Meet the artist behind Art Mechanix.

My work primarily centers around music/audio, code, and storytelling but has also taken many other forms around those things in a cross-functional, multimedia sort of way. I've never allowed traditional labels, titles, or constraints to stand in the way of finding solutions or creating distinctive and memorable work. I call that "crushing the boxes" of convention.

I grew up in the Midwest, as a Gen X latchkey kid who turned afterschool time into explorations of music, drawings, stories, electronics and code. Once upon a time, societies throughout human history made great leaps forward by encouraging people to be well-rounded and to have genuine interest in multiple disciplines. It inspired me to continue learning, growing, and experimenting; making connections between seemingly unrelated concepts. Before I knew it, my life was shaped by art, science, media, and beyond.

I landed in my adopted hometown of Los Angeles during my college years. This led to many more opportunities to express myself through different mediums as my professional career launched.

Art Mechanix started life as Go Little Records, the home for my own projects. Poperratic, an alternative rock band I started in 1993, predates the label, and Sister Transistor, where I focus on work as a DJ and producer with vintage-inspired mashups, blends, and original music, followed. Both still exist today. Over time, ARMX grew into the umbrella for all the work I've done for clients, employers and collaborators from global brands to small businesses.

My work has contributed to projects from MGM, FX Network, MTV, Lionsgate, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and many others. I've done everything from making rock and electronic albums and film/TV soundtracks to creative and technical copywriting, voice overs, film and animation, to developing apps and websites. Within any given field, I've also held a wide variety of roles, from production to administrative, and worked across many different genres and styles. I've worked on feature films, television, advertising, and interactive media and with clients across many different industries.

No matter what role I've undertaken, I still use most of the same tools and techniques I did in my formative years: creative thinking, timing, structure, and communication. What makes me valuable to the people I work with is that I've spent all of these years seamlessly applying the same skills and processes I was learning in childhood across a wide variety of contexts and finding ways to balance speed and efficiency against budget and ease of use, alongside the impact I want the work to have. It allows me to onboard onto projects quickly and make distinctive work that can be remembered, while solving my clients' initial problems.