Matt Kennedy (mixedbytheengineer) is a nationally and globally recognized audio engineer/producer working out of Empire Sound Recording Studio in Dallas Texas. As a Recording Studio Veteran, he has had the opportunity to work with many multi-platinum artists such as KORN, Alessia Cara, Offset, and many more. Several artists such as Aziz Maraka and Eddy Kenzo travel from different parts of the world (Jordan, Uganda, Italy, Nigeria, Mexico) to personally work with Matt. The music he has worked on has been heard on almost every continent.
Matt graduated from the prestigious school Full Sail University in 2006 with degrees in Recording Arts and Entertainment Business. Then he began his journey back to Dallas where he got his first break into the music industry. He started as an intern at a commercial facility in Dallas Texas where he spent 12 years perfecting his craft, working his way to assistant engineer, and then landing a staff engineer position.
Matt has successfully traveled and ran tracking sessions at NRG Studios A and B Los Angeles California, Bunker Studios Brooklyn New York, Robert Lang Studios Seattle Washington, Chicago Recording Company Chicago Illinois, Power Station Studios Pompano Beach Florida, Clear Track Studios Clearwater Florida, and Dolby Atmos Mixing Sessions at Austin Signal Austin TX.
Matt Kennedy is now working as a freelance engineer out of Empire Sound Studio in Dallas, Texas and has started the brand “mixedbyTheEngineer”, working on independent to major label projects.