https://www.josheckertsound.com/home daily 1.0 2025-10-28 https://www.josheckertsound.com/performance daily 0.75 2024-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e466d1de411db1cb2657/75314fbf-1a92-4167-9403-fcf701bf7a13/Maverick-Mystery-Tour.jpg https://www.josheckertsound.com/musiclessons daily 0.75 2025-10-07 https://www.josheckertsound.com/compositions daily 0.75 2025-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e466d1de411db1cb2657/07a36f29-78ae-48be-999e-5ecf346e83d3/Screenshot+2025-10-13+at+7.58.16+PM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e466d1de411db1cb2657/3f16f852-af32-4c30-90bd-f75fe5315b7e/Screenshot+2025-10-13+at+7.59.03+PM.png https://www.josheckertsound.com/audioengineering daily 0.75 2025-10-28 https://www.josheckertsound.com/audioengineering/live-sound monthly 0.5 2025-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e466d1de411db1cb2657/6711715a-8012-49eb-8fdc-95356201899c/BB+THEATER.jpg Audio Engineering - Live Sound - BERKLEE NYC: BLACK BOX The beating heart of the Live Music Production and Design graduate level program at BNYC is the Black Box Theater. Equipped with a Digico Quantum 338 digital audio console powering FOH and monitor mixing, Waves Superrack Live Box for plugins, Shure wireless microphone and in-ear monitor systems, surround sound capable FOH speaker system, a robust Dante network, a 20ft Roe LED wall, Eos Apex 10 lighting console, and full lighting grid, the Black Box Theatre features some of the most cutting edge technology experienced in live performances. In this space, I setup and ran audio for live performances, speaking events, and workshops, like the one pictured with Chris Sclafani, renowned producer, demonstrating his workflow when recording vocal sessions, on stage with a live audience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e466d1de411db1cb2657/1635993822784-YK4SXUKU3TZW2MLCVU6A/wandering.jpeg Audio Engineering - Live Sound - WANDERING OAK North Eastern promotion company Wandering Oak have hosted an onslaught of amazing acts: Viagra Boys, Squid, SLIFT, Snapped Ankles, Black Country, New Road, Japanese Television, King Hannah, Kikagaku Mayo, Girl Band, TV Priest, Still Corners, Psychic Markers. Working a Wandering Oak meant loading in each act, setting up the stage, sound checking each act, transitioning between each seamlessly, and packing down all equipment and often the stage at the end of a show. Great fun and hard work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e466d1de411db1cb2657/1635991705911-5JDXDGVHO5LN8SCDNT9N/image-asset.jpeg Audio Engineering - Live Sound - STAR & SHADOW CINEMA The Star & Shadow Cinema is an independent cinema and live performance venue. I worked a lot of different shows there, from Afro-Latin funk extravaganzas Ladies of Midnight Blue, industrial techno pioneer JK Flesh, through to double-drummer noise brigade Cattle for the eighth Great Northern Amplifier Worship Festival, and a punk show by Blóm following the screening of Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution, a documentary about the queer punk movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e466d1de411db1cb2657/1635992470907-NQDED7HWB8JJXV0GKY7K/KAY+GREYSON.jpeg Audio Engineering - Live Sound - STEEZY NIGHTS Kay Greyson is an act I worked with multiple times. Twice was when friends and I put on shows at Bar Loco and Kommunity. We hustled to scrabble together the PA speakers, a mixer, a set of CDJs and whatever audio console, microphones, and cables we could get our hands on to pull it off. Following the success of the first show at Bar Loco, we were able to hire the huge Common Unity Sound System for the Kommunity show. A great DIY experience. Aside from organizing the event, I would also run live sound. With most performers running playback, we would typically run playback through CDJs, with each performer having a mic. We often had large, raucous groups onstage, which was tons of fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e466d1de411db1cb2657/1ec62c7a-4cf5-4caa-8bcf-530df84c967b/5+angels.png Audio Engineering - Live Sound - FIVE ANGELS THEATRE Through working at BNYC, I also performed live sound duties as Five Angels Theatre, 52nd St. Project for large public addresses. This would involve setting up our own wireless microphone systems, projectors, and playback systems, using the house Yamaha LS9-16 audio console. https://www.josheckertsound.com/audioengineering/studio-production monthly 0.5 2025-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e466d1de411db1cb2657/610eef63-382f-4ef2-aa10-54429aff8cf0/ssl.jpg Audio Engineering - Studio Production - POWER STATION While working as the Assistant Director of Academic Technology at Power Station at Berklee NYC, I was responsible for the maintenance, repairs, and operations of the acclaimed Studio G, often described by those working there as the “best mix room in the building.” Featuring an SSL G4000+ analog console, a wealth a premium outboard gear, ATC and Westlake monitors, Nemesis cue system, and Pro Tools HD rig, this studio remains one of the most desirable studio spaces in the city. Aside from being responsible maintenance, repairs, and operations of the studio, I was also able to produce music in there. Most notably, I mixed and mastered the debut THUMB KNUCKLE album in this room, utilizing a wealth of outboard gear, including Power Station’s celebrated Pultec EQP’s, the summing capacity of the SSL G4000+, and of course the famous G-Bus compressor of the console. