Richard Castaldo's Resume

Richard Castaldo

Email: Trip6917@aol.com


Career Objective:
To secure an internship as an audio engineer within the video game industry.

Profile:
-Audio Engineer with real world experience
-Acccomplished musician, songwriter and composer
-Dedicated gamer (since a young age)

Professional Resume - Audio Engineer:
Album: Waterborne (Zebra Junction). February-April 2005
-Recorded and engineered album.
-Album was relased July 2005
-Recorded at an internal studio using Sonar technology.
-Experience working with mixing and various effects, as well as working directly with musicians.

Demo Album: Danger Girl (Danger Girl). Summer of 2004
-Recorded and engineered album
-Played Bass and backup vocals.
Single: Tiny Martians (Primitive Rocket Car). May-June 2005
-Recorded, Produced and engineered single.
-Played multiple instruments including: Bass guitar, keyboard and synthetic percussion.

Professional Resume Ð Musician, Songwriter and Composer:
2004 Ð present: The Richard Castaldo Project , Primitive Rocket Car. Play keyboards, bass, percusssion and saxophone. The single is available to hear at the My Space web site,
www.MySpace.com/primitiverocketcar.
November 2003 Ð August 2005: Bass player for Danger Girl, a local band that played regularly at music venue bars in Denver. Most of the demo is available at http://www.dangergirlmusic.com/.
Fall 2002: Soundtrack for The PeaceJam Documentary, released Spring 2003. Three compositions were included in film. In addition to music composition, served as a studio musician during production.
December 2003: Single, Maintained Insanity, was included in this monthÕs issue of Rebelion Magazine (published in Denver, CO).
Februruy-April 2005: Waterborne, supplemental musician on 3 tracks

Professional Resume Ð Movies:
Two movie features including: Bowling for Columbine, released in October 2002 and The PeaceJam Documentary, released in Spring 2003.

Professional Resume Ð Writing:
ÒRandom ThoughtsÓ Rebelion Magazine, November 2001.

Education:
Certification for Audio Engineering; FTM Studios, 1111 S. Pierce St., Lakewood, CO 80232. (January 2003)
Fifty hours toward a Business Degree; Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO 80217. (September 2003 Ð December 2004)


Other experience:
Extensive musical background as a listener and a musician since age 13. Accomplished gamer since age 10.
References:
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van Suvanjieff, Executive Director, PeaceJam Foundation. 5605 Yukon Street, Arvada, CO 80002. 303-455-2099. Email: ivan@peacejam.org

Michelle Poley, National Speaker and Author (Business Communication), 7550 S. Blackhawk Street #7301, Englewood, CO 80112. 720-495-0844. Email: michfpoley@aol.com

Shawn Palmer, Professional musician/music teacher, 303-794-2537. Email: zebra_junction@hotmail.com