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Audio Engineering Society San Francisco Candidates 2017
September 8, 2017 @ 9:00 am - September 16, 2017 @ 9:00 pm
Eligible voting members should receive the link to their ballot via email. Voting runs from September 8, 2017 until September 16, 2017.
Candidates:
| Chair Jessica Livingston | Diverse audio industry background, spanning radio, pro audio manufacturing and multimedia. Award winning editor and writer with a BA in Media Management from CSU, Northridge, and continued studies in technical communications at UC Berkeley. Ten years in varied roles on the AES San Francisco committee, most recently as Chair, creating dozens of local meetings, lectures and events for Bay Area audio engineers. Four years of chairing the technical tours for the AES conventions in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Currently balancing a freelance media career with burgeoning sound design artistry and audio post production. |
| Vice Chair David Bowles |
David v.R. Bowles is a freelance audio engineer specialising in 3D and surround-sound recordings of acoustic music. He has served on the AES-SF committee since 2004, as well as serving twice on the AES Board of Governors. Since 2011 he has been a guest-lecturer at New York University’s Steinhardt School Tonmeister seminar, and is a mentor at Pyramind in San Francisco. He has also guest-lectured for sound recording programmes at Peabody Conservatory and the Royal Danish Academy, and served as a sabbatical replacement at Indiana University. He likes exercising, good wine and bad puns. More information can be found at www.swineshead.com |
| Secretary Kelly Neary |
From her early days doing FOH engineering at Berkeley Square to a recent stint teaching and designing an AV recording observation (w/ talkback) room for college students in Uganda, Kelly Neary has tenaciously traveled the globe in her commitment to all things audio. Degrees in Electronics Technology and Audio Production equipped her for previous posts at the Music Annex, Meyer Sound and as an engineering technician in both product engineering and the presentation studio at Dolby Laboratories.
These days Kelly continues to balance freelance gigs, production work while advancing her audio education and teaching. |
| Treasurer Brian Gibbs |
Graduate from Berklee College of Music (major in Jazz Composition). Active member of Berklee Alumni Association, NARAS Voting Member. Assistant Engineer on 58th Annual GRAMMY Award winning album “Realidades – Deluxe Addition” by Los Tigres Del Norte for Best Regional Mexican Music Album. Audio GANG member since 2012.
Co-founder of Tool Shed Studios since 2009 in Morgan Hill, CA. Actively performing in multiple Bay Area bands. CFO & Treasurer for The Lighthouse Media Group, LLC, (a film, tv, recording & post-production group in Silicon Valley) Various live sound (FOH & Monitor Mix) at multiple venues across the Greater Bay Area. Also a deep corporate background in finance, banking, wealth management & residential/commercial lending. |
| Member at Large Chris Cooper |
If it involves sound, I’ve probably done it at one point or another.
Played guitar since age 5, composer/songwriter since age 15, and audio engineer/producer for the last 30+ years. An education in music composition, touring and performing, and many hours sitting behind the desk both in studio and out on the road has provided a wealth of experience for me to pull from. Live recording, live sound, sound effects capture, sound design, in studio recording of every music style on the planet, toys, games, TV, film, wiring, system installs, computer/data management, electronics repair . . . you name it, it’s crossed my doorstep and I’ve learned all I can about the situation. I am known for my trouble shooting and fix it right abilities. Fifteen years ago I did the very thing I said I would never do: build, manage and run a recording studio. And it’s been a fantastic 15 years. |
| Member at Large Steve Heithecker |
In addition to his years of experience in the music industry as an engineer and producer, Steve is a certified Pro Tools expert, a master of Reason and a published author. Steve takes his experience and passion into the classroom when he teaches and offers students invaluable knowledge based on real world production.
Steve’s credits include:
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| Member at Large Brandi Howell |
Brandi Howell is an Associate Producer with the independent producers, The Kitchen Sisters, who create stories for NPR and other public media. She plays a vital role in production, including story development and archival research. In addition to her work with The Kitchen Sisters, she does a variety of freelance field recording, editing and graphic design for podcasts and local independent films. Prior to her work in media, Brandi worked with a variety of nonprofit organizations in the Bay Area, including The Gladstone Institutes and the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corps. She has her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from UC Berkeley and her Master’s Degree in Public Policy from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo. |
| Member at Large Dana Labrecque |
I educate students who wish to learn audio at one of the best colleges in the Bay Area: Broadcast Electronic Media Arts Department (BEMA) at City College of San Francisco (CCSF). Leading up to my tenure there (2001 – present), I toured the U.S. and Europe several times in the 1990’s as FOH for various up-and-coming artists on labels; staff engineer at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco since their inception in 1991; owned and operated a live sound production company (dcj Productions from 1987 – 2012) largely catering to the non-profit sector who always need affordable event services; and co-owned and operated a record label and recording studio, APG Records/Studios (1998 – 2003) which then transitioned to Potrero Post in 2002. I have experienced a long and wonderful career doing what I love and would be honored to serve our community. |
| Member at Large Marc LoCascio |
Marc LoCascio is a Senior Audio Applications Engineer in the Advanced Technology Group at Dolby Laboratories, developing content creation tools for Dolby Atmos immersive audio. In 30 years in the industry he has developed products for MOTU, Kurzweil, PreSonus, and Stanton DJ, done research and development at IRCAM, and been a sound designer for Williams/Bally/Midway arcade games. He did his undergraduate and graduate studies in computer music at the MIT Media Lab. Originally from New Orleans, Marc also creates interactive art installations, plays guitar and bass, patches and programs synthesizers, and performs the occasional DJ or VJ set. |
| Member at Large Loic Maestracci |
Loïc Maestracci is the founder of Music Expo, a series of events for music makers held in San Francisco since 2014 and in Miami and Boston since 2017. CEO of OFF THE ONE, producer and musician under the name of Iguazúl. A marketer by day and a music producer by night. Over the last 15 years he has connected music, technology and brands having worked with Apple, Samsung, SOL REPUBLIC, StarMaker, Universal Music, Warner Music, EMI among others. He currently holds a marketing role at Twitter. |
| Member at Large Jan Pederson |
On the AES website at aes.org/aes/janabildgaardpedersen. |
| Member at Large Jessica Thompson |
Grammy-nominated mastering and restoration engineer and archiving specialist Jessica Thompson has digitized, restored and revived historic recordings from the Bottom Line, Caffe Lena, Erroll Garner and Woody Guthrie Archives and the Newport Jazz and Folk Festival, including performances by Pete Seeger, Roger McGuinn, Dave Von Ronk, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Doc Watson, Miles Davis and Jean Ritchie. Her remaster of Erroll Garner’s iconic recording The Complete Concert By The Sea (Sony/Legacy) was nominated for the Best Historical Album Grammy, 2016.
She has cleaned, digitized and restored rare vinyl and cassette recordings for Awesome Tapes From Africa and many Numero Group complications. (She wrote about restoring Ata Kak’s cassette Obaa Sima for Pink Noise.) In her previous career as a radio producer, she interviewed drummer Max Roach and the organ player at Fenway Park for WGBH. She has spun records and CDs on the airwaves of WGBH, WFMU, WZBC and WESU. |