BIO
My name is Rylan Sunseri and I am a multi-disciplinary professional audio technician based in Los Angeles California. I consider my eclectic and varied career as diverse and riveting as I am!
Upon graduating high school, I chose Chico State to follow my passion for electronic music and audio design. I graduated from CSU Chico with a double major in audio engineering and composition in 2019.
In addition to in-school activities at CSU Chico, I chose to further my skills outside of academics by becoming a regular live sound tech at various small scale DIY venues across the Chico community. During this time, I gained a lot of experience my own way, by grinding my teeth and being behind the soundboard at shows.
Upon graduating from CSU, my first job came as an Assistant Technician for the start-up studio The Rattle Room owned by Dresden Dolls front of house Jaron Luksa (The Dresden Dolls, Margret Cho, Barns Courtney, Spiritualized). I remained a key technician at the Rattle Room for years, including meeting music producer and Infected Mushroom guitarist Joseph E-Shine while assisting a session. I continued freelancing gigs and working with clients at the Rattle Room until the studio’s closure at the start of the 2020 pandemic.
It was during the 2020 pandemic that Joseph E-Shine’s Los Angeles endeavors took off, eventually leading me to a makeshift Production Assistant job. I planned many fruitful recording adventures with Joseph; including recording at Capitol Record’s Studio B, East/West Studios, Westlake Studio B, finishing Ninet Tayeb’s album, and recording with a major label clients. Joseph and I had many journeys together. They were the stuff of true Hollywood legend!
Joseph E-shine and I with clients recording at Capitol Records and Westlake Recording Studios in 2021 (masks on!)
Late-pandemic, I received a single DM message that turned my career prospects around. It was an invitation to work a freelance gig at a post-production house deep in the San Fernando Valley. The studio was taking a big risk on a newcomer, but my organizational and communication habits, careful attention to detail, and determination to use a DAW to pay my bills led me to shatter expectations.
Eventually, the callbacks lead me to more gigs with the studio including recording English dubs for Netflix’s High Heat, a 40 episode behemoth of a project that took nearly 3 months to record.
Studio recording with happy clients!
Post-pandemic, my lifelong electronic dance music obsession and love for the DIY underground combined to great success when I was hired as an audio engineer at Catch One Nightclub.
While Catch One provided a key connection to LA’s underground music scene, Catch One’s endless supply of DJ nights left me feeling limited in my ability to just work with only audio.
It was at this time that I chose to further my skills in stage lighting by learning Avolites Titian, GrandMA2/3, Resolume, and basic video skills. With more control over stage lights, I became a more valuable contributor to dance music culture. Since learning more about how stage lighting works, I have found a new passion for lighting up LA’s exploding electronic music scene.
Often labeled the “Studio 54 of the West Coast,” Catch One is a large discotheque style club venue dedicated to some of the most eccentric dance nights in LA. It’s a blast to get the privilege to work here. I love it! I feel my inner child give a great big smile whenever I’m in the sound booth.
Working lights and sound for various clubs around Los Angeles
Beyond the energy of the club scene in 2022, my day job prospects also turned around when I was hired as a staff audio engineer for Roundabout Media Group.
One of the largest independent post-production facilities in Los Angeles, I managed to quickly make friends with veteran re-recording mixer and important mentor, Bill Komar (ICarly, Drake and Josh, Henry Danger). While I was initially hired at Roundabout as a English dubbing recordist, Bill helped me deepen my skills to become a more serious and disciplined Hollywood audio engineer. This led me to minor editorial roles for shows such as AMC's Keke, Magnolia's Bargain Mansions, Kevin Hart's Celebrity Prank Wars, as well as assembly and Pro Tools prep for numerous other episodic and feature length films.
Me on Stage D of Roundabout Media
In 2023, I was invited to run playback for celebrity YouTuber, Dream. Dream’s debut tour, the first ever for the combined one billion plus views YouTuber, increased my reputation in the live sound world and brought me great joy traveling around the country doing what I loved most.
Photos from on stage during Dream’s tour in 2023
Between the clubs fueling my soul and post-production fueling my real life, I’m a 24 hour audio tech. A word of advise from me? More interesting people take interest in more things. In order to be the right person at the right time, you have to be the wrong person at the wrong time a million times. There’s a lot of rejection in this game. You got to really know who you are and be willing to share it with others.
Questions about my past or what I’ve done? Want to know more about me? Feel free to get in touch anytime at the contact information below!