- latest updates
- who am i?
- what do i do?
- why do i do it?
- contact me
latest updates
Featured Project
Bob Wiseman's new site has been officially launched!
I have been helping Bob with updates for the last year and we decided it was time to make his site a little more current and manageable. Integration with social networking tools and an admin interface now lets Bob make updates more frequently and makes it easier for other people to get the word out on this incredible artist.
Facebook Activity
Blog
Bob Wiseman's new site is live!—After much anticipation (mostly from Bob and me), the Bob Wiseman revamp is complete.
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who am i?
A Bass Player
I have had the pleasure of working with:
- Sarah Slean
- Robert Priest
- David Cooney (Waltons)
- Neil Chapman (Buffy Sainte-Marie)
- Wilson Laurencin (Canadian Idol)
- Al Connelly (Glass Tiger)
As well as my own projects and a plethora of local bands from the GTA.
A Designer/Developer
I have desgned/developed/worked on print, web and new media projects for:
An Instructor
For the last ten years I have been teaching print, web and new media design and development:
- Adobe Certified Expert
- Adobe Certified Instructor
- Apple Authorized Training Center
- Some of the courses I teach:
what do i do?
Most of the time I'm occupied with my full-time teaching gig (which also includes quite a bit of production work as well).
When I have time I write a blog which includes everything from music news to software reviews to why people on the train often piss me off. Sometimes my articles get picked up and published; sometimes people even read them.
Outside of that (and family) I try to help people whenever I can. You can see a list of projects here. If you need something done, contact me. If I have the time and we happen to jive, I'll probably do it.
I try to let people pay what they can, provided I don't feel like I'm being taken advantage of. This doesn't mean I work for free, it just means if you need a website or T-Shirt design and you don't have $1,500 (or whatever you've been quoted by the "BIG GUY"), let me know and I'll see what I can do.
why do i do it?
Love, Karma and Fun
I've seen many talented artists scrape by and hack away for years without "making it" because they didn't have the help they needed when they needed it. I've been very fortunate in my life to have the right support at the right times. I'm trying to give back to the Karmic pool. I truly believe if someone does you a favour, you should do someone else a favour when you can. Chances are the person who did you the favour won't need it returned anyway, so why not spread the love to the next person?
I also like the sense of accomplishment when a project is finished. I actually get a thrill when I see a student have that "a-ha" moment and, until that goes away, that is my main motivation for teaching (as well as helping people when I can).
And of course it's just cool to be involved with people I think are doing exciting things. I have played on what I consider to be some very solid records, but I never "made it" (as the kids say [do they still say that?]), so working on side projects keeps me tied to art and music in a way teaching software can't.
contact me
Before you contact me, please read these totally made-up FAQs to make sure you're ready for me and I'm ready for you.
I'm not a super-star or anything, but I do have a job and a family and before we waste each other's time finding out we can't work together, just take 10 mins and see if the stuff in the FAQs makes you want to contact me or just walk away.
If you have read the FAQs (notice I put the link in 3 times?!), you can fill out my contact form and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
OK, I'd like to fill out the contact form now
