Dan Crislip

I am seeking a creative position to design audio for next-generation video game titles.  My ideal position would include working with talented teams and cutting edge tools in creating sound effects and composing emotional and powerful soundtracks for exciting new games.

Achievements:

·          Lead sound designer on critically acclaimed game title: Dawn of War: Soulstorm.
·          Sole audio and music designer at award winning studio: Iron Lore Entertainment
·          Member of Game Audio Network Guild (http://www.audiogang.org/)

Previous Employment:

Sound Designer /Composer     Iron Lore Entertainment, Ltd. Maynard, MA        June 2007 to Present

·          Sound Design, Music Composition, contributions to design team.
·          Position included sound design for the two new races: Sisters of Battle, and Dark Eldar, as well as the 9 new flying units, and all in-game cinematics.  I was also responsible for all sound implementation and mixing.
·          References available upon request.

Accounts Manager                   AB Sales & Marketing Issaquah, WA          August 2005 to June 2007

·          General IT, and accounts management.
·          Position included the daily monitoring and invoicing of over twenty manufacturing factories and their sales accounts to Costco US, Costco Canada, and Costco International. 

Banquet Manager                    Henri’s Restaurant Longview, WA                   June 1996 to July 2005  

·          Banquet Manager: planning and coordinating banquets of up to 400 people.

Education:
Western Washington University, class of 2002

·          Bachelors Degree of Arts in Music Composition
·          Degree emphasis in computer generated orchestral composition and MIDI
·          Member of the Electro-Acoustic Composer’s Guild (student-run organization)
·          Projects included quarterly composition performances and reviews, live recording projects, and graduate final of a one hour concert of my original material.
·          My graduation final project was the creation of a .SF2 compatible soundfont made entirely from live orchestral instruments and vocal performances in a concert hall.

Technical Skills:

Software: ·          Digidesign Protools ·          Soundminer ·          Perforce ·          Relic Toolset for Dawn of War series ·          Iron Lore Toolset and Art Manager ·          Miles, FMOD, XACT/XDK ·          Sony Soundforge 8 ·          Sony Vegas 8 ·          Fruity Loops 7 ·          Microsoft Office XP – Excel, Word, Outlook

Hardware: ·          Behringer and Yamaha mixers and workstations ·          Yamaha 01V96 workstation ·          Shure condenser microphones ·          Neumann TLM103 cardioid studio microphone ·          Korg Trinity and Triton workstations ·          Kurzweil VAST workstation ·          Digidesign Protools Digital I/O 192 ·          Digital effect processors ·          Terratec 24 bit I/O PCI cards

Demo Reels:
Dawn of War: Soulstorm: http://www.skewsound.com/sound-design-portfolio/dow-soulstorm-demo-reel/
Black Legion Demo: http://www.skewsound.com/sound-design-portfolio/black-legion-project/