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David Cullen

Senior Audio Engineer and Composer specializing in sound design and music production

Sheffield Audio/VideoSheffield Institute for the Recording ArtsBaltimore, MDSenior LevelWorks On-Site

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Audio composer/producer with 25+ years in album production and radio who blends music, sound design, and even voice-over performance to shape narrative and emotion. Describes building an 11th-hour replacement intro from scratch using sampled war/cultural/city soundscapes and recurring motifs, and has experience restructuring music to tighter runtimes while preserving a full three-act arc.

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Key Strengths

  • 25+ years experience in album production and radio
  • Creates tension and narrative through layered sound design (sampling war scenes, cultural chants, city soundscapes)
  • Maintains thematic continuity using recurring musical motifs and instrumentation changes (reprise approach)
  • Able to rebuild/replace major sections from scratch under extreme time pressure (11th-hour new intro)
  • Strong at clean, intentional transitions (smash edit endings, musical buttons, long fades, abrupt pops/turns)
  • Effectively condenses music while preserving a multi-act emotional arc (3 minutes to 90 seconds)
  • Collaborative, iterative workflow with producers/editors; adapts quickly to late notes

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Experience

Audio EngineerSheffield Audio/Video
Composer/Writer/ProducerRadiolabcontract
Composer/Writer/ProducerAnesthesiology Newscontract

Awards

  • Graduated with honors - The Sheffield Institute for the Recording Arts
  • My mom thinks I’m good at everything but music.

Skills

SalesCollaborationAudio EngineeringRecordingMixingAudio EditingSound DesignFoley ArtCompositionMusic ProductionSongwritingWritingPodcast ProductionTheme Song WritingSoundscape Creation

Languages

English

Certifications

Audio Engineering - The Sheffield Institute for the Recording Arts

Memberships

  • ASCAP

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