Derek Baird

www.wireheadmedia.com

Derek Baird is a composer, sound designer, and multimedia developer with a degree in music composition from North Carolina School of the Arts. He's pursued additional studies in film music and music technology at LaGrange College. He is also a professional guitarist who has performed with Grammy-winning acts and played on internationally released albums. Derek currently runs Wireheadmedia.com, an Internet multimedia company that specializes in sound design and high quality music composition.

Derek contributed the "Creating Sound Effects" and "Creating Music Loops" sections of Chapter 12, "The Sound of Games."