Growing up in a household where both parents were music educators, Dan developed a profound connection to music and sound at a young age. Fueled by his passion for video games, he was resolute in his ambition to craft audio for gaming experiences. His journey took him on a cross-country adventure, where he encountered like-minded audio enthusiasts and eventually founded the collaborative group that became SkewSound. This group later joined forces with ProbablyMonsters, forming the cornerstone of their in-house audio team. With over 15 years of experience in audio creation for video games, as well as more than a decade of audio direction, Dan brings a wealth of expertise to projects of all sizes and requirements.

Steve Pardo is a professional composer, musician, and interactive audio designer currently residing in Nashville, TN. Prior to co-founding SkewSound, Steve gained acclaim as Lead Composer and Sound Designer at Harmonix Music Systems, and was instrumental in inventing new technologies within genre-defining, award-winning music games including Rock Band VR and Dance Central (VR). Steve’s original composition work is wide and varied, and can be heard in the interactive soundtrack for games such as Signs of the Sojourner, The Magic Circle, Grim Dawn, Chariot, Fated, Beat Sports, and Fantasia: Music Evolved. He also provides original scored music for providers such as Netflix, Adult Swim, and IFC. Steve is active in the game audio community at large, regularly speaking and teaching classes on game audio development, composition, and music design at MIT, the Berklee College of Music, Belmont University, NYU, and other institutions. Steve studied at the University of Miami, FL, where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Studio Music and Jazz and Master’s in Studio Jazz Writing. He is currently an active performer and recording artist as the saxophone-playing lead of DOS.

Always curious, young Nick developed a fascination with the inner workings of things. Combine this with a musical family, and BAM! You get an audio engineer. An avid gamer growing up; Nick didn’t imagine games as a career possibility. Then a lucky break came after college and the path became clear. Sound designing for video games is his calling.

Pursuing dual college degrees in audio engineering and music business, Chris endeavored to take a childhood love of music and launch it into a music production career. After freelancing at several Boston area recording studios, including serving as a recordist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra which would lead to a Grammy win in 2008, he decided to switch gears to the video game industry. Working on an influential music game franchise and evolving through a wide variety of projects, Chris developed a reputation as a jack of all trades, from music composition to field recording, sound design to acoustics. To this day as a founder of SkewSound he continues to bring his personal aesthetic and tireless pursuit of excellence to every project he works on.