Jay Hardesty - Project and Software Design, Music Theory, Music Composition
Jay Hardesty has been obsessed with the design of music composition algorithms for more than two decades. He received his MA in Music Composition from Columbia University, where his focus was on computer-aided composition. He also holds bachelor's degrees in Music Theory and Composition, and Mathematics, from Southern Methodist University. [ resume ]

Drazen Bosnjak - Music Algorithms and Software Design, Music Composition
Drazen Bosnjak is a composer, producer and creative director with 8 years of experience in the music industry. Drazen has created award-winning soundtracks for Laurie Anderson, William Gibson, Gucci, Final Fantasy, National Geographic, Tom Sachs, Marco Brambilla, Sony, Reebok, Motorola, Toyota, BP, LG, New Balance, DKNY and Nike. Drazen is founder of Q Department, an original music and sound design company with an advance music licensing division that represents amongst other labels, world renowned, Warp Records.


Harris Skibell - Information, User Experience Design, Music Composition
Harris Skibell is a composer and digital designer. He founded product msd, a music production company which creates sound for television, web, film, wireless and art projects for brands such as Bayer Worldwide, MasterCard, Bloomingdale's, Macworld Magazine and clients such as Razorfish, ESI Design, HDNet Films and Antenna Design NY. He also has extensive experience as an information and digital designer. At the database and entertainment product information company, Muze, he directed CD-ROM, database, public kiosk interface design and web projects. He worked with Helen Thorington (NRPA) to found turbulence.org. He created the early web work "Snuff" (with Damon Horowitz) for Turbulence, and "In My Room" for Razforfish's theenvelope. Recent and upcoming projects: sound design associate (with Fitz Patton) for Neil LaBute's "This is How It Goes," directed by George C. Wolfe, starring Amanda Peet, Ben Stiller, and Jeffrey Wright (plays through April, 2005 at the Public Theater, NYC); 45 Seconds, a Flash-based interactive work commissioned by Turbulence; the original audio design for Antenna Design installation "Cherry Blossoms," and audio design for the Wagner/Cuban company HDNet Film's theater logo and corporate identity. The Alex Gibney documentary, "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," an HDNet Films production, recently premiered at Sundance and will be released in Spring, 2005; music/audio design for Flash-based and desktop prototype projects for Razorfish.