Born in June of 1965 in Joliet, IL, southwest of Chicago.  Working class family.  Two sisters, one older, a computer programmer, one younger, a PhD in solid state physics.  Moved to Los Angeles at 18years old to become a "record producer"... of course, no knowledge of what that really meant, just wanted to record music.  I studied the photos in the album jackets of my youth and wanted to be in that room with all of the knobs.  Being a control freak, but not wanting to make people angry and hate me, an engineer seemed a perfect outlet for my need to control an environment.  I can turn the music up, or down.  Turn the lights up, or down, etc.  Could not get hired in a studio in LA in the 80's, so I worked as a secretary at Capitol Records.  Did well.  Hated it.  Hung out down by the studio hoping to be hired as a runner.  No way.  Left Capitol, moved to England, backpacked from Amsterdam to Istanbul.  Went to Israel, went to Thailand.  Back in LA, broke, unemployed, unhappy.  Took a recording course at LA Recording Workshop.  Back before Tools (shortly after the Big Bang).  Learned how to line up analog recorders and solder.  Got on a plane to New Orleans.  Didn't know a soul.  Had $357.00.  Applied at all studios.  Hired as a maid at Ultrasonic Studio (now destroyed).  First sessions I cleaned up after were Gatemouth Brown and Cyril Neville and the Uptown Allstars.  Then Erma Thomas.  Stunned by the simplicity and beauty of blues recordings.  Lied to George Porter of the Meters.  Told him I was a highly experienced live sound engineer from LA.  Got found out, but continued doing live sound for him on weekends at "Muddy Waters" (now destroyed).  Met the Lanois gang by pure accident.  Started making cables and patchbays for Dan at Kingsway Studio in the French Quarter.  Also cleaned his motorcycles and did laundry.   Eventually became house engineer at Kingsway.  Recorded lots of cool people.  Left Kingsway to be independent (both brave and stupid thing to do).  No work.  Met Sheryl Crow...  made some records, got some Grammy's.  Work, work, work.  Travel, travel, travel.  Tired and very lonely.  Many years later (2003), met my boyfriend, Grayson Capps, in New Orleans.  Had a little boy, Waylon (love of my life).  Lost my home and studio and city and friends in the flood.  Moved to Tennessee.  Mixing mostly these days.  Doing alright.

Massenburg’s many areas of expertise include sound recording, audio engineering, record production, audio electronics, automation systems, realtime software design, music and recording room acoustics.  He has participated in over 200 albums for artists including Billy Joel, James Taylor, Lyle Lovett, Dixie Chicks and Linda Ronstadt among man others.

Co-owner, Producer, Engineer for Underground Sound. Balding started this pro audio rental, sales and cartage company over 14 years ago. With a recent GRAMMY Nomination for Engineering, his credits include Shania Twain, Faith Hill, Lee Anne Womack, Lonestar, Amy Grant and Trisha Yearwood.

Chris Haseleu, Chair of the Department and professor of recording industry, received his B.A. degree in humanities from Callison College of the University of the Pacific and his M.A. degree in broadcast communication arts from San Francisco State University. He studied electronics at the College of San Mateo, arts management at the Union Graduate School and industrial psychology at Middle Tennessee State University. Mr. Haseleu was the founder and director of the MTSU Center for Recording Arts and Sciences. He received MTSU's Outstanding Teacher Award in 1984. Mr. Haseleu was a contributing editor to Mix Magazine, specializing in articles about the establishment and operation of recording studios. He is a member of the Audio Engineering Society, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the Society of Professional Audio Recording Services, and the Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association.

Dave Tough (www.davetough.com) is a producer and artist based in Nashville, TN who has spent the majority of his life creating music. Dave began on saxophone and piano moving to jazz drums like his famous great uncle Dave Tough (a mere coincidence) a few years later. Growing up he was playing drums and bass to Beatles and Tom Petty albums and recording bands in his basement. Dave Tough has produced, engineered and written for several artists in Nashville and Los Angeles including Cindi Alter of Clout fame, Jake Simpson, Come and Go, and Matt Heinecke. While in Los Angeles, Tough worked and studied under engineering names such as Bruce Swedien and Neil Citron. Tough has also worked as an employee for Capitol Records, Warner Chappell Music, TAXI, BMG and EMI among others. As an solo artist, Tough has released two solo albums Gravity Always Wins (2005) and I'm Right Here (1999). Tough has been recording educator at UCLA, Belmont University, Cal Poly University and the University of Northern Alabama in Muscle Shoals, AL. Tough currently resides in Nashville, TN where he produces artists and teaches music recording at Belmont and plays bass in Bueller, www.buellerband.com, the worlds greatest 80s cover band.