Steve
Purpuri
Professional info
Accepting new projects in sound editing, recording, mixing, and performing live.
Experience
Production Sound Mixer / Boom Operator
Assassins in Love (short film dir. Kevin Scott)
Circa '78 (short film dir. Jason Bogdaneris)
Z.O.V. (short film dir. Rob Graydon)
Shades (short film dir. Nate Smith)
Style and Styleability (2014 Web Series) - Dean Street Society
Honestly Amelia (2014/2015 Web Series) - 2 Seasons
Just Another Marie (2014 Web Series) - 3 Episodes
Gutboy: A Badtime Story (2014 Film dir. Nick Grant) - Audio Playback
Maybe There's a Tree (2015 Mockumentary)
The Flowers of Fantastico (2014 Web Series) - 6 Episodes
The Plague (2013 Web Series) - Episode 4
Software
PRO TOOLS
iZOTOPE RX
SOUND FORGE
ADOBE PREMIERE
FINAL CUT PRO
MICROSOFT OFFICE
ARTICULATE
Skills
RF WIRELESS AUDIO
MIXING CONSOLES & PATCH BAYS
SOLDERING
EXTRON
POLYCOM VIDEOCONFERENCE
DIGITAL PROJECTION
Post Production Sound Editor / Mixer
2010 - present
Assassins in Love (2014 short film dir. Kevin Scott)
Sound Editor / Mixer
Ambition (2014 Short Film dir. Christopher Celestin)
Sound Editor / Mixer
Shades (2014 short film dir. Nate Smith)
Sound Editor / Mixer
After Hurricane Sandy: Rebuilding Hope (2013 Short Video)
Dialogue Processing & Noise Reduction
Elle Fashion Next 2013 - Episode 2
Dialogue Processing & Noise Reduction
2010 - present
Music Producer / Composer / Recordist / Mixer
Micato & Virtuoso (2013 animation based on song)
Music Composer, Recordist, Instrumentalist, and Mixer
Vocal Director, Recordist, Editor, and Mixer
Christmas Threw Up (2012 song by April Smith)
Recordist, Bassist, and Mixer
Sugar and Spice (2008 song for NFL ad)
McGarry Bowen
Music Co-Producer, Instrumentalist, and Mixer
Various music recordings 2001-present
Bassist
April Smith and the Great Picture Show (2007-present)
US tours, TV and radio appearances, recordings
"You Don't Own Me" Re-recording by April Smith for 2010 NFL ad
Originally recorded by Leslie Gore
Songs for a Sinking Ship (2010 album by April Smith and the Great Picture Show)
Upright and Electric Bass
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Audio Visual Technician, Presentation Technologies
Con Edison of New York 2008 - 2013
▪ Provided quick and professional support for Con Edison employees, executives and visitors
▪ Acted as a first responder for the 24/7 Corporate Emergency Response Center by supporting videoconferences during major storms and heat waves
▪ Improved speech quality in eLearning modules by designing and wiring a custom voice recording station with an isolation booth
▪ Supported large auditorium events with sound, lights, visual displays, video playback, videoconferencing, and video camera operation
▪ Achieved smooth transitions at events by merging and revising PowerPoint presentations and seamlessly switching between multiple PCs
▪ Implemented and tested Crestron RoomView control system in 10 classrooms, and helped the faculty to transition and adopt the new system
▪ Upgraded projectors in training center classrooms and workshops
▪ Educated non-technical employees on AV equipment use
▪ Assisted on-boarding by guiding new technicians on procedures and protocol
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Music and Sound Recording
University of New Haven
2001-2005
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Analog and digital music recording in on-campus studio
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Courses in music theory, performance, analysis and history, as well as the relevant physics courses
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Internship at Horizon Music Group studio in West Haven, CT