Staff

Marius Perron

School Director

B.A. – Mathematics with honors, Trinity University

B.S. – Electrical Engineering with honors, University of Texas, Austin

M.S. – Electrical Engineering with honors,University of Texas, Austin

Mr. Perron has been a recording engineer in thousands of music projects – albums, singles, music for advertising, etc. He has received Gold and Platinum Record awards for music he engineered and mixed. Some of his past works involve Beyoncé, Selena (Grammy), Michael W. Smith, Flaco Jimenez (Grammy), Nicole C. Mullen, Cullen Offer (Grammy nomination), Leroy Parnell, David Kauffman (Aurora Award), Holly Dunn, Emilio, La Diferenzia, Mazz, Phylicia Rashad, Campanas De America, Darden Smith, and Jim Cullum.

Marius is a musician and has played in musical groups for over fifteen years. He has real experience as a teacher: he was College Instructor in Mathematics for 4 years at the University of Texas in Austin. Mr. Perron is author of the book Proper Monitoring In The Recording Studio. He is the inventor and holds the patent for the “Russian Dragon” recording studio timing accuracy meter. Marius is a voting member for the Grammys. He is a member of the Recording Academy of the Grammy Association and the Audio Engineering Society.

Richard Landgrebe

Lab Instructor

Richard Landgrebe is the owner and operator of RL Audio in La Vernia, Texas. He has a passion for both the art of audio engineering and teaching. His teaching style is focused around hands-on experience, and is filled with analogies and demonstrations. He enjoy bringing simplicity to complex operations and instills the same passion for audio engineering in his students.

Richard has over 30 years experience as an electrician, engineering technician, trainer and supervisor with CPS Energy. Richard now has 40 plus years experience in the audio engineering career. A retired musician and a past student music director, he has surrounded himself by sound for most of his life. His interest in audio engineering began as a hobby, but as his passion for the physics of audio have grown, it has become his present career path.

Damian Rodriguez

Lab Instructor

Damian Rodriguez has played music for over twenty years and recorded it for ten. Damian was Chief Staff Engineer at ZAZ Recording Complex for four years. In that time over 75 albums were recorded, mixed, and mastered.

Working with notable international recording artists, a gold record, Tejano Music Award (TTMA), and Grammy nomination were garnered. Now a freelance engineer, Damian has worked on all things audio including film-scoring, ADR, Foley, Radio, TV, and genres from Jazz to Regional Mexican music.

Check out Damian to mix your next record at DamianAudio.com

Rob Clark

Music Theory Instructor

Rob Clark is the worship leader at Community Bible Church in Boerne, TX, where he has applied his knowledge as an AEI graduate to a real world situation.

He has been playing the guitar for over twenty years.

Rob’s interest the technical side of music came naturally after spending time on the road and in various studios as a musician.

Jonathan Williams

Lab Instructor

Jonathan Williams earned his Bachelor of Science in Audio Production in 2017, where he graduated top of his class with honors and received many distinguished recognitions, such as: Deans List, Honor Roll, and Presidents List. He later achieved his Master’s degree in 2020.

Jonathan is an expert in running live sound, broadcast mixing, and studio recording & mixing. Experiences include official SXSW music showcases, private parties, commercial events, and contract work for San Antonio mega churches.

Jonathan is also well versed in music performance, he has preformed in bands since the age of 14. Musical performance includes a wide range of genres; Jazz, Rock, Funk, Indie, Metal , Alternative, Symphonic, Concert, and Marching Band, and Drum Line.

Marcus Hyatt

Lab Instructor

Marcus Hyatt is an audio engineer with knowledge and experience in several branches of audio including Live Mixing, Studio Production. and Audio Systems Design and Integration.

Marcus graduated from AEI at the head of his class. He went to work for Sea World San Antonio in the audio department as a show operator and Audio Systems Integrator and Programmer.

Currently, he works full time for Cornerstone Church, a Megachurch in San Antonio, as a live sound engineer for Sunday Services and as the chief engineer for their on sight recording studio.

Marcus does freelance recording/mixing out of his own studio and is also on staff at Mesa Recording Studios in Austin, Texas

Josh Mahan

Lab Instructor

Josh Mahan was a top graduate of the Audio EnginEARing Institute. After finishing best in his class, he went on to become the head engineer at a top San Antonio Venue – “The Paper Tiger”

He is the current touring monitor mixer for the band, “I Prevail”, on the road at several shows a year around the US and overseas.

Josh is an accomplished bass guitar player and has his own original band, “The Wastelanders”.

Marcy Grace

Administrator and Music Business Instructor

Marcy Grace is Texas Country Singer/Songwriter from San Antonio. In 2016, she graduated from The University of the Incarnate Word, Magna Cum Laude, with a B.A. in Music Industry Studies.

Since then, she has been awarded 2018 New Female Vocalist of the Year and 2019 Solo Artist of the Year. She has also had multiple Top 40 songs on the Texas Radio Charts.

Marcy is an accomplished singer, guitarist, drummer, and songwriter. Her experience in the music industry has allowed her to become an expert on the music industry. She is teaching our new Music Business Class.