Nicholas F. Kallman
1125 NW 9th Ave. Apt. 503 Portland, OR | 207.841.8699 | [email protected] | nicholaskallman.com
Work Experience
SkewSound, LLC
December 2013 to Present
Founder, Sound Designer, Producer, Manager
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Created a successful, collaborative side business selling original sound effect and music libraries.
Provided custom audio for the following clients:
o Frima Studio
o Suppressive Fire Games, LLC
o Interactive Sound & Fury
o Continuum Innovation
o athenahealth, Inc.
Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.
October 2008 to April 2013
Composer/Sound Designer – Unannounced and Unreleased Project
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Primary creature, machine, environmental, and dialogue sound designer for next-gen console video game.
Sound effect creation for stereo, 5.1, and 7.1 playback.
Composer/Sound Designer – Dance Central Franchise
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Recorded, edited, organized, mixed, and implemented dialogue.
Foley sound effect creation and editing.
Composer/Sound Designer – Rock Band DLC
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Song authoring.
Composer/Sound Designer – Harmonix Podcast
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Audio engineering, mixing, and producing.
Audio Quality Assurance – Rock Band 3, The Beatles: Rock Band, Green Day, LEGO Rock Band, DLC
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Project manager for the team responsible for 275 consecutive weekly content submissions to first party
publishers resulting in millions of dollars of revenue for the company.
Verified that Rock Band song content met strict gameplay standards and was musically accurate.
Education
Berklee College of Music
Graduated May 2008
Bachelor of Music, Music Production and Engineering
Skills/Assets
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Proficient with Pro Tools, Sound Forge, Reaper, Logic, Perforce, Fmod, Wwise, Max/MSP, Bugzilla (bug tracker
software), MySQL, Microsoft Office, Windows OS, Mac OS, Hansoft, Java, Python, and more.
Applied advanced studio, field-recording, and production techniques in numerous high-stress situations.
Film audio Post-Production involving ADR, Foley, SFX, Music composition and 5.1 mixing.
Great capacity to learn quickly as projects and teams develop, meticulous attention to detail, and excellent
problem solving skills.
Strong ability to think creatively and effectively tackle the challenges of being on multiple teams simultaneously
and at different stages in development.