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Brendan Michael Ford

I was born July 15, 1981 in Queens, NY. In 1983, I moved to Worcester County, MA with my family. My father was a postal inspector & Marine Corps reservist & my mother was a housewife.

I attended Catholic High School between 1995 - 1999. I later attended Ithaca College, 1999 - 2003, studying audio & video under Megan Roberts in the Roy Park School. There, I developed an interest in analog synthesis and A/V processing.

During the winter of 2003, I founded web-based production company Recording Productions with classmate & friend, Brendan McGrath, working together to score & produce filmstrips, videos, and web content. In 2006, Recording Productions created RCP Tones, an off-shoot ringtone design company. Currently, we create synthesized ringtones, using MIDI-controlled analog synthesizers. We master our ringtones directly from our DAWs to the iPhone and other handhelds, using realtime wireless transmission & the ringtones are distributed digitally throughout the world.

In addition to RCP Tones, I am a full-time mastering engineer & archivist at Sundazed Music, & part-time technician's assistant at Tech It Out recording studio maintenance. I currently live in Hudson, NY.

Summary

Brendan Michael Ford was born July 15, 1981 in Queens, NY, and moved in 1983 to Worcester County, MA; he attended Catholic High School (1995–1999) and Ithaca College (1999–2003), studying audio and video under Megan Roberts. In winter 2003 he founded Recording Productions with Brendan McGrath to score and produce filmstrips, videos and web content; in 2006 the company created RCP Tones to produce MIDI-controlled synthesized ringtones mastered from DAWs for digital distribution. He is a full-time mastering engineer and archivist at Sundazed Music, a part-time technician's assistant at Tech It Out, and lives in Hudson, NY.

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"Brendan Michael Ford." Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2011. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/brendan-michael-ford.

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