Brian Knight Audio Engineer

Memphis Indie Recording Svc. (http://www.memphisindie.com)

email: brian@memphisindie.com

EXPERIENCE

2000/06    PRESENT                    Freelance Engineer / National Talent Buyer

    MidasH3/Yam MC3212/ Crown/EAW LA325/Turbosound Flashlight/Protea/Driverack, FOH and MON  Engineer, Designed a Blues Program and Booked national talent for two years, Designed two "Jam Nite" programs to increase audience on Monday & Tuesday successfully. Improved sound and light system and Designed and installed new EAW/Crown/DBX/Yamaha/Lexicon FOH rig, and DMX light system, freelanced excellent live recordings for acts. Own Soundcraft/HD-24/Protools 24+32 Track digital A/V studio, engineer recordings for artists, Post Audio for film, ADR and Foley for film.

Member of the Recording Academy,

1994 99     MP Productions                     FOH & Freelance Engineer

    Yam 3k/crown/42 box EAW 850 Moved to Little Rock Arkansas. Mixed FOH for acts, freelance engineer, & teaching a class on audio engineering. Mixed live radio simulcast, sound for video telecast for Fox National Network News, recordings for bands, live video shoot/simulcast China.    

1989 93        MONTANA STUDIOS                Engineer

    Many different configs /Yamaha/American/Soundcraft/A&H/Crest/Crown/QSC/BSS/Top of the line NYC showcase & rehearsal facility. Engineered  for many of the biggest international stars ever and many diverse styles, ethnicities, from many countries, many GRP Records acts, Imago Records acts, & Electra, BMG, CAPITOL, Warner, ATCO, & Atlantic Records acts. Mixed live music recording for artist Kohei Otomo’s Sony Documentary. Etc. I also freelanced as record label showcase engineer, and served as “live” recording engineer.

1990        UNDERGROUND RECORDING STUDIOS        Chief Engineer

    Trident 80 Series/ MCI-2"24 Track Studio facility. Engineered “live” and "overdub" sessions for up and coming pop, grunge, rap, ska, reggae,  and “metal” bands & scheduled equipment maintenance by freelance personnel, billing, setting prices for services

1993        THE BURNING FLAMES Band, Antigua            FOH Engineer

    Yamaha 3k/Crown EAW 850, Engineered FOH  @ Club Harambee & the next year @ Madison Square Garden’s Paramount.(the old Felt Forum).

1990        SPO DEE O DEE    House Engineer

    Ramsa/Carver/EAW, Nightclub FOH featuring unadvertised major label acts.

1989        JOE COCKER/CINDY BULLENS  U.S. TOUR    FOH Engineer

    SC 800/Yam 3k/Crown/42 box EAW 850, Engineered East coast outdoor arena tour FOH for Cindy Bullens’ Band.

1989        THE LONESTAR ROADHOUSE            House Engineer

    Yamaha1.8k/Carver/Kliptch, Nightclub MON and FOH for major label and indie rock, soul, blues, jazz,  & record label showcases etc.

1988 89        THE BOTTOM LINE, INC.     House Engineer

    Soundcraft 500/Crown DC-300/Chaos Audio CX & boxes, Premiere New York Showcase Room and Cabaret Theater for national and international acts, I mixed record  label showcases for some of the biggest acts on earth in soul, jazz, salsa, blues, rock, funk, Keltic, Scottish, African, Afro-Cuban, and many others, Etc. also mixed Live simulcast to Japan for opening of Bottom Line in Japan.    

1985        BIG APPLE STUDIOS, NEW YORK, NY        Intern

    24/48 track Neve 8068/Studer A820 studio previously owned by John Lennon then owned by Larry Harlow (FAMA RECORDS), Bernard Fox, & George Kazan. Set up rooms, rough mixes, and  learned recording, mic techniques, acoustical physics, billing, pricing, and client relations. on 24 track Masters of Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Richie Havens & Many others. Also did some session work as a musician.

1982        STRYDER SOUND, LITTLE ROCK, AR        Engineer

    Live recording and engineering for local acts, constructed custom speakers.

1981    STOCKTON AUDIO SYSTEMS, LITTLE ROCK, AR    Assistant to Designer

    Assisted in production, installation, & maintenance of custom built high fidelity/high efficiency enclosures.

 

 While working at Montana Studios I also re-interned at Soundtracs Studios to learn SSL Desk operation, used Kampo’s SSL room, Smash’s Trident room to record and mix multitrack sessions, Montana’s Big room to do Live to 2 track sessions, a short Jack Bruce tour, and some live recordings for some of the acts in addition to many major label showcases.

