Trace Thomas
New York, New York
A Leading Developer, Engineer & Proponent of High-Definition Technologies with Avid, Apple, Sonic Solutions, Sony Records & Masterlab. Currently developing a new Global Television Series SoundScapes® coming soon to a worldwide audience. Proficient in all forms of Digital Media, Trace has been a Creative Leader in the Digital Video Revolution.
Trace has served as an Executive Advisor, Developer and Technology Evangelist for Apple, Sony, Sonic Solutions, Avid Technology, and assisted several great upstarts including COSA After Effects (breakthrough software video compositing - bought by Adobe Systems), Taiyo Yuden (Invented the CD-R), Rimage (Perfected ondisc CD Labeling) and most recently Gracenote (Perfected audiofile data management - bought by Sony Corporation). Serves as Chief Technology Officer of Masterlab, www.masterlab.com, an internationally recognized leader in CD & DVD Mastering, Music Production, Online Distribution and Delivery.
Now celebrating 17 years and over 176 million R.I.A.A. certified record sales in the U.S. alone, Masterlab features multiple facilities complete with advanced digital and analog equipment, editing workstations, and exceptionally loyal client base. Music Clients Include: Prince, Madonna, Eminem, Rolling Stones, Linkin Park, Disturbed, Tori Amos, Jewel, Timbaland, Missy Elliott, Bee Gees, Ministry, Smashing Pumpkins, Britney Spears, Mandy Moore, Enya, Clannad, Bjork, Prodigy, NIN, Collective Soul, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lauren Hill, Khia, 'lil Wayne, Mary J. Blige, Finalists from American Idol, The Voice, X Factor America's Got Talent and hundreds more. Corporate Clients Include: Sony Classical, Maverick Records, Warner Brothers Records, Creative Artists, William Morris Endeavor, U.S. Dept. of Trans., Siemens, Daimler Chrysler, Disney, Universal, Fox, NASA, USMC, Ryder Systems, Raytheon, Locheed Martin and Rockwell.
In addition, Trace is a principal composer and writer performing Lead Guitars, Keyboards and Programming for "Electroshock Therapy" and "Sonic Brutality" featuring Marilyn Manson co-founder Sara Lee Lucas, and Industrial All Stars featuring many modern music Artists with all three goups exclusively represented worldwide by DataStream Partners.