Our team makes our reputation shine and guarantees we accomplish a lot together. We look forward to seeing and hearing you. Especially the listening part.
Who We Are: Dubway Staff
Dubway Management
Al Houghton
Owner & Producer
Since launching Dubway in the mid-80's, Al has built a small recording studio into a full-fledged production facility. He opened the original Dubway in the Music Building at 584 Eighth Avenue. Word quickly spread about the lone engineer in a tiny studio who could conjure up amazing sounds using only one blown speaker and a beat-up four-track. Since those early days, Al has worked on countless projects, built the dazzling new Dubway Studios, and continues to be an active musician in New York's club scene.
Nathaniel Reichman
Operations Manager, engineer
Nathaniel Reichman is a Grammy-nominated mixer, engineer, and music producer who has worked extensively in television, film, and classical music. His work can be heard on numerous hit children's television shows including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, WordWorld, Bubble Guppies, and Wallykazam!
In film, he has contributed to Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s The Revenant, Godfrey Reggio's Naqoyqatsi, Abel Ferrara's 4:44 Last Day on Earth, and the Showtime documentary Comedy Warriors, among others. He has also worked on major contemporary classical music albums including those of composers John Luther Adams and Philip Glass. He is a graduate of Bennington College, and an alumnus of the art school Fabrica in Italy.
Sam DOrnstein
General Manager
Sam holds the the myriad threads tying the studio to the outside world. Lately from Chicago, she’s an accomplished DJ artist and producer. Having run techno events all over the northeast and Chicago area, she has made Dubway and New York City her home base.
Taylor Batchelor
IT/AV Engineer
Taylor comes to Dubway after time at NYU Tisch as a Post Technician and guest lecturer supporting Logic, Pro Tools, Media Composer, and Adobe workflows. Conversant in Mac, Linux, and Windows topologies, Taylor has also worked as an administrator for Triton Technical, a company supporting megayacht IT/AV systems all over the world.
Dubway's Engineers & Creatives
Mike Mazzotta
Video Post Engineer, Editor
Dubway is proud to introduce award-winning Mike Mazzotta as our in-house video post creative.
Over the past 15 years, Mike’s edited feature films, commercials, music videos, digital projects for nearly every social media platform, webseries episodes, and a varied collection of short films. Having worked with NBC News, MTV, Offhollywood, and over a hundred others in since 2007, his work has been seen by millions of people online, and his film work screened all over the world.
LOUIS FISHER
ENGINEER
Dogged by a passion to become an audio engineer, Louis left his hometown in New Jersey to attend Full Sail University’s Recording Arts program. Finding Dubway almost immediately upon graduation, he began as an intern, but soon found himself engineering. He has sound designed for Rhumba’s new children's podcasts Remy’s Place and Season Isle and has spent countless hours recording VO for clients such as Nickelodeon and WNYC. Louis also works on short films from front to back, production shoots to the re-recording mix. When he's not working in audio, you can find Louis on a snowboard in the Poconos.
Russell Castiglione
Engineer, Producer, Composer
He switched gears - from managing a biotech firm to engineering and music production. Upon his move from San Diego (University of California, Santa Cruz), Russell's jazz guitaring and bedroom recording stood him good stead as he came to record a wide a array of rock, punk, and funk/soul bands.
Over several years at Dubway, he's had the pleasure of working with Norah Jones, Willy Collins, Rob Friedman, Brad Jones, Bill Popp and other great musicians and producers alike. A songwriter himself, he has also produced a number of acts, including his own band, Cosmonaut Radio.
MERTER YILDIRIM
Engineer
Merter started his career as a bass player in his hometown of Istanbul as a young teenager. He worked in post-production audio for four years before moving to New York in 2008, and joined the Dubway Team shortly after earning a master’s degree from NYU in 2012.
Since then, Merter has tracked, mixed and sound designed for commercials, documentaries, short movies, TV series, and music productions. He’s particularly intimate with various format reel-to-reel tape machines, and other analog and digital audio sources, solidifying his extensive experience with digitization, archiving and audio restoration.
Besides his studio work, he is active in the New York Music scene as a musician and live sound engineer at various venues.
Violette Furton
engineer
Violette graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in the spring of 2017, with a degree in Sound Design. After spending some time in her native city of Chicago, Violette picked up an internship here at Dubway, and moved to New York City.
