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Groeg

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About Groeg

  • Birthday 01/19/2022

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    Sound Designer/Composer
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    Cary, NC
  1. Hi all, Well, I've finally decided to introduce myself. I've been here since December last year and think that this forum is great. Been getting a lot of great ideas and tips. I grew up in So Cal until 1994 in which I moved to NC for a job writing music and creating sound FX for computer games. While in CA I attended CSUSB as a trumpet performance major for my first two years and switched my major to composition for my last two years. I also took a two year studio recording class during this time. As a music major you have to take a piano class. Well this introduced me to piano so I went out and bought my firtst synth, a Juno 106. The gear bug bit me and within the next few years I had a nice little MIDI studio. I didn't have any money, but at least I could record. I did the typical play in bands and stuff trying to get better at piano. One band I was in was a Christian band that traveled CA. We recorded a few CD's and played about 2-3 weekends a month. It was during this time when I met Christian artist Cheri Keaggy (neice by marraige to guitarist Phil Keaggy)and ended up playing keys for her. In 1994 I had the opportunity for a job in the computer game development feild so I jumped at it. I did that until last year and have worked on 16 released titles. When I first moved to NC I joined a country rock band called Electric Possum. We had minimul success as opening acts for Jerry Lee lewis, George Jones, Charlie Daniels, Confederate Railroad, Jeff Healy and others. We had some label interest but as with a lot of bands we all couldn't get along and the band broke up in 1997. Since then I've been buying gear and recording every chance I get. Some gear includes : PC 88 D-50 JV-1080 with orchestral card U220 Juno 106 & Juno 2 S330 Sampler TL Audio C1 pre/comp AKG C414 Mic Lexicon MPX1 2 MIDI Verb2's Tascam DA30 Mk2 DAT Mackie 1604VLZ Roland M160 Line mixer Aphex Aural Exciter Yamaha NS10M's and other stuff I can't remember right now. Software I use is Sonar 2 and Sound Forge mainly. I also use Pro Tools LE, Vegas Video, Acid Pro, and Finale. I work as an audio post guy for a video/film production company now. I score music to video projects as well as record/edit voice-overs and create sound effects. I also work at the Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena (ESA) as an audio mixer for the Carolina Hurricanes, Carolina Cobras (Arena footbal), NC State basketball, and anything else that comes to the arena. Ever since I moved to NC things have just opened up for me. I think it was working full time in music that did it for me. It was hard to have a full time job and try to do music on the side. So if you are serious about your music, do anything you can to do it. It still keeps me focused on what I want to do. Don't know if I could do it if I had a regular 9-5 job outside music. Thanks for reading all this and I hope I can add to this forum. It's a fun place to be. Chris (Groeg)
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