Curriculum Vitae

Education

Master of Music (M.M.), Music Technology

Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, 2009-2011

Master’s Thesis Project: Toward the Aesthetics of Visual and Sonic 3D World Design: Visual Music and to Synaesthesia

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Business Administration

Bachelor of Art (B.A.), Music

Houghton College, Houghton, New York, 2004-2008

Concentrations: Management, Piano

Honors: Cum Laude; Dean’s List, 2 semesters

Teaching Experience

Clinical Assistant Professor of Music; Director of Popular Music, Music Industry, and Music Technology Programs; Director of Gold Top Music Group. Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN, 2020–present

  • Professor of Music Recording & Production courses:
    • Music Recording I, Music Recording II, Music Recording III, Music Mixing and Mastering, Music and Audio for Video, Live Sound Reinforcement
  • Direct the Popular Music degree and provide ongoing curriculum oversight and development
  • Direct the Music Industry degree and provide ongoing curriculum oversight and development
  • Direct the Music Technology degree and provide ongoing curriculum oversight and development
  • Direct Gold Top Music Group, PFW Center of Excellence
  • Coordinate adjunct instructors for several courses within the programs under my direction
  • Advisor to 50+ students every semester
  • Oversee student practica, internships, and capstone projects
  • Manage the PFW Sweetwater Music Center facilities, and the Rhinehart Music Center recording facilities
  • Oversee a staff of student workers for Sweetwater Music Center and Rhinehart Music Center Recording Studio
  • Avid Certified Instructor, Pro Tools Operator Music and Post
  • Serve School of Music and University committees:
    • Academic Affairs, 2020-present, chair 2021-present (School of Music)
    • Faculty Affairs, 2020-present (School of Music)
    • Guest Artist Committee, 2021-present (School of Music)
    • ACITAS (Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee), 2021-present (University)
    • School of Music Faculty and Director Search Committees, 2020-present

Assistant Professor of Music Production and Recording Arts, Bethel University, McKenzie, TN, 2014-2020

  • Full-time Professor of Music Production, Recording Arts, and Music Business courses:
    • Intro to Music Production, Intro to Pro Tools, Pro Tools Production I, Music Production & Sequencing, Signal Processing & Effects, Critical Listening & Production Analysis, Advanced Music Production, Session Recording, Advanced DAW Techniques, Principles of Mixing, Principles of Mastering, Audio for Media, Live Sound Engineering, Survey of the Music Industry, Music Publishing, Touring & Merchandising
  • Music Production Program Coordinator (BMus Music Production)
  • Recording Arts Program Coordinator (BS Recording Arts)
  • Music Business Program Coordinator (BS Music Business)
  • Oversee Music Technology Ensemble
  • Oversee student internships
  • Oversee capstone projects
  • Manage the Bethel University Recording Studios, and oversee student Work Study
  • Provide ongoing curriculum development

Adjunct Instructor, Houghton College, Houghton, NY, 2013-2014

  • Instructor of Music Industry, Commercial Music and Music Technology courses
  • A core team member in planning and developing the Music Industry, Commercial Music and Music Technology programs at Houghton College

Pro Tools Assistant, Houghton College, Houghton, NY, 2011-2013

  • Assist students for Pro Tools 101 and 110 courses
  • Provide classroom assistance during workshops and project sessions

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 2010-2011

  • Instructor of record for MUSC 1515A, 1515B, and 1515C (Introduction to Technology in Music)
  • Teaching assistant responsibilities for introductory music technology courses
  • Assistant for MUSC 5531 (Advanced MIDI Sequencing)
  • Manage Music Technology labs and studios
  • Teaching assistant responsibilities for music appreciation courses

Assistant Director of Live Sound and Recording, Houghton College, Houghton, NY, 2008-2009

  • Pro Tools Instructor
  • Co-Instructor (with Director) for Practicum in Sound and Recording

Freelance Instructor, 2004-present

  • Private lesson instructor in Pro Tools, Digital Performer, Recording & Microphone Technique, Live Sound, Studio Maintenance, and Bass Guitar

