Hi, I'm Shawn Gaskill, a passionate guitarist, composer, and audio engineer based in Boston. I have been honing my skills for over a decade and love working on rock and metal music styles, mixing and mastering tracks to bring out the best in each composition. I studied at Berklee College of Music, where I earned my Bachelor of Music and minored in film scoring, video game scoring, and audio post-production. I enjoy collaborating with artists and producers across different media including video games, animation, and television networks like Discovery and CBS. Whether it's crafting original scores or mixing tracks to perfection, I bring both technical expertise and creative passion to every project.

Shawn Gaskill

Hi, I'm Shawn Gaskill, a passionate guitarist, composer, and audio engineer based in Boston. I have been honing my skills for over a decade and love working on rock and metal music styles, mixing and mastering tracks to bring out the best in each composition. I studied at Berklee College of Music, where I earned my Bachelor of Music and minored in film scoring, video game scoring, and audio post-production. I enjoy collaborating with artists and producers across different media including video games, animation, and television networks like Discovery and CBS. Whether it's crafting original scores or mixing tracks to perfection, I bring both technical expertise and creative passion to every project.

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Hi, I’m Shawn Gaskill, a passionate guitarist, composer, and audio engineer based in Boston. I have been honing my skills for over a decade and love working on rock and metal music styles, mixing and mastering tracks to bring out the best in each composition. I studied at Berklee College of Music, where I earned my Bachelor of Music and minored in film scoring, video game scoring, and audio post-production.

I enjoy collaborating with artists and producers across different media including video games, animation, and television networks like Discovery and CBS. Whether it’s crafting original scores or mixing tracks to perfection, I bring both technical expertise and creative passion to every project.

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Work Experience

Mixing/Mastering Engineer at Freelance
May 1, 2021 - Present
Mixing and mastering music for artists and bands, specializing in rock and metal styles. Utilizing Pro Tools, a wide variety of plug-ins, iZotope RX, Melodyne, and outboard analog audio processors to enhance and tonally shape individual elements of songs to create cohesive full mixes. Applying surgical EQ, compression, limiting, and other signal processing during mastering to enhance mixes without losing impact, achieving desirable loudness, and ensuring proper playback on streaming services. Managing metadata and creating necessary files for distribution while maintaining maximum audio fidelity.
Assistant Engineer/Runner at NPR
March 18, 2025 - March 19, 2025
Assisted head engineer John Escobar and a team of assistant engineers with setup and patching of microphones, troubleshooting, writing detailed take sheets and operating Pro Tools for NPR’s podcast “From The Top” recorded at Berklee College of Music Shames Family Scoring Stage. Also responsible for running coffee/food requests as needed by the production team.
Writer/Producer at Droid Mafia
September 1, 2023 - Present
Composed, mixed, and mastered original music for music production libraries used in network television for companies including Discovery and CBS.
Media Composer at Freelance
September 29, 2024 - Present
Composed, mixed, and mastered short musical loops inspired by the video game Celeste for an indie game project. Composed original underscore and song scores in modern metal style inspired by Arcane: League of Legends and Poppy for Reni Park’s animated film “Fighter”.

Education

Bachelor of Music at Berklee College of Music
August 28, 2020 - May 10, 2025

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