SynthBank, A Complete Timeline

Flower Pot
Upepo Tour
Mahavishnu Orch..
Shatki
Mahavishnu Orch..
Santana
Herbie Hancock
VSOP Quintet
Richard Russel
Earth Wind & Fire
Santana
Herbie Hancock
Fine Young Cann..
Tonight Show
Herbie Hancock
Al DiMeola
Live Aid
Neil Young
Crosby Stills &..
Babes In Paradise
INXS
ZZTop
Lee Ritenour
Apple Europe Sa..
Patrice Rushen
Joni Mitchel Mi..
Michael Paulo
Apple
Herbie Hancock
Apple
Neil Young
Branford Marsal..
Bob Stutch
Herbie Hancock
Apple
Apple USA Sales..
Red Thunder
Branford Marsalis
Apple
James Levi
Apple
George Benson
P. M., J. D., D..
Fine Young Cann..
Zoetrope Produc..
Kalapana Jam Live
Jon Lucien
Corrado Rustici
Branford Marsalis
Calvin Walker
Ross Decker
Michael Jackson
Barefoot 3
Al DiMeola Tour..
Santana
Stanley Turrent..
Jon Lucien
Apple
US Festival
Herbie Hancock
Ron Carter Trio
Joni Mitchell M..
Talking Heads
UC Berkeley Jaz..
Bryan Bell
George Benson J..
Fairlight Systems
Bennie Maupin
Jaco Pastorius
Paul Jackson Bl..
Summer In Nemu
Kimiko Kasai
Wynton Marsalis
Wah Wah Watson
Kalapana Japan ..
John McLaughlin
Earth Wind & Fire
Bridge School
Jon Farriss
Frank Russell C..
XML 99 Europe
GEIS Solutions 98
GEIS Solutions 99
DOCUmation 98
DOCUmation 98 W..
DOCUmation
Web Design & De..
Web Design & De..
Frank Russell I..
Bates Technical..
New Music Seminar
SGML/XML 98 Eur..
DOCUmation 97
Federal Bureau ..
SGML/XML 97
Electric Power ..
Experience Musi..
Bates Technical..
Audio Engineeri..
Knowledge Techn..
Steve Porcaro
AFM Summit on I..
XML Conference
XML 2000
Emerson, Lake &..
Domaine Chandon
Electric Car Pr..
Grammy Board of..
Bob Moog Founda..
The Russell Fam..
Sunshine Manage..
Threshold Group
One Nation
Strange Angel
Tom Kanematsu
Tim Bertsch
August Light
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1969 Flower Pot 1969 Built keyboard-controlled lighting system
1972-1974 Upepo Tour 1972 Engineer
1973-1975 Mahavishnu Orchestra 1973 Audio Consultant
1975 Mahavishnu Inner Worlds Tour 1975 Tour House Mixer, Synthesizer, Guitar Team
1975 Shatki Album 1975 Consultant
1975 Mahavishnu Inner Worlds 1975 Consultant
1975 Santana Swing of Delight 1975 Engineer, Consultant
1975 Herbie Hancock Headhunters 1975 Tour Engineer, Sound Company Manager
1976 Herbie Hancock Secrets 1976 Tour Engineer, Programmer, Designer
1976 Herbie Hancock Headhunters 1976 Tour Engineer, Sound Company, Manager
1977 Herbie Hancock VSOP Trio Plus Freddie Hubbard 1977 Engineer, Production Manager
1977 Hancock VSOP Tour Trio 1977 Engineer, Production Manager
1978 Hancock VSOP Tour with Wynton Marsalis 1978 Engineer, Production Manager
1978 Hancock VSOP Tour Trio 1978 Engineer, Production Manager
1979 Hancock Tour with Alphonse Mouzon, Branford Marsalis and Paul Jackson 1979 Engineer, Production Manager
1979 Herbie Hancock Feets 1979 Tour Engineer, Programmer, Designer
1979 Herbie Hancock, Sunlight Tour 1979 Tour Engineer, Programmer, Designer
1977 VSOP Quintet With Freddie Hubbar 1977 Engineer
1978-1997 Richard Russell 1978 Multimedia Systems (video, audio and fine art)
1981-1982 Earth Wind & Fire 1981 Tour Electronics Engineer & Designer
1983 Santana Shango 1983 Tour Engineer, Consultant
1984 Santana Freedom 1984 Tour Engineer, Crew Chief, Performance Audio Manager
1985 Dylan Santana 1985 Tour Engineer, Crew Chief
1985 Live in Japan/Asia 1985 Engineer, Crew Chief
1986 Santana, Lukather, Beck, Kurizawa 1986 Engineer
1988 Herbie Hancock Perfect Machine 1988 Engineer, Progammer, Designer
