Steve Watson - Senior Engineer

One of West West Side Music’s original engineers, Alan met Steve as he was taking over responsibilities as chief engineer and co-producer for Noise New Jersey (the relocated home of indie guru Kramer and his original Noise New York Studio). There he honed his production skills working with King Missile, Jad Fair, and Galaxie 500 to name a few.

While working on a live concert movie with King Missile, Steve realized that he enjoyed working in high quality audio for film and video. When Noise New Jersey ran into community zoning issues, Steve made the transition to an in-demand audio engineer in the TV and Film world.

Steve has worked in or headed up the broadcast audio teams at Emeril Live, Rachel Ray, Will & Grace, Spin City, Sesame Street, Montel Williams and ABC and CBS News to name a few. Steve has always remained an active contributor and engineer at West West Side Music, helping design the Live Recording Rig and Surround Sound Mixing Room. His years of experience mixing live music for TV is a passion he shares with his love for music.

Some of Steve’s live recording credits include Mariah Carey, Tom Petty, the B52′s, Korn, Lauren Hill and Silverchair. He has also mixed live for Broadcast for Michael McDonald, Charlie Daniels, Willie Nelson, Al Jarreau, Chick Corea, Sammy Hagar and Trace Atkins among many many other.

Steve brings a wealth of musical experience to every project he is involved with. A fantastic musician as well, he has toured and played internationally with Kramer (Bongwater), Hugh Hopper (Soft Machine), Damon and Naomi (Galaxy 500), and indie artist Dogbowl. A rare individual, he is just as much at ease working with a Digi 02, Studer 2" Machine, or an SSL 9000.

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