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Last updated 17th April 2024

I am a Senior Lecturer in music production and sound engineering and the Course Leader of BSc (Hons) Sound Engineering and Music Production and BA (Hons) Creative Music Production courses. I have experience teaching modules that cover sound engineering, recording, mixing, computer composition, synthesis, electronic dance music production, sound to picture and film music composition. I have supervised many undergraduate and postgraduate research projects investigating music production techniques, perceptual listening tests, the effects of dynamic range compression, distortion as a production process, the user experience and spatial audio.

I have a PhD in music production and technology, which investigated non-linearity in music production, focusing on dynamic range compression and the 1176 compressor. My research interests include music production sonic signatures, non-linearity and distortion in music production, the perceptual effects of dynamic range compression, semantics in music production and spatial audio. 

In 2023, I co-edited the book Distortion in Music Production: The Soul of Sonics, which was published by Routledge and includes chapters from leading academics and practitioners on all aspects of distortion as a production tool. I am also the co-editor of the Journal of Music Production Research (JMPR), which aims to be the leading platform for all music production research, bringing together a diverse range of scholars, musicians, and practitioners worldwide. 

My professional journey in the music industry began at a young age, with my first commercial release at 18. Since then, I have produced, remixed, and engineered various forms of Electronic Dance Music (EDM) professionally. I have also worked with bands of different genres as a producer and recording engineer.