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NOVEMBER 2017
TAXI Road Rally 2016

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

Carla Kay Barlow, Elizabeth Anne Mall,
Adriana Lycette, Doug Fenske, and
Patty Boss
Editor's note: This is the final chapter of this highly
informative four-part series. The panelists' bios 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,

Happy campers all! The panelists pose for a group shot after their highly informative panel at Road Rally 2016. From left to right:
CK Barlow, Elizabeth Anne Mall, Adriana Lycette, Michael Laskow, Doug Fenske, and Patty Boss.

Indiana. Her first self-titled independent album
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-8Music 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.
That's been another theme of this weekend's Road
Rally. I think from the very beginning of the Rally,
simplicity has come up over and over and over
again. And I couldn't agree more. You could take a
ukulele and literally do nothing but a triad on, just
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