Learn From the Masters of the Craft

Karyn is a life-long musician, organizational wizard, great communicator and she keeps the many wheels of daily operations at SRA running smoothly. She is an SRA Founder and the point of contact for students initially seeking program information all the way through graduation. She, along with Founder Joe Reineke co-own Seattle's legendary recording studio, Orbit Audio, and together 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.

With over 20 years of professional experience recording, Matt’s career has spanned many facets of the music business. His body of work includes recording for clients such as Lucinda Williams and Whitney Houston, as a touring artist signed to major and indie labels in the US and Europe and having his music featured in film and TV shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the OC.

Matt grew up in southern California, where he co-founded the influential dreampop band Trespassers William (Nettwerk, Bella Union) and helped to start and run Sonikwire Studios, a premier recording studio near L.A. - where he learned the art of recording. He later relocated to Seattle where has been a sought after collaborator in the studio, on stage and on the screen. Today, Matt can be found freelancing in many of Seattle’s A-list studios, mixing projects at his own studio, Space Ranch and is an Audio Engineering Instructor and Avid Certified Pro Tools Instructor at Seattle Recording Arts.

Specializing in modern rap, hip-hop and pop music, Zach is an emerging audio engineer and producer. His passion for music developed at a young age through drumming, and he ventured into audio production during his undergraduate days at the University of Colorado where he dove into the art of beat-making and quickly built a steady client base, producing for some of the largest acts in the city under the alias “Slackbeatz”. Taking his experience into the hip-hop world Zach has grown his business producing, recording, mixing and mastering hundreds of songs and counting.

Now a Seattle resident, Zach works with a wide range of artists from first timers to major label artists and all those in between. His focus is on creating a modern, polished yet authentic sound. As an Avid Certified Pro Tools Instructor and member of the SRA staff, Zach truly enjoys sharing his experience and take on audio production with the students.

Brian’s passion for music started at a young age and he’s been pursuing the dream ever since. He’s an all-star graduate of SRA’s Audio Engineering program, and was so great, we decided to snatch him up for ourselves! Brian regularly assists as a right-hand man for the Audio Engineering Level 2 course and is also an AVID-Certified Pro Tools Instructor. He earned a degree in Business and Entrepreneurship from Ryder University and during that time hosted his own radio show, started a label and began working as a DJ while exploring beat production. Brian works professionally as an Audio Engineer and producer at our very own Orbit Audio’s Studio B, specializing in hip-hop and electronic music, client highlights include Shordie Shordie, Ryan Lewis, TM88 and Rico Nasty to name a few.

With the foundations of a classically trained musician, Bahaa Sadak has dedicated his life to all aspects of music: from creation and production, to entrepreneurship and teaching. He has produced for radio stations (e.g., KZOK), and has served on the teams of Behringer, Turbo Sound, Midas, Bugera and Klark Technique and is a product specialist and trainer with Casio America. Bahaa's passion for teaching music and all aspects of recording and production has connected him with students across the globe.

Keith has been working in sound for video games for over a decade and is currently a Sound Designer at Bungie currently working on Destiny 2. He began his professional career at Microsoft Game Studios as a field recordist for the Forza and Project Gotham Racing franchises. While at Microsoft, Keith contributed sound design to many titles including Crackdown, Fable 2, Gears of War 2, Mass Effect, Age of Empires: Asian Dynasties and many others. After leaving Microsoft, he worked for Sony as audio lead for MAG (Massive Action Game) at Zipper Interactive and as Senior Sound Designer on Unit 13, a launch title for the PlayStation Vita. He then returned to Microsoft as Audio Lead for the Xbox One launch title: Xbox Fitness. Soon after, Keith made his next move to Audio Director at Fun Bits Interactive, followed by Audio Director at Holospark where he released the critically acclaimed VR projects The Impossible Travel Agency and Séance: The Unquiet.