
Bio
Hi! My name is Miguel Almeida Alves (creative work name: Mike Semantics) and I'm a music producer, mixer, musician, composer, arranger, sound designer, audio post-production specialist, audio consultant, video post-producer, editor, cinematographer and writer from Lisbon, Portugal.
My academical background relies on the course of Musical Sciences and a Bachelor of Arts in Popular Music Production at ETIC/Solent University Southampton, consisted of a two-year HND (Higher National Diploma) and a one-year TOP UP english based education, along with a specialty professional course in Video Editing & Post-Production at LSD - Lisbon School of Design.
Professional experience in Audio Post-Production and its various sub-fields, such as stereo and 5.1 mixing, voiceover and dubbing editing for documentaries and series (clients like RTP and Netflix), sound editing and mixing for sound design projects (Corporate and Animation), as well as documentary mixing (clients like RTP), which allowed me to understand the audiovisual industry and value, even more, the importance of team work and active listening. In addition, I have experience in Session Recording, Music Production, Mixing, Composition and Arranging for individual clients as well as Live Performance as a singer/vocalist, lead guitarist and keyboardist.
I'm a curious and dedicated person with a great desire to help and collaborate with people on their musical and audiovisual projects. By being your producer, musician, sound designer and collaborator, my aim is to maximize your vision, song and/or audiovisual project, as well as to help companies and creatives, like yourself, to achieve your work's full potential!
I'm looking forward to working with you and thanks for your attention.
To find out more, feel free to check out my LinkedIn page.
WORKSPACE
ACOUSTICALLY TREATED HOME STUDIO WITH HIGH-END AUDIO & MUSIC EQUIPMENT
AUDIO & MUSIC (DAW) SOFTWARES AT USE: PRO TOOLS · LOGIC X PRO · ABLETON LIVE SUITE
VIDEO SOFTWARES AT USE: ADOBE PREMIERE PRO · ADOBE MEDIA ENCODER
Services
MUSIC WORK
PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION, MIXING AND MASTERING (INDUSTRY-BASED PLUG-INS)
SOUND ENGINEERING
SESSION MUSICIAN FOR VARIOUS MUSIC GENRES (SINGER/VOCALIST, ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC GUITAR, BASS GUITAR, KEYBOARDS)
COMPOSITION AND ARRANGING
STEREO MIXING (FILE EXPORT FOR VARIOUS AUDIO FORMATS, SUCH AS AIFF, WAV AND MP3)
AUDIOVISUAL WORK
CRAFTING SOUND & VIDEO FOR SEVERAL INDUSTRIES AND FORMATS
MUSIC & LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
CINEMA (SHORT-FILM, FILM, DOCUMENTARIES, STREAMING)
SERIES (TV, STREAMING)
STORYTELLING & ANIMATION
GAMING & INTERACTIVE MEDIA
BRANDING & ADVERTISING
CORPORATE & EDUCATION
VISUAL ARTS & INSTALLATIONS
CONTENT CREATION (ONLINE & OFFLINE)
A.I. TRAINING & TECHNOLOGY
VIDEO EDITING & POST-PRODUCTION
AUDIO & VIDEO RECORDING
NON-LINEAR EDITING
LINEAR EDITING
SOUND DESIGN & SFX
CINEMATOGRAPHY
VFX
COLOR CORRECTION & COLOR GRADING
AUDIO POST-PRODUCTION
SOUND DESIGN
SOUND EDITING (LAYERING, EDITING, AUTOMATION)
SOUND RECORDING (FIELD RECORDING, ADR/VOICE-OVER AND DUBBING)
SOUND ENGINEERING (RECORDING SETUP, MICROPHONE TECHNIQUES, SIGNAL FLOW, TROUBLESHOOTING)
AUDIO RESTORATION (IZOTOPE RX)
STEREO & 5.1 MIXING (EXPORT FILE FOR SEVERAL VIDEO FORMATS, LIKE MP4 AND MOV)
CREATIVE WRITING & JOURNALISM
MUSIC AND CULTURE CRITICISM/REVIEWING (MUSIC, MOVIES & TV SHOWS)
CREATION OF MUSIC & CULTURE PUBLICATIONS AND ESSAYS ON SEVERAL SOCIO-CULTURAL THEMES
AUDIO CONSULTING (FOR INDIVIDUAL CLIENTS & COMPANIES)
STRATEGIC PLANNING REGARDING SEVERAL MATTERS, SUCH AS
BUDGET ESTIMATIONS
LISTING AND PLACEMENT OF AUDIO & MUSIC EQUIPMENT
ACOUSTIC COUNSELLING FOR MUSIC AND AUDIO STUDIOS & SPACES
(HOME STUDIOS, RECORDING BOOTHS/ROOMS, MIXING ROOMS, CONFERENCE ROOMS, AMONG OTHERS)

