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As a Senior Sales Engineer for Sweetwater Sound, Brad's experience and expertise are very important to his clients who range from home hobbyists to some of the biggest names in the business. Recording artists such as John Mayer, Steady Ground, The Offspring, Sister Hazel, Foghat and production companies such as Metro Studios, RACS, Philadelphia Eagles TV Network, EA Sports and many others depend on Brad's expert advice nearly every day. He never puts his pocket above the needs of his clients and will always do what it takes to get you the right solution the FIRST time around. Sweetwater Sound is known-world wide for their Award-Winning Sales Staff and Customer Service, likewise Brad treats ALL of his clients with the same professionalism that Sweetwater's philosophy of doing business is based on. |
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Growing
up, Brad Lyons saw himself as a
professional baseball player with music
being just a hobby. But while attending
Bedford High School (Toledo, Ohio
area), it started to become apparent that music was going to be much more
than a hobby. At the age of 14-years old, Brad wrote his first song that
was recorded by a small recording label in Hollywood, California. While
only 1,500 copies were sold, it was certainly a great-start for a kid just
starting high-school. During high-school, Brad made a name for himself
around the Toledo music community as a highly talented keyboardist.
Shortly after graduation in 1993 through the friend of a friend, Brad
accepted a position as the lead keyboardist for a professional touring
production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Joseph and
the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". After an extended period
of time on-tour, Brad's love of baseball returned and decided to head off
to college to play division I baseball. During the summer of 1995, Brad
again decided to take a touring position as a keyboardist for the classic
musical "South Pacific". But when
baseball season rolled around, Brad realized he was at a crossroads in his
future and chose music. He left school to attend the Recording Workshop
in Chillicothe, Ohio and then left for a sales position at a small music
equipment retailer in Connecticut. Shortly after arriving in Connecticut,
Brad met up with Brian Weapon whom would be his future business partner.
Brian was the drummer for the hit New England rock-band
Via Sattelite and was forming a new
progressive rock band ("SPECTRE") when
he became acquainted with Brad while upgrading his recording studio.
Brian asked Brad to be his engineer allowing him to focus on the aspects
of the band and not the production. In addition, the two grew their
private production studio to a level that rivaled the sound and quality of
some of the area's best recording studios around. Although now in Fort
Wayne, Indiana as a Senior Sales Engineer for Sweetwater Sound, Brad is
still involved in the production of SPECTRE. IFor more information on the ground-breaking music of this up and
coming progressive rock band, please visit
As a professional engineer, Brad
has mixed and produced over two dozen CD projects and numerous other demo
projects. He
has also written and produced over 200 spots and jingles for
local and national radio and television including work for
TLC, The Discovery Channel, and
several Connecticut-based production facilities. He has excelled
as a professional touring musician but found studio work to be more
enjoyable while not having to live life on the road. Brad still
kept busy in the live-sound venue having mixed live sound in various
arenas and clubs throughout New England states. He was previously
the Technical and Head Audio Director for Sonrise at Aboite United
Methodist Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Currently, Brad is quite
busy mixing audio for television (both live and post) as a broadcast
engineer for Blackhawk Ministries helping to record and mix a large and
contemporary church service for television each week. Currently,
Brad is heavily involved as the recording coordinator for UPAF (Unity of
Performing Arts Foundation) and is working on a couple of major
productions. For more information on UPAF, please click here.