The beginning of Violette’s audio career has been colorful. She has freelanced as a sound mixer, dialogue editor, Foley artist, re-record mixer, composer, and so on. When Violette’s not busy representing Dubway, she can be found designing sound for a film, or making music for a variety of different projects, including her own band, Grimsel.
Zach Grappone
engineer
Zach has wanted to make music since his first guitar lesson at the young age of 13. After attending audio engineering school at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY, he set his sights on New York City. He applied for an internship at Dubway Studios and the rest is history.
Zach’s passion for music lead him to develop an interest in all things audio. Whether you need your latest podcast episode recorded or your band’s next EP tracked, he’s your guy. Zach has had the privilege to work with clients such as McKinsey Corp, The Office, and Bruce Willis. Outside of Dubway Zach enjoys playing bass, building his own gear, and working as a freelance producer. In his spare time he enjoys traveling, trying new food, and playing ultimate frisbee.
Darnell Burns
engineer
Distinctly intuitive and creatively inclined, Darnell is a Music Producer, Engineer, & Entrepreneur by nature. Quick thinking, determined, and steadfast are often words used to describe his working style.
Despite having a natural inclination & intrigue towards audio and musicality, Darnell graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology for Advertising & Marketing Communications -- paying homage to his business-oriented mindset.
You can find Darnell at Dubway doing anything from digitally archiving audio material from archaic sources to producing the next hit for New York City's hottest talent.
Outside of Dubway, Darnell spends a majority of his time building and improving his businesses. He also loves producing music with his friends, family, & local talent. Family & friend time is important to Darnell & his favorite way to spend time with loved ones is through food!
Sydney Fuqua
engineer
Sydney began her career in the music industry as a performer. She holds a Bachelor’s in Music Business with a concentration in Vocal Performance from the University of Arkansas. After graduating and touring the Balkans with her university’s Schola Cantorum in 2019, Sydney moved to New York City and began her work as an audio engineer at Dubway Studios. At Dubway, Sydney has had the pleasure of working on a variety of projects including: audiobooks, podcasts, music recording and mixing, foley recording and performing, live sound engineering, and post-production sound mixing.
In addition to her work at Dubway, Sydney freelances as a post-production sound mixer as well as a live sound engineer. Aside from being a classically trained vocalist, Sydney plays both the clarinet and the piano. In her free time, she enjoys experimenting with music of her own and collaborating on a myriad of other projects with peers.
Marc Frongillo
Engineer, Composer, Producer
Hailing from Boston MA, Marc has been enamored by music from a young age. After forming bands in his high school years, Marc set his sights on turning his passion into a career. This led him to pursue a bachelors in music from SUNY Purchase. Since then, Marc has worked on projects that extend beyond music including podcasts, audiobooks, and voice over work.
Marc has worked with a wide range of artists from independent songwriters to academy award winning actors. His knowledge of music theory and composition has proven to be a valuable asset in his approach to engineering. Marc is also a pianist who writes for his synth pop band Crystal Fool.
Caleb Addy
engineer
Originally from Montana, Caleb was raised around audio. From a very early age, he found himself in studios where his mother was a morning DJ and producer on local radio and TV stations. His interest in music led him to joining a band, Idaho Green, where he played guitar and was tasked with recording their demos.
From there, he moved to New York City to pursue his passion for engineering. Since arriving at Dubway, he has worked with clients of all ilk, including Panopticon Films, Q Lazzarus, Janie Cooke, and Pure Dynamite. When he’s not in studio, Caleb is working on his own music projects, Halfway Killed and Fleshlight Suicide.
Charley Shealy
engineer
Music was always a big part of Charley’s life. An interest in recording and production grew as he matured. His interests centered around analog synthesis and recording music. To further his knowledge, he attended and graduated from Middle Tennessee State Universety’s Audio Production Program. New York was always his goal, so he moved and soon joined the team at Dubway.
Charley’s experience centers around multitrack music recording on large format consoles. While at Dubway, he dove into the realm of media digitization furthering his experience with reel to reel tape machines. Charley works in a wide variety of recording applications and can help you on whatever your next project is. When not at Dubway, you can find Charley DJ’ing around town or playing synths in a variety of projects.
Become Part of the Dubway Crew
If you would like to apply for an internship at Dubway, please read all information provided HERE.