
Music Producer, Musician, Video Editor, Sound Designer, Audio Technician, Audio Consultant, Music and Culture Writer from Lisbon, Portugal

Bio
My name is Miguel Almeida Alves (creative work name: MikeSemantics) and I'm a music producer, mixer, sound designer, musician, audio post-production technician, audio consultant, video post-production editor, cinematographer and music/culture writer from Lisbon, Portugal.
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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 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 Live Performance, both as a singer/vocalist, lead guitarist and keyboardist.
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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!
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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.
Services
​​MUSICAL
WORKSPACE: ACOUSTICALLY TREATED HOME STUDIO
PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION, MIXING AND MASTERING (INDUSTRY-BASED PLUG-INS)
SOUND ENGINEERING
SESSION MUSICIAN FOR VARIOUS MUSIC GENRES (SINGING/VOCALIST, ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC GUITAR, BASS GUITAR, KEYBOARDIST)
COMPOSITION AND ARRANGING
MUSIC SOFTWARES (DAWS) AT USE: PRO TOOLS, ABLETON LIVE, LOGIC PRO
STEREO MIXING (FILE EXPORT FOR SEVERAL AUDIO FORMATS, LIKE WAV AND MP3)​
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AUDIOVISUAL
WORKSPACE: ACOUSTICALLY TREATED HOME STUDIO WITH HIGH AUDIO EQUIPMENT QUALITY​
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WORK FOR SEVERAL FORMATS OF AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA
CINEMA (SHORT-FILM, FILM, DOCUMENTARIES, STREAMING)
SERIES (TV, STREAMING)
VIDEO GAMES
ONLINE & OFFLINE ADVERTISING & CORPORATION
YOUTUBE​
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VIDEO EDITING & POST-PRODUCTION
AUDIO & VIDEO RECORDING
NON-LINEAR EDITING & LINEAR EDITING
COLOR CORRECTION & COLOR GRADING
VFX
CINEMATOGRAPHY
SOUND DESIGN
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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)
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CREATIVE WRITING & JOURNALISM
MUSIC AND CULTURE CRITICISM/REVIEWING (MUSIC, MOVIES & TV SHOWS)
CREATION OF MUSIC & CULTURE PUBLICATIONS AND ESSAYS ON SEVERAL SOCIO-CULTURAL THEMES
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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)​
