Ed Krout
Phat Planet’s studio manager, is a contemporary keyboardist; producer and musical director, with a soulful jazzy touch which pervades his many styles of performing and productions. Ed has been in the recording industry for over 25 years. His accomplishments include: International touring with the blues great “Yvonne Jackson”. Arranging and scoring cabaret shows for Shelly Burch (Broadway and TV soap star) with Martin Charnin, (composer of Annie). Music-directed a stage production of “Peter Pan”, and was producer for Zenith Records (UK) in 2006 with “Toscha Comeaux”, R&B/jazz artist. He’s produced blues albums and performed with Beautiful Bobby Blackmon, a local blues legend. He is currently Irene Cara’s production manager. He has produced, played on, and supervised countless productions of Jazz, Blues, R&B and other genres. With such a wide range of experience behind him, Ed brings an extraordinarily unique quality to Phat Planet Studios, and to all of his other musical endeavors; Including the underlying desire to create and record quality music that emanates from the heart.
Contact Ed Krout: edkrout@phatplanetstudios.com
Aaron Gandia
Aaron Gandia is Phat Planet Studios’ Chief Engineer, as well as noted acoustician and speaker designer & builder. He’s got over 20 years experience across multiple genres of music, film and television. He’s also professor of recording arts at both Full Sail University and Valencia College. Aaron has extensive experience in pro mixing on large-format analog consoles and intricate digital systems. It is this experience and his solid technical knowledge of multiple digital audio workstations that facilitated him to define his own mixing and mastering style across all genres of music.
Contact Aaron Gandia: aaron@phatplanetstudios.com
Pete Lutringer
Pete Lutringer, one of our A-list lead engineers has been a part of the Phat Planet team since 2009 and has worked on countless projects spanning multiple genres, from rock bands, opera style vocals, electronica to pop singles to rap albums! He has an extensive knowledge of both digital and analog recording & mixing. He’s highly adept with tape based systems as well. A lifelong musician, Pete brings his musicality and recording experience to each session, with a focus on capturing the best performance possible from every client. Also a member of Orlando’s thriving local music scene, Pete has been playing in multiple local rock bands since 2005.
Contact Pete Lutringer: pete@phatplanetstudios.com
Robert Wawoe
Robert Wawoe boasts long and an impressive track record in mixing and mastering works, with more than 20 years of audio mixing and mastering experience. He has mixed and mastered projects across virtually every style of music. Being both a musician and a producer, Robert brings a very musical approach to his mixing and mastering skills. Some of his recent landmark albums include; The Conglomerate, Cece Teneal, Rich Walker and LaRue Howard. It is this unique combination of technical expertise, amazing ears and creativity that makes him a very sought after mix and mastering engineer world-wide.
Contact Robert Wawoe: robert@phatplanetstudios.com
Brandon “Instro” Johnson
Whether it’s recording a vocal from scratch as an engineer, to a compelling mix that really makes you feel the sonic capabilities of your record; Brandon has developed a vast understanding in his unique skill set with self-taught experience in almost every aspect of music. From the core understanding of musicianship, to fast edgy cuts and break points in Deejaying; achieving a Bachelor’s of Science in Recording Arts as well as a Bachelor’s of Science in Music Production from Full Sail University, ‘The Sky’s the limit’ for your record with “Instro” and his craft. Brandon takes his known sound experiments with combined knowledge and makes your music transform into a masterpiece, both creatively and sonically.
Please feel free to get in contact at info@phatplanetstudios.com
Matt Kamm
Matt Kamm is our Director of Artist Relations. With a long history in studio work as both an artist and producer, Matt consults our clients about projects big and small and can help bring your vision to life. His obsession with production has led him to work in studio with a wide range of genres and musical talent such as Jill Scott, Al Anderson (The Wailers), Zuma Creek, R. Stevie Moore and Jacob Banks, to name a few. Whether an audiobook or ADR project for television and film, Matt has run the gamut of many various studio techniques and works to deliver clients the very best. He is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, synth-lover, and painter.
Contact Matt Kamm: kamm@phatplanetstudios.com
Elliot Glenn
Elliot Glenn is one of our lead staff engineers at Phat Planet bringing fresh insight into modern production. He’s got a wide-ranging knowledge in all contemporary genres and has great ears for what our artists want to hear in their music. After graduating from Full Sail in 2012, he was able to land an internship with the company and graduate to assistant engineer status by the end of the year. Elliot is also a superb drummer that regularly gigs around central Florida. His vast musical interests allow him to be a great asset for many genres of music for recording artists. Some of Elliot’s artist credits include Fernando Varela , Jamario “J Lew” Lewis, John DePaola, and Daniel Maloney.
Contact Elliot Glenn: elliot@phatplanetstudios.com
Jay Yerkes
Jay Yerkes is one of our lead staff engineers at Phat Planet, and is fast becoming much asked for among our clients. He’s got a great feel for modern production as well as classic styles. A graduate of Full Sail, he’s taken his training to the next level and is clearly an extremely talented engineer and musician. Jay is a great guitarist and regularly gigs around central Florida. His vast musical interests allow him to be a great asset for many genres of music for our recording artists. Jay has also become a client favorite for audio book recording production. Ask Jay anything about what you need to publish your next book!
Contact Jay Yerkes: jay@phatplanetstudios.com
IN MEMORIAM
Dedicated to the memory of Brian Carion, co-founder of Phat Planet Studios. He tragically passed away March 27th, 2000. This studio and what it represents is all because of his vision and passion for great sound and music. He was a young man, still full of original ideas and a zest for life enough for ten people! Brian was a talented research & design engineer for a major U.S. electronics manufacturer. As the co-founder of Phat Planet Studios, he was indispensable in providing the inspiration, ideas, and vision for the studio. Brian was also a guitarist and music lover. He was a well-known audiophile in the hi-fi community, known by many around the country as “Hi-Fi-Bri”. It was Brian’s greatest desire to produce audiophile sound recordings from Phat Planet. As an ironic turn of events, an audiophile record project was in progress and was ultimately completed at the time of his death. Brian knew about it, but unfortunately didn’t get to hear the recordings before he died. That recording, and all audiophile recordings since then and in the future are a testament to his persistence, vision and love for great music. We will surely miss Brian, but his memory will remain in our hearts for all time.
Many thanks go out to all his friends and family that we’ve come to know over the years. We continue this vision today in his honor.