The Team
Welcome to the IDIO Sound Lab family
Meet The IDIO Sound Lab Dream Team
Wes Smith is an established music business professional that has been active internationally since the mid-1980s.
Best known as a prolific record producer - Wes has also been very active as a label owner, artist manager, concert and festival producer, music journalist, radio host, live DJ. and video director. He now adds studio owner to his profile with the launch of IDIO Sound Lab.
Wes currently also owns artist management/ record label ROGUE PLANET and manages hip hop artist ALPHA CENTAURI among other talent.
Phone: 250-947-0314
Email: wes@idiosoundlab.com
Ja Mixdowns is a pioneer in the Vancouver hip hop scene getting his start in the industry with the hip hop group, The Titans, and has been involved in the music industry since 2005 in one capacity or another. He now uses his network he’s built over the last 20 years to focus his attention on serving artists & musicians in every way possible. Ja has now made a new name for himself by recording, producing, mixing & mastering for artists from all around the world for the last 12 years by transforming his previous home into a full service recording studio before embarking on this new journey of Idio Sound Lab.
With his deep well of experience and passion to teach others he has also become a music production educator in all areas of education including hands-on teaching in secondary schools, writing books, online courses and online tutorials through his company Intession Music Tech. And with the new addition of Idio Sound Lab to his life, he has naturally become an advocate for entrepreneurialism for musicians and youth in his community. His commitments and focus have now completely shifted to helping artists & musicians achieve their goals whatever they may be by continually building a strong network of talented professional music service providers and to provide a space for them to learn, grow and create powerful music.
Gelo is a skilled recording and mixing engineer and is an SAE recording and audio engineering school alumni. He has been honing his craft since 2020 and ever since graduating from SAE, he has been laser focused on audio engineering and music production. He now serves as a house engineer at Idio Sound Lab Studio ready to work on any and all genres of music.
In addition to his work as an engineer, Gelo is also a very talented singer-songwriter with years of experience performing across Vancouver’s Lower Mainland and brings his expertise and talents with him into every recording and production project.
Phone: 250-947-0314
Email: gelo@idiosoundlab.com
Over 20 Years of Experience in Recording and Studio Business
Owner’s Justin Hicks and Wes Smith have a combined total of 57 years of experience in all areas of the music business and they know how to get professional results and how to give a professional experience in the recording studio.
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