Instructors | Miami██Instructors | Miami

Dave Garnish was DJing on Don FM at age sixteen while studying music at the BRIT School in London, with the guitar being his first instrument. In 1995, he set up Blah Parties in a joiner's factory on Pitfield Street performing as Alf Garnish, spawning what happened after in Shoreditch, London. His engineering career began when Sir George Martin hired him to work at Air Lyndhurst Hall. As he moved up the ranks, he moved across to the EMI Studios Group, which consisted of The Townhouse, Abbey Road, The Manor and Olympic Studios. Artists include Janet Jackson, Madonna, Bjork, All Saints and Massive Attack. Producers ranged from Andrew Lloyd Webber to Nellee Hooper. Until 2001 Dave beta-tested for Emagic Logic Audio before they sold to Apple, in the same year he signed a publishing deal with Universal Music UK.

Nico Luminous has created a voice all his own in the west coast Bass music scene, and beyond as a ground breaking music producer, DJ and vocalist.

Matthew Engst is a Pop and Hip-Hop producer, songwriter and synth enthusiast from Vancouver, Canada and now resides in Los Angeles. In 2004, he was signed to Warner Chappell Sweden with his electro pop duo, Killabite. Their first single entitled, 'Follow Me Home,' was co-written by Swedish producers, Axwell (Swedish House Mafia) and Alexander Kronlund (co-wrote Britney Spears hit singles, 'Lucky' and 'Til The World Ends.'). The song had success in Europe with radio play and tours throughout Scandinavia.

Danl Goodman is a DJ, music producer, and dance music enthusiast hailing from Los Angeles.

Jamaal Taylor, known by his stage name as Cy Kosis, originally hails from Queens, New York. After graduating high school and attending a more traditional university, Cy decided he would pursue a music career full time and moved to Los Angeles.

Loren Moore is a music producer, multi-instrumentalist and mixing engineer based in Los Angeles.

Appu Krishnan known professionally as "The Professor". While working with Sony/RCA label as a producer and songwriter, Appu worked alongside Tracklacers and songwriters Jamie Hartman and Phil Bentley on the Christina Aguilera's Album "Lotus". He was in charge of writing and arranging strings and piano for the single "Army of Me". He co-wrote and co-produced Jordin Sparks' single "Christmas Time To Me" which became the opening title for the Universal Pictures movie The Best Man Holiday.

Cosmic Quest is a Los Angeles-based producer whose music has been described as ethereal, cosmic, infinite, and blissful.

Zack has over 16 years of combined experience as a touring DJ and music producer. With 6 years teaching experience, he is passionate about providing students with professional instruction.

Michael Hatsis aka Banginclude is a Brooklyn, New York-based producer and teacher who specializes in all things Ableton, and was the first instructor to teach in both LA and NYC Garnish locations. He cut his teeth in music with the first version of Live and continues to use it in innovative ways today. Michael specializes in creating music for the dance floor and has used Ableton Live to do everything from sound design and mixing to live performances and DJing, as well as production, Max for Live programming, and visuals. As an artist, Michael aka Banginclude has released music for Buraka Som Sistema’s world renowned global bass label Enchufada, as well as Daniel Haacksman’s innovative Man Recordings. Recently, he released a Remix of Ralfi Pagan’s Latin Soul for the legendary Fania Records, which was the leading track on the EP. In addition, Michael is the co-host of NY’s biggest monthly experimental electronic music and controller hacking party, the Warper Party. Michael is also a Bitwig and Ableton Certified Trainer.

Casey K is a singer, songwriter, producer, and multi instrumentalist. She first started in the music industry as a session singer and from there grew to open her own publishing company, Headcase Entertainment.

Darryl Swann is a GRAMMY® Award-winning producer. His first major label release with Motown group was 'Pretty in Pink', just before his own group 'Cultural Revolution' got signed with Sony with the release 'Nite & Day', which was on the soundtrack to the John Singleton-directed film 'Poetic Justice'.

Known as a pioneer of electronic music, Matthew Kratz (aka Kraddy) is one of the most innovative and remarkable artists of his day.

Darren Burgos is our Apple Certified Logic Pro instructor and has been producing and releasing music for over 20 years on various labels around the world including Dragonfly, and Koyote. He started produced Electro, Synth Pop, and Industrial styles in the late '80s, then moved into Techno in the '90s and '00s. In 2000, he started producing and releasing Psychedelic Trance on some of the biggest labels of the time and traveled across the US and Mexico performing at Trance events.

