Jerome Forney

 Creative and innovative audio engineer/editor and sound designer. Digital marketer and branding specialist with 20 + years of bring music directly from the artist to consumers. Passionate artist and composer, experienced contract negotiator and loved by both labels and artists.

• Experienced Mixing Engineer, Sound Designer and Composer
• Mixing Engineer / Sound Design highlights include Planet Drum - "In The Groove", The Grateful Dead - "Workingman's Dead" Atmos/Spacial Audio remix, backing tracks and electronic drum sound design for Dead and Company ‘Drums and Space’ section of the shows. 
• Expert knowledge of physical and digital distribution (audio/video), independent and major label music marketing, PR, label & artist brand consolidation, development and management
• Manager for music production, composition, and remixing for licensing to film and television
• Successfully negotiated over 1000 contracts for music distribution, composition, remixing, and licensing to film and television
• Created, from scratch, a full five-week educational curriculum on Music Business History and Best Practices for Indigital Institute in Santa Cruz, CA (2017)
• Volunteered with the Department of Human Assistance creating online and television public service announcement campaigns to help fight homelessness and raise awareness for women’s shelters in Sacramento, CA (2005)
• Highly proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, Pro Tools, Logic, Ableton Live, ADSR, Final Cut Pro,                   Microsoft Office
• A lifelong musician (classically trained pianist), composer, and producer.

Expression College for Digital Arts (Emeryville, CA) – Graduated October 2002

Cuesta College (San Luis Obispo, CA) – August 1998 - June 2000

San Francisco City College (San Francisco, CA) - Graduated 2015

California State University Sacramento - 2022 - Current