Selected Mastering Works

Selected Mixing Works

Selected Production/Composition Works

  • 2022-2023: Thriving Artists Podcast (production/editing for video and audio, music composition)
  • 2020: Hope Not Lost (classical/popular crossover composition for vocals, bass guitar, piano, electric guitar, cello, violin, viola, trumpet, trombone, French horn, tuba, acoustic drum set, electronic percussion, synthesizer). 4’
  • 2020: Adrian’s Theme (classical/popular crossover composition for piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, trumpet, trombone, French horn, electric bass, electronic percussion, synthesizer). 5’
  • 2020-2023: In The Foreground Podcast, The Clark Art Institute (production/editing, music composition)
  • 2019-2023: Artist Mother Podcast (weekly production for this interview style podcast)
  • 2019: Cherry Jones, Voiceover for Downtown Paris Association
  • 2018: Derek Fields, Without Permission (LP)
  • 2016: Cherry Jones, Voiceover for Downtown Paris Association
  • 2015: Claim Jumper (for electric bass, with electric guitar, drums, acoustic guitar, banjo, keyboard, and vocals; written with The Barry Brothers Band). 5’
  • 2015: The Life of Roddy Pine (for electric bass, with electric guitar, drums, acoustic guitar, banjo, keyboard, and vocals; written with The Barry Brothers Band). 5’
  • 2014: My Way (for electric bass, with electric guitar, drums, acoustic guitar, banjo, keyboard, and vocals; written with The Barry Brothers Band). 5’
  • 2013: Take Me Home (for electric bass, with electric guitar, drums, acoustic guitar, banjo, and vocals; written with The Barry Brothers Band). 4’
  • 2013: The River Prince (for electric bass, with electric guitar, drums, acoustic guitar, banjo, and vocals; written with The Barry Brothers Band). 4’
  • 2012: Settle the Score (for electric bass, with electric guitar, drums, acoustic guitar, banjo, and vocals; written with The Barry Brothers Band). 4’
  • 2011: to Synaesthesia (4.1-channel audio-visual navigable musical architecture installation).
  • 2011: Quiet Epiphany (for percussion, string ensemble, brass, harp, with piano and vocals; written with Pocket Vinyl). 5’
  • 2011: I Hear Colors (for electric bass, percussion, electronics, with piano, drum set, and vocals; written with Pocket Vinyl). 5’
  • 2010: Reticulum (for stereo electroacoustic sound). 5’
  • 2009: An Interstellar Burst (for stereo electroacoustic sound). 5’
  • 2009: Stand Point Theory (for string quartet, percussion, with piano and vocals; written with Pocket Vinyl). 4’

Selected Performances & Exhibits

  • 2021: PFW Alumni Course: Learn Professional Recording from Home, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN
  • 2019: Bethel University Faculty Jazz Quartet, Bethel University, McKenzie, TN (bass guitar)
  • 2018: Christmas on Broadway, Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center, Huntingdon, TN (bass guitar)
  • 2018: Bethel University Faculty Jazz Quartet, Bethel University, McKenzie, TN (bass guitar)
  • 2017: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center, Huntingdon, TN (bass guitar)
  • 2016: Christmas on Broadway, Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center, Huntingdon, TN (bass guitar)
  • 2014: the Barry Brothers Band at the Bug Jar, Rochester, NY (bass guitar performance)
  • 2012-2013: numerous performances with the Barry Brothers Band (bass guitar performance)
  • 2011: to Synaesthesia exhibit installed at Studio 300 Digital Art and Music Festival, Transylvania           University
  • 2011: to Synaesthesia performed at Channel Noise 4, Georgia Southern University
  • 2011: to Synaesthesia performed at the Phi Kappa Phi Research Symposium, Georgia Southern           University
  • 2010: Reticulum performed at Electronic Music Concert, Georgia Southern University

TV/Film Credits

  • 2018: The Dixie Presents: Christmas On Broadway (WJLT, Public Broadcasting Service)
  • 2016: The Dixie Presents: Christmas On Broadway (WJLT, Public Broadcasting Service)
  • 2013: Music featured in the theatrical trailer “Gimme Shelter” (Day Twenty-Eight Films; Rishon Films)
  • 2011: Music featured in the official trailer “Thrive: What On Earth Will It Take” (Clear Compass Media)

Media Appearances & Interviews

Memberships

  • Avid Certified Instructor
  • Audio Engineering Society
  • Pi Kappa Lambda
  • The Alliance for Teaching Enrichment

Professional Experience

Freelance Producer and Audio Engineer, 2004-present

  • Own and operate a personal Pro Tools 12 studio, specializing in mixing and mastering, while also offering tracking and editing services
  • Installed a new live sound system at First Christian Church, Paris TN (2016)
  • Installed a new live sound system at Bethel University Bouldin Auditorium (2018)

Assistant Worship Leader, First Christian Church, Paris, TN, 2016-present

  • Provide music and chord sheets for each service
  • Lead worship instrumentally on various instruments (piano, keyboard, guitar, bass guitar)
  • Oversee sound system responsibilities

Studio Music Consultant & Engineer, Sea Leg Studios, Hume, NY, 2012-2018

  • Provide music composition and production consultation
  • Offer professional bass guitar recording, performance, and consultation services
  • Engineer recording sessions
  • Extend engineering skills and services for studio mixing and mastering sessions

Assistant Director of Technical Arts, Houghton College, Houghton, NY, 2013-2014

  • Lead a team of students in the development of infrastructure to support use of the technical arts in all areas of the college.
  • Recruit, train, equip, and direct a student technical team in the production of chapel services, recording and special events.
  • Provide technical arts support as needed in the production of all special events and other college activities.
  • Assist in the development of an annual budget for the technical arts department and help manage spending of budget.
  • Provide administrative assistance to the director including: student scheduling, annual inventory counts and student payroll.
  • Technical arts supervisor for summer conference season.
  • Pro Tools Engineer, EMA Studios

Assistant Director of Student Accounts, Houghton College, Houghton, NY, 2011-2013

