Ronan Chris Murphy: Festival producer and teacher. Ronan is a multi-genre record producer and engineer that works around the world and splits his time between the United States and Italy. His diverse album credits include Gwar, King Crimson (several albums), Aurora, Terry Bozzio, Steve Morse, Ulver, Pete Teo, Jamie Walters and hundreds more. Some of his video game credits include Assasin’s Creed Brotherhood, Yoku’s Island Express and Mafia III. He mastered the score album for Jordan Peele’s hit film “Get Out”. He works in studios around the world as well as his own studio, Veneto West, in The Berkshires of Western Massachusetts.
Ronan pioneered many concepts in alternative recording education with his recording education business, Recording Boot Camp, which offers workshops and consulting for studios and academic institutions, and he created the worlds first audio blog/podcast with Ronan’s Recording Show. Ronan has lectured internationally including at The Berklee College of Music, SXSW, and The International Organ Festival.
Simone Coen: Instructor and festival consultant. Simone is an Italian recording engineer working out of Turangalîla Recording in Lombardia, Italy. Over three decades in the industry he has worked with many notable international artists including Amii Stewart, Alex Uhlmann, Ornella Vanoni, Carl Brave, Giorgia, and Guinevere. He is perhaps best known as a leading expert in the creation of sampled virtual instruments. He has developed products for his own virtual instrument company, Chocolate Audio, and has worked on the development of products for some of the world’s top digital music companies including Native Instruments, Ableton, Steinberg, Cakewalk, and Presonus.
In addition to his professional studio work, Simone is a respected educator in recording and music technology. He served as an adjunct profession at the State University of Milan and has been a clinician throughout Italy for Apple, Avid and Apogee.
Liz Redwing: Festival administrator. Liz has worked in and around the music and entertainment business for over 40 years and is the administrative coordinator for the California Copyright Conference. The CCC hosts dinner panels, webinars, and mixers aimed at connecting and educating music industry professionals. Prior to that she was the long-time administrative director for the Association Of Independent Music Publishers LA Chapter (AIMP).
Liz also manages producer Ronan Chris Murphy, does copyright research for Skye IP Management and provides music business consulting for artists. She got her creative start at MCA Records and Interscope Music, Interscope Records former publishing company (Ron Sexsmith, Tupac, Matthew Wilder, Possum Dixon, No Doubt, et. al.). Liz also scouted for Atlantic Records and has held positions with management companies, business management firms and law firms, as well as having worked in video production. lizredwing.com