My secret is simple," says Charlie Morrow, describing the collaborative process that has brought CMP international acclaim. "I bring together the absolutely best people in their fields -- composers, artists, writers, and technicians. The key is to strike a balance between the experience of seasoned professionals and the raw creativity of emerging talents. Once we have a potent creative mix, we simply submit to the mystery, not to mention the agony and joy of the creative process. And then the magic happens."


Charlie Morrow (b 1942 Newark, New Jersey, USA), is a conceptualist and maple syrup maker whose music work ranges over many styles and forms, from events for media and public spaces to commercial soundtracks, new media productions. museum installations and programming for broadcast and festivals. Assembling expert project groups, Morrow employs a collaborative style that fuses arts, artists, and environment; technological expertise creates the basis for a significant portion of his work, much of which utilizes a combination of the newest and very old technologies. He is president and creative director of Charles Morrow Productions, LLC On the other side of the hat is Charlie's homepage.

 

 

Maija-Leena Remes - Supervisor of Translations, Senior Editor, Writer

At CMP, Maija-Leena has edited the Empire State Building audio tour and supervised its translation into seven foreign languages. She has created an African French version of a Wildlife Conservation Society TV program, and is editor on CME (continuing medical education) interactives for physician training. She also produces interactive sales pieces and 3D sound recordings for CMP's Sound Cube. Her hobby is music and she is an amateur violist.

Maija-Leena is a certified translator and interpreter of Finnish, English and French, specialized in Medicine, Biology, Law and Technology. She has an MA in English Philology, French Philology, Musicology and Educational Sciences. She translated, edited and directed the production of subtitles and voice-overs for the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation for more than 15 years. She is the literary translator of some 30 books and essays. Her translations range from poetry, movies, plays and fiction to documentaries and non-fiction. Her languages include Finnish, English, French, Swedish, German and Italian.

 

 
Marc Nasdor - New Business Development,

Marc Nasdor has been a designer for more than twenty years, in both print and web media. As well, he has six years as a front-end web programmer and Flash animator.

In addition to his graphic design career, Marc has been involved heavily in international arts organizations, in the 1980s and 1990s as the co-director of the Committee for International Poetry. In this capacity, he traveled abroad extensively, recording poets for bilingual broadcast on U.S. radio stations, and organizing recitals in the United States for foreign poets.

A musician, poet and world music DJ, Marc has performed in France, Germany and Hungary, and has had poetry published in translation in Hungarian and German.

 

 

Noah Keating - Producer/Director/Editor

Noah Keating is an interactive designer and programmer involved in many mediums and creative forms. His work focuses on the experiential and playful possibilities afforded by immersing the human body in a technologically augmented space.

After earning his MFA from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts' Interactive Media Division, he began designing large scale LED dance game installations for companies like Philips and the Lightspace Corporation, and has since been creating custom projects for children's museums, aquariums, skyscrapers, record companies, and various humanitarian causes.

Noah has delivered papers at the DiGRA and NIME conferences, and his work on the online game Darfur is Dying won the 2006 MTVu Digital Activist Contest. In addition to his technological disciplines he is an experienced yoga adept, electronic music DJ and experimental poet.

 

 

Tyler Clausen - Audio Engineer, User Training and Support


Tyler gained his knowledge of audio recording from Expression College for Digital Arts in Emeryville, Ca. After earning his Bachelors Degree of Applied Science in Sound Arts, Tyler put his knowledge of audio to the test by recording and mixing for several local bands in the San Francisco Bay area as well as engineering live events, including the Monterey Jazz Festival, The International Wildlife Film Festival and many more. Tyler eventually made his way into film as a production and postproduction sound engineer. While volunteering at the Wildlife Film Festival located in Missoula, Montana, he made the acquaintance of Charlie Morrow. Subsequently, Tyler moved to New York to team up with Charles Morrow Productions and to expand and produce 3D sound in locations all around the world. Tyler will work on Rainforest Pyramid soundscapes as a member of the CONTENT team as an audio engineer in production and installation. He will provide support for the installed MorrowSound® systems and integrate the User Guide with User training.

