Meet the team of Coda Room Audio
Delivering Audio Excellence.
Cristian “Castle” Castillo
Castle is an engineer at Coda Room Audio. He first started producing and engineering music in 2013, and excelled while attending SAE Institute en route to earning an Associate of Applied Science degree in Audio Technology. Castle has quickly become a go-to guy in Chicago for R&B, Hip Hop, and Pop.
Brandon Aranza
Brandon is an engineer at Coda Room Audio. Starting out as a beatmaker in 2014, after a few opportunities assisting James Auwarter, he found his love for working with artists in the studio. Brandon is always seeking ways to push himself as well as others, in the pursuit of a better sound and overall better song. He also really likes gypsy jazz, and recommends the group Hot Club of San Francisco.
Amaad Ellis
Amaad is an engineer at Coda Room Audio. He makes ambient, alternative, Hip Hop and RnB music. He’s also influenced by Soul, Electronic, and Rock.
Mike Parks
Mike specializes in artist development, and creating Ambient, Hip Hop and R&B music. He is a vocalist, songwriter and record producer, having begun his musical journey as a vocalist 16 years ago for the Brotherhood chorale @ the Apostolic Church of God.
Christian Romasanta
Christian is the Booking Manager of Coda Room Audio, Chicago. He also is the Admissions Director @ SAE Institute Chicago & Co Founder of AAMP Academy Online.
Santiago Abad
Santiago is a bookings assistant and assistant engineer for Coda Room Audio in London. Originally from Mexico City, he first started producing and engineering music in 2016 while studying Audio Engineering at SAE Institute in Mexico. In 2022 he graduated from the Institute of Contemporary Performance in London with a Masters Degree in Creative Music Production.
Ramah Jihan Malebranche
Ramah does business development and media at Coda Room Audio, Chicago. He creates lush, original blends of folk and rock for the band Wooden Rings, who completed their first full-length vinyl record, Heliocentric, with James Auwarter, in 2020. More at woodenringsmusic.com
Marty Abezetian
Co-founder of Coda Room Audio
Proprietor of Coda Room Media - multimedia sister company