About Me

I’m a freelance writer, web developer and musician/producer out of Melbourne, Australia.

Currently I’m living the easy life working from home when I feel like. This includes writing for online publications like Lifehack.org and and producing audio for various videos and animation projects as well as creating authored and dynamic websites.

I’m also building a small blog networks of interesting and fun sites with great writers. We’re in negotiations with various blogs, getting them on board to make their sites bigger and better.

Here I will try to write as much helpful stuff as possible. This will involve all writable aspects of my life like blogging for a living, audio production and visual arts, organization and productivity, as well as any other fluff I feel like jotting down.

Enjoy!

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WEB DEVELOPMENT

I enjoy making new things for the web; mostly blogs and website with dynamic content. I’m constantly learning and developing my craft. Working on various sites of my own, I have gained extensive knowledge in standard-compliant web-design, search engine optimization as well as internet-friendly copy.

Check out my sites on the right and get in contact with me if you have some ideas for a new project.

Find more links to other web work at craigchilds.net

WRITING

I’m currently writing for a range of online publications, from technology and entertainment news to self help and lifehacks.

Currently writing for:

Previously:

AUDIO

Specializing in original music in any genre for all media types, my studio provides the most efficient and cost effective audio solutions around.

See the Audio category for some examples.

What I do:

Past:

SAE Melbourne - Completed Certificate IV Audio Engineering

Live music engineering - Fizard, Lyrical Commission and more

Art/Film and Design projects - too many Uni students to mention

iTouch Australia & New Zealand

Love Calculator - Original acoustic soundtrack for 8 animated web episodes. These were short 10-15 second animated clips that would appear after mobile phone and internet quizzes. iTouch asked for quirky acoustic-driven tracks that reflected each episode’s mood while keeping a sonic theme between each other.

MC Triple - Original hip-hop soundtrack and voice acting for short animated musical comedy. I took care of writing songs and lyrics, providing SFX and recording as well as the soundtrack. Pilot episode only and unfinished developmental work.

Currently working closely with Renmotion animation studio where we’ve previously collaborated on the short-lived MC Triple series.

Present:

Music production, voice recording/performance and audio production for animation visuals with Renmotion and Nickelodeon. Deadline: September.

Mixtapes - mixdown and mastering of four 70min releases for CD distribution and download for grounduphiphop.com. Occasion recording required.

UltraKillDeathDie - still making hardcore electronic music. Now only really available from this Myspace site, the mix of heavy music and sample-based electronics is still fun to make.

Coming Up…
The Jogging Series - A collection of audio tracks to assist joggers and gym-goers work out by following changing tempos. Each song is tailored to a different workout, with increases and decreases in tempo as well as style, so to properly motivate and structure the workout.

Exhibition Work - A collection of customizable audio to use in gallery exhibitions and art pieces.

Royalty-Free Goodies - For animators, designers etc, a collection of royalty-free audio and drum loops to use in projects.

Short Short Stories - Very brief audio narratives.
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