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Omni Sound Project is a female-owned education center offering affordable audio engineering classes presented by female-identifying and gender non-conforming teachers. As a business, we are committed to offering financial support to Girls Rock Austin through our fundraising efforts and personal contributions. We are dedicated to being the most accessible point of entry to the music and audio industries, providing opportunities for learning to under-represented communities, and spotlighting the talents of female identifying, trans, and gender non-conforming audio professionals. All genders are invited to attend our online educational events. Female identifying, trans, and gender non-conforming people may become members of the Omni Sound Project for access to exclusive community events. Check out our past events here! |
2023 Core Faculty
Lisa KacosLisa Kacos is a music maker and music educator currently living in Nashville, TN. She teaches commercial and classical music courses and is currently on faculty with Lipscomb University and SAE Institute's Nashville campus. She is a core faculty member with Omni Sound Project and is a regular guest teacher with Thinking Outside the Blocks, with whom she created a “Rhythm For Songwriters” course.
A multi-instrumentalist with a love for producing and songwriting, Lisa collaborates on music projects both in the studio and onstage. Lisa received a Master of Music Theory with a pedagogy emphasis from Michigan State University and a Bachelor of Composition and Music Theory, also from MSU. |
Isabelle BanosIsabelle Banos is a Montreal-based producer, songwriter and a founding member of the alternative pop band Caveboy. She has performed across Canada, showcased throughout the U.S., and participated in major music conferences all over the world. Her music has appeared in TV shows (Maid, Orange is the New Black), movies (Happiest Season, The New Romantic) and featured in editorial playlists on all major streaming platforms (New Music Friday, Fresh Finds). Her passion for empowerment through education has led her to become a YouTuber for LANDR, as well as a regular volunteer for the Montreal chapter of Rock Camp For Girls. In April 2021, she opened her own inclusive studio space, Chez Ballsy, in Montreal.
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Kia ShavonKia “The Mix Artist” Shavon is an NYC based audio engineer with over 10 years of recording, mixing and mastering experience. Throughout her career, she’s mixed over 1,000 songs while working with hundreds of artists worldwide (A$AP Rocky, Safaree, Lil’ Pump, Slick Rick, Foxy Brown, NBA Entertainment, NFL Network, to name a few). Kia holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Engineering Technology from Hampton University.
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Jam PhelpsJam Phelps is a Mixing and Mastering Engineer and owner of Denk Studios. Her studio is focused on uplifting marginalized voices in music such as women and LGBTQ+ folks. She has been a musician for 30 years and specializes in Americana, Singer Songwriter and Rock music. Jam has been featured on Soundgirls.org, Stories in Sound, and The Music Executive podcast.
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Marisa EwingMarisa Ewing is an audio engineer, sound designer, composer, and musician with experience as a recording and mixing engineer for music, film, and video games. Marisa holds a BA in audio production and another in music with a specialization in film and game sound. She is the founder and owner of Hemlock Creek Productions, a boutique post production audio studio based in Chicago, IL that specializes in dialogue editing, mixing, mastering, and sound design.
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Lisa Machac is the founder and director of Omni Sound Project.
Lisa is a musician based in Austin, Texas. After recording her own album in 2010, she became interested in audio engineering and took courses from Women's Audio Mission in San Francisco. Upon returning to Texas, Lisa started dreaming about creating a community of women+ in audio in Austin. In February of 2020, Omni Sound Project was launched with over 20 local, in-person events scheduled for the year. Just a couple of months later, all of our classes were shifted to an online format to respond to the pandemic. Overnight, Omni became a global community of musicians, producers, and engineers who identify as female, GNC, trans, and allies. Lisa believes that the frequency and quality of Omni's classes taught by welcoming, inclusive teachers makes the organization a genuine community that is steadily increasing gender representation in the audio industry. |
