About me

I’m an audio producer. But what does that really mean?

It’s days spent with a local group of blue-collar pirates. International calls with the detectives who found the first serial killer in Scotland’s history. Cross-state drives to speak with the survivors of an unprecedented wildfire. A spotlight on the power of long-forgotten photographs. First-hand accounts of corruption in one of the sporting world’s most prestigious organizations. A summer hike, a canoe ride down a river, a handful of cold kelp. Talking to anyone, anywhere, at any time.

Despite the cliche, I do believe that audio — as both a storied and experimental form of media — is unlike anything else. Whether it’s news, documentary, or art, I craft my stories as sonic experiences built on compelling audio, human-driven narratives, and original sound design. I’ve brought those stories to local, national, and international media outlets in various formats, including spot/feature news, small and large market program segments, and acclaimed documentary podcasts.

I’m also a freelance producer, and I’ve done booking, fact-checking, mixing, sound design, and editorial work on projects ranging from local podcasts to multi-million download shows. If you like my sound or just need an extra hand, you can reach out through the contact form below. My favorite place to be is in the field with a microphone in hand, second to a day spent in ProTools.

But what about outside of work?

I greatly enjoy hiking state and national parks, likely clogging the trail to stop and grab my 100th recording of trees and creeks. I write on a variety of subjects, from the fallout of the 20th-century nuclear family to the existential dread of growing up on Facebook. I’m in the midst of producing a life-long project called Listen Closely, an experimental “podcast vlog,” and I’ve also made a short-run independent series on growing up in the Pentecostal church. My favorite icebreaker is that I spent four summers touring the United States as part of a professional drum and bugle corp (“Like the NBA of marching band”). Oh, and I really like the Phoenix Suns. I hope to one day play a marathon game of D&D and I once got 3rd place in a college poetry slam.

Cut the Tape

“Cut the Tape” is my SoundCloud, where I publish music from fully-produced vocal songs to mix tapes and beat tapes. These songs are longer, and are generally made to be standalone tracks.

I also produce a lot of music dedicated to sound design and audio story scoring. You can find (and use!) those tracks on my FreeSound page, which you can find by clicking the button below.

 

Medium blog

I also write a variety of blogs, from the lessons of Kierkegaard’s early work on irony, to the origins of anime’s surge in the United States, to travel writing and essays on family. You can find my blog by clicking the button below.

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