Description

Tyler J. Willson

13071 Chets Creek Drive N

Jacksonville, FL 32224

(904) 891-5149

 

Summary:

Experience in business, marketing, and sales gained through management of self-owned business and music platform. Exemplifies great leadership and communicates well with others. Cultivates a positive culture among others and establishes a sense of honest, fun work ethic. Extremely knowledgeable about electronic music and its counterparts, demonstrating great passion for the music industry and music production and performance.

 

Music Experience / Skills:

• Music production – (2005 – present)
  • received support from other artists
    • Amba Shepherd
    • Jay Cosmic
    • Riggi & Piros
    • Gabriel & Dresden
    • Quilla
    • Synchronice
    • Mikkas
  • experience with various DAWs
    • FL Studio – primary DAW
  • experimentation with numerous genres
    • progressive
    • electro
    • hardstyle
    • drum & bass
    • glitch hop
    • industrial / experimental
  • original productions / remixes
    • Wavo charts
      • #1 original track submission in Krewella’s Troll Mix submission chart
  • mastering – (2013 – present)
    • self-taught
      • Ozone 6 Mastering Platform
• Mixing / DJing – (2012 – present)
  • experience with Traktor
    • §  Numark iDJ3
    • Traktor S8
  • live performance experience
    • Jacksonville, FL
      • Voodoo Ultra Lounge
      • TSI Discotheque
  • well-received submission in Monstercat podcast mix contest
    • entry highly rated by panel of judges
  • troubleshooting skills
    • live mix improvisation
      • learned to mix with Serato on borrowed decks after prior equipment failure
• Songwriting / Recording – (2013 – present)
  • experience writing lyrics
  • experience recording with live vocalist

 

Other Skills / Technical Knowledge:

• Symphonic / Marching Band – (2007 – present)
  • instrumentally taught
    • proficient in sight reading music
    • playing instruments by ear
    • improvisation skills through jazz band performance
  • Drum Major – (2011 – 2014)
    • profound leadership and strong work ethic
      • led band to receive highest rating at judged performance
    • direction / instruction
      • instructed 200+ students in music theory and performance technique
      • directed classes and rehearsals
• Business Management – (2011 – present)
  • experience through self-owned business (TJ Willson Music)
    • salesmanship
      • digital sales
        • Bandcamp platform
      • physical copy sales
    • marketing
      • social media management
      • physical distribution
• Graphic Design / Visual Arts
  • mobile photography / editing
  • self-designed album artwork for various music projects
  • logo design
  • video editing
• IT / Audio
  • Microsoft Office Certified
  • home stereo installation
  • car stereo installation

 

Testimonials:

 

“Many things remind me of Porter… Definitely gonna be a journey” – TELYKast

 

“Great melodies!” – Amba Shepherd

 

“…feels like stream of consciousness. It’s free and flowing.” – Quilla

 

“There have been a ton of mixes… yours is the best one so far!” – Gabriel & Dresden

 

“You’re like… Armin Van Knife Party” – Xilent

 

“The things you are not comfortable doing are often the most rewarding” – Mikkas

 

“You make great music and always will” – AgNO3

 

“Your mix sits really well… I really struggle with that” – T2Kazuya

 

“The chord progressions and melodies are really good. The sound design is quite nice and the ideas themselves are fantastic. They’re quite genre-bending and that’s exciting to see” – Daydreaming

 

“You’ve got some great ideas for sure” – Assaf

 

“I love this stuff! It’s very innovative… your vision is great!” – Ninth Parallel

 

“…you have taste… which means you’re going to end up making something unique.” – Jay Cosmic