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Michael Ward

Michael Ward is the owner of Hyde Street Studios. He is also a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, living and working in the San Francisco Bay area since 1974. He has fronted many bands in that time which have been built around his unique singing, composition and lyrical approach. The music blends elements of R&B, country and world music into an insistently rhythmic stew with a distinctive narrative voice. At various times his working group has featured members of touring bands such as Frank Zappa, Ambrosia, Etta James, George Clinton, Bruce Hornsby and Steve Miller.


Michael's production credits include projects with: the BaAka pygmies from the Ituri Forest of Africa (on their first trip to America, recording compositions to be synchronized with a performance by the Lines Ballet), Pharaoh Sanders, Zakir Hussein, The Sacred Text Ensemble and Overtone Theater, rock bands The Potato Eaters and The Earthlings, and composers Beth Custer, Joshua Brody and O'Lan Jones as well as producing and arranging all of his own tracks.

Jack Kertzman

Jack is committed to helping artists achieve great sounds. He loves Neve consoles, tube microphones, tape delays, and echo chambers. As manager of Hyde Street Studios, he oversees booking of Studio A and Rancho Rivera and occasionally works directly with artists putting their vision to tape in the studio. Jack has put together an enthusiastic and impressive network of other engineers, electronics technicians and interns. He's cultivated a vibe at Hyde Street Studios.

Being an engineer and musician, Jack understands being on both sides of the glass. He moved to SF from Wisconsin where he earned a baccalaureate degree in Music Industry and Recording. Jack joined Hyde Street Studios in 2012, engineering many recording and mixing sessions and also finding time to teach Audio Recording classes at SAE Institute. In 2017, Jack took on the role of managing Hyde Street Studios.

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