Music has always been a part of my life.   As a small child, I remember rocking out to records in my bedroom, and running around recording everything imaginable with my little cassette tape recorder.  I began playing instruments in the 1st grade, and was a band geek throughout my school career.  I eventually picked up the guitar when I was 12 years old, and began playing in bands and recording song ideas on my Foxtex 4-track recorder.  Finally, in 1997, I was bitten by the production bug when my band recorded with engineer Mike Zirkel (Garbage, Death Cab For Cutie) at Butch Vig’s Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin…an experience that would change my life forever and set me on a course which has held to this day.  

Along the way I’ve had the privilege of being taught by some of the best in the industry, including Michael James (New Radicals, Janes Addiction, Hole, L7), Michael Rosen (Death Angel, Rancid, Testament), and Bryan Matheson (The Pacific Mozart Ensemble, owner of Skyline Studios).  These producers and engineers provided me the insight into what it takes to make a great sounding record and gave me the foundation to record and mix audio on a professional level.  For the past 14 years I have also worked as an audio software engineer for Digidesign/Avid and Apple, giving me the technical proficiency and depth of knowledge to be efficient and effective in today’s modern digital recording world.  I’m currently a full-time freelance mix/recording engineer and music producer, working out of Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco, Skyline Studios in Oakland, as well as my own home studio in SF.  I have been fortunate enough to work with some amazing artists over the years, including Bay Area metal legends Machine Head, Social Studies, The Sam Chase, Down and Outlaws, Amongst Thieves, X-Method, as well as up and coming local artists such as SAICS and Modyst.