Chip Harris
451 Taurus Avenue, Oakland, CA 94611
510-652-9920
charrismusic@gmail.com



Skills


* Music composition, arranging, production.
* Sound design.
* Voice over talent.
* Casting and direction of voice talent.
* Work with producers to develop and integrate audio in projects.
* Work with internal and external resources for sound design, music composition, implementation.
* New platform technology development.
* Management of large volume of audio for multiple projects.
* Use of Macintosh based audio software, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Bias Peak, Waves, Flash, Quicktime,
various utilities.
* Use of PC for audio software and proprietary game/toy development applications.
* Experience as recording studio engineer.
* Production for web based audio and audio for animation/Flash.
* Knowledge of proprietary techniques for downsampling audio for multimedia, chips in toys, lpc,
adpcm, mp3, ogg vorbis.
* Programming for software and hardware synthesizers.
* Use of SFX/ sample libraries.
* Knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel, MS Windows.
* Knowledge of batch processing tools.
* Use of third party plug-in virtual instruments, i.e. Vienna Symphony Library, East West,
libraries, etc.



Software


Logic Audio Digital Audio/Midi, Pro Tools, Bias Peak, Flash, Waves, QuickTime, Various Sound Utilities


Professional Background

March 2008 to Present, Freelance.

Examples:

Electronic Arts/Pogo
 Sound design and music composition for online games


Leapfrog, Inc.
Composition and sound design for Didj, hand held screen based platform.

BirthdayAlarm.com
Songs, music and lyrics, arrangements, for online greeting cards.


October 2001 to March 2008
Leapfrog Toys/Knowledge Universe, Emeryville, CA
Audio Lead

Managed the audio needs of diverse projects including responsibility for adhering to budgets and timelines and organization of project assets, music composition and creation of sound effects; casting and directing voice talent on and offsite; hiring and managing external composers and sound designers; editing and processing of dialogue, music and sound effects.

Examples of licensed titles worked on:

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Sponge Bob Squarepants
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Nancy Drew
Finding Nemo
Cars
The Cat in the Hat
 Dora The Explorer
Bob The Builder

October 1999 to May 2001
Egreetings.com, San Francisco, CA
Senior Sound Designer/Chief Recording Engineer

Provided original music composition in a variety of styles, sound design, and voice over for flash animated greeting cards on the Internet. Worked closely with producers and animators to develop overall sound content on a per card basis. Edited music for BeatGreets brand greeting cards featuring nationally known recording artists from major labels, including Britney Spears, Limp Bizkit, and Christina Aguilerar. Provided music and sound design for flash animations for business-to-business clients of Egreetings such as BMG, Mars, and NBC Television. Acted as Operations Manager of the Egreetings Network Recording Studio.

May 1986 to September 1999
Owner and operator of In-House Productions, San Francisco, CA.
Music Design and Recording Services.

Managed client projects by developing schedules, booking voice or musical talent when necessary. Communicated with clients as to project content and due dates. Engineered all recording projects. Delivered final product in requested format, i.e. CD, DAT cassette, and digital audio for the web. Original composition and sound design. Clients included major recording acts such as Digital Underground, Tupac Shakur, 2-$hort and others.

Education


Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, MD
Majored in trumpet, music theory, and electronic music/music composition


Examples of Freelance Projects


Games

Deadlock and Deadlock2/Accolade
Composed the score, recorded actor voice over, and provided general post-production audio support for these CD-ROM games.

Bubsy 2, cartridge game for Sega and Nintendo, Accolade, Inc.
Composed the score, sampled and programmed instruments, and created sound effects.

Absolute Zero/Domark, Inc.
Recorded actor voice over for game play.

CD-ROM title published by Sanctuary Woods/Radio Active
Composed music, recorded voice over and created sound effects.

Virgin Games Greatest Hits
Composed and produced a tune on this compilation audio CD showcasing material
from selected Virgin games.

Radio-Television

Recorded and produced audio, composed original music for numerous local radio and TV spots, including San Francisco Chronicle, Bank of America, Pacific Bell, Citibank, YMCA.

Multimedia

Egreetings.com
Composed original music (midi and Flash) for greeting cards from this web-based company. Cast VO talent and personally voiced cards. Engineered and provided audio in appropriate formats for web use. Was hired as full time Sound Designer as result of contract work.

Boulden Publishing
Worked on several titles for this publisher of materials for kids in distress (divorce, friendships, anger management, etc.). Cast voice talent for various roles, directed talent, personally voiced several characters, recorded VO, provided sound effects and original music compositions, engineered sessions. The audio is purposed for CD-ROM and video products. Sent audio files via FTP to India for animation synch.

Global One
Directed and recorded voice over for this business CD-ROM for Global One, a consortium of France Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, and Sprint. Composed music for opening animated movie.

Photo CD joint venture between Kodak and Mountain Travel/Sobek
The Adventure Disk entailed music scoring combined with narration and effects for
over 200 individual scenes totaling approximately 45 minutes of audio.