Chase Bethea is a Video Game Composer/Technical Audio Designer that has received many accolades throughout his career for his diverse collection of compositions that can be described as a fusion of texture and complexity which allows the player to become immersed in the experience. His soundtrack for “Cubic Climber†earned a Noteworthy on Destructoid. In 2016, Chase was nominated for Artists of the Year – Independent Composer by VGMO in the entire industry for his “I Can’t Escape:Darkness†score. In 2021, he won an award for the AGROUND soundtrack from the NYX Game Awards. Chase has also scored Aztec Ride, a highly addictive fun mobile game that shipped on Google Play in October 2020 and was nominated for a Pocket Gamer Mobile Award.
Chase has also been interviewed on multiple podcasts such as Level with Emily, The Sound Architect, Pixelated Audio, Sound of Play, and more. Since 2015, he has guest spoken at over 30 conferences/events so far such as PAX, MAGWest, GameSound Con, ADC and Berklee College of Music. In May 2022, Chase was voted by the previous Steering Committee chair and current leaders to be the iASIG Steering Committee Chairman.
In his free time, Chase enjoys collecting and refurbishing retro games and systems. He currently has a collection of 800+ physical games that he uses for researching and inspiration for his work
"CaliforniaKeys is familiar! You guys nailed it. I don’t know how but you did it, but youtook familiar instruments and put them in the box.. Successfully. It’s hardfinding amazing sounding instruments. It’s even harder to replicate that insoftware, but that’s what you did. California Keys sound like and are expressive like the originals.Amazing.â€
Dj Kilmore has been dj'ing since the tender age of 13. Fueled by his love of music,he has been rocking parties since his 8th grade middle school dances. littledid he know, his dedication and hard work would evolve into a career ofworldwide recognition as the turntablist and keyboardist of the band Incubus.After dj'ing at his high school in Dillsburg, Pa, Dj Kilmore moved to Washington DC to attend The George Washington University. Here he started to gain popularity and respect on the turntables atevents all over the city. What started out as a childhood hobby was now on itsway to being Kils' passion. In october 1995, he moved to L.A. to pursuehis musical ambitions. He quickly joined the Jedi Knights crew along with thelikes of Dj Mindframe, Nel E Nel, and the late Dj Dusk. While exploring the L.A. dj scene with the Jedi Knights, Kil put the similarities of team competitionsand live bands together. He got involved with a few local L.A. bands which led toa phone call that would change his life. On Feb. 13, 1998 he was asked toaudition for the band Incubus. Kil's signature sound along with his skills andpersonality made for a perfect fit. He has been a key figure in the band eversince performing for hundreds of thousands of fans worldwide. Beyond histechnical prowess as a battle Dj, Kil is also a musicologist with a vastknowledge of music past, present and future. His sets range from reggae,classic soul, hip hop, rap dub step and electronica.
Dazmin D’Leon is a pianist, composer and music producer based in Los Angeles.
“California Keys and Voices of Native America have changed and enhanced my sound. I love using all of these sounds especially when I’m playing at live shows. Q Up Arts has the most expressive and playable sounds in Kontakt I’ve ever used.â€
Dazmin D’Leon is a music producer and pianist of all genres. She started playing at the age of 4 and has not stopped since. She was lucky enough to meet Q Up Arts producer Douglas Morton at the 2022 NAMM show in a casual jam which led to their partnership. Dazmin tours regularly with different artists all over the world. She plays all genres but started with classical and gospel and got her start playing organ in church as a child prodigy. She also produces music in all genres as well as composing music for films.
Paul Haslinger is an Austrian musician and composer based in Los Angeles.
"When the OMI Universe of Soundlibrary for the Emulator II was first released in 1986, it was a game changerfor many musicians, including myself. These soundshave lost none of their vibe and magic. I am grateful to Q Up Arts and RhythmicRobot for making them available in this new Kontakt Instrument!"
