Courses Taught: Game Audio, CMP 1, and CMP 2
Education: BAS in Sound Arts, Ex’pression College for Digital Arts

Chris is a diverse artist. He is a multi-instrumentalist and electro-acoustic musician whose research ranges from algorithmic composition, interactive machine learning, synthesis, music information retrieval, human-computer interaction, audio generated visualizations, alternate controllers, signal processing, physical computing, and interactive art.

For years, Chris had worked closely with multi-Grammy & multi-Platinum Producer & Artist Narada Michael Walden as a Songwriter, Producer, Programmer, and Engineer at Tarpan Studios. Chris is a sought after Producer and Arranger and has done work for a wide variety of artists including Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Smokey Robinson, and legendary Dub Producer Scientist. His work has been used to develop artists in the US, UK, and Japan. While living in Santa Fe, Chris hosted a prime-time radio show on KSFR. In 2000, Chris opened the doors of his studio, in Oakland, California.

Chris is credited on countless records and continues to work on a variety of projects, including interactive installations, mobile applications, video games, and toys. He can be found performing laptop sets as well as performing with different projects in the SF Bay Area and around the country. He is an Apple Certified Master Trainer, and also a professional member of the Game Audio Network Guild. Chris has participated in WACM at UCSC and the MIR workshop at Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics.

“A man for all seasons...from Ahmad Jamal to the hippest in contemporary music, Chris knows how it’s done...a whiz with the computer and the drums. Chris has the genius touch.”

— Narada Michael Walden