MIKE COBB: LIVE EVENT PRODUCER & MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST

SUMMARY: Bilingual (English/Spanish) Live Events Producer and Multimedia Music Journalist offers exceptional production skills. Highly knowledgeable about music, art, food, and world culture. Dedicated to helping organizations achieve their goals.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Producer: 1988 – Present

● Live Event Production: booking, hiring talent, promotion, leadership, organization, strategic planning, budgeting for The University of Oregon, Island Records, Holly Morton Productions, The New Jersey Performing Arts Center, The Waldorf Astoria, Yale University’s Summer School of Music and Art

● Band Management: The Crevulators (Americana band from Brooklyn), band leader, songwriter, guitarist, arranger, live and studio recording, booking, hiring talent

Multimedia Music Journalist: 2006 – Present

● 1st Place Radio: Ideation, production, and publication of podcast featuring in depth interviews with local & national musicians including including Lee Fields, Fantastic Negrito, Dex Romweber, Peter Case, Southern Culture On The Skids, Les Claypool, The Felice Brothers, The Hackensaw Boys, Willie Tea Taylor, Tom Rush, Duke Robillard, and many more.

● Elmore Magazine: Weekly reviews of albums, concerts, films, and books. Ticket giveaways, interviews with music personalities.

● 91.7 WBSL and 88.1 KWVA: DJ and Segment Producer for shows featuring music, news, reviews, and interviews.

● The NY Press: Last published interview with Hilly Kristal (proprietor of CBGB’s)

● Orthodoncia (An arts journal from Barcelona, Spain): Interview and articles about American artist Anthony Zito

● Photographer: American Dance Media, Spanish Psychology Journal, Freelance

Spanish and English Teacher: 1993 - 2015

Taught Spanish and English (ELA & ESL) to children and adults at private schools and universities in the USA, Spain, and Vietnam at the following:

● The Berkeley Carroll School● The International School of Brooklyn● Hamilton Park Montessori School● Interschool (Chapin & Spence)● Trevor Day● The Brooklyn Heights Montessori School● Suffield Academy ● British-American College● CUNY (The City University of New York)● Vietnam-USA Society● Cobb School Montessori

EDUCATION

Secondary Education Teaching Certificate 2010 Washington Montessori School, Washington, CTExtensive coursework focusing on Montessori adolescent education including theory, adolescent psychology, curriculum building, and best practices

BA in English Literature 1993 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

LANGUAGES: Bilingual English/Spanish, conversant in French, Italian, and Portuguese

SKILLS: Microsoft Office suite, Mac software (Pages, iMovie, iPhoto, Garageband), Pro-tools, Adobe Photoshop, First Class, Moodle, and Blackbaud.

Singer-songwriter, guitarist, photographer, fine artist (drawing and sculpture)