 

 

William David Fastenow - Audio Engineer, Programmer, Live Sound


William David Fastenow is a media artist, producer, and entrepreneur. Spanning several genres and disciplines, his recent projects include playing MIDI Airguitar in The Air Band; creating Lifelines: A Voiceless Multi-Media Opera; composing Efflorescence, commissioned by baritone saxophonist Shirantha Beddage and the North Bay Symphony Orchestra; and leading the William David Fastenow Jazz Orchestra. Mr. Fastenow owns and operates Park Boulevard Productions and is on faculty at The Juilliard School where he is Technical Director of the Music Technology Department and Beyond the Machine Festival. He holds an MM from the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with Michael Abene, Dave Liebman, and Ludmila Ulehla.

 

 
 

Jone Ullakko - Composer, Audio Engineer

Jone Ullakko has a long music career in Finland. He is a well-known bandleader, singer, songwriter, session musician and producer. He was introduced to music at the age of 10 when he started on bass guitar. Since then he has been expanding his talents in various areas including keyboards, guitars and percussion instruments.

In the late 1980s he was a member and writer in famous Finnish band The Androids, and felt what it was to be a teen popstar. A few years later he participated at Eurovision song contest Finnish finals. He has awards in international song contests including Moscow ’98 1st prize and Istanbul ’96 3rd prize.

During the 1990s he expanded his career in studio work, including as a producer for four-time platinum ”The Smurfs ” and the platinum ”Kari Vepsä” among various other acts. He is also known as a talent composer for sports events. He has been composing theme melodies: the 1994 European Chapionships in Athletics, 1997 Ice Hockey World Championships, and the 2001 Nordic Skiing World Championships. Besides studio work he has been leading his own band Jones Bros. for 15 years, with 4 studio albums and thousands of gigs.

His True 3D credits:
Nokia World 08 Barcelona, 100m sound tunnell
Design Week Helsinki 09 live sound



 
 

Michael J. Schumacher - Composer, Audio Engineer

Michael J. Schumacher is a composer of electronic sound installations using 2 - 16 speakers, computer-controlled random structures, of acoustic music realizing advanced formal schemes, of taped and live music (also improvised) for prepared electric guitar, synthesizer, etc. He has composed works for piano solo, chamber ensemble, voice, and orchestra. He studied music at Indiana University and the Juillard School of Music.

Schumachers works have been presented in the United States, Europe and Asia. He has received grants from iEAR, The Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Meet the Composer, and Harvestworks. His discography includes five solo CDs, including a double CD set on the XI label.

 

 

Neill Woodger - Arup Acoustics

Neill Woodger is Principal Consultant with Arup Acoustics in New York, and group leader of its practice in the US. He has been responsible for the acoustic design of a wide range projects. He has extensive experience in architectural acoustics, electroacoustics and audio visual systems, with particular experience in the design of performance and entertainment spaces. Neill was responsible for the design and project management of the Istanbul Concert and Congress Centre. He has designed sound systems for concert halls, theatres, cathedrals, outdoor amphitheaters, indoor arenas and stadiums, with particular skills in design techniques to ensure speech intelligibility in complex acoustic environments.

 

 

Dr Brian F. G. Katz - Acoustician

Brian is a researcher in the fields of spatial 3D audio rendering and perception and room acoustics (based in France at the LIMSI-CNRS laboratory, coordinator of the Sound&Space research theme). His activities have included design of 3D audio systems and installations, acoustical design of various architectural spaces, and collaborations on artistic audio exhibit design. His areas of technical expertise include room acoustics for the performing arts, acoustical measurements, signal processing, and hardware/software development tools, and noise and vibration control. Brian is a member of the Acoustic Society of America and the Soci³t³ Fran­aise dÇAcoustique. Prior to his current research position, Brian has worked for various Acoustic Consulting firms, including Artec Consultants Inc, ARUP & Partners, and Kahle Acoustics. He has also worked at the Laboratoire d'Acoustique Musical and IRCAM in Paris. Brian has accumulated a bachelor's degree in Physics and Philosophy, a Master's in Applied Physics and a doctorate in Acoustics as well as numerous publications.

 


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