I have been producing events and making records since 1998, and I have mixed countless shows for live music and on-air broadcast. I love small venues where you have a lot of control over the environment. I have produced several live streams for Twitch, and am excited by the potential of the emerging art form. I am well versed in Ableton Live, Max/MSP, Protools, Final Cut, Premiere, OBS, Black Magic, and MIDAS consoles.
Live Streaming
Performer: Vocals, Lyrics, Production.
Stream: This Twitch stream was a live vocal and electronic instrument performance featuring myself in California and Matthew Zipkin in New York. All music was performed and sequenced live by Matt, all vocals were performed, effected, and looped live by myself. A high quality, low latency audio and video conference was established between our two studios, MIDI clock was established over a VPN. Song position was derived from Matt’s MIDI sequences using a custom protocol implemented in Max/MSP, which generates lyrics graphics and triggers video loops in RemixVideoPRO, both of which were fed to OBS through Syphon. Brendan Draper mixed the broadcast audio from a third location, remotely controlling the audio console by way of remote desktop.
Stream: This Youtube Live stream was planned and executed with 48 hours of notice, due to concerns that a live audience would risk transmission of COVID-19. With no assistance, I produced and engineered the audio and video for this live stream, including three cameras, multi-tracked audio, and monitoring of the stream. After the concert I added titles and separated the concert into individual authored videos for the choir’s Youtube channel.
Recording and Post
Video: Cameras and post-production, title graphics.
Audio: Vocal and percussion recording. Mastering engineer. Co-mixed with Matthew Zipkin.
Performer: Vocals, percussion.
Video: Concept and Executive Producer
Audio: Choir arrangement and direction, vocal engineering. Album production and mix engineer.
Additional Credits: Music composed and performed by Chelsea Faith and Travis Hough. Video recording and camera operation by Zen Cohen and Devin Askounis. Video editing and other magic by Zen Cohen. The Easystreet Choir is made up Travis and Chelsea’s friends and family, recorded by Jesse Nichols at Fantasy Studios, Berkely, CA. Released posthumously in honor of my dearest friends.
Alternative Ending – 2019
Audio: Producer. Mixing and mastering engineer
Performer: Drums.
A cover of the classic Tool single, we recorded this performance at Fantasy Studios in Berkely, CA. We re-recorded the vocals and bass at my production studio, and I mixed and mastered the final track.
Live Audio Engineer
Since 2017, I have been honored to be the live sound engineer for the band vverevvolf, including their 2019 East Coast tour. Bay area venues include The Great American Music Hall, The Independent, Bottom of the Hill, Spotify HQ, and Popscene.
Gold Rush is a three day summer festival held on the banks of a river in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. In addition to performing, I was also one of three rotating audio engineers, mixing a dozen bands and engineering a multi-track recording of the entire weekend.