Albany, NY
Neil Sedaka’s “Breaking’ Up is Hard To Do”
Workshopped with songwriter Neil Sedaka and Tony Award winner Tom Kitt
Played drums in three month run of “Breakin’ Up is Hard to Do” which broke box office records
Gregg Coffin’s “Five Course Love”
Jeanie Linders’ “Menopause the Musical”
Played drums in three month, record breaking production, including extended run



OTHER EXPERIENCE
Data Entry Clerk, February 2006– May 2007
ICON Clinical Research, department of corporate training, Nashville, TN
 Audited, updated, and digitized employee profile information into an easily accessible
computer database
 Reconfigured course names and ID Numbers into a computer database resulting in greater
organization of thousands of classes
Updated HTML code on websites as directed by the web team
 Worked on projects with remote supervisors which included remote server and computer access,
and completing projects independently on time


COMPUTER SOFTWARE
Proficient in IBM/MAC OSX platforms, Pro Tools, Digital Performer, Reason, Finale, Sibelius, iMovie,
MS Office: Word, Excel, Power Point, as well as a wide array of software plug-ins for audio processing


STUDIO HARDWARE
Digi Design Control 24, Digi 002, and M-Box, vast knowledge of microphone models, placement and
function in a controlled studio environment, outboard gear and pre amps, and the fundamentals of
using analogue consoles and tape machines