Nazer Lagrimas Jr.

Composer

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SUMMARY

Professional composer and musician devoted to providing high quality work across all aspects of game audio including original music, sound design, and audio implementation.
 EDUCATION

Berklee College of Music - Boston, MA (2006 - 2010)
 - Bachelor of Music In Film Scoring
 - Cumulative GPA: 3.8
 - Dean’s List Recipient
 - Berklee Video Game Music Club, President (2009 – 2010), Secretary (Spring 2009)
 - Relevant Course Work: Dramatic Orchestration for Film, Contemporary Techniques in Composition, Analysis of Dramatic Film Score, Advanced Counterpoint, Film Scoring Directed Study, Advanced Implementation for Video Games

Mount Carmel High School – San Diego, CA (2001 – 2005)
 - Mount Carmel High School Marching Band Percussion Section Leader (2003 – 2005)

SKILLS

- Original music composition, arranging, orchestration, music editing, notation - 15+ years of Piano/Keyboard experience in various styles including jazz, classical and new age
- Game audio implementation
- Experience in working studio environments
- Experience in working game development environments
- Proficient in both Mac and PC platforms
- Leadership and team building experience

Software Experience
 - Microsoft Office
 - Audio – Digital Performer, Logic, Pro Tools, Ableton Live, Reason, Audacity, Peak
 - Notation – Finale, Sibelius
 - Sample Libraries – Kontakt, Vienna Instruments, East West, Spectrasonics
 - Audio Middleware – FMOD, Wwise
 - DevTrack and DevTest

EXPERIENCE

Freelance Composer (2010 - Present)
Self-Employed – San Diego, CA
 - Writing and composing original music for clients in the San Diego area
 - Providing audio consultation on various film and video game projects

Game Test Analyst (2010)
Nelson Staffing – San Diego, CA
 - Quality assurance testing for first party titles at Sony Computer Entertainment America

Contract Composer / Sound Designer (2010)
ProArts Connect – Boston, MA
 - Composed original music and sound design for the Pro Arts Connect website, an online social network for the six Boston area arts colleges

Club President (2009 – 2010)
Berklee Video Game Music Club – Boston, MA
 - Planned and organized weekly meetings for a student organization of over 300 members 
 - Created and maintained the organization website, including Facebook and Twitter profiles
 - Worked with teams to provide professional quality audio design work for the Boston game development community
 - Contacted and brought in professional guest speakers, both live and through live streaming technology, to teach students interested in high quality audio design
 - Performed at the 2009 Game Developers Conference Game Audio Network Guild Awards

Member of the Game Audio Network Guild and the International Game Developers Association, Boston and San Diego chapters.

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