Steve Johnson

Owner / Producer / Audio Engineer(Home studio)

• Produced and engineered dozens of recordings from a home studio with a separate live room, all released and streamed publicly, delivering professional-sounding music at a great value to artists.
• Programmed humanized MIDI parts for VST instruments during recording sessions, making virtual instruments sound like live players.
• Performed on several releases in addition to producing and engineering them, picking up parts artists hadn't practiced or couldn't play in the time allotted, keeping sessions moving.
• Designed studio signal routing through a patchbay, preamps, and audio interface, and moved all processing in the box, making every session fully recallable across projects that stretch over months.
• Produced and engineered all studio projects in Studio One, my primary DAW since 2011, drawing on deep knowledge of how it runs and a large set of shortcuts to move through sessions quickly.
• Diagnosed signal problems by tracing weak or degraded audio through the chain, such as clearing a healthy microphone by testing it directly into a preamp and confirming bad patch cables as the cause, avoiding an unnecessary replacement.
• Learned and configured unfamiliar effects on request mid-session, researching and experimenting so artists could keep recording without delays.

Event Coordinator / Project Manager(Volunteer)

• Organized an annual charity music festival for 11 years as one of three volunteer organizers, raising about $2,000 each year for Y'all Rock Camps, an inclusive music camp program.
• Managed venue booking, band selection and scheduling, sound and gear, and promotion for a 20-band festival with audiences up to 400, plus about 10 smaller shows a year, delivering well-oiled shows and a community that keeps bands returning year after year.
• Sped up stage changeovers by encouraging gear sharing between bands and helping performers load on and off stage, keeping a 20+ band lineup on schedule.
• Set clear, upfront expectations with performers: paid out-of-town bands fairly, asked local bands to donate their time, and directed all surplus to the charity, building trust and avoiding disputes over money.