Dr. Doug Bielmeier (Boston) creates, engineers, and produces commercial and experimental music tailored for boutique audiences and media. His music has been described as an "extension of Xenakis’s early tape pieces" (American Record Guide), "Dripping with Sarcasm...”(New Sounds, WNYC) and "Drone work that's meant to shake you out of your shell of complacency” (The Midwest Record). His 2021 album, Ambient Works on Albany Records, charted #1 on the North American College and Community Radio Chart (NACC) that summer. His music has been internationally performed and in New York City by the Unheard//of Ensemble and the Hypercube Ensemble and broadcast on terrestrial and internet radio: featured on WNYC/New York Public Radio's New Sounds program with John Schaefer, and heard by millions of listeners on the Drone Zone channel at SomaFM.
Bielmeier's work as a Recording Engineer and Record Producer has included working with Indie and startup artists for Centaur, New Amsterdam, and Iridian Arts record labels in Nashville, DC, Indianapolis, and Boston. Bielmeier designed/managed The C.L.E.A.R. Lab at the Purdue School of Engineering: a state-of-the-art facility for creating, mixing, and mastering new electronic works featuring a Phantom Focus System by Carl Tatz Design. His live sound work has included A1/A2 Engineer for Entertainment Exchange, UU Congregation of Fairfax, The Kennedy Center, and sound for former President Joe Biden.
Bielmeier lives and works in Boston, Massachusetts, where he is a Teaching Professor of Music Production in the Music department at Northeastern University[2]. His research explores skills and competencies aspiring engineers need to develop to be successful in the audio industry including the relationship between audio education and industry, DIY circuit building for self-directed instructional methods, and high resolution/multichannel recording via the internet. His writings are published by the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), The Journal on the Art of Record Production (JARP), Journal of the Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA) and Taylor & Francis/Routledge.
Bielmeier is also the creator, producer, engineer, and host of "The Process: a podcast about creativity and experimental music." (2016-present). The podcast focuses on the creative process for experimental music by listening to new works and discussing them with their creators. Each episode focuses on one creator and their music and includes an opening monologue by Bielmeier, excerpts of recordings, Q&A about the creative process, and in depth discussions of the creative cogitations. Episodes are released every other week, with seasons running from September thru May. Notable guests include Marti Epstien, Erin Rogers, Steven Kemper, Violet Nox, James Ilgenfritz, Jacob Cooper, Robbie Lee, and Brian Chase of the indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs.