Biography for David Musial
October 20, 2010
Prof. David Musial is an award winning, entrepreneurial multimedia producer and educator.
On October 19, 2010, David Musial received an award from the United States Department Of Justice, Drug Enforcement Agency, (D.E.A.) praising the lifetime success of his educational positive message media company: "Smart Trax". (Music & Visual Psychology.) This was after four songs he composed and/or produced, and videos he directed, were performed live at the national convention for the Red Ribbon Rally at the D.E.A. Headquarters, across from the Pentagon. (More)
David brings over 30 years of a wide variety of experience in the multimedia industry from composition and performance, to engineering and mastering, photography, graphics, web design and video directing; including publishing, promotion and artist management. He is the founder of an artist development company called "The One World Artists Group (One World Artists, LLC), which is the parent company for Smart Trax® Media, LLC and Skate Dance™ Records as well as OneWam Music Publishing, Virtual World Music Publishing, Musial Music Publishing and SkyRoom Studios. He is also the founder of Smart Trax™ Live Show, Inc, (501)(c)(3), and most recently NextGen Stars™, a program in the new Smart Trax™ Music Technology School. Musial earned full scholarships and artistic sponsorships to NYU & The Juilliard School for two masters programs. (10 years in college) Musial has worked in a variety of capacities on over 100 records, (over 12 million sales 3 Gold, 2 Platinum, 1 Triple Platinum), 10 different animated series/video games, and a variety of radio shows, TV shows and films including industrials for NASA.
David has also received awards, grants and endorsements: "Take A Stand" inspired and composed by Musial earned an Emmy Award for MTV. Recently he received a letter from the First Lady in the White House related to a music video creation for a 9/11 charity, which is now in th 9/11 Memorial. David created the first sound track for the "USA 2100" Project in Washington endorsed by President Clinton. Musial has composed and produced shows for positive music, which have been used all over America, from Disney to the Pentagon. Musial contributed to the Sound Design for the largest cinema in the world, (featured in KEYBOARD Magazine) at the KODAK Omnimax located inside the Statue Of Liberty Science Center. He has also produced Smart Trax Concerts here as well. His Halloween CD's for "Drew's Famous Party Music" & "Turn Up The Music" have hit the Billboard Charts many times. Musial produced the theme "We, Are, Drug, Free" used by D.A.R.E., A Partnership for a Drug Free America and the Young Marines, (convention) (Pentagon Show) as well as "Be G.R.E.A.T." for the U.S. Marshals, sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Justice and "IMAPCT" for the Young Marines. Musial composed a song about the multicultural aspect of the Statue Of Liberty and earned the cover of the Jersey Journal for this song and video, and it was presented live on NJ TV. David co-produced a song track that won first place at the "Apollo" in NYC. Manny Medina, trained by Musial, won first place on a LIVE Show on MTV.
Musial is the founder of the Music & Technology program at Stevens Institute of Technology, which is now the largest program in the "College of Arts And Letters" at the institute. Prof. Musial inspired the "Student Division" of the Bob Moog Foundation in 2007. Musial founded a student operated record label funded by a grant and assisted Cori Yarkin who now has 3 songs in the #1 show on MTV. He has students at major record labels, publishing firms and radio stations including Atlantic, Warner, Universal, Rolling Stone, Sirus Satellite & Z100 in NYC.
David's work has been endorsed by the United Way, The United States Department of Education, The United States Department of Justice, A Partnership for a Drug Free America, BuzzFreeProm.com, D.A.R.E. NJ, D.A.R.E. America and D.A.R.E. International, The United States Marshals, The United States Young Marines, The 9/11 Memorial, Camp Haze for 9/11 Children, The Dr. Martin Luther King foundation, The United States Drug Enforcement Agency, The White House and The United Nations. The "Take A Stand" project he worked on earned an Emmy Award for MTV. As director of the Music Division of the Manhattan Model Search, he hosted talent searches in front of thousands. Musial's song "Don't Go Away" and Cudmore's song produced by Musial "Today Is The Day" will be on an album with "Journey", "R.E.M." for 1-800-Suicide "Hopeline". David is now a voting member of NARAS/The Grammys and he is now endorsed by "The Music Producer" and in 2008 & 2009 his "SkyRoom Studio" complex was voted #1 in Jersey City and in 2009, his "Smart Trax" concept was approved by D.A.R.E. International, National SCHOLASTIC and is now approved as a "partner" with Apple/iTunes. David has been featured in a multitude of press articles. Musial was entered into the prestigious book "Who's Who In America".
