3.5+ billion streams and counting

I started playing drums at an early age, drumming in band after band until I got curious about how all the records I loved were created.

That curiosity led me from playing music to attending a recording college which lasted a whole 6 weeks until my impatience took over and I decided just wanted to be recording. I bothered every studio in town for an internship and eventually landed one at Gravity Studios at age 19.

Before I knew it, the demos I was making for bands were getting them record deals and then the labels and bands were asking me to Produce and Mix their records.  I then found myself spending my days at Butch Vig's legendary Smart Studios, working on records that would go on to earn Grammy nominations and platinum certifications.

After many years of making records for bands from all over the world, I stepped away from production to join a band called This Is Me Smiling, one of my all-time favorite bands. I had just produced their album and was in love with music and people. We toured everywhere and had multiple record labels making us offers. After some time I ultimately realized the studio was where I belonged so I went back to production. Right after my switch, Sony Records purchased the record I produced for them and was planning to hire me to produce their follow up album. 

Suddenly a shake-up happened at Sony and sadly most of the new bands, including “TIMS” were dropped. That was a crushing moment for all of us but a far too familiar story for most in this business. To this day it's easily one of my favorite things I've ever made.

Luckily mixing and producing carried on. Since then I’ve had the fortune to work with great artists like Motion City Soundtrack, Beach Bunny, Panic at the Disco, Tegan and Sara and many more. I’m still based in Chicago and have the same love of making music.

My productions and mixes have found their way to over 3.5 billion streams worldwide, I’ve co-produced and mixed a #1 Billboard song, received 2 Grammy nominations (one being for “Best Song of the Year”), and Rolling Stone ranked Fall Out Boy’s “Take This To Your Grave” #5 on their list of Top 100 Pop Punk record, right next to the Ramones and the Descendents.

These are all great honors but ultimately the only thing that actually matters to me is doing whatever it takes to get the artist's vision to come through the speakers and into the listener’s ears. My goal has always stayed the same….make records that feel genuine.

One summer day as an early teenager I was playing drums with one of my bands in a friends basement. I had long hair that kept falling in front of my eyes. For some reason there happened to be a guitar strap lying around with a bunch of rosebuds on it and a friend of mine gave it to me to use as a headband to keep my hair out of my eyes.

I put it on and immediately another friend pointed at me and said “Rosebud!” From then on that became my nickname (unfortunately no, this was never a Citizen Kane reference).

Fast-forward a few years when I started my first studio in 1998. The Internet was extremely young and I certainly had no idea how to use it but I knew we needed an email address for my new studio that was of course going to be named Rosebud Recordings. I asked my friend if he could get me rosebud @aol.com. The next day I saw him and he said that was taken but don’t worry, I got you rosecrud @aol.com

That has remained my email and username for virtually everything in my life to this day. 

I currently only offer mixing services.

MIXING
I currently focus my time on mixing, whether it’s a one off single or an entire album. I love mixing all styles of music. My goal with any mix is to ensure the artist's story is told through a sonic journey that’s captivating and ultimately represents the feeling and original intent of the song. 

I mix for everyone from independent artists getting their start to Indie Labels to Major Labels. Some labels I have mixed records for are Warner Brothers, Sony Records, Universal Music Group, Mom & Pop Records, Disney and Hollywood Records, Fueled by Ramen, Epitaph, Sire, AWAL, Concord Music Group, Wind-Up Records, Grand Jury Music, Triple Crown Records, Victory Records and many many more. 

PRODUCTION
As a producer, I help shape your songs from the ground up—whether that's helping choose what songs to work on, refining arrangements, guiding performances, or finding the sonic identity that matches the feel of your song.

I’ve produced and mixed many records for unsigned, independent artists that went on to be purchased and released “as-is” on prominent record labels such as Sony, Epitaph, Wind-Up Records, AWAL, Fueled By Ramen and more. I love helping artists find their sound and turning it into a path forward.