Personal information for Kalle Nemvalts

Education
Work
Technical skills
Activities
Personal interests

Education

Freeland High School, Freeland, MI, 1966.
BA, Mathematics, University of Michigan, 1970. Electical Engineering major 1966-1968.
Graduate studies in Mathematics and Economics, University of California, 1970-71 and 1973.
Graduate studies in Mathematics and Psychology, University of Michigan, 1974.
Coursework in design, painting, and drawing, University of Michigan School of Art, 1973-79.
Jazz Development Workshop, Detroit, 1976-79.
Short courses and workshops in Photoshop, Java, XML, object-oriented design, web technologies, user-interface engineering, web design with Drupal, etc. See my list of technical skills.

Work

Freelance musician, 1976-present.
Computing Center, University of Michigan, 1978-84.
Britton-Lee, Inc, 1985-86.
Information Services and Technology, Office of the CIO, University of California, Berkeley, 1986-2008.

Technical skills

Music/audio applications including MOTU Digital Performer, Propellerhead Reason, Native Instruments software synthesizers, drum sequencers, effects plugins, and Sibelius 8.
Audio editing and mixing.
Graphics applications including Adobe Photoshop.
Web application technologies including HTML, XML, CSS, php, Javascript, SQL, Perl, and Java.
Server environments including Unix, Apache, and MySQL.
Web content management with Drupal.

Trumpet, jazz performance, musical composition, audio recording, photography, art, Zen meditation at Berkeley Zen Center, Tai Chi, QiGong, reading, writing, arithmetic, web development, downhill skiing, hiking, carpentry, house renovation, gardening, Oakland A's baseball, travel.

Personal interests

My interests include music, photography, art, literature, Buddhism, Tai Chi, QiGong, greyhounds, kitty cats, psychology, economics, politics, environmental issues, and the future of humans on planet Earth. I have a general interest in how things and people and artworks are interconnected and interdependent yet individually unique. I am personally inspired by:

Musicians: Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Marcus Belgrave, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Farmer, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Benny Golson, Joe Henderson, Kenny Dorham, Andrew Hill, Brecker Brothers, Kazumi Watanabe, James Brown, Thad Jones, Elvin Jones, Hank Jones, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Rosa Passos, Joao Gilberto, Bebel Gilberto, Milton Nascimento, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Joni Mitchell, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Gil Evans, Maria Schneider, Dave Brubeck, Louis Armstrong, Buster Williams, Steve Khan, Joe Zawinul, Tony Williams, Larry Young, Ornette Coleman, Billy Higgins, Jack DeJohnette, Horace Silver, Cedar Walton, Bill Evans, Sun Ra, The Meters, Chuck Berry, Steely Dan, The Beatles, Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, Ahmad Jamal, Eric von Essen, Mose Allison, Rick Hollander, Chuck Clark, Mark Holen, The Rumprollers, Olivier Messiaen, Igor Stravinsky, George Gershwin (and Ira Gershwin), Richard Rogers (and Lorenz Hart), Harold Arlen, Jimmy Van Heusen, Cole Porter, Vernon Duke, Henry Mancini, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Leonard Bernstein, and many, many others....

Artists and photographers: everyone, especially William Eggleston, Richard Misrach, Lee Friedlander, Cindy Sherman, Jim Shaw, Mike Kelley, George Condo, Gerhard Richter, Chuck Close, James Turrell, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Bruce Nauman, Robert Williams, Robert Crumb, Johnny Hart and Brant Parker (Wizard of Id), Wiley Miller, Matthew Diffee, Garry Trudeau, Dan Perkins (Tom Tomorrow), J.C. Duffy, Pablo Picasso, John Singer Sargent, Jim Nutt, ...

TV shows: The Rachel Maddow Show, All In with Chris Hayes, A.M. Joy with Joy Reid, Seinfeld, SCTV, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Blackadder (BBC), A Bit of Fry & Laurie (BBC), House MD, Austin City Limits (PBS), American Masters (PBS), Lawrence Welk (late-night reruns on PBS), Curb Your Enthusiasm, Cheers, Veronica Mars, The L-Word, Howdy Doody, The Jack Benny Program, Sergeant Bilko (The Phil Silvers Show), You Bet Your Life (Groucho Marx), Your Show of Shows (Sid Caesar), The Steve Allen Show, Peter Gunn, Mr Lucky (great theme music by Henry Mancini!), 77 Sunset Strip, The Avengers, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Untouchables, Bonanza, Dobie Gillis, Prime Suspect (Helen Mirren), Late Night with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Kojak, Columbo, Get A Life (Chris Elliott), Later with Jools Holland, The Office (Ricky Gervais, BBC), Extras (BBC), Spaced (British Channel 4), ...

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