David Musial has performed on pipe organs for over 10 thousand services since the age of 10, conducted choirs, performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic, produced orchestral and choral recordings for Dave Bruebeck on CBS TV, produced hundreds of live shows for as many as 16,000 people in sports arenas. Musial assisted on several projects with the Bollywood Film Award Winning composer, Wayne Sharpe, who also composed for the Olympics and "Pokemon" and "Yughio". From 2001-2003, Musial was the Director of the Music Division of the Manhattan Model Search corporation. He participated in a 17 city tour of America and signed 13 talented artists to his Smart Trax/Skate Dance venture from this tour. Musial was the assistant to Joeseph Brooks who composed the song "You Light Up My Life' and directed the Broadway Musical. Musial designed his home studio and trained him to use it while being a expert at Sam Ash Professional in NYC. David has worked with stars like "The Beach Boys", "Chubby Checkers", "Melanie", "Suzanne Ciani", "Ray Romano", the "Goo Goo Dolls", and many more. "Trey Songz"(who kust opened for "Jay-Z" at Madison Square Garden), gave Musial 5 songs he composed for one of his artists to perform. Musial has produced vocal recording sessions for "N'Kengie", (a protegé of Barry/Gordy/Motown/Universal) who performed for President Obama's Inaguaration, at Carnegie Hall and is now on Braodway. David was the assistant to Suzanne Ciani in NYC in 1988 (5 Grammy nominees) and has the honor of being the performer of the very first MIDI song file ever published for her album title track "The Velocity Of Love" Musial designed the Daybreak TV & Radio facilities (which has earned a multitude of awards since 1985) and he designed his SkyRoom Studio complex located in a 35 story penthouse suite overlooking the NY Harbor. This was part of a massive artistic grant and was also the thesis project for his Ph. D. work in 1992 (A.B.D.) His creations have been featured in countless journals and national magazines including the New York Time, Keyboard, Recording and even Business Week. Musial studied at Orchard Park HS, Erie Community College, SUNY@Buffalo & Fredonia, he received a full sponsorship to The Juilliard School for his first masters and a full teaching fellowship to NYU for his second masters. David earned the prestigious "Alumni Of The Year" award at ECC in 1995 and then represented the college in an extensive media campaign includiong radio and print commecials for the 50th anniversary. David was honored with the "Best Professor" award in 1994, 95, 96 & 97 by the student government in the Music Technology program at NYU. Musial has volunteered on several occaisions to be a judge for the DECA Program (Distributive Ecducation Clubs of America.) He also helped to program "The Music Republic" Broser at Tower Records at Lincoln Center in 1998 which increased the stores CD sales by 33%. David was invited by James Rado, the creator of the Broadway Show "HAIR" to synthestrate his next musical in 1992. Musial is the founding director of the Music & Technology program at the prestigious Stevens Institute of Technology.
Recently Musial is worked with Rob Harari, Carlos Alomar, Steve Clark, Kevin Bertotti, Frank Serafine and many other amazing producers to complete the second album for up-and-coming star, Brady Cudmore. Musial is endorsed by The Music Producer Software corp. He is also an Industry Affiliate Associate Professor at Stevens, the Director of Student Membership and Development for the Bob Moog Foundation , he is working on a Broadway Show concept with Pamela Ross and as the CEO of the One World Artists Group, he is raising venture capital to build "Smart Trax" teams all over the world.
His motto for music: "If it's not fun, don't do it".
Bob Moog's inventions taught Musial to "Think Out Of The Box", thanks Bob!
