I grew up in the Bay Area making loud guitar music with my friends — punk bands in garages, cheap amps turned all the way up, and the kind of late-night chaos that makes you fall in love with sound before you know what producing even is. Then came an obsession with the raw sounds of Rap and Hip Hop music which first got me programming beats and recording verses. A little later, Drum & Bass pulled me into a whole different world: rhythm as storytelling, bass as emotion, grooves that felt alive. That mix — melody from the punk world and rhythm obsession from electronic music — is still the foundation of how I hear everything. 

 

I studied audio at SFSU and spent years putting out my own records. Being inside that process — writing, producing, stressing, second-guessing — taught me how vulnerable it is to hand your music to someone else. I never forgot that feeling. It’s why I mix the way I do now: with respect, clarity, and a very real understanding of the emotional weight behind every decision. 

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In 2016, Dolby brought me in as the first full-time Atmos music mixer in the world. I spent the next seven and a half years shaping immersive mixes for artists across genres — electronic, hip-hop, alternative, singer-songwriter, cinematic indie — and learning how to make drums punch, bass translate everywhere, and vocals sit with emotional honesty in both stereo and immersive. That work earned a Grammy nomination and pushed me to develop a technical depth I wouldn’t trade for anything. 

 

But at the end of the day, all of that experience only matters if it helps your music feel more like you.

 

That’s what I care about most.

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Your music has a pulse. A center of gravity. A feeling you’re trying to get across — even if you don’t have the technical language for it. My job is to meet you in that space, understand what you’re reaching for, and build a mix that actually lands the emotion. Not cleaner. Not shinier. Not something you need to defend to your fans. Something that feels true. 

 

I work best with artists who care about groove, mood, and identity — people who want their drums to move, their bass to feel controlled but alive, and their vocals to carry the real story. The ones who want emotional impact as much as technical clarity. If that’s you, we’re probably already on the same wavelength. 

 

Mixing, to me, is a conversation. You bring the vision, the feeling, the references, the “this part means something to me.” I bring the producer instinct, the Atmos depth, the rhythm-driven decision-making, and a calm, collaborative process that makes it easy to be honest and excited again. We’ll talk through what the track needs, what it actually wants, and how to get it there without losing the soul of it. 

 

Your music deserves to hit harder, feel deeper, and reflect who you really are.

 

If that’s the kind of record you’re trying to make, I’d love to help you bring it to life.