Memphis Indie Recording Svc. (http://www.memphisindie.com)

email: info@memphisindie.com

EXPERIENCE

2004/11    PRESENT      Memphis Indie recording Studio

Own Soundcraft/HD-24/Mogic Studio/Protools digital A/V studio, Location sound/boom, w/ full SMPTE ability, POST AUDIO, SOUND DESIGN, composer, ADR, and Foley for film.
Past clients include, TVII Multimedia, EventOne Media, Nickelodeon, FuelFilm, Fox National News, Artisan Multimedia AR (Simulcast to China),
Tricaster operation, editing, project assembly, FCPro familiarity, Logic Studio, Protools, etc...   

2005 Present     Temple Israel, Memphis TN    Audio/Video production

Live Video Production System, Webstreaming, wireless internal distribution, audio production, FOH and MON  Engineer.

Operate “Tricaster” live 2 or 3 camera production system, two robotic cameras, to produce video and audio for T.I. Memphis. Set up A/V systems and webstreaming, designed the Archives section’s A/V conversion/archival/redistribution  system, taught use, for all A/V systems.

2000 - 2004        Cajun’s Wharf     Engineer /Lighting System designer / National Talent Buyer

    Midas H3, A&H GL3k/4k, Yam 3k/4k, MC3212/ Crown/EAW LA325/Turbosound Flashlight/Protea/Driverack, Tricaster Designed, Improved, sound and light system, installed new EAW/Crown/DBX/Yamaha/Lexicon FOH system, and (via DMX) Robotically controlled light system for Cajun’s Wharf in LR, AR.  Booked national talent for three years. Designed Blues Monday and Funk Tuesday "Jam Nite" programs to increase attendance successfully for three years.  Live recordings upon request.

1999 - 2008         Freelance Work        Audio

Location sound/boom For Fox National Network News including Fox National News (Whitewater Trial remote), Artisan Multimedia AR (Simulcast to China for Clinton Admin), Post Audio for film, ADR and Foley for film for TVII Memphis TN (reconstruct, repair, foley, efx, adr, voiceover, mix for feature length film "Dummy, A Love Story"

1994 99             MP Productions LR,  AR                     FOH & Freelance Engineer

    Yam 3k/crown/42 box EAW 850. Mixed FOH large scale outdoor, amphitheaters, arenas, and sheds for acts and sound company, freelance engineer, & teaching a class on audio engineering. Mixed live radio simulcast, sound for video telecast.

1989 93             MONTANA STUDIOS NYC                Engineer

    Many different configs /Yamaha/American/Soundcraft/A&H/Crest/Crown/QSC/BSS/ Engineered many GRP Records acts, Imago Records acts, & Electra, BMG, CAPITOL, Warner, ATCO, & Atlantic Records acts. Mixed live music recording for artist Kohei Otomo’s Sony Documentary. Etc. I also freelanced as record label showcase engineer, and served as “live” recording engineer.

1990                   UNDERGROUND RECORDING STUDIOS NYC        Chief Engineer

    Trident 80 Series/ MCI-2"24 Track Studio facility. Engineered “live” and "overdub" sessions for pop, grunge, rap, ska, reggae,  and “metal” bands & scheduled equipment maintenance by freelance personnel, billing, setting prices for services.

1993                   THE BURNING FLAMES Band, Antigua NYC            FOH Engineer

    Yamaha 3k/Crown EAW 850, Engineered FOH  @ Club Harambee & the next year @ Madison Square Garden’s Paramount.(the old Felt Forum).

1990                   SPO DEE O DEE NYC    House Engineer

    Ramsa/Carver/EAW, Nightclub FOH featuring unadvertised major label acts.

1989                   JOE COCKER/CINDY BULLENS  U.S. TOUR    FOH Engineer

    SC 800/Yam 3k/Crown/42 box EAW 850, Engineered East coast outdoor arena tour FOH for Cindy Bullens’ Band.

1989                   THE LONESTAR ROADHOUSE NYC           House Engineer

    Yamaha1.8k/Carver/Kliptch, Nightclub MON and FOH for major label and indie rock, soul, blues, jazz,  & record label showcases etc.

1988 89              THE BOTTOM LINE, INC. NYC     House Engineer

    Soundcraft 500/Crown DC-300/Chaos (API) Audio CX & boxes, Premiere New York Showcase Room and Cabaret Theater for national and international acts, I mixed record  label showcases for some of the biggest acts on earth in soul, jazz, salsa, blues, rock, funk, Keltic, Scottish, African, Afro-Cuban, and many others, Etc. also mixed Live simulcast to Japan for opening of Bottom Line in Japan.  Refurbished the sound system.  

