Professional life stories profiling the successes, failures, skills and passion needed for making music your career.
Play Episode View episode detailsMay 11, 2023
Rob Garza: The Secrets to Building a 30 Year Plus Career in Music
March 15, 2023
Alphabet Rockers: A GRAMMY Winning Design Creating Conscious Hip Hop Music
Jan. 16, 2023
From The UK To The Bay: Leveraging Social Media to Build an Artist Brand
Dec. 6, 2022
Educating & Discovering The Next Generation of Talent
Oct. 26, 2022
Being True to Yourself & Your Art, Making the Jump From DJ to Artist, Working Hard For Your Disrespect
Sept. 19, 2022
Bending Genres with the West Psy Sound, Goa Gil, Fractal Cowboys, Dome Of Doom Records, and touring the World
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I'm an entrepreneur with a diverse background as an executive producer, music producer, audio engineer, live & virtual events producer, and education administrator.
I was voted Entrepreneur of the Year by The Renaissance Center For Entrepreneurship and awarded ICIC's (Initiative for a Competitive Inner City) top 100 fastest-growing inner city companies in America.
My audio production clients have included: HTC Vive, Microsoft Studios, Insomniac Games, Ubisoft, Disney, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Blizzard, and Zynga, working on award-winning titles like Watch Dogs 2, Halo Anniversary, Sunset Overdrive, God Of War, World Of Warcraft, Kinect Disneyland, Arcade Saga VR, and Tron Run/r.
I'm an Ableton Live certified trainer and have many music production credits including working with globally recognized recording artists including Rob Garza (Thievery Corporation), Gavin Hardkiss, Giorgio Moroder, K Theory, Jef Stott, The Bronx, Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia (The Grateful Dead), and Rocker T & the legendary Joan Baez amongst many others.
I have conducted panels and spoken at: SXSW, The SF Music Tech Conference, AES Conference, The Academy of Art, SFSU, and GRAMMY Sound Tables.
I am a 30-year voting member of The Recording Academy (The Grammys) and have had the honor of serving on the San Francisco Chapter Board of Governors and as a Trustee at the national level.
I DJ & produce music under the name Code369.