IAR is pleased to welcome a new addition to our faculty, Phil Painson, who will be teaching Digital Music Production.

Phil is a drummer, beat programmer, recording engineer, and producer who studied Business and Electrical Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology and is also a graduate of the Center for Media Arts in New York.

Phil began his recording engineering career working at New York’s legendary Greene Street Recording Studio and Avatar (formerly known as Power Station). He has worked behind the console with such well-known artists as Public Enemy, Tricky, Nas, Roy Ayers, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Dave Matthews Band, Common, and Pete Rock, among others. Currently, he is engineering and collaborating with The Last Poets.

His own music has been released on Interscope Records, and he recently released High Life, a movie soundtrack, on GP Music. When not making music, recording, or producing, Phil enjoys running and is a sci-fi buff.