IN THE STUDIO Audio Engineering & Music Production Techniques

About the Book

Selected Credits

A list of the records, films, and projects I have recorded, mixed, mastered, produced, or scored at The OC Recording Company over two decades.

Records — Common Kings—“Your Turn” and “Before You Go” (number-one hits written by Meghan Trainor), “Kingdom Come,” and “Sickness” (Sony Music); Tenelle—“Flava” (also a number-one hit written by Meghan Trainor); Moe Rock—“Baby June” (Gold-certified international hit) and “Smash”; Skylar Stecker—“Back Around” (three-million-plus views); The Dirty Heads—“Imagine”; Joseph Vincent—“Be There”; Courtney Stodden—“Reality”; Ray Goren—New Beginnings and “Marathon”; My Hero—“Breakout” and “Livin' My Life”; Whosoever South's Goin' Home and Come On In (Billboard Christian Rock); the 2012 presidential-campaign theme song for Libertarian vice-presidential nominee Judge Jim Gray; and an original piano piece for Oscar-nominated actor Terrence Howard.

Major-label features — Recorded, mixed, and/or mastered tracks featuring Lil Wayne and Lloyd (“Things U Do”), Kendrick Lamar (“Day Breaks”), Young Jeezy (“Ball Outrageous”), Tyga (“Tattoos and Jewelry Remix”), Jim Jones (“Fast Life”), AZ (“What We Do”), Royce da 5'9” (“Wrong Ones”), KRS-One (“Roots Run Deep”), Kid Ink (“Go Up”), and Glasses Malone (“Say What You Want”), plus work with Jay Rock and Fifth Harmony.

Additional artists and clients — Nipsey Hussle, Warren G, Ray-J, Young Buck, Sheek Louch, Styles P, Chino XL, E.D.I. Mean (of 2Pac's Outlawz), and Cashis; and YouTube and social-media stars Rice Gum, Family Fun Pack, Josh Leyva, Audrina Patridge, Sammy Wilk, Zach Clayton, Not Nico, and The Voice's Jamella Perkins.

Film — Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Nicolas Cage)—“Boy Meets Girl” by My Hero on the soundtrack; Adam Sandler's I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (with Kevin James)—“Bend Yo Wrist” by My-T; The Heart Specialist (Zoe Saldana, Method Man, Wood Harris)—“Once Upon My Life”; ADR for Oscar-nominated actor Terrence Howard (The Best Man Holiday and Skeletons in the Closet, with Cuba Gooding Jr.), Danielle Fishel (Boiling Pot), and 213 Bones; comedy skits for actor Brandon T. Jackson (Tropic Thunder, Percy Jackson); and the film score and foley for Fool Circle, winner of the Canon and Vimeo “Story Behind the Still” contest and a Sundance Festival selection.

Television — All ADR for the Black Ranger on Power Rangers Dino Fury; ADR for Oscar-nominated actor Terrence Howard on Netflix's Shirley, Summer Bishil on SYFY's The Magicians, and Michael Bisping on Red Sonja; the History Channel's Gangland and Fox's Heaven Sent; and music placements on ESPN, MTV, Showtime, and Oxygen, plus dozens of television cues (Botched, Entertainment Tonight, The Bling Ring, Growing Up Hip Hop, and more).

Sports and brands — “Breakout”—my production used as the official home-game theme for the Los Angeles Clippers and the St. Louis Cardinals, featured in Showtime's The Franchise (the series about the San Francisco Giants), used as the theme for Oxygen's Bad Girls Club, and performed live at the ESPN Capital One Bowl halftime show; the JBL and NBA “Made for the Biggest Stage” campaign featuring Stephen Curry (aired on ABC during the 2016 NBA Playoffs); a Casio campaign and a Pandora advertisement featuring NFL Hall of Famer Warren Moon; work with athletes Bob Sanders (NFL Defensive Player of the Year) and Olympic silver medalist Ann Meyers Drysdale; and brand and broadcast clients including Etisalat, Lincoln Automotive, and Lifetime.

Audiobooks and voice — Recorded for Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster (including Audrina Patridge's Choices and Christina Lauren's Something Wilder), Blizzard Entertainment (World of Warcraft), best-selling author Dustin Thao, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, and Toastmasters International.

As a recording artist — I have written, performed, produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered four solo albums—OC Express, OC Bandwagon, OC Mix Buss (with my mother, artist and author Yakira Shimoni Fulks), and OC Speaker Cab—along with the Asaf Productions trilogy, the Lost Discs compilation, and a catalog of 168 original instrumentals.

Awards and recognition — Producer of the Year, 2016 (Now Hip Hop and ThisIs50); “Timbaland of the West Coast” (West Coast Performer); OC Weekly Best Recording Studio in Orange County (2012); Best Recording Studio in Santa Ana (2014); and Best Music School in Santa Ana.

Credentials — Avid Pro Tools certified and Waves Audio certified (Mercury Featured User); a Mojave Audio featured user; former member of the Audio Engineering Society and former Grammy voting member; holder of a United States patent for microphone-stand technology; and a member of the State Bar of California.