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The Puppet Masters, Inc. is a Multimedia Production
and Web Design Company, founded in 1999 by artist John Angelini, originally
as a digital music production company. This company is the end-product
of John's knowledge and perserverance to learn the wide
array of skills he has amassed and needed to make his mark on the world.

In less than three years, he learned
Music Composition, Graphic Design, Illustration, Web Development and Server
Administration, Networking skills, Database Management skills and 3D Modelling
and Animation skills, as well as digital audio production and video editing
and special effects skills. Let us put these skills to work for
you to get your project of any type finished in a most cost-effective
and professional manner.
We specialize in all areas of multimedia, from creating
web graphics to shopping carts to credit card gateways and SSL servers,
to creating elaborate visual effects and 3D animations. We produce music
CD's and have several artists that work for us on our label.
We also specialize in corporate identity and offer
some great services for small businesses trying to make their way into
the world of E-Commerce. We can register your domain name, develop your
site and host it for you, all in one place with minimal effort on your
part. You can leave it to the professional know how of The Puppet Masters
and you can feel safe in knowing that your customers are protected and
your business will function without flaws, keeping your dataflow and inventory
up to date.
History:
Having gotten his degree in Music Composition and having
been inspired by musicians in such musical forums as Acid Planet, MP3.com,
etc., John created several digital Techno and World songs and was well
on his way in his musical career.
Having created several pieces of music left the artist
wanting to add more to it, such as some kind of visual to go along with
the audio to "complete" the experience. John had gone through
many years of formal art training throughout his adolescent years, and
was awarded his local school district's Artist of the Year award from
grades 2-10, out of students from 21 public schools. He had neglected
these skills for years to pursue other arts, namely music, and poetry
with equal success.
As a musician, John has been playing the soprano, alto,
tenor and baritone sax, since the age of 7. He has been traditionally
trained in classical, jazz, and blues, and has receieved his Degree in
Musical Composition from Mercer County Community College, finishing at
the top of his class. While at Mercer County, he began playing piano,
and hand drums, such as the African Djembe. He is also a master of the
aborigine Didjeridoo, a healing instrument made from termites hollowing
out the cores of the eucalyptus trees of Australia, and he has written
13 musical compositions and many study pieces as well as has recently
produced a full length musical CD, put together with another musician,
Todd Mansmann, a local Trance and Jungle DJ. Thus marked the beginning
of The Puppet Masters, as a musical group.
Having produced a musical CD, and deciding to market
it, now was time to call on those years of artistic training. Things would
be needed, such as CD Labels and Liners, as well as a means to produce
them in large scale. Enter the business background of having spent many
years running a small office.
John started to dabble in simplistic graphic arts programs,
and eventually one thing lead to another, and learning Photoshop turned
into learning about 3D modelling, which lead to wanting to make it all
move, leading to 3D animation, which opened the door for video editing,
which opened the door for Special FX, and compositing, etc, etc.
Having created the music, and now some artwork, etc.
to go with it, he needed a forum to display the product of his efforts.
He bought a domain name, and learned how to set up a server, which he
used to create The Puppet Masters, Inc. the business entity. He began
learning every aspect of web design and is currently working on several
development projects for prestigious clients.
To make a long story short, he has obtained a wealth
of knowledge on the leading graphic arts and audio programs many never
know. He is an authority on many aspects of 3D environments, and is a
master of creating visual effects, both 2D and 3D and is a very talented
musician and a very prolific web programmer. He is known in many various
circles and has contributed tutorials in over 30 software programs to
various web forums, magazines, etc.