WEBSITE: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ Hey, nice to meet you! First and foremost, I hope everything is well with you and your loved ones. My name is Miguel Almeida Alves (work name Mike Semantics) and I’m a multidisciplinary music & audiovisual freelancer, offering a wide range of services from sound engineering, music production, mixing and mastering, to sound design and audio post-production (audio restoration, sound editing, voice-over and dubbing recording), session musician, arranging and composition, to audio consulting and creative writing. Additionally, I have live experience as a lead and backing vocalist, electric and acoustic guitarist, and pianist/keyboardist. Professional Experience: After a brief period at a record label (Marketing and A&R Department), my professional experience relies on Audio Post-Production (Audiovisual Company) and its various sub-fields, such as stereo and 5.1 mixing, voiceover and dubbing editing for documentaries and series (clients like RTP and Netflix), sound editing and mixing for sound design projects (Corporate and Animation), as well as documentary mixing (clients like RTP), which provided me the in’s and out’s of the audiovisual realm and enhanced the importance of teamwork and active listening in my daily life. Over the past few years, I’ve embarked into freelancing to collaborate and help the work of individual clients and companies across music production, mixing, composition and arranging, audio post-production and its sub-fields, as well as video editing and post-production. I provide music and audio services, in an acoustically treated studio, for various audiovisual media such as: Music & Entertainment Cinema & Series Animation & Storytelling Advertising & Corporation Gaming & A.I. Tech Technical and Artistic capabilities: - Being your producer, musician, sound designer and collaborator to maximize your artistic vision, musical track or audiovisual project - Providing professional production by using industry-standard plug-ins, instruments, music software (Pro Tools, Ableton Live and Logic Pro) and stereo mixing for audio (WAV and MP3 file export for music) and video formats (MOV & MP4 export) - Work for various music genres, such as Scoring, Pop, Rock, Metal, Funk, Blues, Jazz, Soul, R&B, Hip Hop I look forward to work with you and thanks for your attention ;-)

Miguel Almeida Alves (Mike Semantics)

WEBSITE: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ Hey, nice to meet you! First and foremost, I hope everything is well with you and your loved ones. My name is Miguel Almeida Alves (work name Mike Semantics) and I’m a multidisciplinary music & audiovisual freelancer, offering a wide range of services from sound engineering, music production, mixing and mastering, to sound design and audio post-production (audio restoration, sound editing, voice-over and dubbing recording), session musician, arranging and composition, to audio consulting and creative writing. Additionally, I have live experience as a lead and backing vocalist, electric and acoustic guitarist, and pianist/keyboardist. Professional Experience: After a brief period at a record label (Marketing and A&R Department), my professional experience relies on Audio Post-Production (Audiovisual Company) and its various sub-fields, such as stereo and 5.1 mixing, voiceover and dubbing editing for documentaries and series (clients like RTP and Netflix), sound editing and mixing for sound design projects (Corporate and Animation), as well as documentary mixing (clients like RTP), which provided me the in’s and out’s of the audiovisual realm and enhanced the importance of teamwork and active listening in my daily life. Over the past few years, I’ve embarked into freelancing to collaborate and help the work of individual clients and companies across music production, mixing, composition and arranging, audio post-production and its sub-fields, as well as video editing and post-production. I provide music and audio services, in an acoustically treated studio, for various audiovisual media such as: Music & Entertainment Cinema & Series Animation & Storytelling Advertising & Corporation Gaming & A.I. Tech Technical and Artistic capabilities: - Being your producer, musician, sound designer and collaborator to maximize your artistic vision, musical track or audiovisual project - Providing professional production by using industry-standard plug-ins, instruments, music software (Pro Tools, Ableton Live and Logic Pro) and stereo mixing for audio (WAV and MP3 file export for music) and video formats (MOV & MP4 export) - Work for various music genres, such as Scoring, Pop, Rock, Metal, Funk, Blues, Jazz, Soul, R&B, Hip Hop I look forward to work with you and thanks for your attention ;-)

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Hey, nice to meet you! First and foremost, I hope everything is well with you and your loved ones.

My name is Miguel Almeida Alves (work name Mike Semantics) and I’m a multidisciplinary music & audiovisual freelancer, offering a wide range of services from sound engineering, music production, mixing and mastering, to sound design and audio post-production (audio restoration, sound editing, voice-over and dubbing recording), session musician, arranging and composition, to audio consulting and creative writing. Additionally, I have live experience as a lead and backing vocalist, electric and acoustic guitarist, and pianist/keyboardist.

Professional Experience:
After a brief period at a record label (Marketing and A&R Department), my professional experience relies on Audio Post-Production (Audiovisual Company) and its various sub-fields, such as stereo and 5.1 mixing, voiceover and dubbing editing for documentaries and series (clients like RTP and Netflix), sound editing and mixing for sound design projects (Corporate and Animation), as well as documentary mixing (clients like RTP), which provided me the in’s and out’s of the audiovisual realm and enhanced the importance of teamwork and active listening in my daily life.

Over the past few years, I’ve embarked into freelancing to collaborate and help the work of individual clients and companies across music production, mixing, composition and arranging, audio post-production and its sub-fields, as well as video editing and post-production.

