Hi, I'm John! I've been producing, recording, mixing, and performing music pretty much my whole life—for the last seven years releasing it professionally under the name oddhorse, and working as a studio engineer and producer for other artists. I'm currently a junior at NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, but most of what I know came from teaching myself long before college. I've also volunteered as a music production and songwriting instructor for high schoolers, which is where a...
Hi, I'm John! I've been producing, recording, mixing, and performing music pretty much my whole life—for the last seven years releasing it professionally under the name oddhorse, and working as a studio engineer and producer for other artists. I'm currently a junior at NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, but most of what I know came from teaching myself long before college. I've also volunteered as a music production and songwriting instructor for high schoolers, which is where a lot of my teaching approach came from.
Right now, in the age of the "bedroom producer," it's easier and cheaper than ever to start making professional-sounding music—and as someone who's been doing it that way since the beginning, I know that process really well. If you (or your child) want to learn any part of it—from picking your first piece of gear to finishing a real mix—I can teach you every step, in whatever genre you want to work in.
Beyond music, I've also gotten deep into Blender (~3,000 hours), building custom MIDI controllers with microcontrollers and a soldering iron, and web development. A lot of different things, but they all come from the same place: I like making stuff and understanding how it actually works.
I start everyone with a free consultation—your budget, your goals, your genre, your existing experience all shape what we do together. I firmly believe this stuff is best taught hands-on, so I try to teach through actual making as much as possible, with real-time examples always directly relevant to what you're working toward. Lessons can be virtual, in-home, or even in a professional studio!
