D. HAYES SMITH - FREELANCE

SOUND ENGINEER/ORIGINAL MUSIC, May 2022 - Present

  • Bringing 13 years of post production audio experience to commercial, film, TV, radio, podcasts and music projects

  • Mix, sound design, foley, dialogue de-noising

  • Original music, enhanced music tracks, mnemonics, existing track clean-up

  • Source Connect, Pro-Tools, Soundminer, iZotope

REPUBLIC EDITORIAL

AUDIO ENGINEER, 2015 - 2022

  • Mix, sound design, foley, dialogue de-noising

  • Original music, enhanced music tracks, mnemonics, existing track clean-up

  • Source Connect, Pro-Tools, Soundminer, iZotope

CLIENTS: TikTok, Mazda, McDonald’s, Frito-Lay, Pizza Hut, AT&T, Samsung, Epson, Lennox, Clorox, Minute Rice, Famous Footwear, Taco Bueno, IcyHot, Six Flags

FASTCUTS + FASTCUTS MIX

AUDIO ENGINEER, 2012 - 2014

  • Mix, sound design, foley, dialogue de-noising

  • Original music, enhanced music tracks, mnemonics, existing track clean-up

  • Post production audio for Shifted Sound podcast

  • Source Connect, Pro-Tools, Soundminer, iZotope

ASSISTANT AUDIO ENGINEER, 2008 - 2012

ASSISTANT EDITOR, 2005 - 2008

CLIENTS: The Home Depot, McDonald’s, Samsung, Pizza Hut, H-E-B, Mary Kay, Visionsworks, GameStop, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Neiman Marcus, NPR, Dallas Museum of Art, Helzburg Diamonds, Thomasville Furniture

UNIVERSAL RECORDS/MOJO RECORDS

BAND: THE ERNIES

CONTRIBUTIONS: Band founder, composer, baritone sax, tenor sax, keys, guitar, backing vox

FEATURED IN: Tony Hawk Pro Skater, BASEketball starring Trey Parker & Matt Stone, ESPN X-Games

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF MUSIC - MUSIC EDUCATION MAJOR