I provide music and audio services, in an acoustically treated studio, for various audiovisual media such as:
Music & Entertainment
Cinema & Series
Animation & Storytelling
Advertising & Corporation
Gaming & A.I. Tech

Technical and Artistic capabilities:

  • Being your producer, musician, sound designer and collaborator to maximize your artistic vision, musical track or audiovisual project

  • Providing professional production by using industry-standard plug-ins, instruments, music software (Pro Tools, Ableton Live and Logic Pro) and stereo mixing for audio (WAV and MP3 file export for music) and video formats (MOV & MP4 export)

  • Work for various music genres, such as Scoring, Pop, Rock, Metal, Funk, Blues, Jazz, Soul, R&B, Hip Hop

I look forward to work with you and thanks for your attention ;-)

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Language

English
Fluent
Portuguese
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Intermediate

Work Experience

Summer Internship at Universal Music Portugal
June 1, 2019 - August 31, 2019
Learned the operation of a label with transversal tasks in Marketing, A&R, Promotion and Commercial departments; defined project budgets, catalogued artists' inventories for digital formats, and planned promotion and commercial flow between digital and physical media.
Producer, mixer and instrumentalist at Mike Semantics
February 1, 2020 - July 31, 2020
Produced, mixed and performed as instrumentalist on all tracks of the EP Anonymous Semantics, drawing inspiration from ambient, trip hop, progressive rock and jazz and exploring sensory elements and anonymity as a creative persona.
Professional Internship – Audio Department at Buggin' Media
February 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023
Gained exposure to audiovisual production across departments; assisted with dubbing and voiceover recording, mixing for series and documentaries; executed stereo and 5.1 mixing, audio editing, sound design and documentary sound workflows using ProTools.
Audio & Sound Consulting – Freelancing at Self-employed / Freelance
November 1, 2023 - Present
Strategic planning for individuals and companies on listing and placing audio and music equipment, budget estimations and professional acoustic counselling for music studios (home studios, recording booths/rooms, mixing rooms, etc.).
Freelance Music Production, Arrangement and Audio Editing at Self-employed
May 1, 2024 - Present
Professional work with the aim to collaborate with clients and maximize their artistic potential across audiovisual and/or musical projects, providing sound recording & engineering, production, mixing and mastering, composition and arrangement, audio editing and recording, and session musician services (vocals, guitar, bass and piano/keyboard) from my home studio.

Education

Musical Sciences at FCSH Nova Lisboa
September 15, 2016 - June 1, 2018
Obtained knowledge in theoretical music fields such as: Musical History (from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Era); Scientific areas such as sound physics and musical acoustics; Musical training around sheet music reading, vocal and piano lessons, training in notation and musical arrangement; Introduction to technological and computational conventions applied to music
Higher National Diploma (HND) in Music Production and Creation at ETIC – School of Technologies, Innovation and Creation
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2020
Specialty Course – Video Editing & Post-Production at LSD – Lisbon School of Design
October 1, 2024 - March 31, 2025
Professional course providing theoretical and primarily practical work in various subsectors of video and cinematography, such as colour theory and animation principles, audiovisual aesthetics and camera filming techniques, audio and image editing, post-production and composition using video softwares like Adobe Premiere Pro as well as audio softwares like Adobe Audition, distribution to different media formats (documentaries, interviews, music videos, etc.) and platforms (YouTube, Vimeo and Twitch), Motion Graphics, Budget and Production Planning, and Storyboard professional design.
Bachelor of Arts – Popular Music Production at ETIC – School of Technologies, Innovation and Creation
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2022
Total Grade: 18 out of 20 score TOP UP Year (Solent University Southampton partnership) 2021-2022 Last year of the bachelor’s degree with partnership of a British university, based on a more autonomous and professional instruction of the creative industries from modules such as Live Project Brief (original composition, production and mixing for clients), Advanced Music Production (creation of a musical product or service) and Creative Sound Design (elaboration of two soundtracks of short duration). Higher National Diploma (HND) 2018-2020 First and second year of the bachelor’s degree, consisting of a theoretical-practical learning about the music industry, as well as apprehension of practical knowledge about music production and sound engineering, maximizing the use of musical acoustics, sound synthesis processing, microphone and recording techniques (strategic placement of instruments) in the studio for greater recording efficiency, thereby highlighting course units such as Sound Engineering, Marketing and Promotion for Musicians, Music and Society, Singing and Professional Development in the first year, and Advanced Music Production, Advanced Synthesis and Processing, Mixing and Mastering and Live Mixing in the second year.
Socio-economic Sciences Course at António Damásio Secondary School
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2016