BACKGROUND
David is a son of Theresa (the Angelic Butterfly) and Art Musial who are now in HEAVEN, They were two very caring and loving Polish people who were farm and factory workers. His dad was a natural born musician who played keyboards by "ear"... a genius. David took out loans for college and thanks his parents for a safe and loving home as he made his way through academia. David was awarded two massive artistic grants from non solicited artistic sponsorships to "do what he does". See some at SmartTraxMedia.com
When it comes to music, his slogan is "If It Is Not Fun...Don;t Do It"!
When it comes to overall creativity, he credits his assoiate "Bob MooG" because Bob's inventions taught him to thinl "Out Of The Box"
David credits "Dave Moulton" for inspiring him as a college student to do what he does...
he is his Recording Engineer Mentor.
David thanks Dave Bulera for the incredible ECC Experience.
David thanks Steve Bradly at SUNY@Buffalo for teaching him hw to use the Moog 55!
David thanks Fr. Art Smith for believing in him to design Daybreak TV & Radio Productions
David thanks Gary Zubricky for forcing him to go to college and not stay with his "rock band"
David thanks Paul Petrocy for being his adopted Musical Father and teaching him th emost about live performance and creativity.
David thanks Jane Pfeiffer for teaching him MUSIC and how to perform!
David thanks Debbie Binder for writing the "book" and "sceen play"
David thanks Woelfle for all of his Web Work.
David thanks Robert for believing!
David thanks all for putting up with his .... "off the wall" ideas
First and foremost, David thanks God.. he has perfromed music over 10,000 times
in churches since 1970
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In September 2003, Musial became the director of the new Music & Technology department at Stevens Institute of Technology. (www.Stevens.edu). Since then he built a program with minimal resources to 40 majors in less than five years. This program is now the largest in this division of the university, the “College of Arts and Letters”. He has guided students to earn scholarships, and has mentored a multitude of individuals. All of his graduates are employed. David teaches courses in Music Technology including MIDI, Electronic Music, Techno Music, Audio Engineering, including postproduction for Television & Film. He also has taught basic Music Theory, Jazz History, Synthestration & Composition. Musial has conducted successful national recruiting events and secured major corporate endorsements for the university from Roland, iGuitar and Digidesign. He inspired and guided the creation of a student owned and operated corporation, “Stevens Multi-Media, LLC which operates Castle Point™ Records. It was funded by a $50,000 research grant from the university with amazing supporters. It is now earning income via iTunes and a variety of digital download sites. The record label received positive press in the NYC area. The artist “Cori Yarckin” was featured in “Rolling Stone” magazine in 2007 and in 2008 one of her songs “Everything You Said”, on our Castle Point™Records album, was used in the soundtrack to MTV’s #1 show “The Hills". In the Spring of 2008, Cori performed live on MTV.
In October 2007 David Musial met Michelle Moog-Koussa and suggested the creation of a student division of the Bob Moog Foundation. He accepted the volunteer position as “Director of Student Membership & Development”. He secured two research grants in the summer of 2008 and supervised the creation of a YouTube channel for the Moog Foundation which features many video testimonials he invited from a variety of musicians & producers at the Audio Engineering Conventions and at The National Association of Music Merchants show in 2008. Musial is developing an international Electronic Music Composition Expo in honor of Bob Moog. Currently he is focusing his energy on the possible creation of what may become the finest recording studio in the world for Electronic Music: The Robert A. Moog Center for Electronic Music Composition.
David was commissioned by the United States Department of Education and Department of Justice to compose two songs & to produce the audio post for five videos for the "Fight For Your Rights, TAKE A STAND against violence" campaign. This is an anti-violence educational project created by the National Center for Conflict Resolution Education. National musical acts like Green Day, Dave Matthews Band, Tori Amos, The Backstreet Boys and more were later invited to join the project & contribute. The Recording Industry of America funded the production, which yielded a platinum release. (1,000,000 CD's). Musial also did the mastering engineering on this album that earned an Emmy Award and Silver Cindy Award for MTV in 1998.
David sequenced the "Drew's Famous Party Music CD" in 1994 which is currently approaching 3,000,000 sales (triple platinum status.) Two other CD's he assisted from this company have enjoyed platinum status: “Drew's Famous Party Music II” & “Drew’s Famous Christmas Carol Sing-a-Long,” which featured a performance of “Frosty The Snowman” produced by Musial. In 2000, David’s version of “Here Comes The Bride,” published by this company, was used in the motion picture soundtrack “What Planet Are You From?”
