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OCTOBER 2017
TAXI Road Rally 2016

Getting Comfortable With Production, Part Three
Michael Laskow, Moderator
PANELISTS

Carla Kay Barlow, Elizabeth Anne Mall,
Adriana Lycette, Doug Fenske, and
Patty Boss
Editor's note: These biographies are repeated for
background and continuity.
CK Barlow's work appears daily on television,
including placements on ABC, CBS, NBC, BBC,
CNN, HBO, Bravo, MTV, NatGeo, VH1, etc.,
plus national ad campaigns. Her background
includes extensive indie rock and experimental
electronics performance plus a master's degree
in music theory and composition. Her specialties in indie rock guitar, intricate electronica,
and dramedy reflect that background. She has
created music for dozens of indie film and theater projects, including the feature films Warrior
Woman (2011) and Roswell FM (2014). In addition to composing, she teaches music
technology at both the University of NM and
Montgomery College (Rockville, MD).
Elizabeth Anne Mall is a classically trained
musician who grew up in Kansas and learned to
play piano at 12-years old. Drawing from pop,
classical, and electronic influences, Elizabeth
creates a unique musical experience. Her songs
range from cutting-edge indie-pop to thoughtful
piano ballads. The title of her new album Belle
Laide is taken from a French term used to
describe unconventional beauty. Elizabeth
responded to a TAXI listing, which resulted in
her meeting Grammy-Winning, multi-platinum
engineer/producer/
mixer Rob Chiarelli at the 2015 TAXI Road Rally.
She's now signed to his production company,
The Usual Suspects. Elizabeth engineered her
record in her home studio, and Chiarelli
mixed it.
Adriana Lycetteis a multi-instrumentalist
recording artist currently based in Indianapolis,
Indiana. Her first self-titled independent album

Elizabeth Anne Mall (left) cracks up her fellow panelists Adriana Lycette and Doug Fenske during their panel.

was released in 2003, and she has continued
writing and performing ever since. Over the past
10 years she has gained experience working with
musicians and engaging audiences as a music
leader of various church congregations, both
small and large, and in both English and Spanish. Adriana is currently writing for film and TV,
actively collaborating with other artists/producers on various projects, including instrumental
tracks, singer/songwriter songs, and artist cuts.
Doug Fenskeis a Grammy-nominated, multiplatinum engineer/producer/mixer. He has
worked in Los Angeles, CA, since 2005 and has
been involved in several aspects of record production. Fenske has worked on a string of
commercially and critically successful albums,
including Frank Ocean's Channel Orange, Chris
Brown's Exclusive [The FOREVER Edition], Jamie
Foxx's Intuition, and Jordin Sparks's Jordin
Sparks. His production experience includes collaborations with some of the music industry's
most elite artists, writers, producers, and engineers. Doug now serves as Director of Education
at Cre*8 Music Academy in Hollywood.

Patty Boss composes music for television,
including national feature scoring credits for
Emmy winner Bay Windows in San Francisco.
Her music plays on CBS, Fox, CNN Special
Report, CBS Sports Spectacular, MTV, Bravo,
National Geographic Channel, Entertainment
Television (E!), TLC, Oxygen Network, TV-One,
FYI Network, History Channel, H2, Travel Channel, VH1, etc. She has held roles as Audio Lead
and Composer for Leapfrog Inc., Composition
Guest Lecturer at New College, San Francisco,
Broadcast Mixer for CurrentTV, music production for XBOX advertising; EA Games sound
design credits for The Sims, & The Urbz; Keyboard and backing vocalist for several touring
bands. She holds a degree from Berklee College
of Music, Boston, and she's got a Master of
Arts, piano principle.
So Patty, what were your next steps after learning
piano and going to Berklee?
Well, I finally joined TAXI... I had already done
five CDs on my own, and the mixes weren't that
great. I was probably learning how to use Logic,
or whatever software I was using. So I got my
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