Tokyo, Japan

I'll never forget that time I recorded the Aspen Chamber Symphony in 2019 at the Michael Klein Music Tent for their performance of "Petite symphonie concertante for harp, harpsichord, piano, and two string orchestras" by Frank Martin. The mic setup and live mixing during the performance was exhilarating.

When it comes to networking, first impression is everything.

The first time I held a game controller and fought a terrifying zombie spider from the first Resident Evil game.. and defeated it on my first try. The music and sound scared me to my core, and that's the moment I knew I wanted to create that experience someday. Did I mention I was about 5 years old?

The first time my instincts were a saving grace. I'll never forget that moment I was recording a multi-track recording session for a string ensemble, and saw all incoming signals in ProTools turn OFF mid-performance. All of a sudden, we didn't hear ANY audio. We had the film director, the composers, and not to mention the executive director of TAC at the time all present at the booth. I had a split second to think and before I knew it, my instincts told me that something must have been unplugged in the live room where the musicians were. I stood up AWAY from ProTools (which you should never do..) and bolted from S04 to Osher Salon.. and I remember running straight to the unplugged MASTER cable that had accidentally been kicked off by one of the musicians. I remember everybody cheered - in a sense, I felt like I was a hero!

Making video games. Perhaps as a sound or software engineer.

I try to do at least one task that's outside of my day-to-day job. A hobby or a personal project..even if I only have 10 minutes, I try to dedicate my time to my own project.

Can I change the question to *record* only three composers? I'd say Rachmaninoff, Debussy, and modern composer would be Daria Novo, our very own Composition professor!

One that will make you think on the way back home, "Wait, how did they do that?"

1. Jason O'Connell. Not only has he taught so much about audio and especially recording, but he's the reason I work in this industry today. 
2. My PlayStation Music teammates. They're a circle of trust I can always count on!
3. My Aspen Music Festival recording engineer friends. Some of them now are Grammy-nominated audio engineers and I'm so grateful to have worked with them.

Music Design on the latest Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (2023); Dialogue Design on Cinematics in God of War Ragnarök (2022); Music Editing in Call of Duty: Vanguard season 5 (2021); Japanese Dialogue Editing and Script Supervising for the Japanese Sleep Stories from Calm.inc (Japanese language package)