About Me
I’m Uri Nieto, a Computer Engineer, Music Technologist and almost a Musician born in Barcelona, Spain in 1983.
Right now I’m about to start a PhD in Music Technology at the New York University, in the heart of Manhattan. I’ve been living in Palo Alto, California for the past year 2009-10 studying a Master’s in Music Science and Technology at CCRMA (Stanford University).
This blog is about technology, music, traveling, books, geek stuff, and some other unuseful things that give meaning to my life. Here it is a short informal CV (you can find a formal CV here):
Engineer background
I graduated in 2007 with a Computer Engineer Degree in Polytechnic University of Catalonia. After that I took a Master’s Degree in Music Technology in Pompeu Fabra University and I graduated in 2008. After that I worked 10 months as a Software Engineer developing software for the iPhone platform at MiMundoiPhone, an innovative company placed in Barcelona. I have been given a Fundació “La Caixa” scholarship to take the MA in Music, Science, and Technology in Stanford University for the course 2009-10 and a PhD in Music Technology at the
New York University
starting in September 2010.
Music background
I took 8 years in the Convservatory of Granollers (Barcelona), specialising in Violin. I chose Guitar as my second instrument and I quit the Conservatory when my parents bought me an Electric Guitar when I was 14. I started my first band as the main Singer and Guitarist with that age. Then, in 1999, I joined Sargon, a quite successful metal band in Catalonia that has released 1 demo, 1 EP and 2 albums with two different record labels throughout 9 years of existence. Somewhere around 2007 I started the “Ultimate Screaming Lessons“ series, some series that teach you how to scream in somewhat funny-stupid way, which went quite popular in YouTube (especially the first one).