  • Manage all student account transactions and billing
  • Work directly with Financial Aid to move aid onto student accounts
  • Manage all non-current and collection accounts
  • Responsible for college compliance with Federal Title IV Funds
  • Create and maintain all pricing and fee assessment rules
  • Work with Accounting to create and maintain accurate charge/credit codes
  • Provide 1098-T tax forms, service and support
  • Oversee all Financial Aid and Student Account reports and surveys

Director of Technology Services, Houghton Academy, Houghton, NY, 2011

  • Provide Windows Server technology service
  • Maintain the school’s technology infrastructure and audio-visual equipment
  • Implement Active Directory trees and Group Policy
  • Provide networking service and VOIP phone service
  • Offer technology training and PC support school-wide
  • Manage sound and video editing for school recordings and promotional media

Director of Sound and Recording for Conferences (seasonal), Houghton College, Houghton, NY, 2011

  • Manage all technical requests for conferences, including live sound, lighting, recording, and other A/V requests
  • Engineer Front of House for all live conference events
  • Pro Tools Engineer, EMA Studios
  • Direct lighting for all conference events

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 2010-2011

  • Supervisor for Department of Music live and studio recordings
  • Manager of Recording Studios, Composition Studio, CD Production Lab, and Technology Classroom
  • Provide computer and software support for Music Technology facilities
  • Implement studio upgrades and studio designs
  • Supervise equipment installations and studio maintenance repair
  • Assist in maintaining the Music Technology website
  • Provide support and aid in the management of the Music Library, including the physical and digital archiving of department recordings

Assistant Director of Sound and Recording, Houghton College, Houghton, NY, 2008-2009, 2010

  • Pro Tools Engineer, EMA Studios
  • Manage EMA Studios
  • Completed renovations of EMA Studios, including installations, wiring, and studio designs
  • Supervise equipment installations including Pro Tools HD, LE, Digidesign consoles and large format consoles
  • Provide studio and live sound maintenance repair
  • Engineer live sound for campus events
  • Manage lighting requests and direct lighting for high priority events, including intelligent lighting

Graduate Assistant, Center for Academic Technology Support, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 2009-2010

  • Assistant to the Director of Technology for Academic Affairs
  • Involved in administrative meetings for the university
  • Provide desktop (Mac and Windows) and A/V classroom support for academic departments
  • Provide A/V support for high priority university events
  • Utilize student information databases to create university reports (i.e. BANNER, Crystal Reports, Business Objects, Microsoft Excel, Oracle reporting tools)
  • Assist in maintaining the department website, including new designs and layout

Student Assistant to the Director of Sound and Recording, Houghton College, Houghton, NY, 2005-2008

  • Engineer live sound for campus events
  • Manage and engineer all recording requests

Studio Intern, Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN, 2006

  • Responsible for transferring high quality equipment between facilities
  • Assisted in the renovation of a multi-million dollar recording studio, including SSL and large format studio consoles
  • Responsible for purchasing, retrieving and delivering merchandise for entire staff

Selected Credits

(includes bands/artists John M Buteyn has produced, mixed, mastered, engineered live, or performed with)

Tough Old Bird, Derek Fields, Pocket Vinyl, The Afternoon Edition, Barry Brothers Band, Jordan Potter, Mitchell Lewis, Pat Yeomans, Sir Brave, DredNeks, John Waller, Leeland, 33 Miles, Todd Agnew, Rush of Fools, Atlantic, Shawn McDonald, Foolish Things, Group 1 Crew, Will McFarlane, Derek Webb, Keith and Kristyn Getty, Joy Whitlock, Jesse Sprinkle, Mike Zale, The Series, Steve Woosley, Micah Kephart, The Houghton College Choir, Bill John Newbrough, Mozart Festival Opera, Robert Summers Potterton III, The Houghton College Symphonic Winds, The Houghton College Philharmonia.

Additional Skills and Qualifications

Certifications

  • Avid Pro Tools Certified Instructor, Version 2022
  • Avid Pro Tools Operator Music & Post Certified

Music & Media

  • Strong working knowledge of music technology, recording arts, and the music industry
  • Proficient with Pro Tools, Ableton Live, Digital Performer, Logic, SuperCollider, Max/MSP/Jitter, Reason, Adobe Suite, Final Cut, iMovie, Sibelius, and Finale as production, recording, sound design and composition tools
  • Experienced in video editing
  • Experienced in film scoring
  • Extensive experience mixing front of house for multiple genres
  • Strong working knowledge of studio design and remodeling, equipment maintenance, soldering, construction and repair of audio cables, and patchbay hardwiring
  • Experienced on large format consoles
  • Experienced with professional and classroom audio/video support, installation, and maintenance

Instruments

  • Bass Guitar, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Computer

Computer

  • Experienced on the most current Macintosh and Windows platforms
  • Skilled in upgrading computer software and hardware components
  • Experienced with Macintosh and Windows Server Technology
  • Proficient with Apple iWork and Microsoft Office
  • Experienced with database information systems

Lighting

  • Extensive experience with stage lighting production and design for theater and music, including intelligent lighting systems
  • Strong working knowledge of various light consoles and controllers, including the ETC Express 48/96 Scene Preset Controller, Light Jockey, ETC SmartFade ML, and Road Hog Console