Hey! Nice to meet you and I hope everything is well with you and your loved ones. WEBSITE (Portfolio included) - _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ My name is Miguel (professional work name MikeSemantics) and I'm an audio and music freelancer in various subfields, such as music production, mixing and mastering, audio post-production (production and mixing, sound design, sound editing, voice-over and dubbing recording and editing), session musician, composition, sound engineering, audio consulting, and music and cultural journalism. I’m a musician since I was a teenager (singer, guitarist and bassist) and have a degree (BA) in Music Production and Creation (ETIC/Solent University Southampton). I'm a curious and dedicated person with a great desire to help and collaborate with people on their musical and audiovisual projects. Professional Experience: After a brief period working at a record label (Marketing Department), my professional experience relies on Audio Post-Production (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. I provide music and audio services, in an acoustically treated home studio, for various audiovisual media such as: - Cinema (Trailers; Short-Films; Big Picture Films; Streaming) - Series (Television and Streaming) - Advertising and Corporate - Video Games - YouTube Technical and Artistic capabilities: - Being your producer, musician, sound designer and collaborator to maximize your artistic vision, musical track or audiovisual project - Providing professional production by using industry-standard plug-ins, instruments, music software (Pro Tools, Ableton Live and Logic Pro) and stereo mixing for audio (WAV and MP3 file export for music) and video formats (MOV and MP4 file export for audiovisual) - Working for any musical genre, including Pop, Rock, Soul, R&B, Metal, Funk, Cinematic and Orchestral I'm looking forward to working with you and thanks for your attention :)

Miguel Almeida Alves (MikeSemantics)

Hey! Nice to meet you and I hope everything is well with you and your loved ones. WEBSITE (Portfolio included) - _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ My name is Miguel (professional work name MikeSemantics) and I'm an audio and music freelancer in various subfields, such as music production, mixing and mastering, audio post-production (production and mixing, sound design, sound editing, voice-over and dubbing recording and editing), session musician, composition, sound engineering, audio consulting, and music and cultural journalism. I’m a musician since I was a teenager (singer, guitarist and bassist) and have a degree (BA) in Music Production and Creation (ETIC/Solent University Southampton). I'm a curious and dedicated person with a great desire to help and collaborate with people on their musical and audiovisual projects. Professional Experience: After a brief period working at a record label (Marketing Department), my professional experience relies on Audio Post-Production (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. I provide music and audio services, in an acoustically treated home studio, for various audiovisual media such as: - Cinema (Trailers; Short-Films; Big Picture Films; Streaming) - Series (Television and Streaming) - Advertising and Corporate - Video Games - YouTube Technical and Artistic capabilities: - Being your producer, musician, sound designer and collaborator to maximize your artistic vision, musical track or audiovisual project - Providing professional production by using industry-standard plug-ins, instruments, music software (Pro Tools, Ableton Live and Logic Pro) and stereo mixing for audio (WAV and MP3 file export for music) and video formats (MOV and MP4 file export for audiovisual) - Working for any musical genre, including Pop, Rock, Soul, R&B, Metal, Funk, Cinematic and Orchestral I'm looking forward to working with you and thanks for your attention :)

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Hey!
Nice to meet you and I hope everything is well with you and your loved ones.

WEBSITE (Portfolio included) - Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup

My name is Miguel (professional work name MikeSemantics) and I’m an audio and music freelancer in various subfields, such as music production, mixing and mastering, audio post-production (production and mixing, sound design, sound editing, voice-over and dubbing recording and editing), session musician, composition, sound engineering, audio consulting, and music and cultural journalism.

I’m a musician since I was a teenager (singer, guitarist and bassist) and have a degree (BA) in Music Production and Creation (ETIC/Solent University Southampton). I’m a curious and dedicated person with a great desire to help and collaborate with people on their musical and audiovisual projects.

Professional Experience:
After a brief period working at a record label (Marketing Department), my professional experience relies on Audio Post-Production (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.

I provide music and audio services, in an acoustically treated home studio, for various audiovisual media such as:

  • Cinema (Trailers; Short-Films; Big Picture Films; Streaming)
  • Series (Television and Streaming)
  • Advertising and Corporate
  • Video Games
  • YouTube

Technical and Artistic capabilities:

  • Being your producer, musician, sound designer and collaborator to maximize your artistic vision, musical track or audiovisual project
  • Providing professional production by using industry-standard plug-ins, instruments, music software (Pro Tools, Ableton Live and Logic Pro) and stereo mixing for audio (WAV and MP3 file export for music) and video formats (MOV and MP4 file export for audiovisual)
  • Working for any musical genre, including Pop, Rock, Soul, R&B, Metal, Funk, Cinematic and Orchestral

I’m looking forward to working with you and thanks for your attention :)

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Skills

Mi
Microsoft Office
Mi
Mix
Pro Tools
Vo
Voiceover
Ba
Backing Vocal
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Experience Level

Microsoft Office
Expert
Mix
Expert
Pro Tools
Expert
Voiceover
Expert
Backing Vocal
Expert
Master
Expert
Microsoft Excel
Expert
Ableton Live
Expert
Adobe Premiere Pro
Intermediate
Logic Pro
Intermediate
GarageBand
Intermediate
Soundtrack
Intermediate
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Language

