About me
George Blood graduated from the University of Chicago (1983) with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Theory. • The only student of pianist Marc-André Hamelin. • Recorded over 4,000 live events since 1982 • Recording Engineer for The Philadelphia Orchestra for 21 years • Recorded and edited some 600 nationally syndicated radio programs • Recorded or produced over 250 CDs, 6 of which have been nominated for Grammy Awards • An active teacher and presenter at conferences, presented on research into workflow, best practices, metadata, authentication, and interchangeability of digital information • Served on standards committees for MXF AS-07 (now SMPTE RDD48), and is a writer two chapters for IASA TC06. Mr. Blood and his wife, Martha, have five children and seven grandchildren. An unapologetic preservationist, at the end of a day of Preserving the Sound and Motion of History, he goes home to his 1768 house where he practices harpsichord and reads books on paper
