Name: Seapora (www.seapora.com)

Hometown: San Rafael, CA

Specialty/Style: Recording Artist, Collaborative Producer, Vocalist, Pianist, Designer

Tools of Choice: Logic, Abelton, Pen and paper, and a little magic!

Years producing music/sound design pre-Pyramind Training: I have been writing lyrics my whole life, experimented in Abelton a year prior to my studies at Pyramind Training

Course Attended At Pyramind Training: Received the Beat University Scholarship (A Pyramind intiative) and took selective courses: Logic, Live, Synthesis, Audio 101 and Music Business to name a few.

Q1. Great EP right here! Tell us a bit about Seapora and how you found the remix artists?

Seapora is a manifestation of electronic dance, indie, pop music. I was fortunate to meet all the talented remix artists on this release through my studies at Pyramind Training. The program provided an opportunity for me enhance my production as well as my music business skills, and helped me enhance my career as a solo artist. The experience also introduced me to people who were passionate about music and open to collaborating and making original tracks.

Name: Paul O’Rourke

Hometown: Woodside, Ca

Specialty/Style: Electronic Hip-Hop

Tools of Choice: Ableton Live, Pro Tools

Years producing music/sound design pre-Pyramind Training: 4 years

Course Attended At Pyramind: The Core + DSP

Congratulations on your position as Associate Sound Designer at Double Fine Studios! What projects are you currently involved with?

Thank you! I worked on contract for 2 games, Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster, and the recently announced title, Double Fine Happy Action Theater.

Course Attended At Pyramind: Start September 2010 (The Core + DSP)

Software Used: AVID Pro Tools HD

Band name: The Stages of Sleep

Current members: Max Savage, Jason Ardiles, Steve Horgan, Brian Wilkerson,Eli Carlton-Pearson, Isabel Sokol-Oxman, Seth Paris

Album: The Stages of Sleep EP

Tell us about the origins of the band?

Jason, Steve and I grew up playing music together in San Rafael. We've had a lot of different bands, most notably Zire/Zeneva which was was basically Latin Electronica or as I liked to call it: Flamexperimetronica.  So after feeling like endless loops and beats had drained us of any dynamics and heart we decided to start a new project (with Brian Wilkerson and Seth Paris) that was fully acoustic...meaning REAL instruments and named it The Stages of Sleep.