My career began at Media Sound Studios in New York City in 1981 where
I had the opportunity to work along side some of the industry's top engineers
and producers including; Mike Barbiero, Michael Brauer, Fred Christie,
Doug Epstein, and Mike Thorne. At Media Sound I learned a great
deal about recording technique, microphone placement and producer artist
relations. I went on to work with one of the studio's long standing clients,
Contempo Communications as their audio visual technician. At
Contempo I filled a multi-faceted niche, assembling soundtracks for award
winning corporate presentations, and going on site as a project supervisor.
All the while I was also producing local talent and playing guitar, bass and keyboards in a variety of local bands. One of the bands I played in called Critical Mass was signed to Epic Records and in 1989 we released our self titled debut album under our new name; See No Evil. We toured the USA opening for Cindi Lauper, and Modern English, and released a follow up album, titled "Songs". Both albums were recorded at The Hit Factory in New York. My experience recording keyboard tracks and backing vocals with producer Richard Robinson gave me valuable insight into the artist's perspective on production. |
| Following the disbandment of See No Evil in 1992 I did some studio work assisting Chris Albert on some Paul Griffin sessions at The Hit Factory. It felt good to be back on the other side of the glass. In the fall of 1992 I moved to Dallas Texas where I joined forces with studio owner Gary Long and helped him design, build and wire his new facility Nomad Recording Studio. I became Nomad's chief engineer, producing and engineering projects for numerous local acts, and for internationally acclaimed artists such as Absu, Billy Club, Cherry Blossom Clinic, King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Michael Harris Project, Phantom Rockers, Pitbull Daycare, Roller, Skunk Anansie, Speed Dealer, and Usurper. |
| In 1999 I built my own production project studio called MSI, which featured a Digidesign Pro Tools system, lots of outboard gear and a Massive Synthesizer Installation (thus the name) with many new and vintage keyboards. Here I did pre and post production for many of my clients and also produced some underscores and bumper music, including the theme song for a local sports radio show on The Ticket, called The Dallas Stars Playoff Post Game Show. I also recorded soundtrack music with Mike Scaccia, (of Ministry and Rigor Mortis) and we formed and produced a band together called League Of Blind Women with guitarist Rob Buck (of 10,000 Maniacs) bass player Casey Orr (Beefcake The Mighty of Gwar) and singer Chris Kelly. |
| In October 2002 I came back in New York, on the prowl for new talent and aligning myself with some great recording facilities in the Mid Hudson Valley including Dock 73 Studio, Ins And Outs Recording Studio, and Leopard Studio. I recorded the legendary John Havorka at Ins & Outs Recording Studio in New Paltz. I also produced some new original soundtrack / underscore music, inspired by my beautiful Catskill Mountain surroundings. |
| In the fall of 2003 I worked at Sonic Ranch near El Paso, Texas
where I engineered the new MINISTRY album! (see
News) |
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