Bilingual French/English (US), some Italian, dual citizenship France & United States.
Professional experience
· AUDIO VISUAL TECHNICIAN, operating a wide array of equipment: sound boards, video projectors, slide and overhead projectors, infrared translation consoles,… Currently employed (freelance) at CNIT, Palais des Congrès, Euro Project, Auvitec (Hotels Méridien)… | |
. AUDIO-VISUAL MANAGER, Novotel Paris Tour Eiffel, Paris, France. | 2002 |
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INTERNET / COMPUTERS Online since January 1996 |
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Content Webmaster, fcomfootball.com, a website dedicated to French amateur soccer. |
September 2000 - June 2001 |
1.
-Training course at IESA (Paris) in Web site design and production. HTML, JavaScript, Dreamweaver,… |
April-May 1998. |
2. -Photoshop training course (100 hours) at CFDAA (Paris). | June-July 1999. |
3. -Netscape 4.x, Internet Explorer 4 & 5, Dreamweaver, Arachnophilia, CuteFTP, WS_FTP, RealAudio, Photoshop, UMAX scanner, search engine referencing,… | |
My homepage is at: http://musictravel.free.fr/index1.htm and http://mpol1.free.fr/index1.htm |
· RADIO: Producer, programmer, announcer/host.
1.
RADIO LIBERTAIRE, Paris. Weekly musical program, "Le Mélange", produced in Philadelphia the first two years, in Paris ever since. |
1992-present |
2.
DIVERGENCE-FM, Montpellier. Weekly musical program, "Divergent Mix", produced in Philadelphia the first year, in Paris ever since. |
1993-present |
3.
WXPN-FM, Philadelphia. -Musical programs: Pop/rock, Classical, Jazz, Reggae, Blues, Hip-hop, Interviews,… -Classical programming coordinator -Volunteer staff coordinator -On-air staff training coordinator |
1978-1994 |
4.
RADIO JEDNA, Prague. Weekly musical program of American underground music, "Radio One In New York", produced at WNYU-FM, New York, and WXPN-FM, Philadelphia. |
1991-1993 |
5.
BBC INFOS, London. US correspondant of "Pêle Mêle", a musical program produced in London by French journalist Lydie Barbarian, and broadcast in France over 30 or so stations. |
1993 |
6.
FRANCE INTER, Paris. Bernard Lenoir. -Live phone chronicles from Philadelphia of the opening concerts of the Rolling Stones US tours of 1981 and 1989. -Live bilingual interview from the Paris studios of Noel Redding, Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist, on the twentieth anniversary of Jimi's death on September 20th 1989. |
1981-1989 |
7.
RADIO BRETAGNE OUEST, Quimper. Pulsions, avec Thierry Lomel. -Live phone chronicles from Philadelphia of the Jacksons' 1984 US tour, Madonna's 1985 US tour, and Prince's 1986 US tour. |
1984-1986 |
· MUSIC JOURNALIST / PRINT MEDIA
1.
CARBON 14, Philadelphia. US publication published four times a year and distributed internationally. -Chronicles of european musical and cultural events. -Record and concert reviews. -Photography. |
1994-present |
2.
LUMPEN, Chicago. -Long article on French Hip hop. -Record reviews. |
1998 |
3.
FLUX, Vancouver. -Published one of my photographs. |
1998 |
4.
MAGNET & PHILLY ROCK GUIDE, Philadelphia. Twin publications out of Philadelphia, the one national, the other regional. -Concert and record reviews. -Interviews. |
1992-1994 |
5.
PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER, Philadelphia. Weekly regional paper. -Record reviews. -Compilation of US and international radio and club playlists. |
1992-1993 |
· VARIOUS
1.QUASAR LIGHTSHOW. -60's style psychedelic light show. -With Red Noise / Patrick Vian (1968-1969), Hot Tuna (1972), Sun Ra (1978), Daevid Allen's Gong (1979), Jorma Kaukonen (1982-1984), Hot Tuna (1983), Blue Cheer (1984), John Cippolina (1985), Kingfish (1985), Bob Weir & Joe McDonald (1986), Iron Butterfly & Chambers Brothers (1987),... -Also with a large number of Philadelphia musicians, night-clubs, raves,... -At the Orpheum/Aquarius Theatre (Boston), the Spectrum (Philadelphia), The Saint/Fillmore east (NY), The Ritz (NY), Capital Theatre (Passaic, NJ), Nassau Coliseum (Long Island, NY),... |
1968-1994 |
2.
PHOTOGRAPHER. -Published in Carbon 14 (Phila.), Flux (Vancouver). -Exhibits in Philadelphia, Montpellier (France). -A postcard was published by Tushita Verlag, Duisburg, Germany. |
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3.
TOWER RECORDS CLASSICAL, Philadelphia. -Staff supervisor. -Cassette and accessories buyer. |
1987-1991 |
4.
BERLITZ SCHOOL & INLINGUA SCHOOL, Philadelphia. -French instructor, english instructor for foreign students. |
1978 1991-1993 |