Audio Engineer • Musician • Multimedia Secialist.
After graduating Cum Laude from the Berklee College of Music in 1996, at 20 years of age, Colby Dix has worked constantly in recording studios throughout the Northeast, as well as with national and regional professional live sound reinforcement companies. He continues to work as a musician throughout the Northeast as both a live and studio performer. He also runs an IT Solutions Business and employs creative internet techniques to design websites, improve search-engine positioning and generally improve web-presence for numerous clients.

Freelance Live-Sound Engineer. Worldwide.
International and Regional Experience with SoundImage, Sarepta Sound, Showco Systems, and Porphyria Productions as FOH Engineer/ Monitor Engineeer/Audio Tech. Installation and maintenance of numerous P.A. Systems. Experience in a wide variety of situations with truly diverse gear, musicians, and genres. Artists include: Brooks & Dunn, Trace Atkins, Joe Diffie, Run-DMC, Montgomery/Gentry, Jazz Mandolin Project, Jah-Rule, Brad Paisley, All-4-One, The Samples, Acoustic Junction, Dave Fiucynski, Merl Saunders, Melvin Sparks, The Wailers, Zen Tricksters, Deep Banana Blackout, Tree, Murphy's Law and many, many others...

Northern Track Studios. Wilmington, VT
Staff Engineer/Producer. Work with Tascam and MOTU Hard-Disk Recording, Neotek Elite II Console, MastermixII Automation, and an array of outboard gear. Installation and Maintenance of Hardware/Software Editing systems on Macintosh computers. Involved in ALL aspects of studio functionality, from acoustic design to final masters to billing.

Porphyria Productions. Wilmington/Burlington, VT
Self operated production company utilizing skills in creative web design (Macromedia/Adobe) and internet promotion (web positioning/meta-management), tour management, booking, A&R, babysitting, and bartending, as well as work in live sound recording and freelance studio engineering work nationwide. Also including negotiations with Q Division and Atlantic Records, and live recordings for both radio and local release. Broadcast engineering for WJSC in Johnson, VT and WMFO’s "Folk’n Good Music Show", in Boston.

BuiltByDix IT Solutions. Wilmington, VT/Keene, NH
Self Operated IT Consulting Company specializing in Cross-Platform Networking. Builtbydix specializes in solutions. Allowing you to concentrate on your business while we assess, implement and maintain a strong technological base. Capably consulting and providing the world with audio, graphics, internet, web design, hosting, domain registration, wired/wireless PC/Mac networking, ebay reselling, purchasing/surplus liquidation, media, music, comedy, entertainment and all forms of associated madness.

4T Computers. W. Wardsboro, VT
Assistant technician and computer consultant with a focus on Cross Platform networking, installation, troubleshooting and repair of networks. Primarily a PC-based business.

Berklee Studios. 150 Mass Ave. Boston, MA 02116. Student Producer and Engineer. Over three years of study encompassing the full range of studio duties including assisting, management, booking, AFM/AFTRA paperwork, full documentation of sessions, as well as production of student projects and large scale ensemble recordings for the college. Work with SSL, Sony, Amek, Mackie, and Tascam consoles. Studer, Otari, and Sony analog multitrack recorders, and Alesis, Tascam, and Akai Digital multitrack machines. Software training in ProTools, Soundesigner, StudioVision, Performer, and keyboard programming. Extensive outboard processing and a strong emphasis on signal flow and versatility in the studio.

Berklee College of Music. Boston, MA.
Music Production & Engineering- Bachelors Degree, Cum Laude, May 1996
Greenfield Community College. Greenfield, MA.
Liberal Arts/Classical Humanities- Associates Program
Whitingham High School. Jacksonville, VT.
Advanced studies, College level prep, Valedictorian 1993

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