Composition with Mark V S.

takelessons.com

I absolutely LOVE teaching here and look forward to creatively inspiring YOU to realize your potential!

Garnish Music Production School, Los Angeles

I taught my 36-Hour "Getting Creative In Pro Tools" curriculum there where I focused on using Pro Tools from start to finish while emphasizing creativity and fun.

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM), Los Angeles

I created the Pro Tools curriculum for the music production, sound design, and post-production classes in the Digital Media Department whose audio side I also helped to create.

The Los Angeles Recording School

I spear-headed the new Pro Tools department, designed the curriculum, and hosted the music production demos for their Open House for many, many years. I taught Pro Tools, Reason, Cubase, Nuendo, MIDI, sound design, music production, effects, recording, editing, mixing, post production, and gave individual lessons on keyboards, sampling, songwriting, and composing.

Kool Keith and Thee Undatakerz "Party In The Morgue" album

As "Havoc Razor", I composed and produced the following 6 instrumental tracks for Kool Keith and Thee Undatakerz album “Party In The Morgue” released May 11, 2004: 1. Reverend Tom 4. Dark Space 5. The Funeral Director 11. Grave Undertaking 12. For Whom The Bells Toll 13. 6 Feet Under

Award-winning album: AS ABOVE SO BELOW

As "Havoc Razor", I wrote 10 of the 12 songs, co-wrote the other two, produced the entire album, performed on/programmed all of the synthesizer sounds and tracks and drums as well as the harmonica and reed instrument. I also recorded and mixed the award-winning album. Select songs from this album have appeared in numerous films throughout the years. One of them, "Untied We Strand" even hit #50 of the top 50 club songs in San Francisco on 10/20/02.

The Los Angeles Recording Workshop

Before this school became The Los Angeles Recording School, I created the Pro Tools curriculum here centered on music production, MIDI, recording, editing, automating, mixing, and mastering as well as sound design and post-production.

Robert Louis Stevenson High School (RLS/Stevenson), Pebble Beach, CA

Bridge Education Group

University of California at Santa Cruz

Monterey Peninsula College, CA

Los Angeles Recording Workshop, North Hollywood, CA

Video Symphony, Burbank, CA

J.P.F. Music Awards

Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM), Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Recording School

The Los Angeles Recording School

Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los Angeles

One of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed. In FY 2013, BMI collected more than $944 million in licensing fees and distributed $814 million in royalties.

Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs.

The MIDI Associations mission is to nurture an inclusive global community of people who create music and art with MIDI. The www.MIDI.org website is the central repository of information about anything related to MIDI technology, from classic legacy gear to next- gen protocols on the horizon.

BMG is a new kind of music company. Our mission is clear; to help artists and songwriters make the very most of their songs and recordings in the digital age.

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