About Miguel Weissman
Composer sound designer and producer
Miguel composes, creates sound designs and produces music in a state-of-the-art recording studio using virtual instruments and harmonica for movies, TV, radio and theater.
For examples of Miguel’s theater sound designs, and detailed production credits go to sound designs.
For examples of ADR and sound designs created for those productions, go to video.
Hoboken Blues Alstars Miguel Weissman: harmonica and organ, Brother Dave: guitar and bass, Alan Camlet: drums. Recorders recorded 2003.
For examples of his synthesizer programming, treatments of voices and real instruments and virtual instruments manipulated through computer techniques, go to music.
Multi-Instrumentalist: Harmonica, Flute, Saxophone, Keyboards, Vocalist.
Miguel is best known as a harmonica player. He studied under the best in the business: James Cotton, Mark Hummel, Sonny Junior, William Galison and Howard Levy. Since his first jingle in the early ’80s, he has done countless sessions. carried a manhattan 802 union card for 10 years, with credits on TV, Radio and Film as well as music genres as diverse as Gyspy Jazz, Reggae, Blues, Americana, HipHop and Electronic.
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Miguel Weissman’s journey started in the Manhattan, Bronx, East Village and Hoboken, NJ music scenes led to getting on wax and gigging in Harlem and deep into the East Village (Avenues A-D) at after-hour clubs. This was the advent of the emerging Black Rock, Blues, Punk and Avant Garde Jazz communities.
Miguel honed his playing in the 70’s, his fist gig was in Northport park {1975} with a Bluegrass band for a large square dance. He played with a his two friends, two guitar players. Playing acoustic music by Doc Watson and other folk and blues masters at small festivals.
There he met Tom Paxton, He played with him for about a year and had a chance to play on the Clearwater, The Seeger’s boat.
But his first gig as a professional was with Lester Chambers band on 8th ave in Manhattan is a club and gig that only lasted about a year.
In the Studio he co-produced and managed, Countdown Studio, he worked with The Drifters, Method Man, Blue blue oyster cult, The Roots on Brooklyn Babylon.
He is still an active session player. Whether working in person or virtually, he can record and send finished tracks through the web as HD96K files.
Stage Performer
Miguel has shared the stage around the world with a diverse group of artists. recently, he worked as a sideman for The Brooklyners, David Langlois and the Hot Clubbers and does guest appearances in the try state area. Miguel also has been on road with swing/blues bands for the dance community, venues like “swing out new Hampshire”. Some of the bigger music venues: The 92nd street Y, The UN, The Iridium, Town Hall. Miguel has toured Europe and Asia as well as though out the US.
Performers that Miguel has worked with include: Les Paul, Mick Jagger with the Sugar Hill Gang (Tackhead with Adrian Sherwood), Peter Maness quartet, The Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Flesh and Fuzztones, Rickie Lee Jones, David Johansen, Fela Kuti, James Cotton, Junior Wells, Cornell Dupree, Lester chambers, Charles “Bobo” Shaw, David Longlois, Steve James, The Second Fiddles, Johnny Thunders, The New Left, the Holmes Brothers,Tamar Korn, Sammy Carr, Robert Lighthouse, Alou Lion Diarra, DJ Smash (Giant Steps), the Canglosi Cards, Gordon Webster, Frank Schaap, Freddie Stevenson, Robert Gordon, Bobby Forster, Gwen Cleveland, Tootsie Bean, The Uptown Horns, GTO and the Soul Squad, the Burning Brass, Michael Powers, Moose and the Bullet Proof Blues Band, Ari Ben Moses Band, Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton and DJ Stone.
Sound Designer and Technical Engineer
Miguel is a sound consultant/designer and/or board operator for all kinds of events. From theaters to film, to live music halls and hotel events, to art installations and product tours, he has recorded and mixed on 4 to 48 tracks recording studios and live halls, from break out rooms for hotel events, and black box theaters, understanding the live sound needs for every genres, and has worded every position, as an A3, A2 or A1. He works extensively with Macs and PCs, Qlab and SFX, Logic X, Pro Tools, and Final Cut Pro and Melodyne. He has also installed surround sound speaker set-ups in theaters (5.1 and 7.1).
