SAAN
Live Sound Engineering
Venue and Tour Management
Live and Studio Recording, Pre and Post Audio Production

Venues worked at include..

Bestival, Morocco Cassamusik Festival, Secret Garden, Royal Festival Hall,  Royal Albert Hall,
Bristol Gateway Football Stadium, The Round House, C.C.R Istanbul State Theatre, Glastonbury , London Astoria, The Carling Academy’s, The Everyman Theatre Cork, Lounge on the Farm, Ealing Jazz Festival, Wembley Arena & Conference Centre, The Old & New Vic, Queen Elizabeth Hall , Royal Festival Hall, V Festival, The Shrine Auditorium LA, The Natural History & Science Museums, Telford International Centre, Hutsfred Sweden, BIC-Brighton, The State Theatre Barcelona, The Marlborough Jazz Festival........almost everywhere else.....?.....



Have worked with …
Kenny Garret (ex Miles Davis) 		Robi Lakatos
Sibongil Khumalo	                                
Ian Shaw                    			Mark Knoffler
Andy Summers (ex Police)	           Elvin Jones Jazz Machine
Beth Rowley                                           The RPO
Roy Ayres				           The Woody Herman Orchestra
George Benson                                       Vital Information
Ian Shaw				           Sarah Jane Morris
AL Woodson ( Temptations )		Menlo Park
Sonny j                                                     Tung
Sami Yusuf				           Jimmy Scott
Tina May                                                Raul Midon
Hugh Masacala				Berlin Philharmonic
Yusef Islam	                                            Willie Mason
London Metropolitan Orchestra          Geno Washington
Lohki Terra				           Ray Gelato and the Jazz Giants
Jason Smallwood                                   Miner Quay
Peter White				           Hamish Stewart ( ex Average White Band)
Roy Haynes                                             Sia
Baaba Maal				           Kaiser Chiefs
Sonny J                                                    Garth William
Stacey Kent				           Ike Turner				
Bob Berg				           Kathryn Jenkins
Pete Townsend                                       Justin Adams
The Shortwave set                        	Charlie Watts Tentet
The Count Basie Orchestra 		The Mingus Big Band
Mose Alison				Dave Weckle Band
Richard Bona				Nigel Kennedy	
Manu Dibango                                       Georgie Fame
Avashai Cohen (Chick Corea)		Fine Young Cannibals
Chucho Valdes				Sheik Lo	
Chris Jagger				           Sierra Maestra			   
	    
                to name but a very few...


Freelance Sound Engineer
Systems Tech and Stage Management since 2000. 
Some UK sound hire companies I have worked with...

 Entec Sound & Light, Sound By Design, Stage Electric, Richard Nowell Sound System, Wigwam, Fearless Audio, John Henry’s, Nub Sound and Britannia Row.

Also

Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, Frith St Soho W1
House Engineer, Stage Manager, MC

PizzaExpress Jazz Club, Dean St Soho W1 
Sound Engineer, Stage Manager, Floor Manager & Bookings Assistant

Soho Jazz Festival and Oris London Jazz Festival
Sound and venue bookings, working closely with 26 venues



BBC Television and BBC 3  Radio recordings as well as many other production companies, including Monty Alexander for Universal records, internet broadcasts for Charlie Watts , X-FM and the Pepsi chart show:  mixing, stage and assisting 


Tours include…
                      

Live Recordings include...

Corine Bayle-Rae live at Ronnie scotts (live desk mix to dsd)
Sarah Jane Morris live at Hay-on-wye
Charlie Watts Tentet internet Broadcast ( protools )
Sami Yusuf live in Bosnia (Alesis HD24-logic)
Beth Rowley (live desk mix to dsd)
Jason Smallwood ( logic studio / project /sessions)
Minor Quay Sea Shanty Singers ( logic studio record )
NYJO at Ronnie Scotts ( protools )
The Isle of Wight Male Voice choir ( logic )
Jason Smallwood studio project (logic)
Pelynt Male Voice Choir (logic)
Monti Alexander for Universal promotion video ( cubase )
Jolly Sailor’s Sea Shanty group (Logic live studio session )
Lohki Terra live recording for broadcast on the world service ( logic )
Frank Gambale’s Natural High Trio live tour recording and mix ( logic )
Assistant recording Engineer at Temple Studios for Miles Ashton ( milestones ) on Pete Wareham’s Acoustic LadyLand sessions( protools )



Also Assisted with ( systems, stage  & assistant mixing )...

Chick Corea  , Joe Zavinul , Michael Brecker ,Yoyo Ma’s Silk Road, Branford Marsalis , 
Triloc Gurtu, Acoustic Alchemy, James Blunt, Lisa Stansfield and Linda Lewis



Corporate Clients have included…

Vodafone				           I.O.D & W.I.O.D
Sony PS2 Launch			          	Barnados
FLP					           BA-Heathrow Airport 
British Institute of Design Awards	American Express



...and again also

Ronnie Scott’s and PizzaExpress Jazz Club, Dean St: Rock, Pop, Jazz and Classical show cases at for Independent and Major Labels: Ninja Tunes, Sony, Candid Jazz, Blue Note, EMI, Lynn Records and Universal (1994-2003)

Royal Albert Hall BBC Proms & Late Night Proms: F.O.H , Monitors & Radio’s and Stage Management live pa for Broadcast (sound by design ) 2002/03/04/05

Henley Festival of Arts and Music 2003, Stage Management for Café Marquee Tent

Come Together Community Free Festival Oxfordshire 2004, chairman




Worked with both Analogue and digital...

Midas, Allen & Heath, DiGiCo D5Live & D1, Crest, Mackie, Sound Craft and Yamaha, D&B, EM Acoustic, Bose, Meyer and EV in most of England’s and Europe’s Major concert venues. I use Logic Pro v7.1, Pro Tools v6.5, Cubase SX and Adobe Audition v1.5.


Available for Concerts, Pre and Post Production,
 Recordings, Tours and Festivals

info@spiralaudio.com

	
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