Business Offer

Main activity
Audio Engineer
Main genre
R&B
Language skills
Mandarin   English   Japanese  
Sub-activities
Music Producer   Remixer & Studio  
Sub-genre
Rock  

Personal profile

Kenji Nakai is an independent music producer, mixer, engineer, composer, and founder of Sonic Lodge Studios in Los Angeles with over 30 years of experience in the business, as well as a frequent lecturer on music production at universities and colleges in Japan for over 20 years. After playing in bands and working at Roland Corp. as a SW/HW designer of digital keyboards, Kenji began working in recording studios in Tokyo, Japan in 1985 and moved to Los Angeles in 1990 to pursue his music career. He's worked with and learned from the best of the best producers and engineers in the business, including Ted Templeman, David Foster, George Massenburg, Rick Rubin, Al Schmitt, Mick Guzauski, Jack Joseph Puig. He's also extended his expertise to multi-channel surround mixing projects including Final Fantasy IX & XII, Ridge Racer VI, Romancing Saga, Dragon's Dogma, which was nominated for the GANG Award for Best Audio Mix. Kenji combines old-school recording engineering/production methods with the latest technologies available today to create musical content with the best of the past few decades.

Company profile

SONIC LODGE STUDIOS provides a wide range of services including : • Music Mixing / Recording / Mastering Service [ 5.1 Surround, Stereo, Live Concert ] • Creative Collaboration ( Composing, Arranging, Producing ) • Artist Development • Production & Live Concert Support • Project Management / Support / Consulting • Sound system integration, design, installation