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Chris Bio

MY STORY
I have been a professional musician since I was 15.
I've been self-employed in various music business jobs that entire time.
Now I professionally perform (and teach) a bunch of Music & Multimedia skills. I am the Music Biz Coordinator at the Minnesota School Of Business, Richfield.

Sugarfoot Music
I have started a new business, Sugarfoot Music LLC. Links below. The basic deal: We are trying to make the world a better place with music.
Ten percent of profits go to the artist's favorite charity. Click these:
http://www.sugarfootmusic.com/
myspace.com/sugarfootmusic
Sugarfoot gives me a chance to play, record, write, engineer, produce, master and sing music... take photos.. do some webmastering.. all that fun creative stuff. My new Sugarfoot recording projects include a rock 'n roll CD called "Jangletown".. and one for kids. My Sugarfoot comrade in arms is Michelle Kinney Jelloslave .

Music Creds
My current rock 'n roll band, Sandy and the Hitmen, has played around 4,000 gigs, starting when Jimmy Carter was President. I also play music for kids, in a duo called AlphaBits, with my wife. We have played nearly 1,000 shows in ten years. the AlphaBits Band is the world's greatest part time job.

I co-owned a recording studio -Tracks On Fifth- years ago (with Michael McKern) and engineered all three of the Minnesota Music Award winning records one year (vinyl!) In the studio, I've worked with The Amazing Rhythm Aces, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis (Sue Ann Carwell), Vixen, Rio Nido, Peter Lang, members of Prince's first band - the Revolution, Dixieland legend Red Wolfe, the Flamin Ohs, Pete Himmelman, the Misanthropes, NNB, Raggs, Cool Brothers, Moonshine and hundreds more.

Live sound credits include: Muddy Waters, Patty Smith, Elvis Costello & the Attractions (at the Longhorn!). Ask me about the Muddy Waters concert I promoted.

I've recorded, written and composed music for albums, commercials, video & film soundtracks, multimedia, web sites.. etc. My most recent soundtrack work is MSB DV commercial soundtrack "slide guitar".

Minnesota School of Business
I helped students plan, design & build a website - msbMusicBiz.com.
There are some very cool projects on the site, including podcasts & music videos. It is a GAS to teach ProTools and old school engineering to good students.

I have two of my earlier MSB movies posted here. The APOne Slide Show is a medley of Audio Production One student final projects, combined with classroom photos. The second is M.S.B. by Trevor.

Besides teaching Audio at MSB, I teach web design, some video & computer graphics. I do web/graphic design on the side. I made some films when I attended the U of M (B. A. in Audio & Visual Arts). I work as a professional photographer on occasion, and I am a licensed minister.

I'll have more samples of my work here, if I ever get a few spare hours/days. You can hire me to do any of the above. Just ask...

Chris Hinding