Music is my first love... mom says I could play nursery rhymes on my toy piano before I could talk. When I was six my aunt tried to sing me to sleep with lullabies and when it didn't work she asked me to sing one... To her surprise I launched into "Rock'n Me" by the Steve Miller Band.

I also fell in love with audio recording at an early age; when I was seven I got my first cassette-tape recorder and for years I walked around recording everything from sneezes to skits, random vocals, to interviewing every family member at Thanksgiving dinner. I also used to set it next to our TV during the show "Solid Gold" and during MTV's first music-video broadcasts, making my own 'mix tapes' of classic 80's music like the song "AEIOU, Sometimes Y." by Ebn-Ozn.

School-band lead to some dabbling in violin, trumpet, flugelhorn and clarinet. When I was 16 I picked up my dad's guitar, strummed it and realized it was something like a Ouija board with strings; magically channeling the universal tortured rocker!! THUS began my love affair with making my own music and I have been writing songs and performing in bands and as a solo act ever since. I've also added bass and drums to my rock-instrument pursuits and am still evolving.

Writing and performing my own music and having a curiosity about recording eventually lead to a stint of formal audio training in the mid 1990's at the Omega Studios' School of Applied Recording Arts & Sciences.

Once I got my hands on some good microphones and other studio toys, I didn't look back. I've been recording and mixing my own music since then as well as working with other artists in a variety of studio settings and live environments, in both an informal and professional capacity. I've also had lots of 'day-jobs' relating to recording including several years as an audio technician at the US Capitol, recording and setting live audio feeds of Congressional hearings and news conferences.

As a studio engineer, I'm very open to different kinds of music and approaches to creating music. I know what it's like to be on 'both sides of the microphone' and my goal is always to make a comfortable working environment for my clients, keeping sessions efficient but relaxed.

Please feel free to write to me at the address above to learn more about my audio services or to just to let me know about your music or original music you love. For more information on my music, please visit my personal website: www.dawndineen.com