Alfredo Villela

Music Synthesist

Overall knowledge:
Macintosh hardware and software

PC’s hardware and Windows

Network and web-based applications

Spanish technical writing and support

 Software
Music:
Csound
Digital Performer
Machfive
Max
Pro Tools
Peak
Reason
Mosaic

Visuals
Final Cut Pro
Adobe Photoshop

Programming
Code Warrior
Resedit
Csound

Publishing
Frame Maker
GoLive
Word
Adobe Distiller

Published Material
Spanish Digital Performer 3 complete manual
Spanish 828 user guide Mac & Windows
Spanish AudioDesk manual OS 9
Spanish 2408 user guide
Spanish 1224 user guide
Spanish AV, XT etc. MIDI interfaces user guide

Three articles in MusicoPro magazine

Spanish MOTU website

Hardware
Sac2K control surface
MOTU audio interfaces, MIDI and syncronizers
Digidesing hardware
Hard Drives

Contact:
973 930 5902
Glen Ridge NJ
azteclibrary.com
musecycle.com
alfredo@azteclibrary.com

Background
Major: Music Synthesis (Berklee College of Music class ‘98)

Age: 40 (Nov./01/1964)

Summer 2004
Audio Consultant and mixing Tami Machnai’s CD “Looking Glass Studios NY”
Score and performed for the Light Tribe –DVD Promo- (Multi-media artist and performers) “Florida”
Produced -Tonantzin- concert using Nahuatl instruments and computers on real time “Fletcher Hall Montclair, NJ.
Performance - lecture at the Montclair Art Museum

Spring 2004
Lecture: Aztec Music, Hunter College.
Played percussion on John Ehlis ensamble.

Fall 2003
Project Anima Mundi commissioned by poet Efrain Bartolomé.

Summer 2003
Project “Fisuras del Tezontle” based on the poem Fisuras del Tezontle by Adelaida Villela Amor.

Spring 2003
Project Dios Sol: contemporary compositions using Aztec instruments.

Fall 2002
Project “Azteclibrary”: the creation of a private sound library of pre-hispanic (Aztecs) instruments to be used as compositional sources.

Summer 2002
Audio Engineer (mix and master) Milton Mendez CD (Miel Productions.)

Summer 2001
Tracking Abraham Laboriel’s bass, Juan Blas Caballero (producer).
Performance improvisation “open theatre, Boston”.

From 1998 to 2002
MOTU —Director of the Spanish department at Mark of the Unicorn— (music hardware and software for professional studios.)

Spring 1998
Thesis performed at Radcliff, dance and choreography by Rose Ann Murray.
Music Synthesis club vice-president, Berklee College of Music (BCM).
Technical director, Computer Music studio, Brown University.

Fall 1997
Dr. Richard Boulanger’s personal assistant, BCM.
Lectures about digital audio & multimedia.
Vice-president, Interactive Music Club BCM.

Summer 1997
Bruce Kats, piano instructor BCM.

Spring 1997
Csound advanced class, Dr. Richard Bou­langer.

Fall 1997
Synthesizer’s specialist (Daddy’s Junky Music, Boston.)

Summer 1996
Music Synthesis classes (MS 140, Dr. Bou-langer & MS 139, Chris Noise.)
Performed “Over the Edge Concert, BCM”.
Music score “Caminantes” (CD-Rom). Pre­miere at the Museum of Anthropology
—Mexico City— sponsor by Adobe, Kodak & Sony.

Spring 1996
Produced and composed score for “Cami-nantes” (CD-Rom).

Fall 1995
Classical department (Tower Records, Boston.)
Mastered Bill Rogers’ film score for L.A. TV AMC “Hollywood Report” (Granger Entre­tament.)

Summer 1995
Sound Engineer —DJ Toto studio—.

Spring 1995
Counseling Center BCM.

Fall 1994
Assistant engineer “Looking Glass studios”.
Editing, mixing, cueing & recording Philip Glass’ music for the motion picture “Candy Man II”.

Spring & Summer 1994
Full time enrolled “BCM”.

Fall 1993
Graduate from an intensive ESL program (Language Institute for English LIFE “Jul­liard, NY”.)

Summer 1993
Performance at Julliard (LIFE activities.) Pri­vate instructor: Julliard’s pianist Mathew Herzokowitz.

Spring 1993
Performance: Rutherford NJ (LIFE)

Fall 1992
Composed and produced music for multi-media performance called “Mantos al Viento”, commissioned by
Yolanda Lazo (sculptor) “director of Anhauac University’s Communication Sciences program”.

Summer 1992
Two Performances: Angelica Morales Audi­torim “Escuela Superior de Música” ESM (Mexico).
Electro Acoustic labs. P.Wang and A. Esbri.

Spring 1992
Five performances in Mexico City as a member of fusion group called Tisha.

Fall 1991
Recorded and mastered Tisha’s demo (final­ist in the Battle of the Bands Mexico.)

Summer 1991
Sound engineer for The National University of Mexico. Recorded dolphins and wales (Puerto Vallarta, Mex.)

Spring 1991
Performance: Magic Club commissioned by the French Embassy Mex.
Music for dance “Animalias” choreography: Rose Ann Murray.

1990
Started studies at the “Escuela Superior de Música”.