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Santa Barbara/Ventura area
About
The founder of Beachaus Studios, Chris Tobias, has a wide range of experience in recording and producing music. A skilled musician in piano and guitar, he began writing songs in high school and continues to write music for his band Emerald Swell. He also composes original scores for indie video games. After completing a music production specialization at Berklee College of Music and studying under renowned veteran mixing engineer Michael White, he began producing music for other artists. He continues to help them in their endeavors providing services that bring their music ideas to life.
Check out songs from Chris’ band Emerald Swell, for which he is the songwriter, guitarist, vocalist, and producer. They’re most recent releases are “Changes” and “Unafraid”. Both songs have been added to multiple playlists on Spotify.
Chris is currently the composer for “Riptide Games”, an indie game development team working on an upcoming project due to be released in April 2024.
Previous projects include writing the original score for indie video game “Samsara: Seasonal Sword of Sorrow where Chris incorporated traditional Japanese instruments such as the koto, shakuhachi, and taiko drums to go with the Japanese village setting of the game. He also composed the original score for “In Too Deep”, an underwater submarine game, where he utilized synths and sonar sounds to fit the setting and emotions of the material.
Live performances:
More videos can be seen on his Youtube Channel