Jared Hudson

'Jared was originally born and raised in Brownsburg, Indiana. He grew up with a lot of musical influence in his life, starting with his family. He is a self taught composer, and has now had extensive formal training as well. Live orchestrating and composition are his primary focuses for future endeavors. He has obtained work ranging from film, TV, and interactive media. These opportunities have enabled him to travel the nation, and meet some very amazing people in the industry. As far as his history with music, Jared has had formal training on violin and percussion/drumset. During his high school career he placed 2nd two years in a row in a young artist competition on snare drum. For 5 years, he marched in the marching band starting from 8th grade through senior year. Jared was also in the top school jazz band for 3 years. He has had even further study on drumset and percussion playing for the Purdue and Ball State University jazz bands and combos. Jared currently holds a bachelor's degree from the Berklee College of Music. In Jared's free time, he enjoys golfing, skiing, cars, hunting, boating, jet skis, computer games, building computers, photography, building websites, and of course, composing music. Jared's strong musical influences are composers such as Yoko Kanno, Dmitri Shostakovich, Dave Brubeck, and Jerry Goldsmith. He also is intrigued by the recording arts, mixing, and mastering.' Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.