i, am, an, engineer, producer, and, multi, instrumentalist, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, i, have, been, writing, recording, and, playing, in, bands, for, over, 20, years, originally, based, in, chicago, then, san, francisco, and, ultimately, los, angeles, i, have, a, degree, in, audio, arts, and, acoustics, from, columbia, college, chicago, that, school, coerced, me, onto, pro, tools, as, my, primary, music, production, software, and, i, ve, been, using, it, ever, since