PROFILES: THE PRESENTERS AT THE EXPO (in the Lower Falls & Auburndale rooms, Charles Dye, and in the Hancock Room, for PCAS; not including Digidesign's many product specialists)

Tom Bates records major artists in all genres, including rock, pop, jazz, classical, and opera. Eight of his projects have won Grammies. He has been audio director of several Emmy-winning TV shows, including "Saturday Night Live", "Live From Lincoln Center", and "Live From The Met"; and Academy Award-nominated movies. He has also mixed live performances for many artists. He was a co-founder of TimeLine, Inc. and has acted as a technical design consultant for leading American and Japanese equipment manufacturers. Tom also teaches courses at the Parsons Center for Audio Studies. In early 2007, he will teach two courses: Mixing (+ Mastering), and Introduction to Entertainment Law.

Brad Berger teaches sound reinforcement and related subjects at Berklee College of Music. A highly experienced live sound engineer, he is the Production Manager and Chief Engineer at the Berklee Performance Center, which presents performances of every kind.

Alex Case (U. Mass. Lowell; PCAS) is a musician/geek combo with degrees in engineering, music and acoustics (B.S., Rice University, B.M. Berklee College of Music, M.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute). He is the author of the forthcoming book, Sound FX - Unlocking the Creative Potential of Recording Studio Effects, , to be published by Focal Press in early 2007. Case is a Sound Recording Technology professor at UMass Lowell, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses, and speaks often at regional and international meetings of the Audio Engineering Society, Acoustical Society of America, and, of course, Parsons Expo. In early 2007, Alex will teach a course at the Parsons Center for Audio Studies called FX - The Technical Low Down and the Practical Know How So You Can Get Creative Right Now.

Steve Colby is principal of Evening Audio Consultants, which specializes in remote production and orchestral sound reinforcement. He has been FOH engineer for the Boston Pops for nearly two decades; worked as a live radio mix engineer for the BSO's Tanglewood broadcasts, and for the New York Philharmonic radio series; and mixed for TV and radio for many notable artists.

Brian Doser (DIGIDESIGN, PCAS) has taught Pro Tools widely. Advising and instructing Pro Tools users is his day job: he is Digidesign’s Northeast Regional Product Specialist and Sales Representative. Before that, Brian was Audio Engineering Manager for WERS-FM at Emerson College, in Boston; he was also an instructor in audio production there. He has engineered at numerous recording studios, including The Village Recorder in West L.A. He is an expert Pro Tools user—up-to-date on the system itself, and on the broad array of third-party hardware accessories and software plug-ins that it supports. At the Parsons Center for Audio Studies (PCAS), Brian teaches the Pro Tools 110: Essentials of Pro Tools. The next offering will come in early 2007.

Charles Dye. Latin Grammy Award-winning engineer, mixer and producer Charles Dye has mixed hits for Ricky Martin, Sammy Hagar, Julio Iglesias, and Jon Bon Jovi. He has also recorded such artists as Aerosmith, Hanson, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira and Gloria Estefan. He is a pioneer in mixing records on Pro Tools. His mix of “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” wrote Dan Daley in Mix Magazine, is “a milestone of technology—the first Number One record to be done completely within a hard disk system.” Several of his projects have been nominated for Grammies and Latin Grammies. In 2001, Charles was awarded a Latin Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album

David Franz (PCAS, BERKLEE.COM) has taught Pro Tools to hundreds of people, both in person and on-line. He is author of a comprehensive guide to Pro Tools: Producing in the Home Studio with Pro Tools (Second Edition). David is a songwriter, record producer, engineer, multi-instrumentalist, performing artist, studio musician, author, and instructor. He attended Berklee College of Music, where he studied music production and engineering. He runs his own studio and production company, producing, recording, mixing, and mastering records for a wide range of international acts. Besides teaching at the Parsons Center for Audio Studies (PCAS), he teaches for Berkleemusic.com, writes for Digidesign's online magazine DigiZine, and performs with his touring rock band, The Bleedin Bleedins. At PCAS, in early December, he will teach (with Scott Elson) a course in Mastering with Your Pro Tools System. In early 2007, he will teach his Pro Tools 101: Introduction to Pro Tools course and, in April, a repeat of the mastering course.

