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K Mereli

Summit,New Jersey

Summary

K Mereli (real name Koba Megrelishvili) a New Jersey based media composer.

Originally from Tbilisi (Country Georgia).

Music for TV shows, commercials, films, documentaries, animations, musicals, theatrical and contemporary dance performances.

Work History

Owner, Producer, Music Composer

Mereli Production
  • Compose Original Music.
  • Handled requests for specific musical selections.
  • Transcribed musical compositions and melodic lines to adapt to particular group or create specific musical style.
  • Collaborated with performers and producers to determine and achieve desired sound for production.
  • Determined voices, instruments, harmonic structures, rhythms, tempos and tone balances required to achieve effects desired in each musical composition.
  • Rewrote original scores to adapt to different musical genres and styles.
  • Transposed pieces from one instrument to another and one key to another to accommodate client and musician preferences.
  • Coordinated and organized tours or hired touring companies to arrange concert dates, venues and accommodations for longer tours.
  • Assigned and reviewed staff work in such areas as scoring, arranging and copying music.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced environment.
  • Organized and detail-oriented with strong work ethic.
  • Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
  • Worked flexible hours across night, weekend and holiday shifts.
  • Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
  • Consulted with directors and producers to determine placement of musical cues and coordinate artistic vision.
  • Used Cubase Pro and Wave Lab Pro to arrange cuts of soundtracks for movies.
  • Collaborated with dance department in creating scores for choreography projects.
  • Scored compositions for consistency with instrumental and vocal capabilities.
  • Directed groups at rehearsals and live or recorded performances to achieve desired effects such as tonal and harmonic balance dynamics, rhythm, and tempo.
  • Positioned members within groups to obtain balance among instrumental or vocal sections.

Owner, Producer, Artists Manager

Georgian Music Agency
  • Supported artist goals with corresponding action plans and timelines.
  • Established strong relationships to partner with and navigate artists with wide range of personality types.
  • Oversaw budget and worked with artist to drive fiscal responsibility and profitability.
  • Managed and filed contracts, invoices and other documents associated with talent.
  • Negotiated contracts and terms with agents and talent by attending meetings and creating deals.
  • Handled requests for specific musical selections.
  • Directed global operations, from starting point of signing artist to label through marketing and sales of music.
  • Collaborated with performers and producers to determine and achieve desired sound for production.
  • Directed groups at rehearsals and live or recorded performances to achieve desired effects such as tonal and harmonic balance dynamics, rhythm, and tempo.
  • Coordinated and organized tours or hired touring companies to arrange concert dates, venues and accommodations for longer tours.

Co-Owner, Producer, Composer

Advertising Company Re-Animator
  • Compose Original Music.
  • Handled requests for specific musical selections.
  • Transcribed musical compositions and melodic lines to adapt to particular group or create specific musical style.
  • Produced music videos broadcast on international cable and satellite networks and streaming music channels.
  • Collaborated with performers and producers to determine and achieve desired sound for production.
  • Scheduled shoots and set up filming by communicating with talent and crew.
  • Oversaw creative development and filming of different types of video content.
  • Managed and coordinated post-production video editing, motion graphics design, compositing and quality assurance reviewing.
  • Oversaw logistical aspects from pre-production to post-production.
  • Produced and edited high impact segments and stories.
  • Recorded, edited, mixed and mastered audio for different types of videos.
  • Tuned playback systems to deliver audio experiences surpassing customer expectations.
  • Used acoustic design experience to obtain best sound.
  • Collaborated with artists, producers and engineers to create audio recordings.
  • Rewrote original scores to adapt to different musical genres and styles.
  • Consulted with directors and producers to determine placement of musical cues and coordinate artistic vision.
  • Transposed pieces from one instrument to another and one key to another to accommodate client and musician preferences.

Music Producer, Composer

TV Channel - 9
  • Compose Original Music.
  • Rewrote original scores to adapt to different musical genres and styles.
  • Transposed pieces from one instrument to another and one key to another to accommodate client and musician preferences.
  • Scored compositions for consistency with instrumental and vocal capabilities.
  • Determined voices, instruments, harmonic structures, rhythms, tempos and tone balances required to achieve effects desired in each musical composition.
  • Handled requests for specific musical selections.
  • Produced music videos broadcast on international cable and satellite networks and streaming music channels.

