RECORDING ENGINEER
RECORDING ENGINEER
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My career as a professional recording engineer began in 1987. After leaving Berklee College of Music in 1984, I spent several years performing with local bands around the Boston area. During that time, I also built a small home studio in my basement, where I began developing my recording skills. By 1987, I made the decision to leave the small club and hotel touring circuit to focus fully on recording, opening my first commercial studio: Midi Plus Recording.
The studio originally operated with an analog 8-track reel-to-reel setup, but as my client base rapidly expanded, I upgraded to a 24-track analog system in 1990 to meet the growing demand and enhance production quality.
As my work and reputation continued to grow, I outgrew the original studio space and relocated to Rhode Island for several years. Eventually, the need for a larger, more advanced facility led me to rebrand as Digital Wave MULTIMEDIA and move operations to Fall River, Massachusetts. Embracing the rise of digital recording technology, I expanded both my capabilities and services. It was during this phase that I integrated video production, photography and editing into the studio’s offerings, broadening my creative reach and further supporting the evolving needs of my clients.
In 2010, I moved to Cabo Verde and shifted my focus back to live performance, taking a break from studio work to reconnect with my roots as a musician. During this time, I had the opportunity to perform with many of the top artists in Cabo Verdean music and founded my own band, Banda XL. We toured extensively across the islands of Cabo Verde, bringing our sound to a wide range of audiences, and occasionally traveled to Europe to perform at festivals and concerts.
A few years later, I opened my own studio, XL Produções, in Praia, Cabo Verde. The studio quickly became a creative hub where I had the privilege of recording and producing music with many of the leading artists from both Cabo Verde and Portugal.
I lived in Cabo Verde for 11 years, frequently traveling back to the United States to handle recording and mixing projects in various client studios. On January 24, 2020, I returned to the U.S. for a series of sessions, with plans to head back to Cabo Verde on March 24. However, the COVID-19 pandemic brought global travel to a halt and effectively froze the music industry, both in Cabo Verde and worldwide. As the shutdown extended, I made the difficult decision to permanently close my studio in Cabo Verde and relocate back to the United States.
Since then, I’ve been based in the Boston area, working out of several top-tier studios as well as my own home studio, where I continue to record, mix, and master. My busy touring schedule and live sound mixing commitments have led me to forgo opening a new commercial studio, as I now rely on a combination of high-quality partner studios and professional-grade portable gear that allows me to record virtually anywhere.
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