Learn From Working Professionals

Founder

Joe Reineke

Joe Reineke is a producer, engineer, and musician with over twenty five years of professional experience and the founder of Seattle Recording Arts and Temple of the Trees studio. Before Seattle Recording Arts, he founded and ran the commercial studio Orbit Audio for over twenty years. His work spans an extraordinary range of artists, including Lady Gaga, Alice in Chains, Puscifer, Macklemore, Pavement, Andre 3000, and The Fray. In 2014, he received a multi-platinum award for his work on Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' multi-Grammy-winning album, The Heist, and he holds a Gold Record for his contribution to the soundtrack of the film Empire Records.

Joe brings a first-hand understanding of today's music business, its demands and its opportunities, along with a stellar network of long-term relationships in the arts and music community. He's been an independent audio educator for nearly a decade and is an AVID-Certified Pro Tools Instructor. As an artist in his own right, Joe has fronted The Meices, Alien Crime Syndicate, and currently Society of the Silver Cross, earning three major label recording contracts along the way. His music has aired in thousands of film and television broadcasts internationally.

"I created SRA because I have been lucky enough to do what I love successfully and want to help others do the same. I wish this opportunity had existed when I started my journey. It's an honor to be able to provide this now."

Founder

Karyn Gold-Reineke

Karyn is an SRA Founder and the point of contact for students from initially seeking program information all the way through graduation. She is a life-long musician, organizational wizard, and great communicator who keeps the many wheels of daily operations at SRA running smoothly. Along with Founder Joe Reineke, she co-owns Temple of the Trees studio, and together they formed the band Society of the Silver Cross (2017-present), where she's a songwriter, co-producer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and international performer.

As a business instructor, Karyn leans into the spirit of business, or how one's inner state is foundational to their outer accomplishments, "inner engineering" as she calls it. She is especially passionate about helping others gain new awareness and insights that can lead to breakthroughs and a sense of empowerment. Her zen approach adds a refreshing twist to understanding and personalizing valuable success principles for creative commerce. Karyn is also the owner of award-winning artisan perfume company Pirouette (est. 2008) and brings nearly fifteen years of first-hand knowledge and working experience in entrepreneurship, the arts and music.

"You Are Your Business"

Instructor

Robbie Houston

Robbie Houston is a Seattle-based music producer and audio engineer with over a dozen years of professional experience recording, mixing and producing independent artists of all genres, including work with Teddy Swims and The Accüsed. He earned his BA in Music Technology from the University of California, San Diego, is an AVID-Certified Pro Tools Instructor, and currently works as a freelance engineer at Temple of the Trees studio. As a lifelong musician and artist, Robbie is passionate about writing music and playing guitar, and he currently plays guitar in local bands Skelator and Dust Mice.

"I enjoy all aspects of the creative process with music. As a producer and engineer, my goal is always to use my technical knowledge to help the artist realize their own creative vision as much as possible."

Instructor

Nate Nauseda

Producer/Engineer Nate Nauseda began his recording journey in Northern California, engineering at local studios in and around his hometown of Santa Cruz. In the early 2010's he joined the team at Prairie Sun Recording, a ranch-style recording studio in Sonoma County, CA, where he worked as an Audio Engineer, Music Producer and Studio Manager. During this time, Nate had the privilege of working with artists such as Whitney, Josh Klinghoffer, The Killers, Nancy Wilson and producers like Sean Everett, Jonathan Rado, Eric Palmquist and Oz Fritz, among others. Since relocating to Seattle, Nate continues to work as an independent Producer/Engineer. His production style revolves around emotional honesty, organic sounds and intentionality. He is inspired by the character of spaces, and the unique inspiration they bring.