Music Producer, Composer

TV Channel - 7
  • · Handled requests for specific musical selections.
  • · Transcribed musical compositions and melodic lines to adapt to particular group or create specific musical style.
  • · Collaborated with performers and producers to determine and achieve desired sound for production.
  • · Determined voices, instruments, harmonic structures, rhythms, tempos and tone balances required to achieve effects desired in each musical composition.
  • · Rewrote original scores to adapt to different musical genres and styles.
  • · Transposed pieces from one instrument to another and one key to another to accommodate client and musician preferences.
  • · Coordinated and organized tours or hired touring companies to arrange concert dates, venues and accommodations for longer tours.
  • · Assigned and reviewed staff work in such areas as scoring, arranging and copying music.
  • · Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • · Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • · Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
  • · Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic.
  • · Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
  • · Worked flexible hours across night, weekend and holiday shifts.
  • · Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.

Music Composer

Youth Music Theatre “Little Red Riding Hood”
  • Compose Original Music.
  • Rewrote original scores to adapt to different musical genres and styles.
  • Consulted with directors and producers to determine placement of musical cues and coordinate artistic vision.
  • Transposed pieces from one instrument to another and one key to another to accommodate client and musician preferences.
  • Collaborated with performers and producers to determine and achieve desired sound for production.
  • Collaborated with dance department in creating scores for choreography projects.

Eurovision Song Contest Music Producer

Georgian Public Broadcaster
  • Handled requests for specific musical selections.
  • Produced music videos broadcast on international cable and satellite networks and streaming music channels.
  • Directed groups at rehearsals and live or recorded performances to achieve desired effects such as tonal and harmonic balance dynamics, rhythm, and tempo.
  • Coordinated and organized tours or hired touring companies to arrange concert dates, venues and accommodations for longer tours.


Music Producer, Composer

Georgian Public Broadcaster
  • Compose Original Music.
  • Rewrote original scores to adapt to different musical genres and styles.
  • Transposed pieces from one instrument to another and one key to another to accommodate client and musician preferences.
  • Scored compositions for consistency with instrumental and vocal capabilities.
  • Determined voices, instruments, harmonic structures, rhythms, tempos and tone balances required to achieve effects desired in each musical composition.
  • Handled requests for specific musical selections.
  • Produced music videos broadcast on international cable and satellite networks and streaming music channels.

Music Producer

Georgian Public Broadcaster
  • TV Producer of World Known Stars Tours and Live Concerts in Georgia:
  • Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate, Maceo Parker, Earth Wind and Fire, Quincy Jones, Roy Ayers, Take 6, Matt Bianco & Groovesonix, Enrique Iglesias, Smokie, Ms. Lauryn Hill, The Clients Funk Society, Fourplay, Busta Rhymes, Chris Botti with special guest Sting, Chick Corea & Gary Burton, Bobby McFerrin, The Manhattan Transfer, Chico & the Gypsies, Coolio, Charles Aznavour, John McLaughlin, Boney M of Marcia Barrett, Kenny Garrett, Marcus Miller, Incognito, Miles Electric Band, Macy Gray, George Duke Band, Beorge Benson, Tania Maria, Gregory Porter, Al Jarreay, Victor Bailey Group, Joe Cocker, Ice Coctails Revue, Cristina Aguilera, Cesaria Evora, Andrea Bocelli, Maceo Parker, Simply Red, Shakira, Julio Eglesias, Katie Melua, Montserrat Caballe, Chris de Burgh, José Carreras, Toto Cutugno, Parov Stelar Band, Richard Bona, The Blues Brothers.

Music Composer

Animated Films Studio MIFASI
  • Compose Original Music.
  • Rewrote original scores to adapt to different musical genres and styles.
  • Consulted with directors and producers to determine placement of musical cues and coordinate artistic vision.
  • Transposed pieces from one instrument to another and one key to another to accommodate client and musician preferences.
  • Collaborated with performers and producers to determine and achieve desired sound for production.
  • Scored compositions for consistency with instrumental and vocal capabilities.
  • Determined voices, instruments, harmonic structures, rhythms, tempos and tone balances required to achieve effects desired in each musical composition.
  • Filled in details of orchestral sketches such as adding vocal parts to scores.

Music Composer

Advertising Studio "Sarke"
  • Compose Original Music.
  • Rewrote original scores to adapt to different musical genres and styles.
  • Consulted with directors and producers to determine placement of musical cues and coordinate artistic vision.
  • Transposed pieces from one instrument to another and one key to another to accommodate client and musician preferences.
  • Collaborated with performers and producers to determine and achieve desired sound for production.

