Jamie Hewitt

URL:

www.jamiehewittaudio.com

Skills:

I work as a sound engineer and musician for bands, solo artists, video games and speech work.

Bio:

2006

Started out studying an NQ in Sound Production at North Glasgow College in Springburn.

2007

Moved up to a 2 year HND and received the College Prize for HND Sound Production (Year 1).

Using knowledge gained from college I started recording friends bands around Glasgow and East Kilbride using my own equipment to gain more experience.

• Performed as bass guitarist for Little John Rocket, supporting the Hoosiers in Glasgow’s Arches and signing a record deal with Framingo Records. First single “At An End” released on vinyl split with The Scuzzies.
• Started work at Global Connects as a sound engineer recording and mixing translation documents.

2008

• Moved to Dundee to study a BA (Honours) in Creative Sound Production at the University of Abertay Dundee.
• Recorded bass guitar parts for LJR’s Basement & Forget About Us in Rico’s Doghouse Studios. Single and B-Side were released in May.
• Supported Dead Kennedys at Edinburgh’s Liquid Rooms in May on their only Scottish UK tour date. In September, LJR also played with Coolio at the Freshers Festival in George Square, Glasgow.

2009

• Worked at Underground Nightclub in Dundee for 8 months as a live engineer for local band nights.
• Composed music for 3 scenes of Enlightened Monster Pictures’ short zombie comedy film, Generic Dead.
• Film Director Mark Sloss used LJR’s Basement on the soundtrack for short film Vanille, screened at the Cannes Film Festival and the French Film Festival. Before splitting, the band ended on a high by creating a number of At An End and Nurnberg remixes and headlining Glasgow’s famous King Tut’s venue.

2010

• Worked for Abertay University to create music for a show-reel video which displays the work of animation and computer games students. Also recently created music for another Abertay video which is portrays a day in the life of a student at Abertay.
• Graduated in July with a 2:1 Honours degree in Creative Sound Production.
• Worked in summer 2010 at Cohort Studios in Dundee as an audio intern for the new Playstation 3 “Move” controller release, The Shoot, due out later this year.