Sedrek Childress has extensive experience in music production, audio engineering, songwriting, and the music industry. He has worked as an assistant engineer on albums for platinum artists Keith Sweat and Speech. Childress has also worked in A&R, songwriting, publishing, marketing and promotions for record labels. He is a classically trained vocalist with a B.A. in Music Business and Technology from Florida Atlantic University and an A.S. in Sound Engineering from Full Sail University.

1. Orlando, FL 32835 Ph. 574-903-3965
Email. shachill@yahoo.com
Sedrek A. Childress
Academic
Experience Music Production, Orchestration, Arranging, and Conducting.
Advanced Audio Engineering, Editing, Mixing, and Midi Sequencing.
Copyright Law and Music Publishing taught at Law School Level.
Live Sound Reinforcement.
Classically Trained Vocalist and Seasoned Songwriter in many Genres.
Proficient in Mac and PC environments with numerous media and music
software including Pro Tools, Sonar, Reason, Photoshop, Word, etc.
Professional
Experience 2000–2004 Atlanta, GA
Assistant Engineer for Multi-Platinum Recording Artist Keith Sweat’s Album
“Rebirth”. – ZAC Recordings
Assistant Engineer for Grammy Award Winning Recording Artist Speech
(from Arrested Development) “Spiritual People” Album. – ZAC Recordings
Did collaborative work with Kirk "Curtis" Mayfield, Jr., V.P of MaTone Music
Publishing.
2004-Present Boca Raton/Miami, FL
On-Air Personality for 103.3 The VYBE in Daytona Beach. Responsibilities
included Board Operation, Production, Voice Talent for Commercials, Live
Remote Broadcasts, Live On-Air Interviews.
Head Producer/Songwriter/Sound Engineer for Da Kutz Records.
Collaborative Songwriting for Multi-Platinum Producer Micheal Zager CEO of
South Beach Music.
Songwriting/Publishing Department of Hoot/Wisdom Record Label (2005).
Marketing/Promotions Department of Hoot/Wisdom Record Label (2006).
Contributed to the release of 8 Albums for the Hoot/Wisdom Record Label
(2007-2008).
Team Manager for Hoot/Wisdom Recording Artists The People Upstairs.
Supervised 8 staff members whose jobs included A&R, Publicity Rep, Sound
Engineer, Assistant Sound Engineer, Graphics Rep, Promotions Rep, and
an Events Rep. (2008)
Composed music for independent films for Florida Atlantic University
Education
B.A., Music, - with emphasis in Music Business and Technology Summa
Cum Laude. Florida Atlantic University 2004-2008
A.S., Sound Engineering – Summa Cum Laude. Full Sail University
2000-2001
Affiliations
Active member of the Recording Academy (Grammy’s)
Active member of ASCAP