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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Accomplishments
Languages
Software
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Keith Morrison

Keith Morrison

Homestead,FL

Summary

Renowned Record Producer and Mixing Engineer with a history at Sony and BMG, I excel in Pro Tools, sound design, and artist coaching. Known for elevating audio quality and achieving international sales awards, my expertise in music production and collaborative leadership has consistently enhanced artistic performances across major labels.

Overview

45
45
years of professional experience

Work History

Audio Program Chair|

Sae Institute Of Technology,
Miami, FL
09.2022 - 01.2025
  • Leveraged 41 years of musical production experience and audio recording/mixing expertise to achieve student learning goals.
  • Recommended curricula revisions to improve student learning outcomes.
  • Recruited, hired, and managed faculty and academic staff.
  • Assisted faculty with teaching-related inquiries, and provided support to faculty members in the development of their courses.
  • Collaborated with academic departments and school staff to develop, coordinate, and implement new programs and initiatives.
  • Facilitated communication between students, faculty, and administration to address academic concerns.
  • Demonstrated strong problem-solving skills, resolving issues efficiently and effectively.

Master Class Lecturer

Universities, Private Vocational Schools
Bogota, Colombia, S.A.; Lima, Peru, S.A.
01.2006 - 01.2009
  • Discussed recording techniques, evaluated song structure and arrangement development in context of record production.
  • Led discussions focused on acoustic factors and their implications for recording and record production.
  • Conducted seminars in advanced mixing techniques.

Record Producer|

Sony, BMG, Various Independent Labels
Miami, Florida
01.1998 - Current
  • DAW proficiency: ProTools, Logic, and additional production apps and libraries: Revoice Pro, Melodyne, Autotune, Kontak, Vienna Symphonic, et al to arrange, mix, and edit tracks.
  • Scored, arranged, and executed sound design for music productions across many genres.
  • Created virtual orchestration from full orchestra to various smaller ensembles.
  • Contributed compositions to various productions.
  • Highly skilled at coaching artists and musicians.
  • Performed high-quality recording, mixing, sound design, and production in commercial studios: LA, Miami, Latin America, and Europe, .

Mixing Engineer|

Polygram, Universal, Curb, BMG, EMI, DreamWorks
Miami, Florida
01.1985 - Current
  • Exceeded artistic expectations for quality and sensitivity of both producers and artists.
  • Known for exceptional quality in areas of audio ambience and sonic texture.
  • Provided producers and performers with sound scape within which their musical performances could excel.

Recording Engineer

BMG, Warner Bros., EMI, Blue Note, Atlantic
Miami, Florida
01.1980 - Current
  • Optimized acoustic recording environments; coordinated assistants, musicians, arrangers, and conductors; managed all in-studio technical activities (machine calibration, microphone selection/placement, console setup), resulting in the production of high-quality in multiple recording formats for clients.
  • Performed high-quality recording, mixing, sound design and production in commercial studios.
  • Coached musicians; created clean, balanced audio.
  • Used above-mentioned software to mix and edit in multiple recording formats. Included in these were analog tape, through fixed-head and modular digital, to and including today's hard-disk-based systems.
  • Designed recording and production schedules according to client needs.

Education

Masters of Music - Trumpet Performance

University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida
05-1979

Bachelor of Music Education|Music -

Phillips University
Enid, Oklahoma
05-1977

Skills

  • Teaching excellence
  • Audio recordings
  • Microphone usage
  • Pro Tools
  • Sound design and scoring
  • Operating recording equipment
  • Control console operation
  • Music production
  • Mixing
  • Attention to detail
  • Problem-solving
  • Collaboration
  • Audio mixing techniques
  • Professionalism

Affiliations

  • Past member NARAS, LARAS, AES.

Accomplishments

  • Achieved extraordinary commercial success for record companies (see discography for multi-national sales awards (available upon request)).
  • Multi-gold/platinum record sales, received 2 Grammy nominations, 6 Latin Grammy nominations.
  • Latin Grammy Winner.
  • Most recent Latin Grammy nomination: Latin Grammy's top award, 2 nominations for Record of the Year 2017; first time in history two songs have been nominated for this award from the same album.

Languages

English (native), Spanish (fluent), Italian (conversational)

Software

Pro Tools, Logic, Ableton Live, et al

Timeline

Audio Program Chair|

Sae Institute Of Technology,
09.2022 - 01.2025

Master Class Lecturer

Universities, Private Vocational Schools
01.2006 - 01.2009

Record Producer|

Sony, BMG, Various Independent Labels
01.1998 - Current

Mixing Engineer|

Polygram, Universal, Curb, BMG, EMI, DreamWorks
01.1985 - Current

Recording Engineer

BMG, Warner Bros., EMI, Blue Note, Atlantic
01.1980 - Current

Masters of Music - Trumpet Performance

University of Miami

Bachelor of Music Education|Music -

Phillips University

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