I’ve spent nearly three decades navigating the entire audio signal chain—from the warmth of a live jazz club to the precision of a broadcast console. For thirty years, I’ve specialized in jazz, R&B, funk, and soul, working across live sound, studio recording, and public radio broadcast. The through-line of my career has been this: understanding how sound moves through every stage of production, from the first breath of a soloist to the final broadcast transmission. It’s a perspective most engineers never develop, because most choose one path. I’ve chosen all of them.
The Work
For the past nine years, I’ve served as Broadcast Systems Engineer and Music Performance Studio Engineer for KUVO Jazz 89.3 and 104.7 The DROP in Denver. In this role, I’ve built and maintained the broadcast infrastructure that carries live jazz to listeners across Colorado, while engineering studio sessions that capture the nuance of jazz ensembles. The 500+ live performances I’ve engineered for broadcast and digital distribution aren’t just numbers—they’re the culmination of a career spent refining how jazz sounds in every environment.
Why jazz specifically? Because jazz demands everything from an engineer: the dynamic range of a solo instrument, the complex balance of an ensemble in a live room, and the broadcast chain that must preserve all of it for listeners who weren’t in the room. General audio work doesn’t ask this much of you. Jazz does.
Educator
Teaching has been a vital part of my professional journey. At the University of Colorado Denver and The Art Institutes, I’ve guided the next generation of audio engineers, helping them understand that technical mastery is only half the battle. Teaching forces you to articulate why certain choices matter—not just how to make them. When Danish employers see this on my portfolio, they understand that I don’t just know audio engineering; I understand it deeply enough to explain it to others. That’s the mark of true expertise.
My Direction (Future Goals)
I’m currently expanding my professional focus toward the European jazz and broadcast market, with particular interest in the Danish music and public media landscape. After years of working within Denver’s jazz ecosystem, I’m drawn to the sophisticated infrastructure and deep cultural appreciation for jazz in Scandinavia. I’m currently studying Danish to better connect with this community, and I’m available for freelance project work, consultation, and collaboration with European artists and production teams. This transition represents an exciting new chapter—one that builds on decades of experience while opening doors to fresh creative possibilities.