Midi Composer

Conrad Askland is a record producer and music composer in the Southern California Los Angeles area. He uses a combination of live players, samples and midi programming for most of his productions.

His first midi programming jobs were for GTE and Contel telephone companies in 1988. "My job was to program major classical symphonic works for midi. At the time there were no libraries for classical midi files. It was very intense work and I loved it!", says Askland.

After working for GTE and Contel he continued to program new music in the classical style to use for commercial and corporate audio productions. "It's very niche market work and it's what gives me the most joy", says Askland.

He also uses his programming skills to produce for European techno dance, rap and hip hop, and even hardcore band releases.