Dan Byars

9420 W. 56th Place

Arvada, CO 80002

720-472-4629

January 12, 2008

Business owner of Olde Town Music Hall (Arvada), Dan Byars Multimedia Services aka Coloradorock.com:  1997 – present

Primary focus is in producing a television show which has been broadcast weekly on KBDI PBS over the past four years. 

• Coloradorock.com 1997 – present – owner – Producer/Director/Editor
  • Produce and direct weekly TV episodes which showcase musically talented groups and solo artists’ live-on-stage in front of an audience.
    • Train and lead 3 full time staff, several volunteers, and Ohio College of Broadcasting student interns (on-going) to assist with production by working cameras, lighting, sound, and video equipment.
    • Duties include: setting guidelines for quality control, govern the operation of the master video switcher, sound, and lighting systems.  Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair production equipment.  Perform/record process & product R&D.  Knowledge of encoding, video/audio signal, computers, digital media formats, & non-linear editing system configurations.   Edit video using FinalCut Pro.

• Manage in-house entertainment booking agency which schedules acts for video production.

• Offer equipment for lease: set up, tear down, and engineer audio and lighting equipment for entertainment performances (fairs, festivals, special events, etc.)

• Old Town Music Hall, Arvada, CO 1998 – present – owner
  • Provide full range of multimedia services.
    • Engineer, and master client audio productions.  

• Dan Byars Multimedia 2000 – present – owner
  • Produce TV and Internet commercials, infomercials, documentaries, promotional and special event videos (examples):
    • 90 minute documentary - live funeral television broadcast.
    • Annual FibArc special event promotional video.
    • National Harmonica Society Convention documentary.
  • Designed and built four TV studio's.

• Owner/service technician:  operate a computer diagnostics and repair service. 

• Computer networking technology specialist:  planning, purchasing, installing, and managing PC and Mac LAN’s and attached resources.  Software instruction  1995 – present

• Audio recording engineer 1995 – present

• E-Bay auction services 2000 - present.

• Audio systems, stage lighting, and video security systems purchasing consultant and installer  2003 – present 

• Musician (all instruments), performer, entertainer, composer, vocalist   1979 – present 

• Owner/designer/webmaster of an on-line retail store which sold musical instruments and music related items   1999 - 2001    

• Web site owner/designer of Coloradorock.com  1997 – present.    

Examples of my work are at http://coloradorock.com . 

References available upon request.