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Claver Menezes 9769990635

Music composer | promo producer Mumbai, India

Expert music producer & video editor

SKILLS

Final Cut Pro Logic Pro Pro Tools Relationship Management Operations

WORK EXPERIENCE
Music & Management
Diverse Delusions Project
10/2019 – Present
Achievements/Tasks
Created an album of songs by an array of musicians in India.
Responsible for distribution of music on all online platforms.
Created music videos for all the songs.
Created marketing strategies & business development for the project.

Founder
Hangar Studios
11/2000 – Present
Achievements/Tasks
Formed the recording label and brought together the top guitarists of the country for an instrumental album, ‘The Unborn Recital
(FOK II)' and a video featuring all the guitarists was also produced and released.
The very same year Hangar Studios recorded and released another album, a non-instrumental this time, called ‘Screwed' which
other than his own band Rust Angels featured other rock bands.
All music produced after were by Hangar Studios label.

Promo Director
Radio Mirchi
06/2002 – 10/2019
Achievements/Tasks
Responsible for turning brand objectives (received from SME client facing team members, brands direct and / or 3rd party agents /
consultants) into consumer compelling propositions: storytelling, right use of assets, content creation, and channel activation.
Initially started with making radio ads and jingles, then produced stationalities for radio and and along with all of these, produced
and sound designed the Times of India property, "Mirchi Top 20" which plays all over the world.
Lead creative sessions/brainstorming with internal and external teams. Recognized trends in the use of entertainment, notably by
brands and help develop new business models making use of SME's varied assets to deliver significant profit.
Responsible for identifying and pro-actively developing creative and innovative business solutions for existing and new brand
partners.

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WORK EXPERIENCE
Lead Guitarist & Composer
Zedde
01/2009 – 10/2015
Achievements/Tasks
The band won awards for the ‘feel good' song of the year and anthem of the year at the AVIMA Awards 2010 (Asia-Pacific Voice
Independent Music Awards) held at Malaysia for its song ‘Mumbai', a tribute to the great city.
The video for the song frequented all popular music channels, including VH1 and MTV India, and climbed to #1 on the YouTube
India charts within 24 hours of upload.
The ‘Best Band' at ArtistAloud.com Awards 2010 and the regional championship at the Hard Rock Rising 2012 challenge
followed. As part of Hard Rock Rising 2012, Zedde made it to the top 10 from amongst 12,000 bands worldwide.
Additionally, Zedde boasts the highest number of ‘favorites' on RadioFlote and the highest number of ‘caller tune activations' via
ArtistAloud.com for the category ‘rock'.

Musician
Movers And Shakers
01/1998 – 01/2000
Achievements/Tasks
Featured as the frontline guitarist in the popular talk show ‘Movers and Shakers' on Sony TV hosted by Shekhar Suman.

ACHIEVEMENTS
As Music Director
Music Director for movie "Sacred Evil" and "Shree" and made Title tracks
for Series like "Khul Ja Sim Sim", "Dekho Magar Pyaar Se", "Dhamaal
Express" (9X launch), "Bombay Talkies", "Muskaan" and "Har Dil Jo Love
Karega".
Performing Artist
Performed with Rust Angels at Live Wire (IIT, Mood Indigo) and enters
the finals. Performed a tribute to Joe Satriani with an electrifying
performance featuring the best Satriani solos in Mumbai.

Crooked Ways & Crooked Ways II - Album Release Diverse Delusions - Album Release
Released the solo album Crooked Ways Crooked Ways II, a compilation Released the album Diverse Delusions which involved multiple singers.
of the songs he works on after the release of the previous album.

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