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Chicago, IL  (recently relocated from Brooklyn, NY)

StevePurpuri@gmail.com

732-644-8599

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)

  Scholastic Storyworks 

  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)

  Micato Safaris

  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

  • Analog and digital music recording in on-campus studio

  • Courses in music theory, performance, analysis and history, as well as the relevant physics courses

  • Internship at Horizon Music Group studio in West Haven, CT

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