1989 Herbie Hancock Sound System 1989 Engineer, Progammer, Designer
1990 Fine Young Cannibals 1990 Tour Designer
1992 Tonight Show with Jay Leno Tonight Show Band 1992 Audio Design & Artist Relations
1976-1983 Emu Systems Hancock Modifications 1976 First Disk Drive
1976-1983 Herbie Hancock, 1976 Automated Patchbay
1976-1983 Emu Systems Hancock Modifications 1976 Manual Patch Bay
1976-1983 Hancock 1976 Vocoder Modifications and Switching
1976-1983 Hancock 1976 Clavitron Modification
1976-1983 Hancock 1976 Master Clock
1976-1983 Hancock 1976 Portable Minimoog
1976-1983 Hancock 1976 Clavitar Switcher
1976-1983 Hancock 1976 Automated Patchbay
1984 Al DiMeola Tour de Force 1984 Engineer
1985 Live Aid 1985 Santana Engineer
1986 Neil Young Live 1986 Sound Design, Programmer
1987 Crosby Stills & Nash and Young American Dream 1987 Computers & Sound Designer
1988 Babes In Paradise 1988 Studio Design & Construction
1990 INXS Suicide Blonde 1990 Tour Designer, Sound Designer, Programmer
1991 INXS Live Album 1991 Tour Designer
1992 ZZTop 1992 MIDI Consultant
1993 Lee Ritenour 1993 Starlight Studio Midi Design
1994 Apple Europe Sales Conference 1994 Event Crew
1977 Patrice Rushen 1977 Tour Engine & Tour Designer
1978 Joni Mitchel Mingus Album 1978 Hancock Engineer
1979 Michael Paulo Eclipse of the Full Moon 1979 Producer, Engineer
1980 Apple 1980 Contributed to Apple II Marketing campaign NCC appearance
1982 Herbie Hancock Quartet Live 1982 Engineer
1983 Herbie Hancock Future Shock 1983 Engineer, Progammer, Designer
1984 Apple 1984 Contributed to Macintosh system design for music
1986-1987 Neil Young Crazy Horse 1986 Tour Computers & Sound Designer, Musician
1989 Branford Marsalis, Sting 1989 Tour Consultant
1992 Bob Stutch (New Dog and Pony) 1992 Multimedia Studio Design and Construction
1994 Herbie Hancock Dis is da Drum 1994 Consultant
1995 Apple Global Sales Conference 1995 Event Crew
1991 Apple USA Sales Conference 1991 Apple event crew
1992 Apple USA Sales Conference 1992 Apple event crew
1993 Apple USA Sales Conference 1993 Apple event crew
1994 Apple USA Sales Conference 1994 Apple event crew
1994 Red Thunder 1994 Consultant
1992 Branford Marsalis 1992 Studio Design and Construction
1987-1990 Apple 1987 contributed to the Quicktime development project
1987-1990 Apple 1987 contributed to the AIFF file format
1988 Apple 1988 consulted on the AudioVision product line
1999 James Levi 1999 Engineer
1990 Apple Developer's Conference 1990 Live Documentary & Sound Design
1990 Apple Developer's Conference 1990 Speaker on Desktop Media
1982 George Benson Give Me the Night 1982 Tour Designer
1993 Pat Metheny Jack DeJonnette, Dave Holland, Herbie Hancock 1993 Tour Consultant
1991 Fine Young Cannibals 1991 Studio Designer
1984 Zoetrope Productions (Francis Coppola) Francisco Aquabella 1984 Film Engineer & Consultant
1983 Kalapana Japan Jam Live 2 1983 Engineer, Co-Producer
1983 Jon Lucien Albums 1983 Engineer
1993 Corrado Rustici 1993 Studio Design and Construction
1992 Branford Marsalis Buckshot Le Funque Album 1992 Studio Design and Construction
1991 Calvin Walker Just Be Good To Yourself 1991 Producer, Engineer, Sound Designer, Writer
1992 Ross Decker 1992 Studio Design and Construction
1994 Michael Jackson Black & White Tour 1994 Consultant
1995 Michael Jackson Dangerous Tour 1995 Consultant
1997 Michael Jackson History Tour 1997 Consultant
1993 Barefoot 3 1993 Engineer