David Musial began his public music career as a professional church organist at the age of 10. He has performed with bands, orchestras and conducted choirs. He dedicated 10 years to full time college studies commencing at Erie Community College, in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Physics & Television Production. Musial won the "Alumni-of-the-year" award in 1995 and then endorsed the college for it's 50th anniversary with a radio and print/billboard campaign for the year. He studied Electronic Music at the State University of New York at Buffalo and earned the prestigious “Tonemeister” B.A.S.S. degree in Music Technology & Film at SUNY Fredonia. Musial was awarded a full sponsorship for his first Masters via NYU & The Juilliard School of Music in the field of Orchestration & Sound Design and he was offered a full teaching scholarship for his second Masters in Computer Music Technology at New York University, (a Gallatin Ph. D. program.) He assisted the director with the creation of the Masters in Music Technology Program. Musial earned the “instructor-of-the-year” award in the Music Technology department four times, presented by the student government. He was selected to be the first master’s class private student for Wendy Carlos in 1991. Musial is a member of NARAS, (The Grammys), the Audio Engineering Society, The Computer Music Society, BMI as a writer and publisher, Musicians Local 802-NYC, and now the Moog Foundation.
David formed a multimedia corporation titled "The One World Artists Group," (a.k.a. One World Artists, LLC). His work has been featured in international publications like Business Week, Recording & Keyboard Magazine, in a multitude of newspapers including the Star Ledger, The Jersey Journal, The Buffalo News & the New York Times, the latter for excellence for integrating music technology into a liturgical setting in 1995. The first song Musial produced for ABC Television, “We're Making It" became the theme for the "International Year of the Disabled" in 1981 and was a Public Service Announcement soundtrack for 48 states in America, 12 countries and was played for the Pope at the Vatican as a plane full of handicapped people from Western New York made a Papal visit. Since then he has contributed to the release of over 100 album titles with over 12,000,000 albums on the market, his music has been performed live in sports arenas with as many as 16,000 people in attendance. He produced demos for the musical acts “Forever Chozen” and “John Doe” that he got signed to SONY Music in 1998.
Musial engineered the sound recording and directed the live television shoot of a Dave Brubeck Jazz show with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and 150 voice choir. It aired on CBS National Television in 1987. In 2006 a cartoon “Pen –vs- Pencil” aired on “Nickelodeon”, Musial did the audio soundtrack. He has directed and edited over 50 music videos, 5 aired on a NYC TV show dozens of times in 2003 & 2004. Musial created the soundtracks to a variety of TV shows including a score for NASA, contributed to music & sound for film including the theme song for the motion picture “Southie” featuring “Donnie Wahlberg” from “New Kids on the Block”. He scored the music, made the voices and sound effects for 10 cartoon series. In 1994 Musial created sound design for the world's largest Omnimax Theater at The Statue of Liberty Science Center. He also created sound design for a video game titled Esoteria III. Manny Medina who was trained by Musial, performed live on “MTV” in 2003. The song Musial wrote “Jersey City Is The Melting Pot” was featured on the cover of “The Jersey City Reporter” in 2007 and was performed live with a 13 piece show band in 2008. The song “Spread Peace All Over The World” he produced was used by the United Nations for the 50th anniversary.
In 1995 David Musial created an educational media concept he trademarked titled “Smart Trax®”. He has produced, engineered, directed and composed most of the songs. The Partnership for a Drug Free America awarded his song "We, Are, Drug, Free”, first place in the State of New Jersey and then it was awarded the performance of the year at the national conference in NYC, April-2004. The song “March” (against drugs) he produced a music video for, won first place for the same in 2005. His music has been extensively used by DARE America at “DARE Graduations,” and it was also used by The NYC Department of Health’s “Reality Check” program, the MADD/BuzzFreeProm.com organization & even the United Way.
