The son of a pianist and originally from the Bronx, Jonathan was passionate about music from an early age. At the age of ten, he got his first drum set. As a teenager, he became skilled with the keyboard and guitar. Since then, he's come a long way. Still a musician, Jonathan is also an engineer and producer who has worked on a wide variety of projects: well-known recording projects, movies, TV shows and hundreds of radio and television commercials. Jonathan has engineered with world-renowned producers such as Trevor Horn, Ric Wake, Arif Mardin, The Berman Brothers and Keith Diamond. His credits include recording projects with well-known artists Carole King, Taylor Dayne, Pat DiNizio and Bette Midler. He has also worked on music for major motion pictures including Coyote Ugly and First Wives Club and for TV shows like "Ed" and "Lost." While teaching at IAR, Jonathan continues to balance an active schedule as a freelance engineer, producer and musician.
jappell@iar.edu

Anthony is a recognized expert in studio wiring, design and construction. His work in those areas includes engagements with Papa Wu Studio (Wu Tang Studio), Powerhouse Studio (Ruff Ryder), Choice Records, Time Warp Records, Scorpio Studio, Latin Studio, No Interface Studios, Eddie Murphy, Teddy Riley, Jam Master Jay, Music For Your Life Radio Station, Ginnsu (Recording Artist from Mexico), Ashford And Simpson, and and Frank Bartlett Productions (Freeport, Bahamas), Granite Alps Recording Studio, Mix Down Studio.

Earlier, Tony installed sound systems for live shows featuring Hip Hop pioneers Curtis Blow, DJ AJ, and Grandmaster Flash. He designed and built his first studio while at the same time managing the group Mean Machine, known for its hit remix of “Pull Up to the Bumper” by Grace Jones.

Tony was featured in Black Enterprise Magazine (Feb. 1999) for his studio wiring, design and construction expertise and also has written for the Tape-Op Magazine (Jan/Feb 2005), Article on Studio Security. In February 2006 he was also featured in the issue of EQ Magazine for his article Studio Safe Studio, the 220 top tips of 2006, he came in number 87 thru 97.

Tony also worked for Ruthless Records (West coast) and Big Beat Records & Atlantic Records (East coast) doing East coast promotions, artists include:

Junior M.A.F.I.A.
Double X
Ray Luv
Mad Skillz
Method Man (The Riddler, Batman Forever)
Mantronics with their smash hit “Fresh”

Tony is a graduate of IAR as well as a freelance Audio Engineer, Studio Designer and Audio Technician.
acollins@iar.edu

Iain Fraser started his career as a musician playing drums. He moved to the other side of the studio glass in 1990 as an engineer and freelanced while he got his Masters Degree in Communications from William Paterson College. He then studied recording at Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts in Florida. Since graduating, Iain has worked in many studios in and around New York City. In 2000, he and a partner founded Hole in the Wall studios where they develop, produce and record artists. He has also installed studios for artists and companies such as ESPN.
ifraser@iar.edu

Zack is a writer and producer of music for feature films and commercials, and did all the writing and sound design for the upcoming full-length feature Canzo Empyrean. Zack has also created sound for commercials for Gap and Nike. He has also been a manager of Riverway Recording Studios in East Haddam, Connecticut and done audio postproduction work for Fornell Films. Zack owns Lotus Den Sound and Video Design, an audio postproduction studio in mid-Manhattan. Zack graduated from Berklee College of Music, where he studied Film Scoring and Music Synthesis.
zgoldberg@iar.edu

A graduate of IAR, Lyell is now a senior staff engineer for WABC-TV. At WABC, Lyell currently serves as the A1 show mixer, or senior audio engineer, for "Live with Regis and Kelly." He also spent years as the A1 mixer for "Eyewitness News" and many other ABC shows. This work has given Lyell experience with a large number of musicians and audio professionals. Lyell also has significant remote truck audio experience, in part because of his work as A1 mixer for "Monday Night Football." Lyell's expertise and interests are wide-ranging. He does audio post-production for television, and has experience with live sound reinforcement, studio maintenance and wiring, and audio and video repair.
lloyd@iar.edu

