The Authors

Meet the Authors behind Demo To Delivery.

Russ Hepworth-Sawyer
Russ Hepworth-Sawyer is a sound engineer and producer with over 13 years experience of all things audio and is a member of the Audio Engineering Society and the Music Producer's Guild. Russ is currently Senior Lecturer of Music Production at Leeds College of Music. Additionally, through MOTTOsound, Russ works freelance in the industry as a mastering engineer, writer and consultant. He has also contributed to Sound On Sound. Additionally Russ is a member of the Audio Engineering Society and the Music Producer's Guild.
David Miles Huber
David Miles Huber is widely acclaimed in the recording industry as a digital audio consultant, author and guest lecturer on the subject of digital audio and recording technology. As well as being a regular contributing writer for numerous magazines and websites, Dave has written such books as The MIDI Manual and Professional Microphone Techniques. His most prominent book Modern Recording Techniques (www.modrec.com) is the standard recording industry text worldwide. He also manages the Educational Outreach Program for Syntrillium software (www.syntrillium.com), makers of Cool Edit 2000 and Cool Edit Pro. In addition to all this, heÕs a professional musician in the downtempo dance genre, who has produced CDs that have sold over the million mark. His latest music and collaborations can be heard on the 51bpm label (www.51bpm.com and www.myspace.com/51bpm).
Bob Katz
Bob has played the B flat clarinet from the age of 10, and his lifelong love of sound and music led him to become a professional recording, mixing and mastering engineer (since 1971). Three of his recordings have garnered the Grammyª award and many others have been lauded in publications such as Stereo Review, Audio, and Stereophile. He has written over one hundred articles for audio and computer publications, and is an inventor and manufacturer with processors and support gear in use at mastering studios worldwide. His most recent patent-pending inventions, the K-Stereo and K-Surround Processors, fill a missing link in the mastering and post- production pantheon. He has also been a workshops, facilities and section chairman of the AES and has given lectures in several countries.
William Moylan
William Moylan is Professor of Sound Recording Technology and Music at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where he has been the Coordinator of the Sound Recording Technology program since arriving in 1983 and served as the Chairperson of the Department of Music from 1998 to 2006. He has been active in Music and Technology communities for over 25 years, with extensive experience and credits as a record producer, recording engineer, composer, author and educator. He has served on the education committees of the Audio Engineering Society and SPARS (Society of Professional Audio Recording Services), and consulting internationally on program development, assessment and curricular matters. As a producer and engineer Dr. Moylan has recorded many leading artists and ensembles in a broad section of music genres. His recordings have been released by major and independent record labels and have in wide recognition, including several Grammy Award nominations in a number of different categories.
Bruce Bartlett
Bruce Bartlett is a microphone engineer and a technical writer for Crown International. He is also a recording engineer and producer for his own 24-track recording studio, offering both studio and on-location recording services. Bruce is a member of Syn Aud Con and the Audio Engineering Society, and has presented several papers at AES conventions. He holds a number of patents on microphone designs. As an audio journalist, Bruce has authored over 900 articles and eight books on audio-related topics. He enjoys music and plays guitar, bass, drums, and keyboard. Bruce received a degree in physics from the College of Wooster, and studied electrical engineering at Gannon College and the University of Akron. Then he worked as a microphone engineer at Astatic Corp. and at Shure, where he worked alongside the designers of the SM57, SM58, and SM81 microphones. He joined Crown in 1982 and helped to develop their line of microphones, including various PZMs, the PCC-160 industry-standard stage floor microphone and the CM-311A industry-standard headworn microphone.
Paul Allen
Paul Allen, associate professor at Middle Tennessee State University, earned his B.S. in business management from the University of Tennessee. He was awarded the M.B.A. with an emphasis in marketing from MTSU. Additional studies have included courses and seminars at Vanderbilt, Harvard, Clemson, and Belmont Universities. Paul began teaching at MTSU in 1999 as an adjunct faculty member in marketing of recordings for the recording industry program. Paul Allen's career has included work in the radio and television industries as well as being executive director of Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc., an industry trade association. He has been producer or executive producer for scores of stage productions for acts including Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, the Dixie Chicks, Toby Keith, Trace Adkins, Trisha Yearwood, Clint Black, Vince Gill, and Martina McBride in conjunction with the annual Country Radio Seminar. For seven years he was the executive producer of the New Faces of Country Music Show presented in Nashville. Paul Allen's background also includes work in political management, radio and television programming and management, radio ownership, and broadcasting work for the US Armed Forces Radio. His consulting clients include companies in the management, public relations, and film industries. He is an alumnus of Leadership Music, and a member of the Country Music Association. He is a recipient of the Department of Recording Industry Outstanding Alumni Award for Service to the Community, and the 2006 Award for Instructional Technology. Paul teaches artist management, Internet for the music business, concert promotion, and marketing of recordings at Middle Tennessee State University. He is author of the new how-to and hands-on book, Artist Management for the Music Business, and is co-author of the defining recording industry book entitled Record Label Marketing.
Danny Cope
Danny Cope is Course Leader for the BA (Hons) Popular Music Studies programme at Leeds College of Music and also teaches on the BA (Hons) Music Production course. His teaching specialism is Songwriting, and he teaches modules in Pop Performance, Songwriting, Song Production, Popular Music Composition and Music Production Project. In addition to his work in education, Danny works as a freelance Bass player, writer and speaker and has made several TV appearances, and toured extensively around the UK. He has released four highly acclaimed independent CDs as a solo artist and has also written and presented a DVD entitled 'Everything You Need To Know About... Setting Up A Bedroom Studio'. As a songwriter he has a publishing contract with DayBreak Music Ltd. Visit www.dannycope.com