Creative Mindset & Workflow

Optimize your creative process from session setup to finishing tracks efficiently.

Tony Virga

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Tony Virga is a Los Angeles-based music producer/DJ, originally from New York. After a decade of exploring music on his own, he moved to LA to attend Icon Collective and launch his artist project Haven Theory—a high-energy blend of bass music shaped by rock, funk, and early dubstep/brostep influences.Tony’s creative process is rooted in experimentation and constant refinement. Whether he’s riffing on guitar ideas, tracking vocals, or building entire worlds inside Serum 2, he’s always learning and pushing his sound forward. His music ranges from cinematic and epic to unapologetically danceable—designed to hit hard, move crowds, and tell a story.If you’re looking to level up your sound design, get unstuck on unfinished ideas, or find your voice in electronic music, Tony brings a mix of technical insight, warmth, and real-world experience to every mentoring session.

Matt Nauss

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Matt Nauss is an LA-based music producer originally from the Midwest, with over 17 years of production experience and a BA in Music Composition from Columbia College Chicago. He specializes in sound design, synthesis, ear training, mixing, and composition, and has worked across a wide range of genres – from dubstep, house, and techno to metal, classical, and pop. His music has been played at major festivals including EDC, Forbidden Kingdom, and Lost Lands.Matt spent seven years teaching at Icon Collective College of Music in Burbank, CA, where he led classes in Synthesis, Ear Training, and Ableton, as well as music business courses like Sync & Licensing and Music for Visual Media. Since relocating to LA in 2015, he has produced music for television and commercials for clients like Pepsi, Samsung, and Miller Lite, and contributed sound design and audio engineering to video games, short films, and feature films.Matt’s primary artistic focus is dubstep and other bass music genres. Whether you’re looking for guidance in sound design, finishing songs, songwriting, mixing, or developing a distinct sound in bass music, Matt brings deep expertise and a practical, creative approach to every session.

Paul Laski

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Blending sounds from house, minimal, techno, garage, jungle, drum & bass, and beyond, Paul’s music takes on a style of its own. With releases on such labels as Moody Recordings, Deeplife Records, Krafted Underground, DTLA, Groovebirds Records, Crowd Records, Interscope Records, Mise en Place, 303AD Records, Abe Duque Records, as well as his own imprint, Electric Dangerous Records, P-LASK shows no sign of slowing down.His sound design work can be heard in the factory preset bank of XFER Records Serum and Serum 2 software synthesizer, as well as various sample and preset packs for Sample Magic, Splice, Arturia, and Sonic Academy.When he’s not busy in the studio, P-LASK offers instructional sessions and workshops on computer music production, sound design, and mixing.

Chaz Treharne

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Chaz Treharne, known professionally as Midoca, is a Los Angeles-based composer, producer, andsongwriter originally from Youngstown, Ohio. Overthe past decade, he has built a distinct presencein the electronic and alternative music scenes,releasing music through labels such as Mau5trap,Lowly Palace, and Monstercat. Midoca’s signatureblend of introspective lyricism and atmosphericproduction has earned him features on The FADER,Alternative Press, and Skrillex’s NEST HQ. Inaddition to his solo work, he has collaborated withartists including Getter, Taska Black, AWAY, andChet Porter. Songwriting & Production credits include DeathbyRomy, Mothica, Matthew Koma, Crywolf, Hotel Garuda, Olivver The Kid.Composition credits include: NBA Playoffs on ESPN, ESPNW, Google, Adidas, and more.

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