Over twenty years of live, studio & experiential audio and music.
Chief Engineer, LoHo Studios · Blue Man Group · Tony Trischka · Tracy Bonham · The Black Keys · Roswell Rudd · Jason Mraz · Empire State Building · Audemars Piguet · Ck One · Magic Shop Recording Studio
Explore my work
Work
Events, Experiential & Theater
Designs, installs, and runs sound for live events, corporate activations, and theatrical productions. Blue Man Group world tours to brand experiences for AT&T, Penn State, and more.
- System design & show programming
- On-site A1 / technical direction
- Integrated content creation
- Immersive & multi-channel installs
Recording and Production
Produces, mixes, and runs sessions for artists ranging from experimental to commercial, at world class studios around the world.
- Producing, mixing, tracking
- Podcast production & mixing
- Audio for video & other media
- Vintage tape machine and tube mic enthusiast
Training & curriculum
Adjunct professor at CityTech, music production specialist at Trinity School, guest lecturer at SVA. Built curriculum for music production, critical listening, and live audio.
- Corporate AV & presentation training
- Custom curriculum development
- Workshops & guest instruction
Got a project, or just have some questions?
Remote consults, quick advice, or a full project: There's a good chance I can help, whatever you're working on.
About
Matt Werden is a musician, creative audio producer, and educator based in New York. He has engineered recordings for heavy-hitting musicians such as Tony Trischka and Tracy Bonham, served as Chief Engineer at the legendary LoHo Studios, and worked on hundreds (thousands?) of commercial and experimental projects heard by millions of people around the world.
After graduating from Berklee College of Music in 2003, Matt moved to New York City, where he dove into the exciting music and theater scenes of the mid 2000s. He spent 10 years setting up Blue Man Group shows around the world, tweaking 7.1 mixes in hotel rooms, and running voiceover sessions in many languages that he does not speak. When he was home, he spent lots of time in the Lower East Side and the East Village making recordings and playing guitar.
In 2012 he Co-Founded Space Acres Studios with his most lovely wife, Zarah Cabañas. Nestled in the Catskills, it serves as their creative home base.
In 2014, Matt returned to the education world as an Adjunct Professor at New York City College of Technology. He has also taught at SAE and Trinity School, where he is known for making complicated audio concepts accessible and only explaining the nerdy math parts when his students are sharp and it won't take him too long.
These days, Matt bounces between the Catskills and NYC. He makes records, plays in various music projects, develops revolutionary ideas, and makes plenty of jokes. One time he even acted in a feature film because someone thought he looked like "Young Chuck" and he said yes before thinking too much about it. Matt also started Space Acres Comedy Night, the longest-running standup comedy show in the Catskills.
Selected Credits
Guerilla Toss
You're Weird Now, Album
Pedal Steel, Additional Engineering
Elliott Sharp / Carbon
Void Coordinates, Album
Recording Engineer
$100 Girlfriend
Easy to Please, EP
Mix
Michael Daves
Orchids and Violence, Album
Recording Engineer
Nikhil P. Yerawadekar & Low Mentality
Everything Lasts Forever
Recording at LoHo Studios
Blue Man Group
Three, Album
Sound Design and Additional Engineering
The Eargoggle
The Eargoggle Regales, The Eargoggle Revels, Album
Record and Mix
Tony Trischka
Great Big World, Album
Record and Mix
Sun Hollow Sun
Before We Ever Met, Album
Produce, Record, Mix
Aphrodesia
Precious Commodity, Album
Mix
The Black Keys
Blakroc, Album
LoHo Studios Engineer
Molly Tigre
Live at Love Velma, Album
Record and Mix
People's Champs
People's Champs, EP
Recording at LoHo Studios
Jme Smith
Real Ones, Single
Mix
The Cangelosi Cards
Clinton Street Recordings, Album
Record and Mix
Mylo Choy
Night Is Like The Ocean, Album
Producer and Mixer
City and Forest
Indigo, Single
Guitar, Vocals · Musician, Record, Mix
A Slow Death and Loneliness
A Slow Death and Loneliness, Album
Musician, Producer, Mix
City and Forest
I Can't Wait, Single
Musician, Produce, Mix
Blue Man Group
Live at the Venetian, Album
Recording Engineer
Tracy Bonham
Masts of Manhatta, Album
Vocal Recording
Roswell Rudd
Trombone for Lovers
Recording Engineer
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