Music Teacher, Music Producer, Musician, 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 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)