Charlie McCarron
Sound Design
2010 - Sound Designer for the feature-length film The Telephone Game. My role involved dialogue editing, ADR, music supervision, music editing, and sound design.
2011 - Tucker Betts Presents - director, production sound engineer, sound designer, music supervisor, music editor.
- Sample 1: Introduction
- Sample 2: Marco's Nightmare
- Sample 3: Warming Up
2011 - Resonance - sound designer, camera operator, screenwriter.
2011 - Connected (in production) - sound design, ADR, composition.
2011 - Dear Dairy - sound design, filming, editing, music recording.
Music Composition and Audio Production
2005 - "The Singing Bone for Orchestra" - Won the James and Paula Nelson Young Composers Composition, was performed by the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra.
2008 - The Mystery of Grey Matters - Composed and produced an experimental 3-disc story album, where disc 1 and 2 are merged together on disc 3. Coordinated over one hundred musicians and voice actors.
2010 - Involved in multiple pop songwriting contests. Here are a few of my songs, written and produced in about one week each:
- "Queen of Heart" - From the perspective of a man on the same bus as Rosa Parks.
- "Over the Bridge" - A stylistic sequel to the song "Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
- "Learn from Me" - A duet between Anne Frank and a reformed Nazi soldier.
- "The Ballad of John and Jesus" - If John Lennon and Jesus were in a band together.
Film Composition
2005 - Deimos - Wrote and performed the piano score for this student production.
2008 - Save Benedict - Co-wrote the score for this independent thriller.
2009 - Minnesota Writing Poject - Acoustic guitar score for the short promotional video featured at mwp.umn.edu.
2011 - Tucker Betts' Greatest Hits - Wrote the lyrics and melody over royalty-free tracks for this fake commercial.
2011 - Apollo 12 Liftoff - I created an ambient soundtrack for some beautiful slow-motion NASA footage.
Video Editing
2009 - The Trek to Re-Energize America - Produced and edited this documentary for a group of eco-minded bikers.
Computer Experience
Proficient in Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Finale, Ableton Live, GarageBand, Adobe Photoshop. Familiar with ProTools. Have experience coding in HTML, CSS, Ruby on Rails, and Java, as well as website design and maintenance.
Education
The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University (2004 - 2008)
- B.A. in Music Composition with Departmental Distinction
- Minors in Psychology and Computer Science
- Summa Cum Laude (3.93 cumulative GPA)
- All-College Honors
Relevant Work Experience
3M (October 2010 - Present)
- Audio technician for presentations and live webstreams
Valley Access Channels in Stillwater (2003 - Present)
- Director of on-location video shoots
- Camera operator and video editor
- Teach community members of all ages about video production
Soundlounge Sonic Branding Agency in London (2009 - 2011)
- Music, sound, and web consultant
- Blog copywriter, editor, marketer, and webmaster
- Twitter account manager
Contact information:
charlie@charliemccarron.com
612 - 419 - 3269