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: Name: Dino Manzella : Race: 100% Sicillian : Hair: Brown : Eyes: Greenish Brown : DOB: 11/29/65 : Height: 5'5" : Weight: 130 lbs : Fav Animal: Dogs : Fav Musical: Umm.. JCS?1978 - 1987 Played in bands throughout the Chicago music scene. : 1987 - 1992 I opened and operated a recording studio in the basement of my home in Mt. Prospect Illinois. : 1988 - I graduated first in my class at ETC Music, (and was actually offered a position within the company before I finished the schooling.) : It was at this time that I started to give free seminars of "How to get your band signed" to prospective clients of my home studio. One of the reasons I believe that I was able to survive with a HOME studio with all the commercial competition, was because of the seminar. It gave potential clients a chance to meet and talk with me. Through this they were able to see that they could come out with a professional sounding demo. : 1988 - 1989 Worked on the staff of the Chicago Rocker Magazine. : 1988 -1990 Worked with a local radio station called "G-Force". I made all their station ID's and many of their commercials in trade for airtime. : In 1989 I funded and released a compilation project of 30 local bands in the Chicagoland area and distributed it worldwide through ad's in "Fanzines" (fan written magazines). : 1991 - 1993 I became part of the writing staff of Windy City Rocks and Intense Magazine. : In 1992 Again I funded and released a compilation project of local bands This time performing Christmas music, as a benefit for the homeless people in Chicago. : October 1992 - January 1995: I moved my home studio to a Chicago location and became a co-owner of Bad Dog recording studio's. (Bad Dog consisted of two fully equipped analog studio's, one digital suite and a video department). : January 1992 - October 1994: I taught classes on recording and microphone placement techniques at my Chicago studio. It helped keep a steady flow of new clients through the studio, as well as establish myself as a credible engineer and producer. (For the class I spent extra hours constructing a text manual so that my students could follow easily). : 1992 - 1994 I wrote a book called "Forgotten Scripts". The book is now online at http://www.afternight.com/runes/ : In November 1993, I acquired a large building of 18 rooms in a Melrose Park Illinois business district. I rent these out for musician rehearsal studios as well as offices for music related businesses. : In the summer of 1994, I performed in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hemmens auditorium in Elgin Illinois. This was my first musical ever. I was given the role of Annas. I chose to sing all of the parts in full voice, no falsetto :) My vocal range in full voice climbs to "High D" : In the summer of 1995 I again performed in Jesus Christ Superstar, this time playing the role of Judas. (The show was to benefit the aids foundation). A picture of me singing in that show in on the right. I'm the one dressed in black at the front of the stage. The tall guy dressed in gold playing Jesus is a friend of mine named Tony. He's in a band called 7th Heaven. Check them out, they have some really great hooks in their songs. : In early 1995 I indulged heavily in acquiring computer knowledge. I then put up my own music domain site on the world wide web. My domain address is http://www.afternight.com : In May 1997, I helped sprout a new Chicagoland music magazine publication called "Backstage Pass". I still remain on the staff and continue to do my article once a month. : In 1997, "Musician Magazine" wrote a little blurb about "afternight.com" in their "Musicians Guide to Gigging" issue. Since then, my music site has been getting an average of 4000 requests per day making itself a formidable presence on the net. : Alas I have become a geek. Many a day you can find me here on the web programming or playing Quake Team Fortress. : My main focus these days is web programming. I have been setting up businesses (Mortgage Brokers recently) with web sites that catch peoples attention without taking a prolonged time to load off the net. This involves knowing how to compress pictures correctly (it's an art), making animated gif's from scratch and where and where not to use a jpeg. To keep on the cutting edge of technology, I surf the net constantly. I use java sparingly and tailor cgi scripts to take advantage of the technical integration that most other programmers do not. Take a look around at my work, you'll find some things that are quite unique. : Recent examples can be found at: : http://www.afternight.com : http://www.afternight.com/music/rainlord/ : http://www.afternight.com/music/pic

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