-Board of Advisors Global Cultural Diversity Films (GCDF) Inc
-Network Administrator at Independent Media Pros. Hosting a network of
over 350 professional composers, sound-designers and engineers.
-Artist/composer for Switch Theory Audio Productions. Scoring and sound-design for films, television and gaming.
-Artist/composer for The Scientific Method. Electronic/IDM/Downtempo
-Owner of Audio Evolution Publishing. Independent publishing house for all genres of electronic and indie music.
Specialties:
My strongest work comes when creating dark
and dramatic scores for film using various techniques of sound
synthesis mixed with orchestra. I work best in the electronic world of
music and have 23 years experience with programming synthesizers.
Jims obsession with electronic music began at the age of four, when his parents bought him a small one octave synthesizer for Christmas. From there his fascination grew exponentially. He started taking piano lessons at the age of ten and joined the middle school band playing the clarinet. He then switched to the bass clarinet in the eight grade. He was invited to and joined the Southeastern United States Honor Band also in the eight grade on the Bass Clarinet. Once he entered high school, he joined the marching band drum-line, percussion ensemble, jazz band, symphonic band, and concert band. He played drum-set for the jazz band and during his sophomore year, attended the Clayton State Jazz Clinic. While in the marching band he played the bass drum, snare drum, tenors, and all pit instruments. In 1998, between his junior and senior year, he marched on the drum-line with the Spirit of Atlanta drum and bugle corps who placed 14th at the DCI World Championships. He played drum-set for the jazz band and during his sophomore year, attended the Clayton State Jazz Clinic. After high school he moved to Columbus Georgia to attend Columbus State University, majoring in percussion performance with a focus on drum-set. He performed with the Columbus St. Orchestra and in the orchestra pit ensemble for their theatre dept. Jim has also played the guitar for twelve years, though he has had no formal training.
