JADA MCNEILL

SUMMARY

Brooklyn College student who is an aspiring Music producer, studio engineer, film scorer, music supervision with a passion for production, film scoring; eager to apply knowledge of industry standards. Has experience in working in a group setting with people, works efficiently with people who have different backgrounds, knows how work in a DAW, Connecting cables to microphones, setting up microphones, recording using microphones, setting up a drum kit, has experience filing out metadata, split sheets, cue sheets. Open to learning about music supervision on a film / television set. Possess a passion for making music, producing music, setting up technical aspects of recording, as well making music and getting clearance to use music for films and television shows.

EDUCATION

Brooklyn College, City University of New York                                                                   Expected graduation date:  May 2025

Bachelor of Arts in Music Technology

RELEVANT COURSES

Fundamentals of Music Theory                                  Introduction to Music Technology           Electroacoustic Music Ensemble  

Techniques for Recording Music                               Building Electronic Instruments                Music Internship

Music Entrepreneurship                              Electroacoustic Music                                          Recording Music Techniques

PROJECTS

• Recorded music using live instrumentation, such as percussion and guitar
• Interned for BEE, helped with setting up microphones and worked the soundboard in class
• Created my own music using a DAW such as Garage band
• Created my own instruments using technique skills learned from BEMI class
• Created songs and projects for class to enhance my knowledge on recording music
• Made my own oscillator circuit as a song and presented it in class
• Presented my own percussion piece while playing the drums live
• Filled out metadata, cue sheets, split sheets for music entrepreneurship course
• Learned about waveforms as well as how to record music, such as EQS, frequencies; in addition to different microphone types and patterns.
• Through Music Entrepreneurship course, learned about the business side of music, such as record labels and the different types of music royalties. Also learned about cue and split sheets.

EXPERIENCE

Brooklyn College’s Electromusic Ensemble (BEE), Brooklyn, NY                                                               Spring 2024 & Spring 2025 

Intern

• Worked on setting up drum sets and putting together microphone cables.
• Connect cables to microphones, keyboards, disassembled cables
• Help with mixing soundboard to help balance out all sounds from instruments being played in class.

COURSEWORK

Brooklyn Studio Secondary School, Brooklyn, NY                                                                                     September 2014 – May 2019

Music Department

• Helped set up percussion section for annual concerts, setting up the drum kit, various percussion instruments.
• Assisted with returning all of percussion instruments and drum kits back to classroom when concert ended.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

New York Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY                                                                                                                                            Summer 2018

Volunteer (High School Community Service)

• Organized books in a variety of genres such as biographies, mystery, true crime, young adults and more.
• Worked individually as well as part of small teams to help develop communication and teamwork skills.
• Managed multiple tasks in fast paced environments in order to locate and properly organize books.