phone: 972.822.7542
e-mail:  lukecarnevale@gmail.com

Luke A. Carnevale                       www.elciproductions.com

 

Education

 College:  Texas A&M University

Degree:  Bachelors of Environmental Design,  minor in Business,  May 2001

GPA/Honors3.76,  Cum Laude

 

College:  Texas A&M University

Degree:  M.S. in Visualization Science,  August 2004

GPA/Honors3.9  

 

Training & Software

 C/C++            Alias/Wavefront Maya        Photoshop                   Linux/Unix/Mac/XP

openGL           Renderman                       After Effects                Cakewalk  

HTML              MTOR/Slim                      Macromedia Flash        Illustrator 

ActionScript     Keynote                           Dps Velocity                Dreamweaver 
MEL                PowerPoint                      Quark XPress               Fruity Loops Sonar              ProTools                          AutoTune                     Guitar/Drums/Bass

 
Experience  Producer/Musician
Producer/Songwriter                       (January 2010 - present)
- With more than 11 years of production experience and over 17 years of songwriting experience, elci Productions officially opened it's Music Production doors in January of 2010.
CREDITS 2011
- Spreading The Love, signed to a two year, non-exclusive, deal with Matrix (Beauty Products/Salons). And a second track was requested.
- Make A Joyful Noise Remix (MAJN) , placed on Oxygen Network's, All About Aubrey, episode 102.
- Revolution Stomp, placed on America's Next Top Model episode 1609, Franca Sozzani.
CREDITS 2010
- Revolution Stomp, Restoration ReMix, MAJN ReMix, signed to a publishing deal with JDE Music.
- Additional tracks selected and submitted for pickup by Britney Spears, Wayne Wilkins, NBC's Last Comic Standing, European Radio, Next Future Star.. among others.
CREDITS 2009
- Unstoppable, selected for submission to UK number one artist, Agnes' record label.
CREDITS - Artist/Client List
- All About Aubrey, America's Next Top Model, Chris Briguglio, April Drake, Joel Garza, Brent Haas, JDE Music, Patrick Mancenido, Matrix, LaKeisha Michelle, Jillian Smith, Cara Young, Inner Frequency, SoT
FOH Audio Engineer
- 2005-2011, Gateway Church, Tech Arts Volunteer - Front of House Audio Mixing and recording for weekly Alpha Men's group.
Musician/Songwriter/Producer      (May 2005 - August 2009)
- Co-founder, guitarist, backing vocalist, songwriter, occational producer for Dallas/Ft. Worth based band, Inner Frequency.
- opened for Eddie Money, Lifehouse and Daughtry.
- 2009 double feature on Good Morning Texas, 2008 Headlined the Dallas Deep Ellum Arts Festival, 2007 featured on the CW33 News.
- 2009 released first mainstream EP, Surge, with Amy Lee (Evanesance) producer, Will Hunt, out of Spaceway studios.
- played gigs from Denton to College Station, Austin to Abeline and of course all over Dallas/Ft. Worth.
Musician/Songwriter/Producer      (1998 - January 2005)
- Co-founder, guitarist, backing vocals, songwriter, producer for the unlikely duo.
- produced duo's 2002 freshman acoustic record, Comuppance.
- My Song, an original SoT track, recieved airplay in a Waco radio station competition and was voted 1st place by local listeners (out of four tracks going head-to-head) moving it on, to the national level.
- 2000, auditioned, selected and performed in the Annual Texas A&M Parents Day Weekend Talent Show to a packed Rudder Theater crowd.
- rocked many a wedding, late night living room and of course, the occational Comuppance.
Classical Training                            (1987 - August 1996)
Trumpet, Honors Band, Wind Ensemble, Marching Band
- 1st Trumpet player (2nd chair) for Duncanville's highly esteemed, Wind Ensemble. The Wind Ensemble has been the Region XX Honor Band every year since 1980.
- 1996, the Wind Ensemble placed 4th in the state finals, Honor Band Competition.
- 1992-93, 1993-94 All Region Band.
- 1991-96, All State - Solo & Ensemble competition.
- 1992, one of only 14 freshman to go directly from the 9th grade band into the Wind Ensemble as sophmores.
- played weekly in church and at various churches/events on holiday's and special occations

 

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Experience  Web Designer/Developer
Web Designer                                   (September 2004 - June 2011)
- Built the list of above sites, plus many more, in Flash and Dreamweaver.
- 2006-2011 contract-worked as the Web Administrator for The Urban Alternative. Duties included daily web upkeep, original print and web design, branding, coding, database management, web development, store development & maintenance, customer service and much more. We were running about $350,000 annually through our on-line presence when I began and we were on pace to do over $1,000,000 in 2011.
Graphic Designer                             (December 2005)
Wieck Media - Keynote Presentation
- Designed an original template and company presentation in Keynote.
Graphic Designer                             (July 2005 - October 2005)
Endtime Ministries - Endtime "the game"
- Artwork/Graphic design of game box, board, cards and original 3d game piece.
Head Animator/Asst. Producer      (January 2003 - March 2004)
Texas A&M University (NSF Grant) - created a nation-wide planetarium show
- Worked with inter-state team to create, compile and edit material needed to produce a 35 minute, nation-wide planetarium show on lightning.
- Conceived, story-boarded, built and implemented 3D animated character, Sparky.
- Story-boarded and aided in shooting live action.
Graduate Teaching Assistant        (September 2002 - December 2002)
Texas A&M Visualization Lab's -
"Digital Image" & "Computing for Visualization I" Classes
- Presented Photoshop/openGL tutorials, graded coding work, & fielded questions.
PDI Summer Course                         (Summer 2002)
Texas A&M University/PDI Summer Class - Design Communication
- Created a Viz Lab short, under the direction of Dreamworks/PDI's industry greats, Rex Grignon and Jan Carlee.
- Designed gags, co-wrote script, rigged hands & arms, shot plates, built & animated shots.

 

 

Honors               The J.W. Van Dyke Memorial Scholarship                                     (1998 - 1999)

                            The George & Mary Lewis Endowed Scholarship                       (1999 - 2004)

                            Golden Key Honor Society Member                                                   (1999 - 2001)

                            The Battalion Graphic Artist - "Rookie of the Semester"           (2002)

                            The Urban Alternative (TUA) Employee of the Year                   (2007)

                            TUA Joe Cool Award (for always keeping cool under pressure)     (2010)

 

Leadership        Aggie Fish Club                                                  (1996 - 1997)

                             Service & Finance Committee

                                              - Planned, Organized, Marketed, and Ran annual Outback - AFC Golf Tournament benefiting

                                                 the Toby Boenig Foundation.

                                              - Served Community through events such as Canned Food Drives, Habitat For Humanities,

                                                 and the Local Boys and Girls Club.

 

                             Fish Camp                                                          (1998 - 2001)

                            Three-time Camp Counselor

                                              - Worked with 18-22 fellow counselors to plan, organize, and lead a three day summer camp

                                                 for 150-200 incoming freshman.

                                              - Teamed with a partner to plan, develop and run smaller "Discussion Group" of 8-12

                                                 freshmen within the camp.

 

                            MSC Fish                                                              (2000 - 2001)

                             Assistant Director & Service Committee Chair

                                              - Established and launched a brand new freshman leadership/service organization.

                                              - Duties included creating and executing service events like canned food drives, the

                                                 Healthy Heart Project and hosting former-student tailgate parties.

                                              - Worked with other A.D.'s to organize and lead weekly meetings.

 

Other                   Playing Guitar                                    Working Out                            Rec. Sports

Interests             Writing/Recording Music                     Photography                            Painting