ELAINE WALKER ----> ELECTRONIC MUSIC EXPERIENCEDiscography
Education
Fall 1999-Spring 2001 -----> New York University, NYC
Masters Degree in Music Technology. Thesis: Formalized a music theory based on Chaos Theory mathematics.
Designed and built a stand-alone music performance instrument, the ChaosController: ziaspace.com/elaine/chaos
Fall 1986-Spr 1987, Fall 1989-Spr 1991 -----> Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
Bachelors in Music Synthesis Production. Thesis: 3 song demo featuring advanced technology and microtonal
musical scales.
Spring 1986 -----> University of London Union, Interdisciplinary exchange program with NMSU
Arranged by Electronic Music instructor, Warner Hutchison. Emphasis on Music and British Culture.
Fall 1986 - Spring 1986, Spring 1989 -----> New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM
Major in Music with focus on Electronic Music.
Employment
August 2007-present -----> Adjunct Instructor, Scottsdale Community College, Music Department
Electronic Music I & II. Contact: Mark Kopenits or Dr. Christina Novak. 480-423-6333.
Summer 2008-Spring 2009 -----> Music Editor for the cartoon TV series, GoGoRiki, 4Kids Ent., NYC
Music Supervisor: John Siegler. Contact: 212-590-2100, 53 West 23rd Street, New York, NY
Summer 2002-Spring 2006 -----> Music Editor for the cartoon TV series, Pokemon, 4Kids Ent., NYC
Music Supervisor: Julian Schwartz. Contact: 212-590-2100, 53 West 23rd Street, New York, NY
Summer 2001-2003 -----> Composer, BlueZia Productions (www.BlueZiaProductions.com)
Compose/produce music to accompany aerospace videos, science TV programming, and planetarium presentations.
Fall 1999-Spring 2001 -----> Chief Lab Monitor, New York University, Music Technology Dept
Supervisor: Tom Beyer 212-998-5437. Hired, scheduled and supervised Lab Monitor crew. Wrote and maintained
Filemaker Pro database for the Music Technology inventory, and for student lab-time and equipment tracking.
May 1991-August 1999 -----> Lab Monitor, Berklee College of Music, Synthesis Department
Supervisor: Chris Hull 617-747-2493. Technology supervisor and tutor for students during lab-time. Substitute
teacher and seminar speaker on music technology. Wrote and maintained a new Music Synthesis Dept inventory.
Other Experience
Fall 1991-Sum 2001 -----> Substitute Teacher, Berklee College of Music and New York University
Music Synthesis Dept. (Dr. Boulanger) / NYU, Music Tech Dept. (Dr. Rowe)
1986-present -----> Compose, Perform, Mix and Produce Original Music
Discography: http://www.ziaspace.com/discography
1992-present -----> Programmer, producer, and singer for all-live-synth band, ZIA
ZIA has five releases to date and has been on several compilations. Perform on homemade instruments
2006-2007 -----> Producer, engineer, programmer, and singer for band Number Sine
Number Sine has one release. Built professional homemade MIDI controllers for live performance
Oct 1991-Oct 1998 -----> Superintendent, Boston Sound Museum band rehearsal complex
Contact: Bill Desmond, 617-423-4959
April 1997-March 2003 -----> President of the Boston & NYC Chapters of the National Space Society
Recruited monthly lecturers, introduced meetings, coordinated public outreach.
1999-present -----> Solo singer at Pro-Space conventions
Sing original electronic music & perform on homemade Planetar and ChaosController at yearly conventions.
Knowledge of Computer Software
Macintosh - ProTools, Studio Vision, Performer, Logic, Csound, MAX, Sound Designer, Soundhack,
Toast, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Filemaker Pro
PC - ProTools, SoundForge, Photoshop, Basic Stamp software