Guitar Performance and Instruction – Music and Video Production
Live Sound Design and Production – Lighting Design and Production
PO Box 270024
Flower Mound, TX 75027
paul@paulgarceau.com
Background
Paul grew up and began his musical career in Southern Connecticut. Upon completion of his Bachelor of Music degree at The University of North Texas, he settled in Dallas. Over the course of his career Paul has been involved in performance, music education, composition, sound recording, live sound, lighting production, video production, av support, technician training, and video streaming. He has also gained experience in web design, video production, video editing, lighting design and lighting controls. While at Absolute Entertainment Paul served various roles reporting directly to ownership. These included office management, scheduling and training audio, video and av technicians, building and maintaining cms based websites for equipment inventory and labor schedules, developing and producing print, web and video promotional materials, and interfacing with outside voip, web services, cms system and equipment vendors. Paul began a teaching career in public education mathematics in 2022 and currently resides in Flower Mound, Texas.
Projects, Responsibilities and Accomplishments
Transitioned all Absolute Entertainment live acts and production teams from analog to digital systems with IEMS and training in wireless frequency coordination and digital console audio and control networking.
Created, equipped, and produced Absolute Entertainment’s streaming services for corporate events, wedding ceremonies, and conferences with 100% success rate.
Transitioned office client stations, analog phones, and server storage to cloud services and cms.
Creation and deployment of online cms web sites with scaled security giving technicians and entertainers access to need to know equipment and performance information and scheduling.
Manage sequence, pacing, and math assessments for over 120 middle schoolers
Education
Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from University of North Texas
Texas Education Agency Certified k-12 teacher
Administrative Experience
2024 – present Math Department Manager at CFBISD
2022 – present 6th, 7th & 8th Grade Math Instructor at CFBISD
2007-present Project Manager, Marketing Support, Musician Liaison, Audio and Video Producer and Office Manager at Absolute Entertainment (Dallas, TX)
Software Experience and Proficiencies
Wireless Systems Manger (Sennheiser Wireless Coordination)
Wireless Workbench (Shure Wireless Coordination)
Protools ( DAW)
Presonus Studio One (DAW)
Reason (DAW)
Ableton Live (DAW and Live Playback)
Dante Controller & VSC (Audio Networking)
Yamaha Studio Manager (Digital Live Sound Control)
X-32 Edit (Digital Live Sound Control)
Microsoft Office Suite
Finale (Music Notation)
Chamsys (DMX Lighting Control)
BlueLite (DMX Lighting Control)
OBS Studio (Streaming Software)
ATEM Software Control (Blackmagic Video Switch Interface)
Adobe Premiere (Video Editing)
Adobe Speed grade (Video Color Grading)
Adobe Photoshop (Photo Editing)
Adobe Dreamweaver (Web Design)
Adobe Muse (Web Design)
Drupal CMS (Web Design)
WordPress CMS (Web Design)
3CX (IP-PBX Voip Phone Server)