Qualifications

Audio and Music Freelancer
October 1, 2023 - January 1, 2027
Various freelancing services in the music, audio, media and writing fields, such as: MUSIC SOFTWARES AT USE (DAWS): PRO TOOLS ABLETON LIVE LOGIC PRO MUSIC SERVICES: PRODUCTION, MIXING AND MASTERING SOUND ENGINEERING SESSION MUSICIAN (GUITAR, BASS GUITAR, PIANO & SINGING) COMPOSITION AND ARRANGING STEREO & 5.1 MIXING AUDIOVISUAL SERVICES: AUDIO POST-PRODUCTION AND ITS SUB-FIELDS, SUCH AS - SOUND DESIGN SOUND EDITING (LAYERING, EDITING, AUTOMATION) SOUND RECORDING (FIELD RECORDING, ADR/VOICE-OVER AND DUBBING) SOUND ENGINEERING (RECORDING SETUP, MICROPHONE TECHNIQUES, SIGNAL FLOW, TROUBLESHOOTING) AUDIO RESTORATION (IZOTOPE RX) STEREO & 5.1 MIXING CREATIVE WRITING & JOURNALISM SERVICES: MUSIC AND CULTURE CRITICISM/REVIEWING (MUSIC, MOVIES & TV SHOWS) CREATION OF MUSIC & CULTURE PUBLICATIONS AND ESSAYS ON SEVERAL SOCIO-CULTURAL THEMES AUDIO & SOUND CONSULTING (FOR INDIVIDUAL CLIENTS AND COMPANIES): STRATEGIC PLANNING REGARDING SEVERAL MATTERS, SUCH AS - BUDGET ESTIMATIONS LISTING AND PLACEMENT OF AUDIO & MUSIC EQUIPMENT ACOUSTIC COUNSELLING FOR MUSIC AND AUDIO STUDIOS & SPACES (HOME STUDIOS, RECORDING BOOTHS/ROOMS, MIXING ROOMS, CONFERENCE ROOMS, AMONG OTHERS)
BA Diploma – Popular Music Production Degree's Equivalence Certificate
January 1, 2022 - January 25, 2026
Higher National Diploma (HND) – Pearson Notification of Performance
January 1, 2020 - January 25, 2026
Professional Certificate – Video Editing and Post-Production
October 1, 2024 - March 31, 2025

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Computers & Electronics, Other, Professional Services, Education
    uniE608 AUDIO & MUSIC PORTFOLIO SHOWREEL_MIKE SEMANTICS (MIGUEL ALMEIDA ALVES)
    An immersive journey through work in music production, mixing, sound design and audio post-production for various multimedia formats — meticulously shaped from concept to final mix videoeditor soundesign audiomixing musicproduction showreel audioshowreel musicshowreel mikesemantics
    uniE608 VIDEO SHOWREEL_MIKE SEMANTICS (MIGUEL ALMEIDA ALVES)
    A dynamic showcase of work in video editing, sound effects and video post-production, blending rhythm, colour and storytelling across several audiovisual realms — carefully crafted from start to finish videoeditor soundesigner colorcorrection colorgrading storytelling showreel videoshowreel mikesemantics
    uniE603 "JUGGLER OF LIFE" CHOIR LIVE RECORDING_FOR TIAGO LINX CONCERT IN LISBON
    PROVIDED SERVICES: SOUND RECORDING, SOUND ENGINEERING, SOUND EDITING, AUDIO MIXING musicproducer soundengineer soundeditor music vocal
    uniE603 "ONCE UPON" CHOIR LIVE RECORDING_FOR TIAGO LINX CONCERT IN LISBON
    PROVIDED SERVICES: SOUND RECORDING, SOUND ENGINEERING, SOUND EDITING, AUDIO MIXING music vocal musicproducer soundengineer soundeditor
    uniE603 Contemplation
    Original track by MikeSemantics (Miguel Almeida Alves) Track from "Anonymous Semantics" EP Services carried out by MikeSemantics: Original Composition Multi-Instrumentalist (Guitar, Bass Guitar, MIDI Keyboards) Music Production Mixing Mastering music instrumental soundtrack master calm inspiring inspirational ambient mixer musicproduction musician
    uniE603 Bleak (An Ode to Lonerism)
    Original track by MikeSemantics (Miguel Almeida Alves) Track from "Anonymous Semantics" EP Services carried out by MikeSemantics: Original Composition Multi-Instrumentalist (Guitar, Bass Guitar, MIDI Keyboards) Music Production Mixing Mastering mixer musicproduction ambient calm inspiring inspirational cinematic master instrumental soundtrack music
    uniE603 Dystopia
    Original track by MikeSemantics (Miguel Almeida Alves) Track from "Anonymous Semantics" EP Services carried out by MikeSemantics: Original Composition Multi-Instrumentalist (Guitar, Bass Guitar, MIDI Keyboards) Music Production Mixing Mastering music mixer musicproduction ambient calm inspiring inspirational cinematic instrumental soundtrack master
    uniE603 Anything Left to Feel
    Original track by MikeSemantics (Miguel Almeida Alves) Track from "Anonymous Semantics" EP Services carried out by MikeSemantics: Original Composition Multi-Instrumentalist (Guitar, Bass Guitar, MIDI Keyboards) Music Production Mixing Mastering mixer musicproduction ambient calm inspiring inspirational cinematic music instrumental master soundtrack
    uniE603 Cada Qual Na Sua Mente
    "Cada Qual Na Sua Mente" by portuguese indie pop band Sogranora Provided Services: Sound Engineering Music Production Mixing Backing Vocals music master indie pop Portugal