Sound Design | Engineering | Production | Composition
New York, NY | 248-462-2723 | bgesaman@gmail.com
Bachelor of Music in Music Technology, Wayne State University, 2009
(References are available upon request)
Professional Experience
Losers, TV pilot/short film, directed by Carlos del Rosario. 2013
Sound Designer and Re-Recording Mixer. Created sound design using foley for comedy TV pilot. Additionally, cleaned up location audio.
Green Eyes, feature film, directed by Jack Gattanella. 2013
Sound Editor and Re-Recording Mixer. Edited audio, created additional sound design, and mixed dialog, music, and sound effects.
Drown, feature film, directed by Andrew Neary. 2013
Sound Editor, Sound Designer, and Re-Recording Mixer. Edited audio, synced dialog, created foley/sound design, and mixed dialog, music, and sound effects.
Engineer/Sound Designer/Licensing Catalog Administrator at Sync2Picture, Ferndale, MI
September 2009 - February 2011
Created sound design for various promotional videos. Created and maintained a search database of over 4,000 songs from Eminem, George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic, The Romantics, and more. All music was classified into genres, keywords, moods, tempos, etc. Received licensing briefs from major publishing companies around the world and placed music from our search database in TV, film, and video games; Completed music edits where needed.
Audio Engineer at 54 Sound, Ferndale, MI
May 2009 - February 2011
Set up and recorded live studio sessions for Grammy award-winning artists; created sound design and edited audio to fit picture; transferred various analog audio formats to digital; web design.
Bet You Didn't Know, short film, directed by Victor Fanucchi. Ann Arbor, MI. 2011
Freelance audio post work for University of Michigan Business and Finance orientation film. Sync ADR to picture, audio cleanup, create room ambiance, edit and mix audio.
Le Petit Bijou, short film, directed by Oksana Mirzoyan Detroit, MI. 2011
Created sound design elements, edited and mixed audio.
No Coloreds Allowed, short film, directed by Erica Watson. Detroit, MI. 2010
Sound design, audio cleanup/editing, and mixing for a short film.
Living For 32, short documentary, directed by Kevin Breslin. New York, NY. 2010
Sound design for film about Virginia Tech shootings. This film was presented at 2011 Sundance Film Festival and was on the Best Documentary shortlist for the 2010 Academy Awards.
Brothers, short film, directed by Erica Watson. Detroit, MI. 2010
Audio cleanup, editing and sound design for short film. This film will be presented at the 2011 Short Film Corner at Cannes Film Festival.
Wee Hands At Home, DVD, directed by Sara Bingham and D-Pan Productions. Ferndale, MI. 2010
Music Supervision and Audio Editing for most video segments on the DVD.
Composer/Audio Engineer at Sherry's Academy of Dance, Carleton, MI
December 2009 - June 2010
Composed original music for modern dances in various genres, including electronic, orchestral, folk, and world; Edited music to meet choreographers' time and rhythm constraints.
Music Lab Technichian/Audio Engineer at Wayne State University Department of Music, Detroit, MI
September 2007 - May 2009
Moniter computer lab useage; troubleshoot technical problems with Finale, Logic, and computer performance; Record, edit, and create CDs of student performances in the Schaver Music Recital Hall and the Community Arts Auditorium at Wayne State's campus.
Production Intern at CBS Radio-WVMV "Smooth Jazz", Southfield, MI
May 2007 - August 2007
Recording voice-overs, assembling weekly programs, mixing, editing, and producing promos, dubbing, and occasionally filling in for the Production Manager.
Intern at Ron Rose Productions, Southfield, MI
May 2007 - August 2007
Assisting engineers and learning from them
Additional Experience
Composed original orchestral music to be part of a modern dance work by choreographer Alex Martin. The work was performed as part of Wayne State University's Maggie Allessee Department of Dance "Senior Capstone Concert", 2010.
Wrote, engineered, and produced an original Latin-Jazz tune, Picante, for a small jazz ensemble in Wayne State University's Studio One. 2008.
Recorded and produced a full-length Christmas album of my own musical arrangements. All music was performed by Brad on various instruments, including saxophone, guitars, bass, keyboards, accordion, banjo, and mandolin. 2007.
Performance Experience
Played rhythm and lead guitar in Waterford Mott High School's production of "Is There Life After High School? Musical". 2010.
Put together and performed a 30 minute solo saxophone recital at Wayne State University's Schaver Recital Hall. 2009.
Played saxophone, piano, guitar, and melodica for various worhip services at Trinity United Methodist Church in Waterford, MI. 2006-2010.
Played guitar and solo saxophone in a production of the musical "Reefer Madness" at the Ringwald Theater in Ferndale, MI. 2008.
Performed as a saxophone soloist at various concerts as part of WSU's Saxophone Studio. 2008-2009.
Played saxophone in WSU's Jazz Lab and Concert Band at various performances around Wayne State. 2006-2009.
Played saxophone in a production of the 50's jazz revue musical "Swing". 2005.
Proficiencies
Software: Pro Tools 10, Soundminer V4 Pro, Finale 2010, Propellerhead Reason 3, Cakewalk Music Creator 2, Steinberg Cubase LE, Adobe Audition, Adobe Photoshop, Audiovault, Microsoft Office Suite