Bill Lee is an Account Executive and Product Specialist in Professional Audio for Apple Computer. He is a highly experienced user of Logic. At the Expo, in addition to his presentation in the Lower Falls Room at 11AM, he will be available through the afternoon at the Apple Computer exhibit in the Riverside Room.

Paul Lehrman is a composer, writer, technologist, and educator. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including his latest, The Insider Audio Bathroom Reader, now available from Amazon and elsewhere. Since 1995, he has been Mix Magazine's Insider Audio columnist and a contributing editor. He has been a product developer, consultant and adviser to the computer music industry since 1982. He has been a teacher of audio engineering and computer music at the university level since 1986, and is a member of the music faculty at Tufts Unviersity.

Bob Ludwig of Gateway Mastering & DVD is perhaps the world's most renowned mastering engineer. Each year, a large proportion of Grammy-winning and Grammy-nominated recordings -- often around half -- are mastered at Gateway. Bob has won an unprecedented twelve TEC Awards. He knows the art of reproducing the artist's vision, which he has successfully delivered to millions of listeners -- and, increasingly, viewers -- via CD, DVD (DVD-A, DVD-Video, and Super Audio CD), and records.

David Moulton of Moulton Laboratories is the renowned audio guru, author, educator, and Grammy-nominated engineer. An audio polymath ("person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning"), he is an accomplished composer, acoustic consultant, loudspeaker designer (co-creator of the BeoLab 5), author of the Golden Ears Ear-training CD Series, and a teacher and principal at the Parsons Center for Audio Studies (PCAS). In early 2007 at PCAS, Dave will teach his famed Golden Ears Audio Ear Training Seminar (which is worth taking repeatedly, by the way, to brush up your listening skills); also his course in Principles of Audio for Professionals.

Dr. Andrea Pejrolo (NEIA and Berklee) earned a Ph.D. in Jazz Composition/Performance from New York University. He is currently Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music and full-time faculty at the New England Institute of Art in Boston. He is also a bassist, composer, MIDI programmer, and author of a new book: Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production (Focal Press, U.K.). You can find further info at his web site.

Jon Sage is an Audio Engineer with Boston College Media Technology Services, where he is responsible for the operation of the Audio Services/Special Functions division. His work includes live sound support for academic, social and cultural, and Athletic events on the BC Campus. Other responsibilities entail audio production support, consultation, and system design services. Jon is also adjunct faculty in the BC Communications department.

Randy Weitzel (Yamaha) started his live sound reinforcement career in 1973 touring with Elvis Presley, as a technician for Clair Brothers Audio. With Clair Brothers, and subesquently with his own firm, he has toured with such artists as Bette Midler, The Moody Blues, Chicago, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Diana Ross, Paul Anka, Billy Joel, Tony Orlando, Eddie Rabbitt, Lionel Richie, Madonna, Paul Simon, Don Henley, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Kenny Rogers, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson (for eight years), and Janet Jackson. He was part of the Emmy-winning team for a Barbara Streisand special on HBO. He was one of the first engineers to mix monitors using in-ear monitors. He has won the Monitor Mixer of the Year award. He now works full-time for Yamaha, where he has helped develop the PM1D digital console, and mixed for the 2002 Grammy Awards. In his free time, he mixes for A Prairie Home Companion, David Foster and the Billy Graham Evangelical Association.

Jonathan Wyner is Chief Mastering Engineer and President of M Works Mastering Studios. He has mastered more than 4000 CD's during the last 21 years, spanning every musical idiom. A Recording Engineer since 1983, Jonathan's credits range from the well known (James Taylor, David Bowie, Aerosmith, Kiri Te Kanawa), to more idiosyncratic and independent artists/labels. His skills extend to premastering for CD-ROM as well as forensic and restoration work.