Adam here—Welcome! I am a musician, audio engineer and videographer. Growing up in Rochester, NY, making skate videos, short films and starting musical projects, I adopted a DIY approach to learning a variety of production techniques that I have been evolving ever since. Playing for over a decade now in Maybird, I’ve worked extensively in the studio with my bandmates, as well as with producers like Patrick Carney and Sam Cohen. Maybird released several records with Danger Mouse’s 30th Century Records/Columbia Records, and has toured the states thoroughly on our own as well as supporting acts like Portugal. The Man, The Babe Rainbow, Joywave, and Mikaela Davis & Southern Star.
Settling in the Hudson Valley in the last couple of years, I have also started a band with my spouse and good friends called Ongoing, which has released two records, most recently Time Winding (2024), which we, for the most part, recorded and produced on our own. I’ve also recorded and mixed several records for Rochester, NY singer-songwriter Braden Bodensteiner. Along the way I took up mastering my own bands’ music, and lately I have been honored to master records for a wide variety of other inspiring bands, including Camp Saint Helene, Gary’s Dream, Sean Cronin, Sam Shepherd and Schmave.
Alongside this work as a musician and audio engineer, I have made music videos, shot photographs, and made album art, concert flyers, and really any form of media necessary to document the music scenes I have been lucky to participate in. With Maybird I have filmed, directed and edited many music videos. NPR’s All Songs Considered blog called the music video for Maybird’s Looking Back, “a poignant, profoundly emotional ode to childhood, fleeting youth and chasing dreams.” I have also more recently edited music videos for Mikaela Davis, Southern Star and Circles Around The Sun.
Alongside making music, media and touring, I have also received MA degrees in Media Studies and Philosophy, which have informed my creative work and how I think about media production and contemporary creative tools.
Please feel free to get in touch if you’d like to work with me, whether it be in-studio and/or remote tracking drums for your music, recording, mixing and/or mastering your records, video, photo or other media projects, or anything creative, inspiring and exciting.
adnetsky (at) gmail (dot) com