The Five Percent

Live Sound Engineer Kim Greiss has been working in the business since the early 90s. Having spent years at such San Fran fixtures as the Warfield, Shoreline, Slims, and the Filmore, Kim also has done her share of touring.

Aries Deng is a Los Angeles-based DJ & EDM producer. Born in Beijing, China, Aries moved to Atlanta, Georgia to pursue her love for music during her high school years.

Rachel Ryan has been working as an independent audio engineer for the last eleven years. She is currently doing monitors for The Strokes and FOH for PHOX. When she is not touring she works at the Brooklyn Bowl as both a FOH and Monitor Engineer.

Magali Couturier has been working as an independent Monitor Engineer for 19 years. She’s toured with The Dandy Warhols, Rufus Wainwright, My Bloody Valentine, Gary Numan, Duffy, Nick Lowe, Natasha Beddingfield and more.

Jackie Green is Vice President of R&D/Engineering at Audio Technica. She’s been involved in the development of several of ATs innovative products and technologies.

Inspired after attending Woodstock in 1969, Karen Kane began a journey that would start by learning to play music and wind up forty years later as a well-respected audio engineer with countless awards to her name, owning a professional studio, and teaching the next generation of audio engineers.

Independent engineer Melissa Britton has been mixing monitors for Jazz great Dave Koz since 2001. She spent her early days mixing five nights/week in night clubs and working for Dowlen Sound in Colorado.

Beginning her career in live sound at the age of 18, Karrie Keyes has been the monitor engineer for Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder for 27 years. She’s also spent 10 years 1990-2000 as monitor engineer for Red Hot Chili Peppers and has mixed a very diverse list of additional artists.

With a career that spans more than 25 years, Michelle Sabolchick Pettinato has made a living mixing FOH for a wide variety of artists and musical styles. Starting with the band ‘Spin Doctors’ in 1992, Michelle has been touring the world as an independent FOH Engineer, mixing major label artists.