A high school band director until he came to his senses, Chris writes and produces music in many different styles including musical theater, pop, rock and gospel. His musical Any Color You Like: The Henry Ford Story has enjoyed regional performances and Broadway recognition. Infertility: The Musical That's Hard to Conceive had an Off-Broadway run in 2005-2006. Chris was selected as one of ASCAP's top ten up and coming pop writers in 2003. His production credits include Time Warner Cable, A&E, The Hallmark Channel, The Winans as well as national and regional jingles. Chris has B.A. in Music Education from the University of Wisconsin.
cneuner@iar.edu

Sam is an audio engineer, information technology analyst, computer engineer, and recording artist specializing in ethnic percussion. Sam does recording and live sound engineering for international artists. His discography includes work for Asala Nasri, Mustafa Amar, Faris Karam, Mehlem Barakat, Wael Jassar, Ali Al-Deek, Fatima Eid, Mohammad Alwardi, AB Safar, Hisham Barakat, Faheem Dandan, Simon Shaheen, Roni Shalom, Mark Portman, and O.D.B. His most recent work has involved mastering different productions, digital audio 64-bit architecture development, Apple/Microsoft-based audio/video networks, and building sample libraries for IAR as well as outside clients.
sskaf@iar.edu

Joe Albano got started in the music industry as a musician, playing a variety of instruments in bands while pursuing his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in music and composition at Columbia University. He started recording concerts and performances and worked at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, the oldest center for electronic and computer music research in the country. After graduating college, Joe continued to perform and freelance as an engineer in the traditional multitrack studio environment. He mastered emerging technologies such as sampling, MIDI, and computer-based digital workstations. He did project studio design and consulting and began teaching at the Institute of Audio Research in the early 1990s. In 1995, Joe opened Rooftop Productions, a small digital production facility in midtown Manhattan. He and his partners took on a variety of musical projects ranging from recording and producing independent bands and developing artists to dialog/voice-over work and music scoring for short films and video. After a hiatus, Joe rejoined the IAR faculty in 2005. He now balances a busy schedule of teaching, writing articles on technology for Recording magazine, and working on freelance music and recording projects.
jalbano@iar.edu

Jim Bonnefond’s career in the music industry spans 3 decades. His credits are diverse, including nearly 100 albums, and his successes run the gamut of musical styles from R&B to Country. Jim began his career as a recording engineer working with artists such as Meatloaf, Dr. Buzzards Original Savannah Band, and Robert Fripp (King Crimson), and then as a producer for Jimmy Cliff, John Oates (Hall and Oates), and Kool and the Gang, which yielded 6 gold and platinum albums including engineering their #1 hit, ‘Celebration’. Jim’s work with Kool and the Gang expanded to include song writing as well as engineering and producing many of their hit songs, including ‘Cherish’ and ‘Fresh.’ Jim won the BMI Song of The Year Award as co-writer of the hit song, ‘Joanna”. He has been awarded more than 20 Gold and Platinum RIAA certified records for his work as a producer and engineer. Jim also has a Masters Degree in teaching. He has lectured in Nashville, New York City, and Sydney, Australia.
jbonnefond@iar.edu

After graduating from Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, Steve began his career as a musician playing guitar and singing. After performing out on the road as a musician for some time, he worked as a studio musician and caught the recording bug that later became his passion. As an aspiring songwriter, Steve started recording his own demos and quickly graduated to recording demos for other artists. He moved to New York City and was hired as an assistant engineer at Unique Recording Studios. The position gave him the opportunity to learn from the best engineers and producers in the music business. Over the years, Steve excelled in the industry and became a successful engineer, recording many hit records and gaining Grammy nominations for many popular artists including Nelly, Justin Timberlake, Brian McKnight, and Mary J. Blige.
seigner@iar.edu