Miguel produced or co-produced all the tracks on the Music page, and he is also the composer or co-composer and primary musician. All tracks can be licensed for your movie, TV or theater production. Contact him for details. harpburn@yahoo.com
Experience
Member of the “top Reedsters Club” The Top Professional Harmonica players of the world.
Quotes; Junior Wells “ You is one Mother F##!%^^en harp player.”1994
Teaching harmonica: Taught harmonica at the New School from 1990-93, privately for 18 years. NYC Blues Harp Club 1993-2000 Founder: I created a teaching forum for famous harmonica players that were on road, to come in and teach to about 30 students.
I would talk over the class with them so it would be successfully. Every harp teacher that came to the NYC Blues harp club taught me a books worth! A beginning Harmonica Video and Harmonica Book are in the works, to be titled.
Some of the teachers were Annie Raines, Paul Oscher, Adam Gussow, Steve Guyger, Rick Estrin!
Music education/voice/flute/piano: Two years studying piano and music theory, privately with Chris Cheney. He has a Manhattan school of Music master degree. Two year studying Flute with Art Web and one year with Jean Cheney studying flute. A year of voice and phrasing lessons with Sam Harkners,
Harmonica Recording Highlights: Chunky Candy 1993-6, Hover Vacuum Cleaners 1994, for Roger Talisman Productions. www.thesomethings.com/, www.aribenmosesband.com/ Track title “Tree Of Life”, CD title “Burning Bush”. “Run’ in With the Blues” Moose and the Built Proof Blues Band. “The Harp Years” – compilation of the many original bands and projects that featured Miguel on harmonica- Rextreme Records.
Keyboard production highlights: “Working” from the CD Fat Jazzy Groves 6 & 7- DJ Smash {Giant Steps} New Bread Records. “Hyperion” {Dance} and “Music for film”– Rextreme Records, Radio: Glaxo Wellcome- Interlink productions Production and composition of backing track.
Production Credits
A few of Miguel’s Mixing live show credits 1985-2013:
– Bottom line
– Webster hall
– Tera Blues
– Knitting factory
– B.B. King
– Cipriani and Capitale.
– Brooklyn Navy Yard,
– Teatro Heckscher
– Central Park Jazz Moble and lager events
– New Victory theater
– Nassau Coliseum
– Roosevelt Island.
INDUSTRIAL EVENTS
2000 – 2013 years
Industrial Events
King Cole, Event Central, Bentley Meeker, Go Hammer productions: load-in and out, lighting, sound, video and staging.
– Toy of the Year Awards (Sheraton Hotel/Imperial Ballroom)
– MSN Music Conference
– Panasonic: press event
– Lady By The Sea: Martin Scorsese documentary premiere (Winter Garden, World Financial Center)
– Guggenheim: product launch (Guggenheim Museum)
– First Data: stockholders’ meeting (St. Regis Hotel)
– Glamour Magazine’s Women of the Year (Museum of Natural History)
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Countdown Studios 1990-2000
- Remixed Afrika Bambaataa for Sony Records / Leona Naess for MCA
- Management: bookkeeping, Internet and magazine marketing. Long time customer relations with Sony, MCA, Bad Boy Entertainment, DreamWorks, Motown Records as well as film and photo shoots: “Brooklyn Babylon”, “Pootie Tang” and Levi’s Jeans.
- Computer and network maintenance and software upgrades: responsible for music equipment outgoing and in-house repairs, recording studio maintenance and upgrades.
- Rehearsal studio: Day to day operations of and three rehearsal rooms: Dido, Sting,
“Love Janis”, Blue Oyster Cult, The Roots and The Drifters. Cattle calls for “One Life to Live” - Recording production and engineering: all styles, specializing in live and midi production.
- Sales: sales and support of computers and software to clients through distributors.
