Short Bio of Michael Bade
Director/Producer
For the last twelve years I have been privileged to develop award-winning educational multimedia for schools. As Vice President of Product Development at Videodiscovery in Seattle, a leading science education company. My job has included: producing and directing dramatic video production for dental education interactive CDROMs for low income clinics, dramatic and documentary videos on aging, leading a team producing interactive CDROMS funded by the National Institutes of Health; shooting and directing over 200 dramatic video pieces for an interactive product called Health Sleuths; working on the team that developed an assessment software called Performance Based Assessment; and producing promotional videos for our products in a CDROM catalog and for the Web.. One of the highlights of this year was when the Executive Director of the National Institutes of Health presented my teams work to the United States Congress as an example of the excellent work NIH is doing with it’s educational dollars.
The prior to that I held the position of director of International Video production for MCC, a relief and development organization with an annual budget of over $50 million, were I produced over twenty videos in worldwide locations, and won six film awards, including the Golden Cine Award for children’s drama.
Songwriter/Performer
I have been writing music and performing since I discovered the guitar at age 14. I have written numerous scores for national PBS television, local television and Telemundo. In 2004 and 2005 I have been performing in the large Peace rallies in Seattle and at the National kick off of "Take Back Your Time Day," featured in TIME and Newsweek magazines. As a member of Reunion Vocal Band I play occasionally on the east coast. My latest album is a loose mixture of folk, blues,and rock. While the lyrics focus on Peace, conflict resolution, hope and spirituality but mostly I just like music.
MUSIC, POETRY, ART... IMPORTANT STUFF
