Electronic Music Production

Mike is a Leo-nominated composer, songwriter, independent music producer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. Mike began his music career as a performer before working as a songwriter for various artists in Quebec, where he worked closely with Myles Goodwyn of legendary Canadian rock band April Wine. He has since written and produced numerous scores for film and TV as well as written for and music directed theatre productions in Japan. 

Owner of Wordnoise Creative and VoiceOverActors.ca, Rob Crowston is an award winning (CLIO, Lotus and Canadian Broadcast Creative Awards) multimedia veteran with a background in radio, television, advertising and multimedia. Rob has worked as a sound engineer, producer, writer and voice-over artist in many radio and TV spots, documentaries, corporate videos, audio walking tours and in on-line media. He’s also been a Broadcast instructor at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. 

A graduate of the University of Manitoba and student of Pierre Souverain of the Conservatoire de France while at the University of Toronto, Kevin Kowal is a multi-instrumentalist/performer, composer, historian, educator, engineer and producer with a deep knowledge and understanding of not only music but cutting edge technology as well. He is also part owner of Fadermaster Studios. 

Yota is a classically trained musician with an extensive background in both classical music and electronic music. He has written extensively on sound design and programming for synthesizers and samplers. Yota has also written many original music scores and orchestrated scores.

David is one of the most prolific composers and producers of scores for film, TV and radio in Canada. He earned his degree in music through the prestigious Berklee College of Music, and has well over 20 years experience producing scores in both Canada and the US. David is a passionate and inspirational speaker on the topic of scoring for film and TV, as well as having an expert background in the business and legalities of the music industry.

Adam is also an independent producer and musician. He received his degree in music at the prestigious Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA). Like so many independent producers, Adam not only produces the work of other artists, but also writes and produces his own personal work, as well as commercial scores. He has worked on projects with such renowned artists as Paul McCartney and George Martin and continues to produce other artists here in Vancouver.

Since the late 1980s, when she co-founded the much-heralded pop trio Animal Logic with ex-Police drummer Stewart Copeland and virtuoso bassist Stanley Clarke, Deborah Holland has become known throughout the world as a singer, songwriter, producer, and film composer. In addition to the two highly-acclaimed albums Deborah recorded with Animal Logic, Holland has released four solo albums, and in 2008,Unbound (Wabuho Records) with her current band The Refugees. Critics have praised her music as “…demands repeated listening,” "gritty, honest, funny, and heartfelt" and "exquisite."

Deborah has produced, written songs for, or has performed on more than a dozen albums by other artists, scored eight motion pictures, and has written, produced, and/or performed original songs in more than two dozen other motion pictures and network television shows including Peter Benchley's The Beast, V.I.P., Highlander II, One False Move, Fright Night II, and My Name Is Earl. She has also performed live on several nationally-syndicated radio broadcasts and on two of television's most popular late-night talk shows: The Tonight Show (two separate performances hosted by Jay Leno and Johnny Carson), and Late Night With David Letterman, as well as having music videos played in regular rotation on MTV and VH-1.

John Jamin Wagler is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist and the world's youngest Ableton Certified Trainer. He entered Muskingum University in Ohio as a music major at the age of 16, where he studied classical and jazz piano, composition, voice, and guitar. Since then, he's been heavily in demand as a session musician, touring live electronic/keyboard performer, and electronic producer. Currently, he's focusing on a live duo dubstep show with Propa Tingz from the UK, and working with his new live 3-piece electronica fusion  project, Electolyte.