About

Wade is the owner of Starsound Studios. He teaches audio by doing video tutorials on his  YouTube channel, growing by the day and starting a new series of in-person masterclasses on how to record (CRS) The Cleveland Recording Summit.  He grew up in Lakewood, Ohio. Music has always been a part of his life. At the young age of 4, his mother would quiz him on instrument sounds from her favorite records from Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass Band. She described it as he was never stumped.

He sang in the choir at school and church during middle and high school. After picking up the guitar, he started playing in bands and learning to run sound for those gigs. His music jobs from that point forward have consisted of just being in the right place at the right time. Therefore, the opportunity arose to run live sound for national recording artists, live theater, and hundreds of live local bands in and around the Milwaukee area. He wrote three albums during that same time, and those songs played on local Milwaukee radio stations. He played those same songs live on local cable shows as well. Keep in mind that he never had formal training in any form of music.

Multiple Projects

In 1993 owning and operating Starsound Studios was the next step. Wade started it in Milwaukee and re-established it after returning home to Northeast Ohio in 2001. He also created the arena rock tribute band Rock Rewind. The music, video, and light show Pre-Recorded for the incredible Rock Rewind show were recorded, designed, and played by Wade at Starsound Studios.

Through it all, he studied to be a science teacher and was asked to teach music in the Cleveland School District in 2004. After that, he wrote a grant, and it was accepted. Then he installed a recording studio lab in the back of the school auditorium. That building closed, and Wade is currently teaching 5th grade Math and Science for a different school in the same district.

Meeting His Mentors

Wade had the great fortune to travel to New York and learn twice from Grammy-nominated recording engineer Fab Dupont. After those experiences, he flew to Boston for another opportunity to work with a Grammy-nominated mastering engineer and professor at Berkley College of Music, Johnathan Wyner.

He has also driven to Sweetwater in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to learn numerous times from the award-winning engineer and Director of Studio Operations, Mark Hornsby. Mark has been an incredible mentor and friend. Wade has also taken a master recording class with Ed Cherney provided by Sweetwater Studios and Mark. Ed has won several Grammy, TEC, and Emmy awards. Another Sweetwater masterclass provided by Mark was the Chris Lord-Alge masterclass. Meeting Chris and getting his years of wisdom with Mark and Nick D’Virgillio was a special time. Other masterclasses attended were: Fastball, Rick Nielson, and Carl Verheyen. Keeping in touch with Carl and his willingness to be an instructor for the CRS has been extraordinary. The extensive list of mentors has imparted years of recording and engineering wisdom. Therefore, Wade has built up much knowledge to pass on to his clients.

He is currently taking classes in the RAT Recording Arts and Technology program at Tri-C community college to earn an Associates' degree in recording/engineering. The running joke is he is back in school to learn what he already knows and does daily at Starsound Studios.

Tiffin University has now accredited Wade. He will serve as a mentor for their internship to become a recording engineer. He is also earning that same accreditation from Tri-C. Wade is going to do seminars for the students within the RAT program. He is now starting to become the mentor of young engineers like his mentors have been to him.