Paul began his career as a member ofElectronic Music pioneers Tangerine Dream. He toured with the band extensivelyfrom 1985-90 and contributed to projects such as the album “UnderwaterSunlight†(1986), as well as the films “Near Dark†(1987) and “Miracle Mileâ€(1988). In 1990, the band received a Grammy Nomination for their score to theMiramar Documentary ‘Canyon Dreams’. Paul moved to Los Angeles in 1991 to expandhis creative scope. This led to a number of collaborations and began to shifthis focus towards film scoring. It was his programming work for composer GraemeRevell that caught the attention of Hollywood executives which lead to hisfirst solo credit, scoring HBO’s Cheaters in 2000. Paul’s unique approach to scoring is based onhis belief that, music in any genre, including film and television, shouldrepresent and be relevant to the time in which it was written.He received an Emmy nomination for his work onthe Showtime Series ‘Sleeper Cell’ (2007)
As a producer and songwriter in 2016, he’scollaborated with Autumn Rowe, Espa, Alessandra Grace, Tkay Maidza, NellieMcKay, Julia Price, Rimini Roudette, Sons of Serendip and Kiah Victoria. WithNellie McKay, two studio projects will be released in 2017. Kastner is aprofessional keyboardist for the Kiefer Sutherland band. He plays jazz piano inclubs around Los Angeles as a member of the band the Jazz Punks. With theirdebut album in 2012, Jazz Punks spent seven weeks in the top four of the CMJJazz Radio charts, as well as holding the #1 position during this time. As acomposer, Kastner is a two-time BMI Composition Award winner, as well as atwo-time ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award Recipient.Kastner is a producer and co-founder of The WeatherReport Legacy Project honoring the seminal jazz group Weather Report, with TonyZawinul, son of the late Joe Zawinul. He is producing the Weather Reportdocumentary "This is This," directed by Tony Zawinul.Philanthropically, Kastner is a Founding Partner & Creative Director of theMilt Olin Foundation, launching a global movement dedicated to endingdistracted driving through the #HandsOff Pledge.
Frank was taken from us way too early. He will be missed by many in the music community. A great friend and inspiration to all who knew him.
- Douglas Morton
"I still own every digital sampling synth E-mu Systems ever manufactured. I have very special memories of the Emulator II period. Science and technology at it’s best, the dawn of an emerging sampling community. The E-mu EII libraries were the first to implement cd.rom connectivity, innovate many keyboard sampling techniques and captured some of the highest quality recordings ever heard. I’m so excited to use the new EII library on my future projects. Thanks my ole Emu friends at Q Up Arts for reincarnating all that great EII archival work for the world and I to have once again."
Frank Serafine was a sound designer and composer based in Los Angeles.He is best known for his work as a Hollywood supervising sound editor / designer on such blockbusters as the Star Trek and Tron movies, Addams Family, The Fog, Poltergeist: The Other Side, RobotJox, Ice Pirates, Hoodwinked 2, Orgazmo, The Lawnmower Man, Virtuosity, Field of Dreams, Emmy-Winning Sound Design on The Day After and Oscar-Winning Sound Design for The Hunt for Red October.As a composer/musician Serafine has collaborated with some of the greatest recording artists in history, including Ravi Shankar and George Harrison, Andy Summers, Peter Gabriel and Don Cherry.
VNDMG is a producer based in San Francisco.
"Q Up Art's sounds have been a staple in my production arsenalsince day 1. The quality and attention to detail is unparalleled!"
Douglas Morton, President and Founder of Q Up Arts
“Developing audio content is a labor of love. My hope is you will be inspired to create enduring beautiful music with these sounds for years to come.â€
Douglas is the president and founder of Q Up Arts. Douglas designs audio content and music for wide variety of clients, products and apps. He has pioneered the use of digital audio samples in music, film and game production.
He's been producing sample and loop collections since the early 1980s. Starting his career at E-Mu Systems in Santa Cruz, California, then Optical Media International (OMI) in Silicon Valley producing the acclaimed Universe of Sounds, the first cd.rom releases that began the sample industry. Douglas’s work at OMI enabled hardware samplers to connect to a Universe of Sounds on cd.roms, an industry first.
He founded Q Up Arts in 1993 in Santa Cruz, California.
His sonic designs have been heard in hundreds of feature films, network television and games including The Patriot , The Sheltering Sky, Portlandia and The X-Files for over three decades. His music for aquariums has immersed millions of people in the underwater worlds of California's Monterey Bay Aquarium and Utah's Loveland Living Planet Aquarium.
Douglas continues his production work in studios in Los Angeles, California and Park City, Utah.
Arlan started playing organ on his own at the tender age ofthree, began formal lessons at age four, and by the time he was five years oldwas playing regularly at the local church in his South East Los Angelesneighborhood. In his early teens Arlan discovered the joy of playing acousticand electric pianos, as well as synthesizers, and quickly became a busymusician playing in numerous bands in the Mojave Desert of Southern California.