Production highlights: African Bam Bata remixes For Sony Records. Demo production for MCA, Sony and Motown records. www.aribenmosesband.com/ CD title “Burning Bush”, mixer for Sleeping Bag Records, warlock Records 1986-1990, David Langlois and the Hot Clubbers Live at Iridium
High lights of Miguel’s Theatre, Show and work calls-2001-/ 2013
The Golden Dragon Acrobats and Cathay: Three Tales of China– Set construction- Show call Stage right fly Cues. October 28th though January 1 2006
Rain Loan-in New Victory- Set construction and cabling.
Luna Penguin- Shadow and show calls for three positions, New Victory Theater. Fly cues on Pin rail. Stage, right and left sound and stage reasonability’s.
Rennie Harris Legends of Hip Hop- November- New Victory Theater:Load-in, Sound and Set Construction.
Staging Techniques. MSN Music, Panasonic Press Event, March 8 and 9th, 2005, Lady By The Sea, The Winter garden World Financial Center, Guggenheim Product Launch, Guggenheim Museum, August 25, 2004 First Data: Jan 2004 Staging Techniques- St. Regis Hotel, NYC. Museum Of Natural History- November 8th- Glamour Magazine”Women of the year”.Staging Techniques. Press Room load-in and out- Sound and set construction.
The Berkshire Company. Load-in and outs, rigging, sound and light responsibilities.
Daryl Roth Theater, 20 Union Square East (@ 15th St.) De La Guarda- Load out.
Westside Theatre– Juetopia Load-in Set construction
The Promenade, Actors Play house, Bently Meeker– Lincoln Center tent- Bird Land and Zipper Theater and many more:
Kikker-October 22 – November 7 THEATER TERRA, Amsterdam, Netherlands-Load in and out, set construction and sound consultation for theatre production chef–-Show call: Props fly Cues
Plan B: Toulouse, France-October 1-17- Load in and out, set construction and sound consultation for theater production chef.
Eve-O-Lution- September 8th-16th- Cherry Lane Theater-Set construction, carpentry. Rigged Truss.
The Flaming idiots: May 22nd –June 4: Load in and out, set construction andsound consultation for theatre production chef. Show call: Front of house board operator.
Bug Music-Don Byron-April 23-May 2: New Victory Theatre. Load-in and out. Sound consultation for theater
production chef.
Vivace/March-April 2004: New Victory Theatre. Load-in and out. Sound consultation for theatre production chef. Show call: Props fly Cues
TOTY’S/2004/2005:Feb 2004 Staging Techniques. The Sheraton Hotel/Imperial Ballroom. Load-in and out, sound responsibilities.
Snow White and The Gruffalo: Tall Stories theatre Company. The Gruffalo– February 6th-27th 2004, New Victory Theatre- Load-in and outs sound and lights responsibilities.
Circus OZ: Dec 5-Jan 11 2004- New Victory Theatre- Load-in and Out. Sound consultation construction for production chef. Show call: Fly cues, rigging and prop responsibilities.
Cooking: Sept 25 -0ct19 2003- New Victory Theatre- Load-in and out, sound and lights responsibilities. Show call: Props fly Cues and Puppetry. Floor maintenance.
Dance Cuba:Nov 14- 30 2003- New Victory Theatre. Load-in and out. Sound consultation for theatre production chef and shadow for shop steward during show call. Floor inspections.
New Shanghai Circus:Load-in and out, sound consultation for theatre production chef and shadow for shop steward during show call. Show call: front of house Board Operations.
A Year with Frog and Toad: Children’s Theatre company. New Victory and the Court Theatre. Load-in and out, sound and lights responsibilities. Show call: Props fly Cues and Puppetry.
Twinkle Twinkle Little Fish: Windmill Performing Arts company– New Victory Theater- Load-in and outs sound and lights responsibilities. Show call: front of house Board Operations.
The Promenade, Bird Land and Zipper Theater and many more: The Berkshire Company. Load-in and outs, rigging, sound and light responsibilities.
Thwak: The Umbilical Brothers-New Victory Theater. Load-in and out. Sound consultation for theatre production chef and shadow for shop steward during show call. Show time at the Apollo and Annie Lenox live at the Apollo: June and July 2003- the Apollo theater at Load-in and out, sound and lights responsibilities.
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