OUR TEAM
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Kyle (Kyje) Valaas
FOUNDER/OWNER/HEAD ENGINEER/PRODUCER/SONGWRITER
Kyje is a multi-talented musician and small business owner and operator. He began his music journey in high school, performing in a number of bands before transitioning into the work of a solo artist. From there, he began learning the ins and outs of creating, recording, mixing, and mastering of music. With an Associate’s Degree in Music, he began putting his skill to use and started recording friends and local artists in his hometown of Modesto, CA. Later in 2018, he moved and is currently residing in Long Beach, CA, where just a couple short years later he would start his own music studio (now BlueWav) and never look back. Kyje has backgrounds of all styles of music and has been inspired by the works of artists/bands such as Big Sean, Led Zeppelin, Mac Dre, Linkin Park, The Postal Service, David Bowie, Drake, and a long list of others.
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David l. martins
OWNER/HEAD ENGINEER/PRODUCER/INSTRUCTOR
Dave is an entrepreneur and multi business owner who has over 12 years of audio engineering experience. At the age of 14 he began working extensively on song-writing, recording, mixing and mastering music for himself and friends, later developing businesses to assist creatives in achieving and expanding their vision. In 2012, at the age of 18 he opened DLM Recording Studio in downtown New Brunswick, NJ. David also founded nearby vinyl record, coffee and culture shop - Chamber 43, working as the stores lead record expert. Dave is inspired by the works of Kendrick Lamar, J. Dilla, Madlib, Elliott Smith, Nirvana, MF Doom, Aesop Rock, Blu & Exile, Death Grips, Jay-Z, Biggie, Nirvana, Mac Miller, and many more.
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Leroy Bray (Lb3)
OWNER/HEAD ENGINEER/PRODUCER/SINGER/SONGWRITER
LB is a Los Angeles native who has been songwriting, Engineering & Producing for 10 years. He has tons of knowledge and experience mixing Hip Hop, R&B, Rap and Pop, as well as being very fluent in the many ways of pitch correction such as Melodyne, Auto-tune, waves tune real time, etc. Having been very fortunate, LB has been able to work with many artists/bands to help bring their vision to life. He works with his clients to make sure that everyone is on the same page, and that he will be able to serve the song as best as possible.