LOCATION
    RECORDING
        MIXING

30 YEARS
    EXPERIENCE

CUBASE 5

APOGEE

DYNAUDIO
    ACOUSTICS

SCHOEPS

NEUMANN

EARTHWORKS

API

DEMETER

FOCUSRITE

SOUNDTRACKS &
    ORCHESTRAL
        RECORDING

The Beatles were the start of music for me. My mom had read about them and thought they sounded like fun. I had just turned 10, and she let me stay up late on that famous Sunday night in February 1964 to watch Ed Sullivan. After "Sgt. Pepper" came out, there was an article in TIME magazine that described how the album was recorded. When I finished reading it, I knew what I wanted to do for a career. Several years later, my high school guidance counselor told me I didn't have the aptitude to do this. I need to find her and give her a "little guidance."

I spent the summer of 1976 as an intern at Track Recorders in Silver Spring, Maryland. The next seven years I did live audio engineering for bands and clubs. One year with Danny Gatton, then three years touring with The Allstars from Charlottesville, Virginia. While on the road, I got to work with a lot of the blues greats like Muddy Waters, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, George Thorogood, J.B. Hutto, Robert Lockwood Jr., John Mayall, Sunnyland Slim, Johnnie Shines, John Hammond, and many others. I also got to work with  Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, and Cheech and Chong. In 1981, I moved back to Washington DC, and worked with several bands as regular clients (Switchblade, The Slickee Boys, others) and also as house sound engineer at several local music venues (Desperado's, The Psychedelly, The Bayou, Adam's, The Wax Museum, 9:30 Club, Kilamanjaro, Friendship Station, others,) mixing national and local acts.

At Cue Recording, Falls Church, VA

In 1983, I started working at Startec Recording in Washington DC. Within 2 years, I had worked my way up to Chief Engineer. Then the building was sold, and the studio dissolved. I soon found employment at Balance Studios (now called Avalon) in Bethesda, Maryland, and worked there for about 6 months. In November of 1987, I accepted a job offer from Omega Recording in Rockville, Maryland, where I worked for 5 years, engineering sessions and teaching at their Recording Engineering School. I also helped develop some of their instructional courses. In March of 1993, I joined the engineering staff at Cue Recording in Falls Church, Virginia and worked there for 8 years. In the summer of 2001, I started to work as an independent audio engineer.

On Location: Living Room, Central Virginia

Rhythm section in the family room

I have recorded and mixed soundtracks for many film and television projects that have aired on Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, History Channel, Nickelodeon, PBS, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, SHOWTIME, HBO, and many others. I recorded and mixed the music soundtracks for the "Little Bill" show on Nickelodeon. I have also recorded and mixed many CD projects. Among these are two albums by SAFFIRE - The Uppity Blues Women! Both were released on Alligator Records. "Ain't Gonna Hush" is a studio album project while "Live & Uppity!" was recorded live at The Barns at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia.

Now, with my own moveable digital audio recording system, my collection of microphones and outboard gear, I am working at several Washington DC area recording studios. But over the last 5 years, a new and interesting trend has developed. Over half my work has been in private homes. These projects sometimes start in a studio, then we do overdubs and mixing in some one's home. Other projects are done complete home recording projects, started and finished in the home. People tend to feel more comfortable at home. Pets and family are there, meals are home cooked, the commute is ideal, and it really helps to lower the budget since you aren't paying for studio space rental.

I also have been doing some classical recording churches in northern Virginia and Washington DC, and some jazz recording at the Levine School of Music in Washington, DC. I have recorded live performances at Old Town Hall in Fairfax, Virginia, The State Theater in Falls Church, Virginia, and Blues Alley in Washington DC. Check out my credits to see who I have been working with lately, along with a listing of other projects.

I recently did the live show mix at the Strathmore Arts Center in Bethesda, Maryland. This state-of-the-art performance center seats 2000 in the main hall, and the acoustics can be varied to fit the needs of any particular artist or group. I must say it sounds wonderful.

Member:

AES - Audio Engineering Society
NARAS (Grammy Organization - Voting Member)                   National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
	WAMA - Washington Area Music Association

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