Former intern and now full-time audio engineer, Jose Manuel Garcia, a local Santa Ana native, has proven that he is a valuable asset to Stewart Sound and our clients. Besides working on commercial, film, and surround sound audio sessions in B Bay, he also maintains the studio’s gigabit network and server applications, doubles as a graphic designer when working on our website, newsletters, and marketing materials, and is currently improving his video skills doing dubs, digitizing, and authoring DVD’s in our new HD video bay.

He has over 12 years of musical experience, playing with groups ranging from traditional concert and marching bands in school, to playing with mariachis, Andean groups, and even a brass band “tambora” in his parent’s native hometown of Tacatzcuaro, Michoacan. His musical abilities have earned him various awards including the prestigious John Philip Sousa award and various trophies in high school. Alongside his creative talents, he discovered his attraction to technology as a youth, interacting with computers via “old school” DOS prompts, learning to code HTML by hand, and programming with Visual Basic.

His passion for the arts and technology has always been strong, but it was in college, while studying music theory and taking digital recording classes, that he discovered that he could make it a career. Following a semester long internship at Stewart Sound and freelance work on audio programs for FedEx and UPS, he decided to pursue audio post-production. He went on to study video synchronization, advanced MIDI production, and audio recording theory while working on his Bachelor’s in Media Arts degree at CSU Dominguez Hills. It was during this time that he was called back to Stewart Sound and given an opportunity to realize his dream of working at OC’s finest audio post-production facility.

At Stewart Sound, his audio work now includes voice over recording, editing and mixing, sound design, audio sweetening, and working with 5.1 surround sound. His credit list includes various national radio and television commercials, long format shows, HD videos, and a series of surround sound film projects. In addition, as the technical demands of our audio engineers change, he has helped create new procedures and solutions to meet our clients needs.

He continues to improve and refine his audio skills every day, running sound for his band’s 10,000 watt PA system and producing dj mixes and content for a bilingual world music community website.

Clients & Agencies: MacGillivray Freeman Films, Boost Mobile, PGA, Taco Bell, IHOP, Wienerschnitzel, Dodge, Lincoln/Mercury, Verizon, DGWB, Beard Boy, Script to Screen, BBDO, Shelter, M2G, AlPunto, OC Fair, Kindercare.