J. Oscar Bittinger

Though this site features J. Oscar's musical, artistic and creative output, he has other skills and talents that may be of interest. Look for "MINI-SITES" devoted to the following in the near future - for now use joscar@octoberday.com to contact him regarding details and to arrange interviews.

• IT/WEB CORPORATE EMPLOYMENT - Available for contract, direct hire, and per project employment in web design and development, technology training, info graphics and related IT functions. Large and midsized corporate experience (Xerox, Amway, Priority Health).
• WEB DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT - ATTN: SMALL BUSINESS & ARTISTS!
  With a focus on Joomla & WordPress J. Oscar can help you create or redevelop your communications and ecommerce websites. Are you a creative type who needs technical assistance to get started? We can help. Specializing in small, budget, quick turnaround websites you can manage yourself and will grow as your needs do.
• EMAIL/SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS - Designing, deploying and tracking email, web and social media connections.  We do it for our art, we can help you do it for yours!
• DEMO STUDIO RECORDING - Record your festival, booking, song publishing, arrangement, and booking demos here. Great for quick turn-around Taxi submissions. We record vocal/instrument music performances plus some overdub and voice-over sessions. (Sorry, studio not available for full-band, hip-hop production or karaoke sessions.)
• LIVE RECORDING - Stereo, mono, and (some) multi-track recording of performances, events, presentations and interviews. Ambient and field recording.
• AUDIO EDITING / Simple MASTERING - J. Oscar used to splice tape so digital editing is a piece of cake. Transfer LP cassette and other master tapes to digital (no multi-track reels). Create MP3's from your recordings. Mastering and sequencing for short-run audio productions. Optimization (compression, EQ, etc.) for digital distribution (MP3, OGG, AAC, FLAC).
• SONGWRITING SESSIONS - Creative and production songwriting; collaborations, co-writes and song editing. EDUCATIONAL and entertainment oriented presentations and events on songwriting (artistic and commercial) and "song-making" (kids, occasional and ephemeral songs).
• BASIC VIDEO/Audio PRODUCTION - Simple video editing of your pre-captured video assets (no camera capture capability - have contacts though...). Fit dialog to film/video; basic ambient and foley production.
• MUSIC FOR VISUALS - Custom and stock music for video and other visuals including presentations ("Powerpoints"), web, real estate, TV, etc.

That email address again... joscar@octoberday.com