Music Composer

Advertising Studio "TBC"
  • Compose Original Music.
  • Rewrote original scores to adapt to different musical genres and styles.
  • Consulted with directors and producers to determine placement of musical cues and coordinate artistic vision.
  • Transposed pieces from one instrument to another and one key to another to accommodate client and musician preferences.
  • Collaborated with performers and producers to determine and achieve desired sound for production.

Music Composer

NeoStudio
  • Compose Original Music.
  • Rewrote original scores to adapt to different musical genres and styles.
  • Consulted with directors and producers to determine placement of musical cues and coordinate artistic vision.
  • Transposed pieces from one instrument to another and one key to another to accommodate client and musician preferences.
  • Collaborated with performers and producers to determine and achieve desired sound for production.
  • Collaborated with dance department in creating scores for choreography projects.

Music Composer

Dumbadze Professional State Youth Theatre
  • Compose Original Music.
  • Rewrote original scores to adapt to different musical genres and styles.
  • Consulted with directors and producers to determine placement of musical cues and coordinate artistic vision.
  • Transposed pieces from one instrument to another and one key to another to accommodate client and musician preferences.
  • Collaborated with performers and producers to determine and achieve desired sound for production.
  • Collaborated with dance department in creating scores for choreography projects.

Music Composer

Theatre Basement
  • Compose Original Music.
  • Rewrote original scores to adapt to different musical genres and styles.
  • Consulted with directors and producers to determine placement of musical cues and coordinate artistic vision.
  • Transposed pieces from one instrument to another and one key to another to accommodate client and musician preferences.
  • Collaborated with performers and producers to determine and achieve desired sound for production.
  • Collaborated with dance department in creating scores for choreography projects.

Music Composer

Eristavi Theatrer
  • Compose Original Music.
  • Rewrote original scores to adapt to different musical genres and styles.
  • Consulted with directors and producers to determine placement of musical cues and coordinate artistic vision.
  • Transposed pieces from one instrument to another and one key to another to accommodate client and musician preferences.
  • Collaborated with performers and producers to determine and achieve desired sound for production.
  • Collaborated with dance department in creating scores for choreography projects.

Music Composer

Rustavi Theater
  • Compose Original Music.
  • Rewrote original scores to adapt to different musical genres and styles.
  • Consulted with directors and producers to determine placement of musical cues and coordinate artistic vision.
  • Transposed pieces from one instrument to another and one key to another to accommodate client and musician preferences.
  • Collaborated with performers and producers to determine and achieve desired sound for production.
  • Collaborated with dance department in creating scores for choreography projects.

Education

Master of Arts - Music Theory And Composition

V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire
Tbilisi, Country Georgia
1997

Master of Arts - Music Theory And Composition

Tbilisi Music College
Tbilisi, Country Georgia
1986

Skills

  • Music For Theatre Performances
  • Music For Contemporary Ballet
  • Music For Animated Films
  • Music For Documentaries
  • Film Scoring
  • Music For TV commercials
  • Harmony Knowledge
  • Arranging Music
  • Music Programming
  • Music Editing
  • [Cubase Pro Wave Lab Office] Program Proficiency
  • Musical Arrangements

Languages

Georgian
Native or Bilingual
English
Professional Working
Russian
Full Professional

Timeline

Owner, Producer, Music Composer

Mereli Production

Owner, Producer, Artists Manager

Georgian Music Agency

Co-Owner, Producer, Composer

Advertising Company Re-Animator

Music Producer, Composer

TV Channel - 9

Music Producer, Composer

TV Channel - 7

Music Composer

Youth Music Theatre “Little Red Riding Hood”

Eurovision Song Contest Music Producer

Georgian Public Broadcaster

Music Producer, Composer

Georgian Public Broadcaster

Music Producer

Georgian Public Broadcaster

Music Composer

Animated Films Studio MIFASI

Music Composer

Advertising Studio "Sarke"

Music Composer

Advertising Studio "TBC"

Music Composer

NeoStudio

Music Composer

Dumbadze Professional State Youth Theatre

Music Composer

Theatre Basement

Music Composer

Eristavi Theatrer

Music Composer

Rustavi Theater

Master of Arts - Music Theory And Composition

V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire

Master of Arts - Music Theory And Composition

Tbilisi Music College
K Mereli