Daniel Rosenwald is a DJ, music producer, and dance music lover. Originally from Los Angeles, he grew up in a budding electronic music scene, first becoming inspired by festivals like Winterfresh, Monster Massive, and EDC. Years later, after relentlessly studying the crafts of DJing and music production, Daniel has performed internationally in the Bahamas, at colleges across the US, and at clubs here in LA under the Cherry Beach moniker. As one half of pop EDM duo Cherry Beach, Daniel has racked up over 3M streams on his remixes and gained support from artists such as The Chainsmokers, Cheat Codes, and Matoma. With extensive knowledge in DJing and music production, Daniel brings his expertise to the classroom to help students achieve their musical aspirations.

Josh Brooks (PZB) has performed at some of LA’s premier clubs such as Exchange LA, Avalon, Dim Mak Studios supporting acts such as Captial Cities, Cassian, Justin Jay, Mystery Skulls and more.

Joe Coloreo, stage name Coloreo, is a melodic bass music producer from New York City. Playing big venues like EDC, Life In Color, and Webster Hall, Coloreo is no stranger to the music industry.

Michael Cupino is a producer, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Miami. A percussionist from a young age, he was granted the opportunity to perform and teach with various ensembles and bands in the Carolinas. Eventually his pursuit in audio technology landed him in South Florida. After finishing audio school in Miami, Michael began specializing in the software world of music technology; ultimately to become an Ableton Certified instructor.

Angelo Fajardo AKA “ctrl+opt” is a multidisciplinary musician and developer. His music focuses on experimental approaches to electronic, jazz, and classical music. Despite spending his early years as a classical and jazz guitar player, Angelo later studied Electronic Production and Sound Design at Berklee College of Music. His unique employment of tools like Max4Live, Csound, and Reaktor has crafted a signature sound that keeps reaching for new sonic landscapes. In addition to producing and teaching electronic music, Angelo enjoys playing his original acoustic compositions at various local venues throughout South Florida.

Kiva is a veteran music producer and founder of the record label Adios Babylon. A well-travelled musician with appearances at festivals like Sonar, Montreaux Jazz Festival, and Roskilde, he is also a regular performer at the mystic Dub in the Rainforest series on the island of St. Croix. Multi-talented and a multi-instrumentalist, he has produced and remixed for countless underground artists ranging in style from Soul and Hip-Hop to Dubstep and Reggae.

Warren Russell-Smith is a GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer who has worked with some of the most iconic artists in music. His production and engineering credits include The Rolling Stones, Woody Guthrie, Fugazi, Rockstar Games, Minor Threat, Richie Havens, Tim Buckley, and many more.

Adam Moseley started his career at Trident Studios in London in 1978 and helped build and lead an incredible team of producer/engineers including Flood, Alan Moulder, Mark ‘Spike’ Stent and Steve Osbourne, has worked with producers including Tom Dowd, Phil Ramone, Mike Stone, Mutt Lange, Rupert Hine, Terry Brown & Steve Lillywhite, & has enjoyed worldwide success with artists including Wolfmother, John Cale, U2, Nikka Costa, Lenny Kravitz, Lucybell, Roxette, Maxi Priest, Richard Marx, Galliano, The Cure, Kiss, Visage, Rush, Wet Wet Wet, Ketama & The Blow Monkeys.

Robert Dante is a renowned producer, performer, composer and expert engineer. His most recent credits include “The Champion” by Carrie Underwood, featuring Ludacris, which reached #1 on iTunes and went on to become the official song of both Super Bowl LII and the 2018 Winter Olympics. Robert Dante has written and produced soundtracks for numerous independent films such as "Bloodline" and "Little Things". He has also worked with various international artists and producers including Waka Flocka, Gavin Degraw, Jim Jonsin, Armin Van Buuren, Rey Ruiz, Salaam Remi, Ludacris and Carrie Underwood.

Originally hailing from Vancouver, Canada, Joe Cruz is a Published Songwriter/Producer with PEN MUSIC GROUP in Los Angeles, as well as an accomplished award winning composer, who has scored music for both Film & TV.

Pete Griffin is a GRAMMY®-winning LA musician who has toured the world with artists as diverse as Zappa Plays Zappa, Dethklok, and Hanson.

Mark V Sheldon is a BMI/BMG songwriter & award-winning music technology teacher. He has a BA from UCSC and has been “Specializing In Melody” since the age of 5 when he taught himself the harmonica by ear. He learned the accordion at 10, the piano at 12, MIDI & synthesizers at 15, the guitar at 30, and many more completely by ear. Mark is also Pro Tools certified and has been teaching Pro Tools, Reason, MIDI, keyboards, music production, composing, and sound design since 1998. As Havoc Razor, Mark produced six tracks for the legendary hip-hop artist Kool Keith with Tha Undatakerz and won international acclaim with his debut CD “As Above So Below” when his album was nominated for “Best Techno Album of 2004” by the JPF Music Awards. His second song, “Liberté,” from the album won 5^th place as “Best Techno Song of 2004”. Songs from the album have also been placed in films.