Dan has had a passion for sounds as early as he can remember and has made a living sharing that passion over the last 40 years. His first audio recorder was a three-inch reel-to-reel from Radio Shack. Since then, Dan has founded and developed of the Museum of Sound Recording. The museum celebrates sound recording by preserving historic equipment and using it in educational and performance programming. Over the course of a career that has made him one of today's most recognized sound and music experts, Dan has racked up a host of other engagements as well. He has been Sound Area Supervisor and Professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts; Sound Department manager of WRS Motion Picture and Video Labs where he has handled postproduction work for Sony, Turner and MGM; owner of Axiom Studios in Pittsburgh; and audio archive and production executive at VidiPax in New York City. Dan and the museum have conducted programs and projects with The Audio Engineering Society, The Recording Academy and The Society of Professional Audio Recording Services. Dan has been involved with the technology, production, and acoustic design of listening rooms, theaters and theme parks. In love with sound recording and communications for 40 years, Dan stills feels like he is just beginning.
dgaydos@iar.edu

An accomplished musician and writer of commercial jingles, Vinnie has been a staff engineer for Variety Sound, Electric Lady Studios, Sound Ideas Studio and Westrax Studio. Vinnie has also been Chief Engineer for Basic Rock Productions and Zounds, and has been a Mastering Engineer for MediaForce.
vleary@iar.edu

Robert Musso began his engineering career at the Hit Factory recording studios and then Atlantic Records. He studied jazz guitar with Ted Dunbar (a student of Wes Montgomery) and played in the Livingston Jazz Ensemble. Utilizing both talents, Robert has played on or produced hundreds of CDs and DVDs. As an engineer he has recorded or mixed over 1500 records/CDs. His first solo CD, “Absolute Music” was voted “Best Downtown Album” by the New York Press in 1989, and National Public Radio (NPR) used “Surakarta” from the CD as their musical logo for several years. He has played on recordings by: Tom Waits, P.M. Dawn, Ginger Baker, Material, Machine Gun, Lunar Ensemble, etc. Robert’s skills have taken him to all parts of the globe. He has worked with artists in Japan, England, Holland, France, Australia, Morocco, Canada, Mexico, as well as the U.S. He has scored Hollywood films, created music for television and stage, has performed in off-Broadway shows and continues to play live concerts and compose new music. Some of the artists that Robert has worked with or for include: Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Herbie Hancock, Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, Al Green, Carlos Santana, George Clinton, Dave Matthews, Ornette Coleman, John Zorn, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Peter Gabriel, The Ramones, Iggy Pop, Blondie, Whitney Houston, Bob Marley, Sly & Robbie, Fine Young Cannibals, Pharaoh Sanders, William Burroughs, Julian Schnabel, Bootsy Collins, The Last Poets, Ozzy Osborne and The Dalai Lama. He is currently Chief Engineer for noted artist/producer Bill Laswell. Robert owns MuWorks Records, MuWorks Publishing (BMI) and the download company MussoMusic.com. He is a member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), The Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE), and The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). Robert is a graduate of Rutgers University with a double major (Economics and Recording Engineering). Photo by Peter Gannushkin.

Mario has been a recording engineer since 1973. He started his career with mono tape recordings and evolved with technologies of the times, from 4-track to 48-track analog and then digital sessions. Never content to stay inside the cozy but hectic confines of the recording studio, he has also done live satellite broadcast engineering and live concert FOH mixing in clubs and arenas. Mario also designs and consults on acoustic installations for studios. Mario's extensive credit list includes work for Ruben Blades, Willie Colon, Celia Cruz, Bob Dylan, the Fania All Stars, Danny Gatton, Debbie Gibson, Luna, New Edition, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Sister Sledge, Patti Smith, the punk band Television, and Tom Verlaine.
msalvati@iar.edu