After high school Arlan's love for music education continuedwith college classes in music theory, voice, concert band, music synthesis, andrecording engineering. During his collegiate years he became familiar with theLos Angeles music scene, and moved to the San Fernando Valley in the early 90'sto continue his career. In L.A. Arlan played, performed, and recorded with manyof the world's best and acclaimed musicians while developing skills in all stylesof popular music including: Ambient, Blues, Country, ExperimentalMusic, Folk, Funk, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Rhythm and Blues, and World Music. Aftermore than 25 years in the L.A. music scene Arlan has gained the respect andfriendship of many musicians and industry professionals and traveled the worldmany times over. His commitment to vintage keyboards and real instruments hasearned him gigs with artists such as Mindi Abair, Joe Bonamasa, Billy Burke,Goldspot, Beth Hart, John Hiatt, Richie Kotzen, Janiva Magness, Mandrill, thePointer Sisters, Daniel Powter, Tiromachino, and countless others.
Arlans’ personal collection over the years includes Hammondorgans with Leslie speakers, Mellotrons and Chamberlin (tape loop keyboards), Rhodes,Wurlitzer, and Yamaha electric pianos, HohnerClavinets & Pianets, Musser vibraphones, synthesizers made by Arp,Moog, Roland, Selmer, and Yamaha, combo organs by Farfisa, Elka, Rheme, Lowery,and Vox, amplifiers by Fender, Laney, Marshall, Mesa Boogie, and Vox, and amultitude of effects units some of which by Boss, DOD, Dunlop, Electrix,Electro Harmonix, Fullton, Guyatone, Joe Kramer, Lexicon, Line 6, Maxxon, Moog,Morley, Mutron, MXR, TC Electronics, Sobat, Way Huge, and many others. Thiscollection of music tools has been serviced, maintained and modified by numeroustechnicians including Ken Rich, Eden Bloch, Guy Dolfi, Bob Dixon, RichardDiemer, Dave Gallow, Joe Kramer, Gene Stopp, and Jim Williams. Withhis extensive knowledge of music, instruments, and effects Arlans’ creativeskills and abilities have become sought after by many established musicproducers and recording artists.
Arlan co-produced the vintagekeyboards with Douglas Morton and Jim Norman for Guitar Center's WilliamsDigital Pianos and The California Keys sample library collection.
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"I’vebeen a customer of Q Up Arts since the 1990s.
Leo began his musicaldevelopment at age 4 in Bologna, Italy where he laid hands on an old familyGerman upright piano to create his first compositions. His blend of Italian andRussian blood combined with the Medieval character of Bologna, affected Leo's pathleading him to discover and combine a wide variety of music, from symphonic toprogressive, from electronica to minimal music .He naturally developed aprofound passion for movies and soundtracks and his dream to score movies wasborn.
At age 23, while mentored by producer MauroMalavasi. Leo began his career arranging, composing, and producing songs forItalian pop-stars such as Elisa and Lucio Dalla, but his passion for cinematicmusic did not fade one bit. He studied the music of his heroes: Thomas Newmanand Elliot Goldenthal, among others, while continuing writing, arranging, andproducing for crossover artists like Andrea Bocelli and Josh Groban. He movedto Los Angeles in 2007 to reach his dream of being a film composer after one ofhis songs, "Oceano" was featured in the record "Closer"(Josh Groban), selling over 8 million units worldwide.
After building his confidencein Los Angeles, Leo defines like a "surreal placewhere anything is possible", he started the development of new projects.
He recently produced thedebut record of Nathan Pacheco, a young crossover tenor signed by Disneyworking with some of the best musicians and studios in the world. The album wasrecorded at Eastwest Studios in Los Angeles and Air Studios Lyndhurst in London(with the London Philarmonia Orchestra and Geoff Foster as Sound Engineer) andwas mixed by Michael Brauer at the Electric Lady Studio, NYC. This productiongave Leo a chance to collaborate with the legendary A&R Jon Lind and hismentor Bob Cavallo. In July 2012 Yahoo released Tom Hanks' Futuristic Webseries"Electric City" that Leo had scored in collaboration with Ali Nooriwith the supervision of producers/writers Josh Feldman and Bo Stevenson, andmusic supervisor Deva Anderson.
