About
Mastering is the process of finalizing music by delicately balancing art and science. Mastering relies on empirical data, collected through technical analysis. Mastering requires emotional insight, steered by intuition and a deep connection to the music. Great records are born from a balance of both.
Since 2001, I’ve mastered audio for an eclectic range of projects. My work includes multiple Billboard #1 and Top 10 charting songs, GRAMMY® Award-winning artists, and over 600 million streaming plays from more than 63 different countries. I am proud of the trust I’ve earned from the producers, mixing engineers, and artists I’ve worked with along the way.
My path with music and sound is uniquely colored by the phenomenon of synesthesia. Specifically, I experience chromesthesia, a state where auditory stimuli manifests itself as colors, shapes, and movement. This sensory perception is interwoven with my passion for music and technology, feeding a nuanced exploration of the marriage between artistry and analysis in every record.
For over 12 years, I ran Mobtown Studios, an award-winning Baltimore recording studio which I co-founded. I then pivoted to focus solely on mastering, designing and building a dedicated mastering studio in 2018.
In 2023, I co-created the Speaks Volumes podcast with mastering engineer, Dan Coutant. We talk about supporting our fellow engineers, work/life balance, and maintaining good mental health in a stressful and competitive industry.
I occasionally work with iZotope / Native Instruments and Steinberg (WaveLab Pro) on their software development. I’ve previously worked with Warner Bros. Records, Discovery Channel, The Kennedy Center, and DC101-FM.
When not working in music, I love making egg creams and listening to Prince.
📷: Rebecca Gohn
Artists I’ve Worked With
Maya Angelou • Nicole Atkins • B-Real • The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra • Kishi Bashi (Of Montreal) • Jon Batiste • Beach House • Blank Range • Blondie • Caspian • Caveman • Chuck D • Cory Branan • Candy66 • Celebration • Craig G • Dan Deacon • Mark degli Antoni • De La Soul • The Dear Hunter • The Dismemberment Plan • Drug Church • Ellery Eskelin • Emmaline • Fang Island • The Flatliners • Future Islands • Fujiya & Miyagi • Nelly Furtado • GANGGA • The Gipsy Kings • Glass Animals • Matilde Girasole • Have Mercy • Hollis Brown • Ice Cube • Jackson Dean • Cris Jacobs • Japanese Breakfast • Jim and Sam • Jakubi • Tim Kasher • KRS-One • Lomelda • Little Hurricane • Lower Dens • Mat Kerekes • Mandi Macias • Mayday Parade • Michingander • My Ticket Home • The National Symphony Orchestra • Nxtime • Oso Oso • Overcoats • Paradise Falls • Parthenon Huxley (Electric Light Orchestra) • The Pink Spiders • Ponytail • PUBLIC • David Reyes • Chubb Rock • San Fermin • Cara Beth Satalino • Aryana Sayeed • Section 25 • Shawna Potter (Making Spaces Safer, War On Women) • Aaron Sheehan • Small Sur • Soccer Mommy • Soul Coughing • Susto • Michael Sweet (Stryper) • Brayden Tabakian • Tall Heights • Teen Mortgage • They Might Be Giants • Travis Morrison • Us and Us Only • Victoria Vox • Vundabar • Waka Flocka Flame • The War And Treaty • Malcolm-Jamal Warner • The Whigs • White Reaper • will.i.am • Steve Winwood • Tony Williams • Ryan Wright • Wye Oak
