Producer

Few producers in music can rival the pedigree and résumé of Grammy-nominated producer, mixer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Greg Wells. The man The Police's Stewart Copeland once dubbed "the Swiss Army knife" for his wide range of skills has crafted hits for everyone from Katy Perry and Adele to OneRepublic and Deftones. Wells' career has transcended sonic guidance, as the fluent guitarist, bassist, drummer and keyboard player has mastered the balance between hands-on help and drawing out an artist’s own sound regardless of genre.

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I am a singer. I am a songwriter. I am not an entertainer, although I can be entertaining. Alcohol. I never knew how much I truly loved music until I bought The Unforgettable Fire. I write and record music because it is the evidence of life. I have yet to wrap my head around the distinction between pretentious and earnest. I’m either hopelessly misunderstood or an idiot. I am a Monday morning activist. I’ve filmed Documentaries in Iraq and Darfur and work closely with various charities. I drive a hybrid vehicle, shop with cloth grocery bags, buy mostly organic local foods but yet feel as though I’m living a cliché. I dislike Yoga. Love Bruce Lee and the UFC. I know some real activists. They humble me. I feel as though I am a witness and the armed robbery is life happening right before my very eyes. I don’t want to be the guy in the 7-11 hiding behind the candy bar aisle. I started a band named in 1992 named Our Lady Peace.

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At the most challenging moment in the history of the music business, the industry’s truly original and courageous voices have been conspicuous in these last few years. Uniquely, the Grammy-winning songwriter, producer and entrepreneur MATT SERLETIC has stood out in both the creative and executive fields for over a decade. Now, he is developing a new music venture to address the call from the industry and consumers alike for bold, artistic authenticity and innovation in the future.

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Producer/Mixer/Engineer Mike Plotnikoff has had a hand in some of the biggest and most important rock albums of the past two decades. A native of Canada, Mike began his career engineering albums from seminal rock bands like Aerosmith, Van Halen, Kiss and the Scorpions. But it wasn’t long before Mike took on the role of mixer as well, mixing albums for The Cranberries, Delerium, Yes and Motley Crue. In the early 2000’s Mike began engineering and mixing projects with Grammy Nominated Producer Howard Benson, starting with the breakout album Satellite from P.O.D. The collaboration between Benson and Plotnikoff has since lead to some of the most successful albums of the past decade including albums by Daughtry, Kelly Clarkson, Papa Roach, Flyleaf, All American Rejects, My Chemical Romance, Theory of A Deadman and Hoobastank.

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Tom Lord-Alge is a three-time Grammy-Award winning record producer and mixer widely known as a leader in music mixing. He is the youngest of Vivian Lord's five children, Mark Alge, Lisa Alge, Chris Lord-Alge, Jeff Lord-Alge and Tom Lord-Alge. His older brother, Chris Lord-Alge and the lesser known Jeff Lord-Alge are also audio engineers.
 
Lord-Alge helped pioneer a method of digital tape editing known as "flying" vocals (e.g., using a piece of the chorus to accent a different part of the song, etc.).
 

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Seattle native, John Goodmanson is a highly successful Producer and Mixer who’s work includes some of the most influential indie and mainstream rock of the past two decades.
Like many producers, John started his music career playing in punk and rock bands in his youth, but with his first job interning, and later working at, The Music Source in Seattle he soon realized the studio was where his true calling was. In 1993 he opened John and Stu’s Recording Place in Seattle with Stuart Hallerman but later sold his share to pursue freelance work. Over his career John has worked with such influential and diverse artists as Death Cab For Cutie, Owl City, Sleater-Kinney, Blonde Redhead, The Von Bondies, Sepultura, Hed-PE, Wu-Tang Clan, Nada Surf and Los Campesinos.

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Victor Van Vugt is an award winning music producer, mixer and engineer. A native Australian who is now based in New York, Victor has had a long association with the careers of both Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and Beth Orton. Victor has made his reputation by working with artists that don’t necessarily tread the straight and narrow. Rather he gravitates towards interesting, even eclectic, rock artists who move to push the boundaries of what is considered mainstream music. That is clearly evident in his work with the aforementioned Nick Cave and Beth Orton, as well as artists like Chrissie Hynde, The Knocks, Gorgol Bordello, Luna, Athlete, Sarah Blasko, and PJ Harvey.

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Randy Staub is one of the most prolific rock mixers of the last decade. Staub has worked with some of the largest names in music, mixing tracks for artists such as Nickelback, Metallica, Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, Nickelback, U2, Cher, Celine Dion, 3 Doors Down, Avril Lavigne, Iggy Pop, H.I.M, Coheed and Cambria, Hinder and many others. He has been nominated for the Juno award for “Recording Engineer of the Year” nine times, winning in 2002 for his work with Nickelback on the tracks “How You Remind Me” and “Too Bad”.

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Rhys Fulber is a Juno nominated musician, writer and producer who is most easily recognized for his contribution to industrial rock at its late 80’s conception, specifically in the bands Frontline Assembly and Delerium.
 
Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Fulber's appreciation of music began at an early age. By the age of six, Fulber was playing the drums, and five years later, was already visiting recording studios and discovering punk rock and new wave artists (namely the Dead Kennedys and Pete Shelley's 1981 release, Homosapien). It was Shelley's work in particular that led to Fulber's father purchasing his young son a drum machine and synthesizer.
 

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