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Brandie Lane
Brandie Lane
Project Highlight:
I've been working more in cross genre projects, so I'm super excited about my collaboration with Anthony Barfield, a NYC based composer and producer for some of the biggest names in urban music.
Also, my most recent project (Brazilian jazz and chamber orchestra) deserves a major shoutout — that session was full of powerhouse women on both sides of the glass, and I got to collaborate with my wife, who handled the video footage.
Honestly, any project where I get to work with artists who are deeply invested in their craft and open to collaboration — that’s why I love working in music.
Genres of interest:
I'm most comfortable working in classical and acoustic styles - that's where a lot of my training and early experience is rooted. But I honestly listen to everything. In this field, it's hard to be picky - I have to be ready to serve any music genre and client. That said, I do have a not so secret obsession with EDM. It's a genre I don't usually work in, so I can actually listen to it for fun!
What advice would I give students in music technology?
Get your hands dirty. Theory is great, but nothing beats experience. Practice your technical skills, trust your ears, and don’t be afraid to fail — that’s where your sound starts to show up. Also, collaboration is key. Respect every role in the room, and never underestimate what you can learn from a session musician, an assistant engineer, or even a client who can’t speak the language of audio but has a clear goal. Oh — and invest in dependable hard drives!
Donnie Martin
Donnie Martin
Where are you from?
Boston, MA
What got you started?
I was inspired by the concept that electronic musicians create their instruments with every patch and line of code. We're also able to create sounds that have not been heard by methods that are impossible to execute by traditional musical instruments.
Project Highlight:
Currently, I am working on an avantgarde quadraphonic composition/improvisation for modular synthesizer that further explores my work with in-air sound synthesis using analog and hardware synthesizers. This project also explores methods of expressive control, the area between audio and sub-audio sound sources, and cross-FM implementation between modulator networks and VCO sound sources for elements of controlled chaos.
Genres of Interest:
Techno, IDM, ambient, noise, avant garde, metal, grunge, jazz, hip-hop, and any artist that uniquely expresses themselves outside of stereotypical genre tropes. If someone is bending and breaking the rules, I'm in.
What advice would you give to Music Technology students?
Three things: always be curious, embrace challenges, and seek opportunities to collaborate with people of different styles and interests.
Gary Filadelfo
Gary Filadelfo
Where am I from?
New York
What got me started?
I started my career in the 70s writing, singing, and playing guitar for local NY bands, including the group Koala. In 82' I built my first recording studio which I expanded into a 24 track state-of-the-art recording facility in 87'. My first hit was “Thinking of You” by Sa-Fire
What advice would I give students in Music Technology?
Learn all you can (about ALL the equipment and procedures used in music production) so you are qualified to work in music production no matter what the specific task or genre.
Be the person one can call to run the sound at a broadway show, TV program, live sporting event, music concert,engineer a multi track recording session with real musicians, operate DAW software, arrange loops, samples, etc.
Don't be a "one trick pony." Be able to do it all.
Erich Barganier
Erich Barganier
Where am I from?
St. Petersburg, Florida
What got me started?
I took an interest in electronic music back in my undergrad when I took an electronic music composition course, but my interest took off when I took a class that taught me how to code in Supercollider. I would then go on to write generative electronic music.
Flyover Country - multimedia, evening length piece I composed, made videos for, and did the sound design on.
Smokestacks and Angel Dust - track I wrote and made electronics for, composed for Dice Trio and folx percussion
What advice would you give students in Music Technology?
Explore as many facets of music as you can and say yes to the weird, unexpected opportunities that come up.
Elena Gorgieva
Elena Gorgieva
Where are you from?
Sunnyvale, CA
What got you started?
Singing got me interested in recording!
Project Highlight:
My Recent ISMIR Conference Paper
What advice would you give students in Music Technology?
Always leave time for the artistic pursuits that inform your music technology work!
Diego Las Heras
Diego Las Heras
Where are you from?
I'm originally from Chile, but I've spent most of my life between Toronto, Canada, and New York.
What got you started?
I started as a performer, then transitioned into composition. Later, I landed a contract with a major TV company in Toronto, where I had to compose, produce, and mix everything myself. That experience pushed me to become more deeply involved in the technology side of music.
Project Highlight:
Lately, I've been especially enjoying collaborations with visual artists and designing sound for theater. One of my favorite collaborations has been with Sylvia Palacios Whitman, a major figure in the performance art scene during its golden era, alongside artists like Trisha Brown, Robert Rauschenberg, David Tudor, and Bob Whitman.
Genres of interest:
I'm particularly interested in experimental electronic music and sound design.
Michael O'Reilly
Michael O'Reilly
Where are you from?
New York.
What got you started?
Playing guitar in bands and wanting to know how to get those sounds.
Project Highlight:
Recently, Lost and Found album by singer songwriter Raul Midon (mixing) and in the past Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston's, David Bowie, Dianne Reeves And Chaka Khan.
Genres of interest:
Anything that has musicians playing live together in the studio.
What advice would you give students in Music Technology?
Go the extra mile and absorb as much as you can by observing and studying what others in the field are doing. And more importantly, show up on time and be the person that is reliable. It will go a long way toward being successful.
Steve Litt
Steve Litt
Where are you from?
I grew up in northern New Jersey, and then moved to Brooklyn in the mid 2000s. I've lived in the city ever since.
What got you started?
In college I discovered a subculture called "circuit bending" - where you'd buy an old Casio keyboard or other cheap instrument for a few dollars, then open it up, poke at the circuits and get it to make all kinds of amazingly weird glitchy sounds it was never intended to. I was so hypnotized by this that I decided my life's mission was to understand how electronics actually work - both for music and audio, and for everything else.
Project Highlight:
My biggest and best recent project is the Electronic Product Design class I created and teach here at MTech!
My favorite thing besides teaching and studying is creating custom electronic musical instruments and other unique electronic gizmos. This Walkman-based instrument is probably the one I'm the proudest of. Check it out at www.crudlabs.org.
For the past year or so I've been working on a free online analog electronics course aimed at artists and musicians who want to dip their toe into electronics, but aren't sure where to start. If you want to hear about it follow me on Instagram!
Genres of Interest:
All the classic Warp Records artists, early punk like the Ramones, the Velvet Underground, Devo, Patti Smith, and then way out there difficult listening noise and avant garde music. In terms of more recent artists I really like Sophie (RIP) and Kero Kero Bonito.
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