Recent Projects

  • August 2009 — In the mood for some folk and blues?  Check out the Ash Grove archive, now streaming on Wolfgang’s Vault, which features live recordings from concerts held at the Ash Grove in Los Angeles back in the 1960s.  Lightnin’ Hopkins, Mance Lipscomb, Merle Travis, Doc Watson, Bessie Jones – the artists that came through that club are epic, and the concerts are killer.  Jessica has been busy mastering many of these concerts all summer, and there are hundreds more to come!
  • July 2009 — Canteloupe Music is releasing three gorgeous EPs by French composer Florent Ghys, mastered by Jessica.
  • June 2009 — A worthwhile and refreshing change of pace from working on music, Jessica mixed and sound designed several hundred educational videos for teachers, parents and caregivers of children on the autism spectrum for the newly launched website Rethink Autism.  And the voiceover artist for most of those videos?  That’s Jessica too!
  • May 2009 — Jessica’s savvy use of fart foley and verbed out dream sequences earned her the Best Sound Design award for the film Birchwood in the 2009 New York Film Race.
  • March 2009 — Hip Hop Hoodios‘ new album Carne Masada, mastered by Jessica, cracked the top 10 on the iTunes Latino charts, and is chock full of thick beats, catchy hooks, and rhymes that are both hilarious and socially-conscious.
  • February 2009 – Jessica was an assistant engineer on the recording sessions for the New York Path to Peace album – utterly raucous, uplifting and inspiring.
  • January 2009 – Watch for the latest sampler from the always excellent Brassland label, featuring The National, Doveman, Nico Muhly, Erik Friedlander and many more, mastered by Jessica.
  • December 2008 — Pick up a copy of Tape Op No. 68 (Nov / Dec 2008). Jessica co-wrote a review of the Antelope OCX master clock and 10M rubidium reference generator with fellow Brooklynite engineer Allen Farmelo.
  • October 2008 – Jessica mastered Stephen Painter’s Dark Sunny Land, a mesmerizing soundscape and a true pleasure to work on.
  • September 2008 — What does a very picky audio engineer think of simulated 5.1 surround sound? Jessica helped review home theater soundbars for Money Magazine.
  • August 2008 — Jessica provided her “mixing expertise” to MC Frontalot for his upcoming album Final Boss.
  • August 2008 – She also helped the ARChive of Contemporary Music digitize some absolutely stunning cover art of LPs, 45s and 78s for the Grammy Foundation.
  • July 2008 — Documentary producer Negin Farsad brought the soundtrack to Nerdcore Rising to Jessica for mastering. It features Nerdcore godfather MC Frontalot, G Minor 7, Doc Popular and a corral of talented musicians.
  • April 2008 — Jessica worked with video artist Phyllis Baldino to clean up and master the audio for her documentary about environmental artist Nancy Holt’s Sun Tunnels.