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Andrea Baroni

Multimedia artist

My Website:

http://www.andrea.baroni.name

Create beauty, enhance the world, and develop awareness...

Andrea Baroni (Italy, 1978), is a multimedia IT musician, as to say that he has not yet decided what to do once adult... but for sure he wants to do it right (and in the most complex way).

He took a Master in Computer Science in 2003 in Pisa, and started working for some years at PERCRO laboratories, where he contributed in the developing of advanced multimedia platforms, using the most advanced modern technologies.

Not so keen about the world of research (and the "pure" computer science), he decided to deepen its music skills, an activity he has undertaken since the tender age, with the study of piano, and then in the latest years as a keyboard player for many bands (to mention the band Icycore, with which he released two albums). For this reason he moved for a short period of time to London, where he succesfully achieved a degree within SAE Institute.

Since then he moves across the freelance world, trying to make all these realities (music, web design, illustration, photography, video and of course computer science) to coincide. With the neverending dream of being able to create art and to tell life.

He asserts that a good plan for the future (a not so well defined one to be honest), would be moving to an Irish cottage, writing poetry and novels... but there's time for that.

Music (composing, listening and performing live), visual arts and design, computer graphic, creative writing, movies and film making, virtual environments and computer science, theatre, travelling, ancient stories and future tales...

SAE Institute

London, United Kingdom

Sep 2005 - Feb 2006

Electronic Music Production, Music

University Of Pisa

Pisa, Italy

Sep 2002 - Jun 2004

Master of Science in Computer Science Technologies, multimedia, Computer Science

University Of Pisa

Pisa, Italy

Sep 1997 - Jun 2002

Bachelor in Computer Science, Computer Science

Music production

(Expert)
10+ Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)

Classically-trained pianist and keyboard player, best known as the keyboard player of the metal band Icycore, and for my Commodore 64 music arrangements.

After a degree within SAE institute I established my own project studio, called cyberleaf, where I create my own music, soundtracks for many multimedia projects and work to the recordings of mine and other bands albums.
Many of my songs are daily downloaded in the various audio stock markets (Pump Audio, Audio Jungle, etc...), and used in many projects around the world.

I released many albums, some of them as free download on my website, other being currently sold on iTunes and other online stores.

MAIN DAWs:

Logic Pro 8
Reason
Pro Tools

MAIN INSTRUMENTS (hardware & software):

Yamaha Motif ES8
Access Virus Ti Polar
Roland JP-8000
Roland XV-5050
Korg N1 rack
Yamaha DTXpress III electronic drums
Fender Japan ('94) Jaguar electric guitar
Native Instruments Komplete 4
East West Symphonic Orchestra GOLD
Quantum Leap Pianos
Various microphones
Ethnic insturments collection

Multimedia applications and games programming

(Expert)
10+ Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)

FLASH and ACTIONSCRIPT:

With an excellent knowledge of the Flash platform (AS2 and AS3) I worked on the development of many multimedia projects (web applications, games, etc...)

Other languages I currenlty use or have used, for the development of multimedia applications:

Visual C++
Visual C#
XVR
Java
Php
Asp

Libraries I use (or have used):

Papervision
Away3D
APE
OpenGl
DirectX
Various AS Tween libraries (TweenLite, Tweensy, etc...)

Web design and development

(Expert)
10+ Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)

My main goal for websites is to create visually appealing websites, but always focusing on creating the best possibile user experience, enhancing usability and accessibility for every work.

Creating websites that tries to push the boundaries of technology... and of creativity!

Trying to define what's best for every work, and for every client.

LANGUAGES AND LIBRARIES:

xhtml + css
javascript
php, asp
Wordpress
jQuery
lightroom, shadowbox, etc...

SOFTWARE USED:

Adobe Photoshop CS
Adobe Illustrator CS
Adobe Dreamweaver CS
Adobe Flash CS

EVERY WEBSITE FULL W3C COMPLAINT

Graphic design and Illustrations

(Expert)
7-9 Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)

Photography and photomanipulation

(Advanced)
7-9 Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)

Video post production and effects

(Advanced)
5-6 Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)

SOFTWARE USED:

Final Cut Pro
Adobe After Effects CS

3D Modelling and texturing

(Intermediate)
5-6 Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)

SOFTWARE USED:

Maya
Blender
3D Studio Max

Typing

(Rockstar)
10+ Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)

Ninja typing techniques... :)

PERCRO laboratories

Pontedera, Italy

May 2004 - Jul 2005

3D programmer, graphic and sound designer

PRODUCTIONS:

Main application of the Link2 project (3D interactive visualizer of CAD models / ergonomic simulator) for Piaggio spa.
Multimedia didactic game “Il Nostro Piccolo Principe” (Our Little Prince), of which I developed game design, 3D programming and added the soundtrack.
StoryBuilder Framework, advanced authoring system for thedevelopment of multimedia interactive applications based on storytelling.
Pureform Virtual Museum of Pietrasanta, of which I developed 3D programming and sound design.
Multimedia didactic game “Giocare con la Scienza” (Play withScience), of which I developed 3D programming, graphics and sound design.