bigkitchen

About bigkitchen

Vernon Nielsen

Thanks to christines request I will be making available to everyone my main music sites. But, I would like you to understand that most of the music i made before going to college was from a self studied point of view and some is recorded as a simple way to list what music I have made , without the finer things in mixing and recording that my education has taught me.
So if youre ok with a few flaws and listening to rough drafts , here you go .
(expired link)
(expired link)
(expired link)

Introduction
My goal is to fit a niche, find a need and use the skills I acquired at FullSail University to fill that need. I consider myself a positive and personable being; I like to enjoy what I do and whom I do it with, regardless of the challenges. I feel success comes from respecting the skills of those around you and relying on every team member for the skills they are best at.

Experience
Relevant stage experience around 1995
Bass tech for Melvyn of The Dan Reed Network for their free show at Pioneer Square, in Portland, Oregon. My friend Dean McCauley asked me to do the show.
Duties:
o Keeping bass guitars tuned
Eli’s Hard Rock Cafe 1996
I was a cook there for a couple years under Goforth and Rice, being exposed to a constant stream of local and national talent. When it changed to Moody’s Under the ownership of Craig Harris and Joe Brooks, I actually started hosting acoustic jam nights and I booked a band or two.
Duties:
o Keep kitchen stocked, help create a menu, setting up live acoustic sound, mixing on one show with assistance.
Personal DAW experience 2001- present
I have been using Protools since 2001. I have recorded over 100 tracks with various instruments. I learned micing from A man with a pro home studio in Sun Valley Idaho, who is a widely recognized artist David Harris. We tracked some early work of mine so he could get mixing experience. He used a variety of expensive mic’s from Neumann to Blue and assorted high end Tube mic’s.
Daw experience;
o Pro Tools, 2001- present
o Cubase; 2004-2005
o Logic pro 2012- present
o Reaper ; 2010-2012
o Cake walk ; 2011_1012
o 4Track recorders ; 1990-1995

Band experience
I have had two bands and numerous solo live playing gigs from about 1995 to 2001, and have been a guitar player since I was 17 in 1986. I have probably played over one hundred small gigs in bars and one gig at a hippy festival at Riggs Creek in Idaho.
I have played with steel drum players from Jamaica and traditional Mexican flamenco players from Mexico.


Education;
FullSail University, Bachelor of Science in Music Production 2012-present


Skills
o Working with Digital audio workstations.
o Editing Midi Audio
o Creating drum grooves
o Sound design
o Score for commercial media and film.
o Sight reading and music theory
o Working with software synths and plugins.
o Using plug ins and automation to create a professional mix.