1985 Al DiMeola Tour de Force 1985 Tour Designer
1984 Santana Live in Santa Domingo 1984 Engineer, Crew Chief, Co-Producer
1984 Santana Live at SIR 1984 Engineer
1984 Santana Blues For Salvador 1984 Engineer, Co-Producer
1985 Santana Songs for Freedom 1985 Engineer
1985 Santana Live for King Biscuit 1985 Engineer, Crew Chief, Co-Producer
1977 Stanley Turrentine 1977 Tour Designer
1978 Jon Lucien 1978 Tour Engineer, Production Manager
1979 Apple 1979 Integration of synthesizer and drum machine
1980 US Festival 1980 Santana Engineer
1976 Herbie Hancock Secrets 1976 Engineer, Programmer, Designer
1976 Herbie Hancock VSOP 1976 Live Album Engineer, Programmer
1977 Herbie Hancock VSOP Trio 1977 Engineer
1978 Herbie Hancock Sunlight 1978 Engineer, Programmer, Designer
1978 Herbie Hancock Direct Step 1978 Engineer
1979 Herbie Hancock The Piano (Gershwin) 1979 Engineer
1979 Herbie Hancock Feets Don’t Fail Me Now 1979 Engineer, Programmer, Designer
1979 Herbie Hancock Five Stars VSOP The Quintet 1979 Engineer
1980 Herbie Hancock Monster 1980 Engineer, Progammer, Designer
1980 Herbie Hancock Mr. Hand 1980 Engineer, Progammer, Designer
1980 Herbie Hancock Light Me Up 1980 Engineer, Progammer, Designer
1977 Ron Carter Trio 1977 Engineer
1978 Joni Mitchel Mingus 1978 Tour Engineer
1980 Talking Heads Remain in Light 1980 Tour Consultant
1977 UC Berkely Jazz Festival 1977 Mentoring Program, Production Manager, Engineer
1978 UC Berkely Jazz Festival 1978 Mentoring Program, Production Manager, Engineer
1979 UC Berkely Jazz Festival 1979 Mentoring Program, Production Manager, Engineer
1980 UC Berkely Jazz Festival 1980 Mentoring Program, Production Manager, Engineer
1977 Bryan Bell The Zone Ends Here, Slow Traffic Croft 1977 Artist, Producer, Engineer
1978 George Benson Jazz Allstars 1978 Engineer
1980-1982 Fairlight Systems 1980 Consultant
1977 Bennie Maupin Moonscapes 1977 Sound Designer
1978 Bennie Maupin Slow Traffic To The Right 1978 Sound Designer
1979 Jaco Pastorius 1979 Consultant
1978 Paul Jackson Black Octopus 1978 Co Producer, Engineer
1979 Summer in Nemu 1979 Engineer
1978 Kimiko Kasai Butterfly 1978 Engineer
1979 Wynton Marsalis Wynton Marsalis 1979 Engineer
1978 Wah Wah Watson 1978 Sound Designer
1979 Kalapana in Nemu 1979 Engineer
1980 Kalapana Japan Jam Live 1 1980 Engineer, Co-Producer
1973 John McLaughlin 1973 House Engineer and Consultant
1981 Earth Wind & Fire 1981 Band Gear Technician, Built first computer-controlled automated pyrotechnic system prototype
1986-1988 Bridge School 1986 Member, Advisory Board
1988-2012 Bridge School 1988 Director, Finance Chair
1990-1992 Jon Farriss 1990 Built "Racks of Love" portable MIDI studio
1994-2000 Frank Russell Company 1994 Strategic Technologist and Director of the Advanced Technology Lab
1999 XML 99 EUROPE 1999 Speaker, Managing the Intellectual Property Lifecycle, Granada, Spain
1998 GEIS SOLUTIONS 1998 Speaker, Managing Web Content Globally, Breakout Session, Orlando, FL
1999 GEIS SOLUTIONS 1999 Speaker, Assembly Line Documents, Orlando, FL
1998 Plenary Session, DOCUMATION 98 1998 Speaker, Large Scale Document Management, Paris, France
1998 DOCUMATION 98 WEST 1998 Speaker, Management for Internets & Extranets Workshop, Santa Clara, CA
1996 DOCUMATION 96 1996 Speaker, Case Studies & Implemented Demos, Toronto, Canada
1996 DOCUMATION 96 1996 Speaker, Internet Document Management SGML/HTML/ Electronic Document Delivery Workflow, Toronto, Canada
