Like music itself, Backthird Audio runs on people. If you've been reading this blog or hanging around our Songwriter Showcases, you'll have noticed a new one in the control room these past few months. Kyle Schmidt is our new lead engineer. He's a singer, a guitarist and an avid biker - and I've got him pushing faders now as often as I can.
"My dad's band went to a recording studio and I tagged along," Kyle says. "I took a look around and said, yes - this is what I want to do! I was in the eighth grade."
Kyle studied music business and studio recording at Columbia College in Chicago and at Belmont University in Nashville. He interned at the House of Blues recording studio in Encino, Calif. before graduation, then spent several years freelancing for producers and songwriters in Nashville. Kyle engineered at the Sound Kitchen, Dark Horse and Quad Studios before he and his wife, Stacy, decided to transition back to Chicago to be closer to extended family.
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