Rod Shepard

Biography

Adjunct Professor, Recording Arts & Production 
Assistant Program Coordinator for Student Events & Activities 
Founder of WIRES (Women In Recording Engineering and Sound)

Rod Shepard, is a guitarist, songwriter, producer, audio engineer, and arranger. A certified ProTools Operator with Expert-level training, as the 25+year owner/operator of a hybrid 24-track analog-digital commercial-project recording studio. His expertise is in recording and music production, with ProTools as the central hub of the studio. The studio features digital recording and production, as well as various analog tape formats hosting types of projects that range from midi production to recording and arranging for bands of various configurations.

Shepard’s technical performance work experience includes live sound, live recording, wiring and installations, as well as audio production for studios, radio and television (ESPN, TLC Channels). Work also includes band production and arranging for stage and studio, 25 years as Music & Audio Technology instructor at High Tech High School, Secaucus, New Jersey, director of the instrumental ensemble program, jazz band director, and the school’s award-winning Musical Theater program’s music director.

Research

Music Production 
Music Arranging 
Recording Studio Audio Engineering 
Live Event Audio Engineering 
Recording Studio Design