Independent Music Professional / Music Production, Engineering and Mixing
Memory - Doug Fenske
Primary Artist, Mixing, Producer
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1500 Sound Academy / Director of Education
My responsibilities at 1500 Sound Academy are wide-ranging. I ensure the musical experience of adults in an unfinished community by fostering connectivity, demonstrating empathy and developing community.
My experience as an independent record producer, recording engineer and mixing engineer has totaled sales/streams surpassing 6,000,000 units. The priorities of this role include high-profile client service, building and optimizing production solutions and refining operations for end to end musical workflows. Vocal tracking, tuning, edi
As an Instructor as Musicians Institute, I managed end to end creation and quality of instructional music production content videos. I also built educational roadmaps of digital music production curriculum for courses within the Independent Artist and Songwriting Programs.
The consulting work I performed for San Diego's largest recording studio and audio school included providing oversight and guidance for the commercial studio and school operations, creating instructional music production content videos from conception to completion, oversight of web asset development, including copy, images and videos, implementing modern CRM, programs and organizational discipline.
While serving in the Director of Education role at Cre8 Music Academy, I streamlined the completion of musical projects and submissions, wrote and consistently updated 60 hours of music production curriculum, managed an adult student body managed vendors, oversaw faculty development, lectured daily and assessed students.
During my time as a minority partner at Cre8 Music Academy, I led management, sales funnels, digital marketing and communication strategies, upheld a legacy brand, created online music production content, maximized ROI, performed budget projections, created organizational schedules and planned success metrics.
My time as an Instructor at SAE included lecturing on audio engineering theory, conducting practical and theory assessments, supervising student studio work, presenting practical workshops and leading seminars.
As a Lab Instructor at SAE Los Angeles, I conducted practical assessments, supervised student studio work, presented practical workshops and led seminars.
I began as an intern and ascended through the studio hierarchy to become an engineer. Recording, engineering and mixing for major label and independent producers, songwriters and artists was my primary responsibility. I also assisted freelance engineers in obtaining quality sounds in all seven of Westlake’s recording studios.
While studying audio engineering at The Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences, I took classes in Signal Flow, Analog Consoles, Outboard Gear, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Live Sound, Audio Post-Production for TV & Film, Studio Recording and Mixing. I achieved a 3.8 GPA and co-founded the school's chapter of the Audio Engineering Society while serving as the first student President.
While attending Eastern Illinois University, I completed the requisite general education courses and all courses related to my Speech Communications major. Courses such as Advanced Public Speaking, Public Relations, Television Production, Radio Production, Speech Research and Video Editing were included. At the beginning of my junior ye
Independent Music Professional / Music Production, Engineering and Mixing
Primary Artist, Mixing, Producer