Kevin Shima

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About Kevin Shima

I am a professional musician and audio engineer with 15+ years of experience in producing, recording, composing, performing, promoting, and teaching commercial music. I have reliable leadership skills when helping other musicians, music schools and music organizations to accomplish their artistic goals. Musician | Audio Engineer | Educatoremail: kshimaccm@gmail.comI have produced over 500 original songs as a solo act and with various bands. My roles included songwriting, singing, performing rhythm section instruments (guitar, keys, bass and drums), arranging, tracking, mixing and mastering. I have performed over 2500 concerts, and in addition to rehearsing, arranging and performing the music, my roles included booking, promoting, and live sound reinforcement. I also have experience in composing for orchestral instruments and recording orchestral ensembles.As an educator, I have instructed and developed curriculum for undergraduate courses in songwriting, producing, studio recording techniques, digital audio production, music theory, live orchestral recording, and live sound reinforcement. I have three years of experience leading student recording sessions of live orchestral ensembles at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, and archiving the recordings for the music school library. I also designed the course sequence, descriptions and learning outcomes for the new songwriting and music production degree at Indiana University.Competencies:• Music Instruction (in classroom and online Learning Management Systems)• Recording Studio Operations and signal flow• Digital Audio Workstations (ProTools, Logic, and Ableton Live)• Microphone techniques (for popular music in the studio and live orchestral recording)• Dante Networking (level 1 and 2 certification)• Live Sound Reinforcement• Songwriting and music production• Live performance, booking and promotionContact me at kshimaccm@gmail.com for any job opportunities (or services needed) in music production.