OBLIGITORY NARRATIVE BIO
I was born. By age 4, I was playing air guitar to Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel and Herb Alpert records. At 5, I started playing drums and piano. I got a snare drum for Christmas and made my recording debut: "The Little Drummer Boy." It was a live version, direct to cassette. My second grade teacher was a hippie chick so I learned enough chords (two and a half) to pick up a guitar and strum folk songs with her. This dalliance in the Magic Garden notwithstanding, I pretty much stuck to drums, played several hundred gigs with several hundred bands, went to music school, studied drums, decided I didn't like drum lessons and pretty much didn't stick with drums. For the second half of my life (half so far, that is, I hope) I taught myself how to really fake it on guitar, wrote several hundred songs, played in a band, recorded a few records (yes, I call them that), toured the world, took some time off while my musical partner destroyed himself, got back to work after he escaped from the world's most famous mental institution and then we produced an off-Broadway play about said experience. As a side note, from 1970-1980, I spent a majority of my evenings with a pair of headphones listening to nothing except Beatles records. By 1980, I theorized there may be other music worth listening to. I later learned I was only partially right. In my infinite spare time, I run a recording studio and design really expensive audio/video facilities. In between all that I do some personal stuff but I won't mention those here cuz those bits are personal.
ps - it has more than once been recommended that I have my tongue surgically removed from my cheek. The doctors, however, doubt such a proceedure would be successful and advise it would likely grow back...
REAL BIO
Kaleidoscope Soundworks' owner and primary producer/engineer is Tom Licameli
Musical Experience
Over 25 years of professional live and studio performances
Performances throughout the US and Europe
Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist
Songwriter and arranger
Independent Producer and Audio Engineer
Over 25 years of recording studio production and engineering experience
Over 25 years of live sound production and engineering experience
Related Technical Experience
Over 20 years of Audiovisual facilities and systems design
Design Engineer/Project Manager for hundreds of global commercial projects
Education
1987 Bachelor of Music – Major in Music Production and Engineering
Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
Trade Associations and Awards
Audio Engineering Society: Associate Member since 1999
International Communications Industries Association: CTS-D (Certified Technology Specialist – Design) since 2000