English
Fluent
Portuguese
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Advanced
French
Intermediate

Education

BA in Music Production and Creation at Solent University Southampton
October 5, 2018 - June 1, 2022
First and second year of the bachelor’s degree: Theoretical-practical learning about the music industry, as well as apprehension of practical knowledge about music production and sound engineering, maximizing the use of musical acoustics, sound synthesis processing, microphone and recording techniques (strategic placement of instruments) in the studio for greater recording efficiency, thereby highlighting course units such as: First Year Units - Sound Engineering Marketing and Promotion for Musicians Music and Society Singing Professional Development Second Year Units - Advanced Music Production Advanced Synthesis and Processing Mixing and Mastering Live Mixing Third Year: TOP UP Year Last year of the bachelor’s degree with partnership of a British university, based on a more autonomous and professional instruction of the creative industries from modules such as Live Project Brief (original composition, production and mixing for clients), Advanced Music Production (creation of a musical product or service) and Creative Sound Design (elaboration de two soundtracks of short duration).
Musical Sciences at FCSH Nova Lisboa
September 15, 2016 - June 1, 2018
Obtaining knowledge in theoretical music fields such as: Musical History (from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Era); Scientific areas such as sound physics and musical acoustics; Musical training around sheet music reading, vocal and piano lessons, training in notation and musical arrangement; Introduction to technological and computational conventions applied to music

Qualifications

Audio Post-Production Technician at Buggin' Media (Portuguese Audiovisual Company)
February 1, 2023 - July 20, 2023
Learning about the operation of an audiovisual company and intertwining between its various departments, based on technical observation and assistance to professionals (dubbing and voiceover recording, and mixing for series and documentaries), as well as practical work in several fields of audio post-production such as: Stereo and 5.1 Mixing Audio Editing Voiceover Recording Sound Design (editing and mixing for advertising and series) Editing and Voiceover Mixing (Documentaries)
Audio and Music Freelancer
October 1, 2023 - July 10, 2024
Various freelancing services in the music, audio, media and writing fields, such as: MUSIC SOFTWARES AT USE (DAWS): PRO TOOLS ABLETON LIVE LOGIC PRO MUSIC SERVICES: PRODUCTION, MIXING AND MASTERING SOUND ENGINEERING SESSION MUSICIAN (GUITAR, BASS GUITAR, PIANO & SINGING) COMPOSITION AND ARRANGING STEREO & 5.1 MIXING AUDIOVISUAL SERVICES: 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 CREATIVE WRITING & JOURNALISM SERVICES: MUSIC AND CULTURE CRITICISM/REVIEWING (MUSIC, MOVIES & TV SHOWS) CREATION OF MUSIC & CULTURE PUBLICATIONS AND ESSAYS ON SEVERAL SOCIO-CULTURAL THEMES AUDIO & SOUND CONSULTING (FOR INDIVIDUAL CLIENTS AND 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)
Internship at Universal Music Portugal
June 1, 2019 - September 15, 2019
Learning about the operation of a label of recognized international prestige, with transversal tasks in the organization, and with particular emphasis on those performed in the Marketing, A&R, Promotion and Commercial departments. Acquisition of practical knowledge in areas such as: Budget definition for each project and artist Cataloguing of artists' inventory and its placement in the digital format Strategic planning of promotion and commercial flow between digital and physical media in the industry

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Computers & Electronics, Other
    uniE603 Bleak (An Ode to Lonerism)
    Original track by MikeSemantics (Miguel Almeida Alves) Track from "Anonymous Semantics" EP Services carried out by MikeSemantics: Original Composition Multi-Instrumentalist (Guitar, Bass Guitar, MIDI Keyboards) Music Production Mixing Mastering mixer musicproduction ambient calm inspiring inspirational cinematic master instrumental soundtrack music
    uniE603 Dystopia
    Original track by MikeSemantics (Miguel Almeida Alves) Track from "Anonymous Semantics" EP Services carried out by MikeSemantics: Original Composition Multi-Instrumentalist (Guitar, Bass Guitar, MIDI Keyboards) Music Production Mixing Mastering music mixer musicproduction ambient calm inspiring inspirational cinematic instrumental soundtrack master
    uniE603 Cada Qual Na Sua Mente
    "Cada Qual Na Sua Mente" by portuguese indie pop band Sogranora Services carried out by MikeSemantics: Sound Engineering Music Production Mixing Backing Vocals music master indie pop Portugal
    uniE603 Contemplation
    Original track by MikeSemantics (Miguel Almeida Alves) Track from "Anonymous Semantics" EP Services carried out by MikeSemantics: Original Composition Multi-Instrumentalist (Guitar, Bass Guitar, MIDI Keyboards) Music Production Mixing Mastering music instrumental soundtrack master calm inspiring inspirational ambient mixer musicproduction musician
    uniE603 Anything Left to Feel
    Original track by MikeSemantics (Miguel Almeida Alves) Track from "Anonymous Semantics" EP Services carried out by MikeSemantics: Original Composition Multi-Instrumentalist (Guitar, Bass Guitar, MIDI Keyboards) Music Production Mixing Mastering mixer musicproduction ambient calm inspiring inspirational cinematic music instrumental master soundtrack