Ross Andrew Williams
D.O.B. July 11, 1953
Email ross@rosswilliams.net
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Ross Andrew Williams
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Feb. 1971
Under
Scholarship, commenced studies toward a Degree in
Communications
& Electronic Engineering at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Aug.1972
Left
RMIT to become a professional musician and toured Australia repeatedly.
Aug.1974
Moved
to Mount Gambier (SA) and established resident showband.
Completed
correspondence course in Musical Arranging with Berklee Conservatorium
(USA).
Employed
by SA Education Department teaching guitar and Theory to High
School students.
Established
private recording studio and teaching practice. Completed extensive
audio
production projects (studio and location) for local television
and radio broadcast.
Elected
Musical Director for South East Modern Music Society - a 17-piece
workshop/stageband.
Produced,
arranged and engineered first LP and singles in region.
Oct.1978
Moved
to Sydney under invitation to join Johnny O'Keefe showband.
Worked
as Musical Director for Normie Rowe following JOK's death - this
would continue until
March
'80. Granted (via examination)
membership of Musical Arrangers Guild of Aust. (MAGA) as
qualified
arranger and copyist.
Mar.1979
Completed
diploma in Sound Recording & Engineering at the
Academy
of Sound Recording Engineers (Sydney). Referred to and consequently
employed by,
CBS
Records (now Sony Music) Australia as Recording Technician1.
Feb.1981
Promoted
to Studio Manager2
and transferred from Recording Department to oversee
development
of in-house sound studio facilities. Enrolled and began Television
Operational
Techniques
Certificate course at North Sydney Technical College.
Nov.1981
Awarded
Highest Pass-Stage I from Nth.Sydney Tech.
Developed
CBS video facilities to provide in-house and on-line tape duplicating,
editing & dubbing,
post
production and graphics. Maintained a large output of training
videos, domestic and international
product
presentations and commercials.
Nov.1982
Awarded
Highest Pass-Stage II from Nth.Sydney Tech.
Mar.1983
Promoted
to Director, Artists & Repertoire3for
CBS . Completed five overseas trips to promote
Australian
recorded music to global affiliates. Worked in every major Australian
recording studio
and
in many in UK, France, Belgium, Japan and USA4.
Designed
and oversaw completion of 24 track studio facilities for CBS (now
Sony
Music Studios).
Jun.1986
Resigned
from CBS and moved to Noosa Heads,Queensland.
Jan.1987
Employed
by the Apex Club of Gympie as Sponsorship & Promotions Coordinator5
for
their annual National Country Music Muster - the
largest outdoor CM festival in Australia.
Mar.1987
Completed
TAFE course in Creative Writing.
Oct.
1987
Joined
Stereo 56/4GY as Sales and Advertising Consultant6 based
at Noosa.
Apr.1988
Promoted
to Promotions Manager at Stereo 567.
Jun.1988
Offered
and accepted position as Sales Executive/Copywriter at 4SS/MIXFM
(Nambour).
Sep.1988
Offered
and accepted position Media Sales Representative8
with Sunshine Coast
Newspaper
Company. This position would continue, albeit eventually on a
part-time basis, until Nov.'96.
Jan. 1989
Began
live musical performance again and established 'Look Ma,No Hands!'
- a highly successful
and
popular Sunshine Coast duo.
Jul.1989
Produced
and arranged numerous albums at Stageshow Studios (Nambour).
Dec.1991
Teamed
with American harmonica player Doc Span. Together this duo performed
literally
thousands of gigs, recorded 4 albums and appeared at every major
Australian
blues
festival in all States.
Mar.1996
Awarded
BASF Sunnie Award for Best Blues/R&B album - 'The Last Train',
an
all-original, self recorded and produced acoustic effort with
Doc Span.
Jun.1996
Granted
Full Membership of Australian Performing Rights Association (APRA).
Feb.1997
Enrolled
and began studies toward a Bachelor of Music-Performance (Jazz
Studies)
at
Queensland
Conservatorium of Music.
Mar.2000
Along
with musical partner Doc Span, awarded Sunshine Coast Entertainer(s)
of the Year.
Won
Noosa Olympic Song Contest with self-penned "Lazy Noosa Sunday".
Continued
studies in multimedia. Developed competency in the programs listed
here.
Nov. 2000
Completed Bachelor
of Music at QCM.
Released
debut solo acoustic guitar album "Swamprat calling..."
Established commercial
multimedia development company, RawMedia.
Accepted
position as lecturer in Certificate IV in Contemporary Music Performance
& Sound Engineering
at
Southbank
Institute of Technology's Contemporary Music Centre
March 2003
Commenced as Sessional Lecturer at Griffith University
Conservatorium of
Music (Gold Coast) in their
Bachelor
of Popular Music program.
December 2004
Completed
BSZ40198 Certificate IV in Workplace Training & Assessment
at Bremer Institute of TAFE
July 2009
Accepted fulltime academic position lecturing in Popular Music at Queensland Conservatorium in the Bachelor of Popular Music
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Notes:
1
Duties
included: tape transfers; compilations; editing; disc cutting
(mastering);
A/V
presentations; test pressing and QC evaluation; machine maintenance.
2
Duties
included: design, construction, equipment evaluation and purchase
and installation;
bookkeeping
procedures implemented; reporting systems implemented.
The
initial demo studio was designed to offer CBS artists a comfortable
yet workable writing environment.
Many
overseas producers used this facility during preproduction. A
massive amount of demos were
produced
including demos for Men At Work, The Angels, Midnight Oil, Mi-Sex,
Mental As Anything.
3
Duties
included: New talent acquisition, responsibility for securing,
recording, marketing
and
promoting of Australian artists on the CBS roster, approving and
maintaining record budgets,
hiring
of producers/engineers/video crew etc.. Developing overseas sampling
and release programs.
4
A
complete list of albums recorded and released during my stay at
CBS is available,
but
too lengthy to reproduce here.
5
Duties
included: preparing reports to potential and existing sponsors;
talent acquisition;
coordination
of all pre-event publicity and media releases.
6
Duties
included: copywriting for radio; media campaign design; financial
control; direct sales.
7
Duties
as in '6' above but extended to include: station and sales promotions
throughout
the Noosa District.
8
Duties
included: graphic design; copywriting; campaign design; multi-media
development; direct sales.
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