Michel Polizzi

email: mpol1@free.fr

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
· INTERNET / COMPUTERS
Online since January 1996
 

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.
 
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

 

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