Honors and Awards:
EPD Academic Achievement Award - Presented by Dr. Richard Boulanger
Bachelor of Music majoring in Electronic Production and Design - Magna Cum Laude & Dean's List Honors
Works featured on numerous Radio stations across the U.S, Independent Games Festival, MIT Media Lab, Motion Served, A&E, SVA Theater and many National Film Festivals
About:
Jay Pellizzi is a Sound Designer, Audio Engineer, Programmer, Composer and Instrumentalist. He received a Bachelor of Music majoring in Electronic Production and Design from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Jay is a highly motivated individual with a strong interest in technology and electronic entertainment.
Jay has created audio/music content for interactive online media, video games, national radio ads, short films and movie trailers, children's toys and audio books, as well as live performance. These works span a wide variety of genres and production styles.
He has evolved to become a very versatile musician and engineer, with knowledge in classical and contemporary harmony, composition and arrangement. He focuses on the production of sound and music for commercial media using a variety of cutting edge technologies and creative techniques.
Jay has extensive knowledge of sound design using modular synthesis, DSP and MIDI production techniques. He uses various work environments such as Pro Tools, Logic Studio, Digital Performer and Ableton Live. He has created many of his own useful Audio/MIDI tools using MaxMSP, and has a solid foundation in C, C++, Csound, FMOD and LUA for audio programming.
He is currently working full-time as an Engineer and Technician at Verbatim Sound Studios/Oink Creative in NYC, where he helps to create award winning, high-end radio ads for major corporate clients and agencies. His work begins with casting sessions and doesn't end until the final product is delivered. He also moonlights as the IT person and maintains the network, computers and studio equipment.
His experience with computers also landed him a job as a Computer Support Consultant while at Berklee.
Jay played upright bass in a local Orchestra and Jazz band, as well as guitar in a touring death metal/grindcore band in NY.
He has worked as a music teacher at Burt's School of Music in Long Island, NY, teaching bass, guitar and piano.