Key West Address

Gary W. Ek
Place of Birth: North Miami, Florida USA
Living in: Key West, Florida (since 2005) southernmostmedia@gmail.com

HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THE FOLLOWING:
Public Relations, stage management, studio design, retail sales and management, audio engineer and IT technician, live and recorded sound mixer, photographer, videographer, linear and non-linear video editor, assistant production coordinator, prop assistant, lighting tech., weapons maker (props, swords, knives), custom knife maker. computer web creation and web mastering, sign making, historic home restoration, and property management, as well as a Radio DJ / Interviewer and Segment Producer.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
10/23/2012 to present – WXKW 104.9 The X Engineer, Show Producer, Radio Host and DJ 3/2011 to present – Unity of the Keys Spiritual Center Sound Engineer /Stage Manager

1/2014 to 4/2015 – Stock Island Marina Village Events Coordinator / Entertainment Director Responsible for all Events – Saturday Night and Full Moon Jam Sessions As well as New Moon Movie Night, and Several Fishing Tournaments

7/2009 to 1/2013 Key West Show / KeyWestShow.com Executive Producer / Engineer / Radio Host for Internet Talk Radio A Listener Funded Community Radio Project

10/2005 to present- Ek Video Productions / Key West Videographer, Editor, and Line Producer for assorted projects in Key West - such as “Key West Address” music video for James Slater, Key West Musician and Key West Songwriters Festival and many others, for Lifetime & Discovery Channels, as well as local TV, and radio.

02/2006 to 10/2016 - Private Ear Sound and Recording / Danny Simpson
Key West, Fl Various indoor and outdoor Music Presentations. Duties Included: Sound tech., sound mixer, P.A. installations and repairs.

08/2004 - 10/05 – Self Employed Freelance Miami Computer IT work, P.A. Installations, and Live Sound-Mixing, also some Motion Picture Work

03/2004 - 07/04 - Celestine Prophecy (The Movie) Celestine Films, LLC Video Assist Technician / Playback Operator Saint Augustine, FL- Ocala, FL

12/2002 to 04/04 - Addison Fitzgerald Studios, Inc. (AFSI) Duties: Sound / Audio Engineer, Videographer, Lighting Technition, Video Assist Operator, Video Editor, Photography Assistant, Video Engineer for the City of Saint Augustine Beach- Cable production of council meetings and audio interfaces. Trained In: Nonlinear Editing programs, such as Adobe Premiere, Final-Cut Pro, Avid, Vegas, ProTools, and Photo-shop.

10/1998 to 04/01– Riptides Bar – Saint Augustine Beach, Fl Sound-Mixing, Stage Management, Equipment Technician for 3-4 Bands 5 night per week. And a Live Reggae Sunday.

05/1998 to 04/04 - Wildwood Professional Audio Services and the Wildwood Drive Band – Saint Augustine,FL Over 500 Live Shows, over 50 Albums and Demos Duties: Live and studio recordings, live and studio board mix & mastering, Studer 24 track 2” tape engineer / technician, stage manager, production manager, road manager, outdoor festival concerts & studio album recording, music video director.

05/1997 to 04/2002 – Saint Augustine Music – Rev. Pat Murphy Assistant Manager – Technician – P.A. Installations – Video – Band Bus Chauffeur All In House, and Out P.A. Rentals, Repairs & Related Projects including: * Bev-Jam (a benefit for St. John's County Sheriff's office dispatcher Beverly Smith) - “in 1999 we Opened the Saint Augustine Amphitheater after its closing, and I produced, managed and ran sound for the largest benefit concert in Saint Augustine's history with 26 bands and solo acts performing over a three day weekend. “

1971 to 1989 - Ek Knife Co. - John EK Commando Knives / Seminole Gun Shop / Metropolitan Crime Investigators - Miami,FL (Managed Family Businesses 1976~1989) FFL Class 3 firearms dealer, gunsmith Private Investigator Knifemaker I ran both U.S. FFL Class 3 Manufacture and modifications of full automatic weapons and sales in and out of the country, as well as toured Gun, Knife and sporting industry trade shows in the Continental U.S.
Custom knifemaker - Miami, FL~ St. Augustine, FL ~ Richmond, VA. From 1971 thru 1989

Productions Completed: Celestine Prophecy the Movie, Cape Fear, The Keys, L'Oreal, Publix, Florida Lotto, Ideal Clamp Mfg. Promo, Alligator Farm Promo DVD, World Gym of St. Augustine, Music Videos for Wildwood Drive Bands “Going to Pakistan”, and James Slater's “Key West Address”, Web Designer for “Phlockers Gone Wild”, Executive Director of “KeyWestShow.com” (Internet Talk Radio), as well as various Video and Audio projects in the Florida Keys. Also have built Floats for the Fantasy Fest Parade since 2005, till 2011 and have won 3 awards.

In my present job with WXKW, As the overnight radio host, I have interviewed everyone from local politicians, activists, and musicians all the way to renowned artist Peter Max... and I have done well over 1500 live overnight radio shows for The X 104.9 in Key West. As well as being the Chief Operating Engineer.

Education:
1974 – graduated North Miami Senior High School
1975 - attended Miami-Dade Junior College (Psychology/Commercial Art)
1976 – attended University of Miami (Cinematography/Public Relations / Business Management)
1985 – J. Sargent Reynolds College Richmond, Va. - Video Broadcast Production
2000 – Full Sail School Orlando, Fl. - Certified Video Editor, Audio Engineering