From 2002 to 2003, Musial participated in a 17 city tour in the United States as the Director of the Live Music Division of the Manhattan Model Search corporation. Musial was the host of a talent search where he invited A&R Agents from record companies to come and listen to singers perform, with the hopes of inspiring recording contracts. There were typically $3,000 to 5,000 people in the audiences. Musial signed 13 singers to his Smart Trax® Media and Skate Dance™ Records labels.
Also in 2006, songs produced by Musial for Smart Trax Media, were the feature entertainment at the national convention for the Young Marines organization, and they featured his work in their national magazine in October 2006. Musial was presented a gold medal by Col. Michael Kessler, the national executive director, for his positive message musical compositions. He also received a verbal invitation by officer Joseph Bles to have his songs performed by Smart Trax artists at the Pentagon in October 2007. In August 2006 his 9/11 tribute song, “Brave New American Heroes” was inaugurated into the “World Trade Center Memorial” archives for all perpetuity, and he received a letter from Mayor Michael Bloomberg in NYC and from First Lady Mrs. Laura Bush. Musial wrote the lyrics and produced all of the vocals (with seven lead singers) for a song about Dr. Martin Luther King titled “I Have A Real Dream." The Prague Symphony Orchestra performed the music. Musial directed the music video and the song is currently airing on the radio in Canada. “Smart Trax® Live” is a theatrical stage show created by Musial, based on a variety of successful test performances. The double DVD will go to market first quarter 2009 & Middle school students in the U.S. and Canada will begin to perform his shows as well in 2009. A portion of the proceeds from Smart Trax™ Media will be donated to a variety of charities related to music education.
From October 2007 to present, Musial manages and is the executive producer of a brilliant singer/songwriter/musician/dancer/actor from Prince Edward Island: Brady Cudmore. 30 songs, 12 producers, 3 music videos, many feature news articles, live shows in the NYC area including television.
In the summer of 2007, th Jersey City Board of Education endorsed Smart trax Live Show, Inc (501) (c)(3) and Musial produced shows for over 25,000 people in this city and in Western NY. Musial produced the music at a "G.R.E.A.T. Graduation" ("Gang Resistance Education And Training run by U.S.Marshals), and is now creating a theme song for them. Musial has been endorsed by "The Music Producer" music software program based out of Miami and will use this application to make the sound track.
In July 2009, Musial produced Smart Trax™ Live Shows in Disney for the D.A.R.E. International Convention. Many requests evolved for more shows around the world. Smart Trax will be the featured act in 2011! Musioal met with the president of D.A.R.E. in Los Angeles in October.
In September, Inspector General Joe Bless of the Young Marines invited David to compose a theme song for an award winning campaign designed by three high school students in Red Bluff, California who were student members of this organization. The song is called "IMPACT". On October21, 2009 Brady Cudmore, a Smart Trax Star, gave a world premiere at the Red Bluff High School to several hundred screaming new fans. (See the video here)ABC TV and local radio & news covered the event.On 10/23 Musial proceed to produce a show for this song in the Hall Of Heroes at the Pentagon as these teens received the "Fulcrum Shield" award at the beginning of the Red Ribbon Week. Brady Cudmore "Rocked The House" with a dynamic live performance. More prestigious show invitations were presented to Musial immediately after this event.
David Musial has been invited to produce a CD and a DVD (15 Music Videos) for the Kristin Brooks Hope Center a.k.a. (1-800-Suicide), a national suicide prevention center based in Washington. His song from Smart Trax Max “Don’t Go Away” and the music video will be on the album. Brady Cudmore from Smart Trax will have his song “Today Is The Day” (Produced and Directed by Musial) and many of Musial’s associates and students are also contributing. The national acts “Third Eye Blind”, “R.E.M” and JOURNEY will contribute as well. The anticipated release date is May 7, 2010, the 10th anniversary of the foundation. Musial is now working with the amazing Pamela Ross to create a show for Broadway and contiues to assist the Bob Moog Foundation as he teaches at Stevens Institute of Technology where he founded the Music & Technology program and Stevens Multimedia, LLC/ Castle Point™ Records as well as Music Industry™ 101. Musial is working with the "W" Hotel to launch "Mind Farm " on May 2, 2010. (More info soon)
Musial is also initiating Smart Trax™ Live teams all over the world.
David Musial is ... thinking... MUSIC!
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