1996 WEB Design & Development 1996 1996 Speaker, Content Re-purposing Tutorial, Washington, D.C.
1997 WEB Design & Development 1997 1997 Speaker, Content Re-purposing Tutorial, Santa Clara, CA
1998 Plenary Session, FRANK RUSSELL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SPRING CONFERENCE 98 1998 Speaker, Technology Updates, Tacoma, WA
1999 BATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE JOBS OF THE FUTURE SYMPOSIUM 1999 Speaker, 21st Century Economics,Keynote Speech, Seattle, WA
1990 New Music Seminar 1990 Speaker, Digital Distribution of Intellectual Property - Panel, New York City, NY
1998 SGML/XML 98 EUROPE 1998 Speaker, Topic Navigation Map Tutorial, Paris, France
1997 Plenary Session, DOCUMATION 97 1997 Speaker, Content Re-purposing, Montreal, Canada
1997 Federal Bureau of Investigations 1997 Speaker, Private Knowledge Management Briefing, Washington, D.C.
1997 SGML/XML 97 1997 Speaker, Chair & Presenter,Content Management Workshop, Washington, D.C.
1999-2000 Electric Power Research Institute 1999 Architect for Advanced Information System prototype project with Duke Engineering
1997-2000 Experience Music Project(EMP) Paul Allen and Jodi Patton 1997 Audio/MIDI Consultant and Guest lecturer.
2000 BATES TECHNICAL COLLEGE 2000 Guest Lecturer, Seattle, WA
2000 AUDIO ENGINEERING SOCIETY CONFERENCE 2000 Speaker, Keynote speech with Herbie Hancock, Los Angeles, CA
2001 KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGIES CONFERENCE 2001 Speaker, Track Chair, Managing the Intellectual Property Lifecycle, Austin, TX
1997 Steve Porcaro 1997 Composition System Design
1999 AFM SUMMIT ON INTERNET MUSIC 1999 Panelist, Portland, OR
1999 XML CONFERENCE 1999 Speaker, Phillidelphia, PA
2000 XML 2000 Speaker, Closing Keynote with Mary LaPlant, Washington DC
1992-1993 Emerson, Lake & Palmer 1992 Supplemental Keyboard Design
1986-1994 Domaine Chandon 1986 Senior Computer Consultant and electronic architect
1969 Electric Car Prototype 1969 With A. Spaulding
1999-2000 Grammy Board Governor 1999 NARAS NW Chapter Grammy Board of Governor
2010-2012 Bob Moog Foundation 2010 Director, Board Chair
1999-2012 The Russell Family Foundation 1999 Chief Technology Officer
1999-2005 Sunshine Management Company 1999 Chief Technology Officer
2005-2012 Threshold Group 2005 Chief Technology Officer
2007-2012 One Nation 2007 Chief Technology Officer
2004-2007 Strange Angel 2004 Producer, Engineer, Writer, Guitar, Vocals
2009-2012 Crunchy and Smooth 2009 Producer, Engineer
2006-2007 Soul Resonance 2006 Producer, Engineer
2010-2012 August Light 2010 Producer, Engineer, Writer
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