Mike Chaisson
Calgary
Summary
Creative and ambitious Sound Technician with strengths in recording, editing and mixing. Offering diverse background with expertise in production and creative processes. Articulate communicator with strong organization skills.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Line Cook
Earls Kitchen + Bar
01.2022 - Current
- Prepared multiple orders simultaneously during peak periods with high accuracy rate, maximizing customer satisfaction, and repeat business.
- Set up and prepared cooking supplies and workstations during opening and closing to maximize productivity.
- Have experience training people on all aspects of the job- including detail, finesse, cooking procedures, food safety, and proper hygienic processes.
- Experience with a huge variety of skilled dishes such as sushi, pizzas, steaks, tataki's, stir-fry dishes, seafood, sandwhiches, etc.
- Leadership experience with calculating labour costs, cut plans, leading closing shifts, and covering bases to ensure productive nights.
Self Employed Audio Engineer Work
Self Employed Services
08.2020 - Current
- Mixed and mastered vocal arrangements and music compositions, optimizing songs, and albums.
- Enhanced sound quality and added various sound effects to recordings using organized personal sound libraries.
- Set up, maintained and operated audio recording equipment and performed troubleshooting and audio system breakdown for recording sessions.
- Mixed numerous EP's, singles and projects for friends/clients that have been released publicly.
- Experience producing, mixing, mastering, and engineering own music, as well as releasing it using distribution resources. With this, also using statistics and resources to develop plans and strategies to better careers.
- Have signed up artists for distribution, and further songwriting databases, which in turn doubled royalties.
- Experience writing/helping artists write music and lyrics to grow and develop musical skillset.
Self Employed Artist (Painting)
Self Employed Services
12.2019 - Current
- Contributed to creative process through original ideas and inspiration.
- Sold paintings to Japan using international storefront that has gained over 8000 profile visits, multiple sales of 95$ USD or more, with multiple paintings being wishlisted multiple times.
- Have gained enough attention to accumulate a total of 4 art shows with RAW Artists in Calgary since 2022 alone.
- Experience with mixed media, acrylic paint, oil paint, alcohol based paint, working mostly on stretched canvas (any size).
- Have sold prints and paintings to chefs, business owners, friends and more.
- Just opened up an Etsy where I sell paintings, prints, and tattoo tickets.
Intern
10th FLR
04.2022 - 12.2022
- Booked artists for shows, and festivals across Canada
- Engineered tracks for signed artists
- Made email lists with Mailchimp for an accumulated list of connections and clients
- Gave and given feedback regarding creative development of artists
- Reached out to artists regarding talent and skill level in hopes of making potential clients
Audio Engineering Intern
Canyon Entertainment Group
04.2021 - 04.2022
- Mixed tracks to be used for live performances for signed artists. These events include charity events and shows.
- Vocal tuning, comping, and production done for signed artists.
- Various audio engineering work done for signed artists.
- Made brochures for events/ festivals
- Handled royalties- calculating what was owed to artists from using digital distribution websites
Education
Advanced Diploma - Advanced Audio Engineering
Nimbus School of Recording & Media
Vancouver, BC08.2020
Skills
- Great signal flow understanding
- Live Sound Production
- SSL Console training by experts
- Pro Tools, Ableton, MPC, Maschine, Logic, and Garage Band proficiency
- Mixing, Mastering most genres but specializing in Hip Hop, Rock, R&B, Pop, Classical, and Soul
- Experience writing songs, lyrics, and melodies
- Music theory proficient- understanding scales, chords, number methods, minor scales, pitches, and progressions
- Many years of experience with controllers, drum machines, pianos and guitars
- Recording Setup- using baffles, soundproofing materials, dampening pads, blankets, weights, boom stands and cables to get ideal recording environments
- Drawing & Painting
- Cooking
Accomplishments
• Graduated with honours in 2020 with an average of 90.39%.
• First international painting sale (2022).
• RAW Artists SHINE Showcase (2022).
• RAW Artists CONCEPT Showcase (2023).
• RAW Artists PROTOTYPE Showcase (2023).
• RAW Artists PACKAGE Showcase (2023).
Timeline
Intern
10th FLR
04.2022 - 12.2022
Line Cook
Earls Kitchen + Bar
01.2022 - Current
Audio Engineering Intern
Canyon Entertainment Group
04.2021 - 04.2022
Self Employed Audio Engineer Work
Self Employed Services
08.2020 - Current
Self Employed Artist (Painting)
Self Employed Services
12.2019 - Current
Advanced Diploma - Advanced Audio Engineering
Nimbus School of Recording & Media
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