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e466d1de411db1cb2657/35d1381c-1bfd-4787-9f6c-4b19171253a2/GOJO+Only+Beginning+copy.jpg Audio Engineering - Studio Production - GOJO Aside from guitar music, I produce electronic music under the name GOJO, named after the long gone local video rental store in the town I grew up in. After first entering the world of digital music production in 2013 as a first year music undergraduate, I began spending more time on my electronic music productions in 2022 to further my skills as a sound designer and electronic music creator, producing downtempo electronic music emulating the likes of Four Tet, Bonobo, and Quantic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e466d1de411db1cb2657/0f621c69-2a3c-494a-8dbb-3db22c7c448e/BTDM.jpeg Audio Engineering - Studio Production - Collaborations Over many years, I’ve collaborated with many other musicians and producers to create music together. One of the more interesting and fruitful collaborations I worked on was with with Blade, The Dragon Mystic, a lo-fi hip hop producer. The two of us recorded a bunch of guitar improvisations and used them to make beats. We manipulated those recordings by reversing them and splicing parts together to create “Church Junkie,” which was released on their 2022 album. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e466d1de411db1cb2657/1e132cf1-038d-44aa-88e2-6d58e6405366/PROTEUS.png Audio Engineering - Studio Production - THUMB KNUCKLE Thumb Knuckle is the creative project that I’ve taken the most ownership over throughout my career and am the most proud of. I compose, arrange, and produce all Thumb Knuckle music, based at our Ridgewood based music studio, The Stables. “With a frenetic disposition best defined as experimental darkness meets obscene whimsy, Thumb Knuckle is the brainchild of Josh Eckert, Sam Rubin, and Will Hunersen. Hailing from the depths of New York City, the Brooklyn-based trio is the amalgamation of countless sonic influences from noise rock, to doom metal, to psychedelic improvisation and beyond. Thumb Knuckle is as unclassifiable as it is unforgettable.” – Molly Sheban, SpinLab Communications Email wearethumbknuckle@gmail.com for booking enquiries. https://www.josheckertsound.com/audioengineering/digital-media monthly 0.5 2025-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e466d1de411db1cb2657/71890010-dc01-4142-abca-e5bfa9c3cfd9/HSMI.jpeg Audio Engineering - Digital Media - Media x Women: “How She Made It” How She Made It is a podcast dedicated to sharing the stories of women who are professionals within the media industry that I edited episodes for. The show aims to empower women by celebrating their accomplishments and recognising the challenges they have faced as professionals in a predominantly male industry. I worked on Season 2 as an Audio Engineer, recording, editing, mixing, and mastering for the series. It was great to hear the stories of such interesting and inspirational women, and each of their journey’s in the media industry, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e466d1de411db1cb2657/bc473478-1c8a-40df-aec9-1571c185f2f0/Screenshot+2025-09-30+at+2.49.29+PM.png Audio Engineering - Digital Media - FEATHER CHRISTMAS A feature film produced by Blue Sea Pictures, Feather Christmas is a holiday movie that tells the story of “When an ailing pet chicken arrives at Martin's animal sanctuary over the holidays, his family's festive plans are turned upside down.” The lead actor, Ocean Harris, moved to NYC shortly after filming wrapped. However, to keep in line with the production standards of the film, the producers chose to do ADR for all dialogue. This posed a problem, as the lead actor had relocated to NYC and the producers were based in the UK. Which is how I became involved. I was asked by Blue Sea Pictures to record all ADR for Ocean’s part. As the lead actor, this was a substantial amount of the dialogue. We recorded it all in a day at The Stables studio, delivering exceptional audio quality for lead actor's dialogue in this feature length film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e466d1de411db1cb2657/08a04026-0706-4269-922c-2df4f3811e67/Screenshot+2022-05-27+at+2.13.50+PM.png Audio Engineering - Digital Media - Media Smart Citizens: “Express Your Power” I was the lead Audio Engineer Media Smart Citizens’ animated web-series Express Your Power, a production in partnership with and published by the New York Public library. I recorded the dialogue, designed sound FX, and composed original music for each episode. In 2022, Express Your Power won five Telly Awards, winning an award for each category it was submitted. You can watch the whole Express Your Power series and find more information on the New York Public Library’s website bv clicking the buttom below.