Neil Douglas

Hi, I am Neil Douglas and am a freelance Tour Manager for International bands.

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  Neil Douglas is a Tour Manager and Keyboard tech with over 15 years experience with International Touring. Neil has  worked with Stereo MCs, Olivia Somerlyn and Martina Topley-Bird as Tour Manager.   Neil Douglas has also worked on stage as a keyboard and playback technician for The Kooks, UB40, Kelis, Jamie Woon, Goldfrapp , P!NK, Little Mix, Sigala, ADF, Heather Small, Martina Topley-Bird, Vanessa Mae, Stereo MCs and Darren Hayes. Neil Douglas started his audio career at The Bridge Post Production studio and then moving to Manfred Mann's studio in London - The Workhouse to work as assistant then sound engineer. After 3 years working with many international bands including Bjork, Andy Weatherall, Stereo MCs, he freelanced in several professional recording studios in London including Eden, The Church, Strongroom, Orinocco, Swanyard with many bands including Oasis, Shirley Bassey and The Chemical Brothers. Neil Douglas has also worked for computer games company VIS Entertainment in Dundee as a sound designer for 1 year, and also has done sound design for many theatre shows in London, the southeast and all over the UK. Neil has worked on sound design with several  Video Directors on many viral campaigns for Greenpeace and Vodafone. Neil's combined  knowledge of Accountancy and music creation, recording and programming enables him to provide a professional but "easy to work with" service for touring clients, ensuring that all the client's criteria are fulfilled.      

Freelance Sound Engineer & Designer at self

January 1993 - January 2012 | London

Working throughout the UK on recording and mixing music for international record companies in variety of professional recording studios. Completing sound design for theatre companies and directors in Uk and Ireland.

Sound Designer at VIS Entertainment

July 2002 - July 2003 | Dundee

Sound Designer for Computer Games, doing in game sound effects, editing dialogue, scripting, editing and creating audio for video and FMV.

Assistant and Sound Engineer at The Workhouse

July 1990 - January 1994 | London

Recording, Mixing and programming music for clients in the recording studio. Assisting the sound engineers and clients in all aspects of recording and mixing.

Runner, transfer sound engineer at The Bridge

June 1989 - July 1990 | London

Learning the post production business. Sourcing and categorizing sound effects and library music for clients and sessions. Copying audio and visual content from multiple professional formats.

Heriot-Watt University

1986 – 1989

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Tennis, skiing, scuba diving, computers, music, live concerts, sound design, sailing, computer games.