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About Chris Bryant
Vital Stats:
Age 39; Dad, Husband, Lifelong Resident of Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Occupation:
Musician, engineer, “producer”, published songwriter, founder of StudioSmart Pro Tools Training Center, 20+ year pro-audio consultant, author of a string of Pro Tools and music production tutorials, articles, videos, and training resources; wanna-be web developer.
Last Book Read:
Understanding and Crafting the Mix by Bill Moylan
Favorite Restaurants:
Milestones, JJ Bean, Daimiko Sushi, Booster Juice (only at Park & Tilford).
Interests/Hobbies:
Music, Web Design, Fitness, Family, Culture, Theology, Science, Reading, Classic Arcade Games.
Favorite Magazines:
EQ, Sound on Sound, Keyboard, Recording, and Tape Op.
Latest Projects:
Put together the Pro Tools QuickStart Guide - a free guide for new Pro Tools users (get it here), producing an album by The Bondmen (in the editing and mixing stage), engineering various indy album projects, teaching people in person and finishing up a complete online Pro Tools and music production training site! (Please! Get the Newsletter to keep up to date on that).
Professional Accomplishments:
Sang on my first record at twelve, consulted for thousands of musicians, studios, and producers including dozens of celebrity artists, played in a band opening for Metallica, got credits on a number of minor and major label albums including one Gold selling album, heard one of my songs on the radio, earned some music technology & Pro Tools certifications, started my own business.
Instruments Played:
Drums, Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals.
Pro Tools Rigs:
HD2 Accel on a G5 Dual 1.8 with 3×192 I/Os and Sync, LE systems on MacBook Dual 2Ghz and iMac G5.
My Favorite Stuff:
- Coda Software
- AT4033
- Royer R122
- ADL CL1500 Compressor
- Princeton Digital Reverb 2016
- Wordpress
- Donkey Kong Country
- The John MacArthur Study Bible
- Anything Spectrasonics
- Photoshop
