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Stevin McNamara - Musician, Composer, Producer, Audio Engineer.

Expertise:

30 years experience in Music and Spoken Word Production,
Including all aspects of Audio Recording, Editing, Mixing
Mastering, Audio Restoration, Studio Maintenance, Studio Installation
Post Production Live Recording /Broadcast and Sound Reinforcement.
Hard disk editing, Music Computer and MIDI Programming, Music
Composition, Song Writing ,Remixing.

Instruments: Guitar, Sitar, Dilruba and Keyboards.

Highlights include:

2002 – Present  Ashland, Oregon

Mastering, Audio Restoration and Original Music Production.
Composing and recording  original music CD ‘s –

Prana Groove - Sounds True 2008
Om Guitar - Sounds True 2008
Yogitar - Etherean  2003
Remix track  "Dakini - Monsoon  Remix"
on“Dakini Lounge” – Prem Joshua (White Swan - 2003).

Live Performances.




1997 – 2002  Boulder Colorado


Started Doant Panicke Productions – a Mixing, Mastering and Audio
Restoration service.
Mastered over 1000 albums - edited and mastered Paul’s Winter’s
“Canyon Lullaby” album – nominated for  a Grammy Award
(See accompanying list for a selection of Artists worked with during this
period)
Redesigned and refurbished the studios of
Sounds True, a local Spoken
word and Music company
Worked as their studio manager for 2001.
Edited and mastered many of their programs.
Composed and recorded original music for many of their programs.
Composed and recorded 2 CD’s during 2001/2002
-released on the Sounds True Music Label

"
Caroline Myss Chakra Meditation Music" 2002
"
Hafiz - The Scent of Light" (Daniel Ladinsky - Translator ) 2002


1994 -- 1997  Boulder Colorado

Freelance engineer –projects included recording, mixing, mastering
albums, Studios included Colorado Sound and Wind Over the Earth
Live concert recordings /Sound reinforcement.
During 1995 was involved in consultation, equipment acquisition and
installation for Mutt Lange and Shania Twain’s studio in Lake Placid, New
York.







1991 – 1994 Out of Pocket Productions, Surrey, England .


Chief Tech, Programmer, House Engineer for Robert John” Mutt” Lange.
Artists included Bryan Adams, Michael Bolton, Def Leppard, Tina Turner,
Heart, Stevie Vann.
Duties included all in house requirements of running, upgrading and
maintenance of a world class studio.
working closely with Mutt on  various album projects

1989  -1991 Full  Sail Center For the Recording Arts Orlando Florida


Instructor for Recording Engineering Advanced Recording Engineering
and New England Digital Synclavier/Tapeless Studio Programs.
Gained further experience in State of the Art Recording Equipment Audio
and Post Production techniques, Programming and Software.

1985 – 1989 Johannesburg South Africa

Returned to South Africa for family reasons.

Highlights include:

Hit City Records - Engineer /Programmer/Producer/ Studio Musician/
Songwriter.
Involved in several Hit Records. Many Live shows/Stadium festivals as
Front of House Engineer
Post Production - Scoring Recording and Mixing for South African Movies
and Television.
Artists included: Lucky Dube, Brenda Fassi, Ladysmith Blacksmith
Mambazo, Stimela, Pure Gold .........and many more.

Education:

St. Andrews College - Grahamstown South Africa - High School.1963-1968
Natal University -  South Africa - Bachelor of Arts - incomplete 1969/1970
Berklee School of Music –instrumental performance program 1970/71
Wesleyan College – Sitar 1971 (individual study with Ram Chakravarty
)
Full Sail Center For the Recording Arts – Advanced Recording Engineering,
Synclavier/Tapeless Studio.
Became Authorized Instructor For New England Digital, SSL, NEVE.