Justin is a mastering engineer, journalist and educator.

In the studio, he has served artists including Josh Dion Band, Jadakiss, Wynton Marsalis, Willie Nelson, Chrisette Michele, Flight of the Conchords, Sugarhill Gang, Jimmy Webb, Hotels, Dead Leaf Echo, Jandek, Rebecca Pronsky, The Shaggs, DeLeon, Monocle, Soundpool, Team Genius, Yoke Lore, and Brothertiger.

As a live sound engineer, he has provided support to Sufjan Stevens, RZA, Deerhunter, Amanda Palmer, Fiery Furnaces, Battles, Brent Green, Vijay Iyer, Black Dice, Mahogany, Bryce Dessner of The National, Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins and Glenn Kotche of Wilco. He has worked all over the NY metro area and has mixed FOH at venues including Hammerstein Ballroom, The Kitchen, Studio B, Mercury Lounge, Pianos, Highline Ballroom, The Cutting Room, and The Bowery Ballroom.

Justin has created audio books, audio tours, commercials, segments and podcasts for organizations including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Jewish History, Nintendo of America, Traveler’s Insurance, SonicScoop, and Rizzoli Publishing.

In addition to his studio work, Justin is a journalist and online educator whose words and ideas reach tens of thousands of readers each month. His writing has appeared in the music and sound magazines SonicScoop, Trust Me, I’m a Scientist and TapeOp, SPARS, Indaba Music, and The Deli Magazine.

In addition to his mastering work, he is probably best known for his online instructional videos, with well over a million total views on his videos, including one of the most popular drum recording tutorials on the web. He has also created two premium full-length online courses, Mixing Breakthroughs and Mastering Demystified.

In 2019, he began the weekly SonicScoop Podcast, interviewing music and audio industry luminaries and regularly taking deep dives into complex and controversial issues in music and audio production.

Justin constantly picks the brains of other industry pros, and has extensively interviewed some of the best producers and engineers in the world, including:

Michael Brauer
[John Mayer, Coldplay, Grizzly Bear, James Bay, My Morning Jacket]

Manny Marroquin
[Alicia Keys, John Legend, Kanye West, Imagine Dragons, Bruno Mars]

Joe Chiccarelli
[The White Stripes, U2, Beck, Spoon, The Strokes]

John Congleton
[St. Vincent, Warpaint, Franz Ferdinand, David Byrne, The Decemberists]

Joel Hamilton
[Blackroc, Tom Waits, Pretty Lights, Iggy Pop, Matisyahu]

Mark Needham
[The Killers, Chris Isaak, Moby, Shakira, Bloc Party]

Tom Elmhirst
[Adele, Arcade Fire, Amy Winehouse]

Chris Coady
[Blonde Redhead, Beach House, TV on the Radio]

Patrick Dillett
[St. Vincent, David Byrne, They Might Be Giants]

Manny Marroquin
[Kanye West, John Legend, Bruno Mars]

Dave Fridmann
[The Flaming Lips, MGMT, Sleater-Kinney]

Peter Katis
[The National, Interpol, Jónsi of Sigur Rós]

Chris Shaw
[Bob Dylan, Public Enemy, Weezer]

Justin has also served as an educator in higher education institutions. He served as the youngest-ever Chair for the Audio Technology Department of SAE New York, and as an adjunct professor for CUNY‘s New York  City College of Technology and NJCU‘s Media Arts Department. He has taught courses in audio engineering, music production, business, web technology, and sound for picture and other multimedia applications.

In his spare time, Justin’s interests and hobbies include judo, Brazilian jiu-jistu, barbell training, cycling, cooking, economics, philosophy and history.

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