1985                   BIG APPLE STUDIOS, NYC        Intern

    24/48 track Neve 8068/Studer A820 studio previously owned by John Lennon then owned by Larry Harlow (FAMA RECORDS), Bernard Fox, & George Kazan. Set up rooms, rough mixes, and  learned recording, mic techniques, acoustical physics, billing, pricing, and client relations. on 24 track Masters of Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Richie Havens & Many others. Also did some session work as a musician.

1982        STRYDER SOUND, LITTLE ROCK, AR        Engineer

    Live recording and engineering for local acts, constructed custom speakers.

1981    STOCKTON AUDIO SYSTEMS, LITTLE ROCK, AR    Assistant to Designer

    Assisted in production, installation, & maintenance of custom built high fidelity/high efficiency enclosures.

 

 While working at Montana Studios I also re-interned at Soundtracs Studios to learn SSL Desk operation, used Kampo’s SSL room and Smash’s Trident room to record and mix many multitrack sessions, Montana’s Big room for Live to 2 track sessions, a short Jack Bruce (Cream) tour (just before Cream reunion), and some live recordings for some of the acts in addition to many (major label) showcases.

 While working at the Bottom Line I also recorded the Carl Perkins show with Eric Clapton and many many others on request.

The List of People I’ve worked with

In Little Rock:

        Anson Funderburg &The Rockets with Big Sam Myers, Anthony Gomes, Big Al & The Heavyweights, Carey Bell, CeDell Davis, Chubby Carrier, Curtis Salgado, Debbie Davies, Deborah Coleman, Duke Robillard, E. C. Scott, Eddie "The Chief" Clearwater, Eddie Cotton, Guitar Shorty, Harper, Jumpin’ Johnny Sansome, Kenny Neal & The Neal Brothers, The Kinsey Report, Larry Garner, Larry McCray, Michael Hill, Rockin’ High Liners, Roomful of Blues, Rosie Ladet, Smokin’ Joe Kubek & B’Nois King, Studebaker John, Tab Benoit, Theresa Andersson, Tinsley Ellis, W. C. Clark, Walter Trout, Walter "Wolfman " Washington, Wayne Toups, Scott Holt, Sean Costello, Big Bill Morganfield, Sammy Kershaw, Gibson Miller,

In NYC:

        Roger Daltry, Bob James, Bob Dylan, Bernie Worrell, Luther Vandross, Boys II Men, Milton Nasciemento, Aretha Franklin, James Taylor, Michael Brecker and The Brecker Brothers, SpyroGyra, Manhattan Transfer, Special EFX, Sadao Watanabe, Buster Poindexter, Meatloaf, Living Colour, Paul Stanley, Michael Franks, Chaka Kahn, Melba Moore, Mick Taylor, Matthew Sweet, Tony Williams, The Brecker Bros. Guy “ featuring Teddy Riley, Aaron Hall, Ruben Blades, Eddie Palmieri, Danny Rivera, Luis Vega, Tito Nieves, Harry Belafonte, Danny Gottlieb, David Sanborn, Carly Simon Ofra Haza, Mark Egan, Kenwood Dennard, Joan Jett, Freddie Jackson, Curtis Stigers, C+C MUSIC FACTORY, Queen Latifa, Angela Bofill, Mary J. Blige, Willie Colon, Charlie Sepulveda, Eddie Palmieri, Little Louie Vega, Tito Puente, Paul Schaffer & the Late Night Band, Buster Poindexter, Anton Fir, Jack Bruce, Peter Erskine, Don Grolnyk, the late John Cambell, and Mark Egan, Dennis Chambers, Akiko Yano, many GRP Records acts, Imago Records acts, & Electra, Warner, & Atlantic Records acts.Cyndi Lauper, Vince Neil,Mick Ronson, Chris Spedding, Paul Gordon, Phoebe Snow, etc., & record label showcases for Raging Slab, Phoebe Snow, Simply Red, The Chieftains, Carl Perkins & Eric Clapton, Al Stewart, Indigo Girls, Tower of Power, Susan Vega, The Proclaimers, Steps Ahead, David Bromberg, Steve Smith, John Scofield Bob Mould, Fairport Convention, Special FX, Guy Clarke, Townes Van Zandt, Jimi Tunnell, Joe Zawinul, Sun Ra, Chris Rea, Janis Ian, Jimmy Webb, Willy DeVille, Cornell DuPree, Roger McGuinn, Jeff Lorber, Lucinda Williams and many others.......