Everett

Everett Griffiths: Biography

I started composing as soon as I started playing guitar in high school, but it's been a slow maturing process for me. My first project was recording a little album on the choir director's 4-track, and that got me hooked. I have always loved a good tune, and I have never forgotten the inspiring realization of how a studio can paint the world with the sounds from inside a composer's head. It is for this reason that I consider the studio my most important instrument.

My history has walked both sides of the tune/technology marriage. My earliest musical daydreams starred me as a sound-guy as often as a maestro. I went on to study music in college, but I had a hand in the engineering side of things throughout; I ran the mixing board for lectures and Audio/Video presentations, including for such bigwigs as Margaret Thatcher and George Bush Sr. I did live sound for many local and visiting bands and rewired the campus recording studio, which got me very familiar with patchbays, soldering, and outboard gear.

Later I worked in a small recording studio in New York City (Westrax) where I worked the front desk and assisted in recording sessions. Throughout these engineering gigs, I composed. My first serious project was an "unplugged" album recorded while I was living in China, "Chinese Music Paste." After returning from Asia, I expanded my composing to include orchestral and ensemble works while studying at the University of Kansas. I have never forgotten how important a good melody is or how important technology is in conveying it. That is why film scoring has been a natural progression for me: it lives in both worlds, and nothing is as powerful to me as the synergy of music composed to picture. Even when I am composing for the concert hall, the imagery must fill my mind before a note comes out.

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I enjoy hiking and running when I can get out and reading when I can't. I enjoy fixing things up, be it computers or engines. My old roommate and I launched www.TipsFor.Us where we get our tech fix and post articles, reviews, and various how-to's.

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