Author & Instructor

An authoritative voice in music, tech, and education, Erin Barra is a course author and instructor at Berklee Online, the Director of Popular Music at Arizona State University, and Executive Director of Beats By Girlz. She has a wide breadth of experience developing and teaching curriculums at the open source, K-12, and collegiate levels, several of which are the most popular and highest rated courses on their respective platforms.

Author

Loudon Stearns is an associate professor at Berklee College of Music, a course author and instructor at Berklee Online, and an active media-artist. Within the Contemporary Writing and Production department at Berklee College of Music, he prepares students to work as independent composers and producers in a technology-laden music industry. Online, he focuses on the latest electronic music styles and music-technology innovations, showing students how to analyze contemporary styles and use the latest music technology in their own works. An innovator in both education and art, Loudon authored a Massive Open Online Class, “Introduction to Music Production,” that has provided high-quality free education to hundreds of thousands of students, received an award from the University Professional and Continuing Education Association for “Excellence in Teaching” and received the “Excellence in Media Art” award from the Emerson College Visual and Media Art department.

Instructor

Kareem Tony Clarke is a DJ, music producer, and label owner. Throughout his career, he has performed at major clubs in New York City, toured US colleges, performed at TEDxBerkleeValencia, played at SXSW 2017, and held DJ residencies in Valencia, Spain. In 2016 he founded the deep house and techno label Digital Den Records with fellow Berklee alum Ian Cahill.

Instructor

For Michael Bierylo, teaching Music Synthesis at Berklee is just one component of an eclectic and highly creative career. From his Virtual Planet studio, he’s completed film, video, and multimedia scores for clients like Hasbro Interactive, Nintendo, MSNBC, Nickelodeon, VH1, Martha Stewart Living, and Universal Studios’ Islands of Adventure. He’s also a guitarist, composer, programmer and sound designer for the uncategorizable new music avatars Birdsongs of the Mesozoic. His solo album Life Line earned four and a half stars from the All Music Guide, and he’s a voting member of the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences.

Instructor

Ever evolving in music and art, Christina McGeehan comes from the land of meditative avant jazz improvisations, classical composition, electronic beat making, and interactive multi-medium performance. Currently, residing in LA, Christina is composing and producing music for film, dance, immersive installation performance and teaching production and composition. She is a member of the Recording Academy and Women In Women in Music.