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Jay Weinland (Man Behind the Man)

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Ah, Jay -- another guy who works.

~ Marty O'Donnell on Jay Weinland
Jay Weinland, circa 2006.

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[edit] About

Jay Weinland is the Audio Lead at Bungie. Jay and Marty O'Donnell are in charge of Bungie's audio department -- Marty writes all of the music (along with compositional partner Michael Salvatori), and Jay is in charge of making sure that all of the non-musical things get put into the game.

Jay works with C Paul Johnson on sound design for the games. He plays the oboe and some other woodwinds and brass instruments. Jay studied at Oberlin College and Conservatory in Ohio, and was a high school orchestra teacher for five years. He is a major proponent of science fiction material, as well as beer and beef jerkey. Jay's alter ego is that of a toy reviewer.

Jay is married to actress Heather Hawkins and has two children, Duncan and Tessa.

[edit] Trivia

Nickname: Man Behind the Man

Classification: GrizzledAncients

Current Job: Audio Lead, Bungie Studios

Origin: Long Island

Blood Type: beer

Age: 35

Weight: 190 pounds

Height: 6' 0"

Girth: beer

First Job: high school orchestra teacher

Hobby: drivin' too fast, playin' my horns, reading all flavors of sci-fi/fantasy, and of course drinkin' beer - preferably of the insanely hoppy variety

Ultimate Halo Match: 16 player rockets on Hang 'Em High

Ultimate Snack: peppered beef jerky

Ultimate Website: www.espn.com (sports nut)

Mode of Transport: 2003 Jetta GLI, 24-valve V6 with 6-speed manual

Fake Weapon: Classified

[edit] Auto-Biography

After 5 years at Oberlin College and Conservatory (BM/MMT) and 5 years of teaching I stumbled into games. 12 years in this freakin' industry and it seems I'll never learn. I equate finishing a game with women having a child (hear me out ladies) in the sense that if we actually remembered how painful it was we would never ever do it again. But here I am a couple dozen titles (and two children) later and still enjoying myself. Props to my wife, Seattle actress Heather Hawkins, and two beautiful children for putting up with all the gaming (it's research guys!) and long hours.

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