PROFILE

My goal is to provide high quality audio production and training services to the international community, and bang a few drums along the way!

~Sean Shannon

CAREER PROFILE

Sean Shannon is a professional studio and live sound mixer, educator, and drummer.  He is the Head Audio Engineer at The Dr Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando Florida, and he is the founder of Mixing The Band™, The Mixing Workshop training program, and The Ear Training Kit™.  

DRUMMING

Sean is a lifetime DW Drum Artist (Drum Workshop – Drums, Pedals, and Hardware), and is a former world touring and recording member of Molly Hatchet, The Pat Travers Band, Brian Howe’s Bad Company featuring Jeff Carlisi (38 Special), Outbound Road and others. Sean has an extensive studio drumming history and a modern Drum Studio, offering online drum tracking services, where he plays drums on records from all over the world. If you want live drums on your project, it’s as easy as uploading the guide tracks or sessions to Sean, and the drum tracks (or the complete mixes) are sent back to you via online transfer.

AUDIO ENGINEERING

As an engineer, Sean specializes in studio and live sound, primarily mixing, but also offers training, recording, and mastering services. He has worked the live stage sound for Bret Michaels (Poison), Psychedelic Furs, Larkin Poe, The Wallflowers, P.O.D., Spin Doctors, Tony Lewis (The Outfield), The Hit Men, The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Chris Rock, Joe Rogan, Dane Cook, and many others. Sean’s studio history includes work with artists Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge), Billy Payne (Little Feat), Impellitteri, 2023 Metal Hall of Famer Rob Rock, Pat Travers, Nova Rex, Dave LaRue, Billboard #1 2020 Blues artist (and Captain Kirk himself) William Shatner, Voodoo Moonshine, Rokit Fly, Autumn Rae Shannon, and Outbound Road. Corporate client history includes Encore, PSAV, Pepsi, Chevy, Under Armor, The Tonight Show, Universal Studios, Microsoft, and many more.  Sean is a card-carrying member of IATSE Union Local 631 (A1, A2).

EDUCATION

Sean earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1987 from The State University of New York College at Fredonia where he studied science and music production. He studied with Dave Moulton (recording) and Dr Theodore Frazier (percussion) in the Tonmeister Program at The School of Music. After that, he continued professional training on the job while working on records with record producers like Dennis MacKay (Judas Priest), Steve Thompson (Guns N Roses), Jon FX (Gyptian), and Malcolm Springer (Collective Soul). Sean is also an educator and a contributing writer to Recording Magazine.