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The Sound Sculptor

The Sound Sculptor is a project created by musician and recording engineer Jeff Neiblum. The original intent was to take audio from field recordings and bring them back into the studio to create samples which would then be incorporated into music. The entire process would be captured on video and presented on a dedicated Youtube channel.

Since a large part of each video was done in the studio using samplers and other studio tools to create the samples, the project expanded to include videos about the studio and the tools themselves. The idea is to provide viewers with a ever growing repository of studio tips and tricks, interesting videos and articles on sound and recording, and, of course, more videos on field recording and sample creation.

All of this really can’t be easily done on a Youtube channel – and so, The Sound Sculptor website was born. This gives us way more options! For example, we have a new tutorial available that explains everything you need to know to build a home recording studio. More guides and tutorials will be coming. We have a forum where viewers can talk to each other, ask questions, get answers, post interesting new ideas, tell jokes, whatever. The website will continue to grow with new pages and interesting information as fast as we can get it out there. Stay tuned!

Jeff Neiblum

Passing through many creative and ever evolving experiments and experiences, the paths of Jeff’s life ultimately converged and crystallized into three primary passions - music, recording and teaching. Here is a partial list of the hikes, strolls, jogs and outright sprints Jeff has taken to reach this point in the journey.

Jeff has been a drummer for over 40 years playing in countless bands, doing session work in New York City and San Francisco and providing the rhythm for many musical productions. Having worked in radio in his younger days, he loved the technical side of the recording studio. At a recording session one day in 1978, he met Bobby Nathan who had recently started Unique Recording Studios in New York City. Bobby offered him a position as an assistant engineer. That offer was the beginning of his second career as a recording engineer. 

In 1987 he married Melinda and moved to San Francisco. They started a family and it became immediately apparent that he could no longer spend the long hours in the studio that engineering required. While working at Unique Recording, Jeff began working with computers. He learned how to code and felt a deep satisfaction watching the computers follow his instructions. He decided to go back to school and learn more complex programming languages which ultimately led to his third career as a programmer. This allowed him to be home in the evenings to help raise his growing family. Jeff continued to play in bands and built small home recording studios in every home they lived in. 

In 1993 Jeff, Melinda and their two children moved to Colorado. It was here that Jeff began writing lots of original music. This led to the creation of several albums which he released through the music distribution company CD Baby. He also began writing production music for several on-line music production libraries.

In 2011 they moved back to New York City where Jeff joined a choir and began taking voice over lessons. He narrated several books while continuing to write music, play the drums and program computers.

In 2021 they moved back to Colorado where Jeff continues to play the drums, write and record music, do narrations, coach people with disabilities, teach, and develop this website – The Sound Sculptor!