- Brian Cass (musician)
Brian Cass ( born 1977 in
Fall River ,Massachusetts ) is a multi-instrumentalist electronic musician who lives and performs inNew York City . Also known as13rian and is mostly known for his work asone-man-band :The Overclock Orchestra .Brian Cass graduated from
Berklee College of Music inBoston ,Massachusetts . While a student at Berklee he was assistant to Dr.Richard Boulanger , while completingThe Csound Book forMIT Press . Cass simultaneously worked as assistant to audio engineerRob Pemberton at theSound Station Seven recording studio inProvidence ,Rhode Island .From 1999-2003, Cass worked as multi-instrumentalist, engineer and producer for The
Toe Jam Puppet Band (a children's entertainment group) andGala Jive Jut (an electronic jazz fusion quartet) both fromNew Bedford ,Massachusetts . During this time, Cass took on 3 year-old guitar prodigyQuinn Sullivan as a student.After relocating to New York City in 2004, Cass has been involved with
Puremagnetik developing sound content for the Puremagnetik catalog as well asAbleton Live andNative Instruments sound libraries. As one-man-bandThe Overclock Orchestra , Cass has been involved, as performer and organiser, in many electronic performance events, most notably theWarper Party .Brian Cass's other production credits include - programmer for
Jordan Rudess on the 2007Dream Theatre album -Systematic Chaos . Audio Engineer on the 2008Porter Block release - Off Our Shoulders. Audio Engineer for theAmerican Museum of Natural History Cosmic Collisions Planetarium FIlm. Audio Engineer, Composer and Sound Design for many television and radio advertisements.References
* McCarthy, Sean. [http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/05-03/05-23-03/b01li090.htm Feature Article New Bedford Standard Times, May 23rd, 2003] .
* Urselli, Marc [http://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/index.php?id=2608 Live Performance review, March 22nd, 2006]
* Seaman, Hank [http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/04-02/04-07-02/e01li130.htm Toe Jam Puppet Band, 2002]
* Csound Book MIT Press [http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/csound/fpage/pub/csbook/contents/cdrom.html]
* Gala Jive Jut on Souchcoast Today Top 5 List [http://blogs.southcoasttoday.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=nbwailing&entry=31]
* RPC Audio Article at Southcoast Today [http://blogs.southcoasttoday.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=nbwailing&entry=40]External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/theoverclock/ ] Overclock Orchestra Myspace
* [http://www.youtube.com/13rian0verclock/] Overclock Orchestra Youtube
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