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Bio

My name is Miguel Almeida Alves (creative work name MikeSemantics) and I'm a music teacher, producer, mixer, sound designer, musician, audio post-production technician, audio consultant and music/culture 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, with modules like Advanced Music Production, Advanced Synthesis and Processing, Mixing and Mastering & Music and Society.


Professional experience in Audio Post-Production (previous work in a portuguese Audiovisual Company) 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 Live Performance, both as a singer/vocalist and lead guitarist.

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 creative collaborator, my aim is to maximize your vision, musical track and/or audiovisual project, as well as to evolve and help people and companies, 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 about my academical and professional background, feel free to check out my LinkedIn page.

Services

MUSIC TEACHING

GUITAR (ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC)

MUSIC THEORY

MUSICAL

WORKSPACE: ACOUSTICALLY TREATED HOME STUDIO

PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION, MIXING AND MASTERING (BY USING INDUSTRY-BASED PLUG-INS)

SOUND ENGINEERING

SESSION MUSICIAN FOR ANY MUSICAL GENRE (SINGING/VOCALIST, GUITAR, BASS GUITAR)

COMPOSITION AND ARRANGING

STEREO MIXING (FILE EXPORT FOR SEVERAL AUDIO FORMATS, LIKE WAV AND MP3)

MUSIC SOFTWARES (DAWS) AT USE: PRO TOOLS, ABLETON LIVE, LOGIC PRO

AUDIOVISUAL

WORKSPACE: ACOUSTICALLY TREATED HOME STUDIO

WORK FOR SEVERAL FORMATS OF AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA, SUCH AS:

CINEMA (SHORT-FILM, BIG PICTURE, STREAMING)

SERIES (TV, STREAMING)

VIDEO GAMES

ONLINE & OFFLINE ADVERTISING & CORPORATE

YOUTUBE

AUDIO POST-PRODUCTION AND ITS SUB-FIELDS, SUCH AS: 

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)

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