I'm an audio engineer, music producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist with 20 years of professional recording experience.
I’m an audio engineer, music producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist with 20 years of professional recording experience. I’ve worked with artists across heavy metal, rock, hip-hop, pop, and jazz, helping bring their music from initial ideas to finished releases.
Introductory rate: $125 per song for mixing, stereo mastering and basic natural pitch correction on one lead-vocal track. Covers one song up to six minutes and 32 audio tracks, with two revision rounds. Detailed tuning, timing edits, comping, additional recording and custom production are quoted separately. Please message before booking to agree scope and schedule.
I opened my first studio, Sonic Solutions, in 2006. It began as a repair business and expanded into a repair and recording studio, laying the groundwork for my later work at Beta Sound Services.
I offer a range of creative and technical services, including audio editing, mixing, mastering, instrumental and vocal tracking, collaborative songwriting, and remote pre-production consulting. Whether you need help developing an arrangement, refining a recording, or putting the finishing touches on an album, I can contribute at virtually any stage of the production process.
As a songwriter and musician, I sing, play guitar, bass, and keyboards, and work with beat programming and synthesizer sound design. My original music project, JWS, showcases that combination of creative and technical experience. I write, arrange, and perform all the music and vocals, while also handling the recording, editing, mixing, and mastering.
Having experience on both sides of the studio glass gives me a broader understanding of the creative process, from songwriting and arrangement to the final mix. I believe great production should enhance what makes an artist’s music unique rather than impose a particular sound on it.
Whether you’re after something powerful and aggressive, warm and organic, or polished and modern, my goal is to understand your vision and help bring it to life. I enjoy collaborating with artists, exploring creative possibilities, and bringing the details together to make every recording the best it can be.
Cause She (2019) is an original JWS song by Jacob Siever. Songwriting, arrangement, synth sound design, instruments, vocals, recording and production are my own work. Shared as a songwriting and performance demo.
From Vague Choir’s Non-Ultra Joy (2014). I engineered and mixed the album; mastering was by Joe Gastwirt. The production was strongly influenced by Steve Albini, using distinctive room-miking techniques, including bathroom and long-hallway reverberation. The recording setup included Fender Bassmaster and Fargen Blackbird tube guitar amplifiers, an Ampeg B15N flip-top bass amp, and RCA 44 ribbon and Neumann U87 microphones for vocals. Recording engineering and mixing: Jake Siever / JWSounds. Mastering: Joe Gastwirt.
Stuck features Steve Ewing of The Urge. Freshly Squeezed was released in 2007. Co-production and assistant recording engineering: Jake Siever / JWSounds, working alongside Tom Gordon. Original mastering: Joe Gastwirt. I separately remastered the album in 2009; this audio is the original Joe Gastwirt master.
Lenny in Wonderland — Pop-O-Pies | Songwriting, Production, Mixing & Mastering An original song featured on the official re-release of the Pop-O-Pies' White Album. I composed and produced the music, performed the instrumentation, and wrote and recorded the chorus melody and vocals. I also handled the recording engineering, editing, mixing, and mastering. Joe Pop-O-Pie, the original vocalist of Faith No More and founder/frontman of Pop-O-Pies, wrote and performed the verse vocals. This project showcases my abilities as a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and audio engineer, taking a song from its initial creation through the finished master.
Redline from Them Sonsabitches’ self-titled album (2012). Them Sonsabitches is the band’s self-titled rock album, released in 2012. I co-produced the album and handled its recording engineering, mixing and mastering. The selections presented here—Wasted, Redline, Stay Off My Grass and Gimmie Shelter—document my work with the band from recording through the finished masters, and showcase my experience collaborating on a full-length rock release. Co-production, recording engineering, mixing and mastering: Jake Siever / JWSounds.
Up All Night from Jimmy and the Baggins’ 2018 album of the same name. The project features acoustic guitars and cajon. I co-produced, engineered, mixed and mastered the album at Beta Sound Services. Co-production, recording engineering, mixing and mastering: Jake Siever / JWSounds.
In Your Wake from Passenger, Project 432’s 2019 reggae album. I handled editing, mixing and mastering. This selection showcases my audio post-production work on the release. Editing, mixing and mastering: Jake Siever / JWSounds.
Fizz Lake (2020) is an original hard rock/alternative metal song by Jacob Siever / JWS, with heavy guitars, gritty verses and layered melodic choruses. Songwriting, arrangement, all instruments and vocals, recording and production are my own work
Jealousy Queen (2018) is an original JWS song by Jacob Siever. Songwriting, arrangement, instruments, vocals, recording and production are my own work.
Americanimals by JWS / Jacob Siever. An electronic track featuring fast-paced rap vocals and a funky bass-driven chorus. Songwriting, performance, instrumentation, production, recording, mixing and mastering: Jacob Siever / JWS.
Close Your Eyes from Egress’s Freshly Squeezed (2007), featuring Arabian Prince of N.W.A. Freshly Squeezed is Egress’s 2007 album. I contributed co-production and assistant recording engineering, working alongside Tom Gordon. These original-master selections feature Arabian Prince of N.W.A. on Close Your Eyes, and Steve Ewing of The Urge on Musical Affection and Stuck. Co-production and assistant recording engineering: Jake Siever / JWSounds. Original mastering: Joe Gastwirt. I also remastered the album in 2009; the audio presented here is the original Joe Gastwirt master, not my 2009 remaster.
Plaything from Beta Case — EP (2010). Beta Case — EP (2010) features Plaything, Anesthetica, Pryed and Pisston. For this project, I handled songwriting, recording, production, editing, mixing and mastering, and performed the vocals and all instruments except bass and drums. These recordings represent my work on both sides of the studio: developing the songs and performances, then shaping the recorded material into finished mixes and masters. Credits: Jake Siever / JWSounds — songwriting, recording, production, editing, mixing and mastering; vocals and all instruments except bass and drums.
Mixed weekly services on an Allen & Heath Avantis. Managed soundchecks, routing, and production-team coordination. Captured multitrack audio via Dante into Logic Pro, then edited, mixed, and mastered recordings in Pro Tools. Rewired and troubleshot a complex audio and speaker management system to resolve signal-path, cabling, and equipment issues.
Recorded multitrack performances and completed audio editing and post-production for online-published content.
Produced and promoted concerts, including shows featuring RZA of Wu-Tang Clan, Arabian Prince, Smoov-E, Equipto, Chuck Mosley of Faith No More, and Andre Nickatina. Negotiated artist contracts and riders with managers and record labels; coordinated schedules and technical requirements. Procured event insurance and managed retail ticket sales. Purchased advertising packages and created promotional media.
20 years of professional recording experience in audio engineering, music production, mixing, and mastering. Former owner and lead engineer of Beta Sound Services, working with artists across rock, heavy metal, hip-hop, pop, and jazz. Extensive experience with Avid Pro Tools, Logic Pro, multitrack recording, audio editing, restoration, and both analog and digital production workflows. Experienced songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, with credits spanning independent releases, full-length albums, and professional remastering projects. I opened my first studio, Sonic Solutions, in 2006. It began as a repair business and expanded into a repair and recording studio, laying the groundwork for my later work at Beta Sound Services.
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