Engineers & Producers

Our experienced engineers have worked on countless successful projects.

Whether it's tracking, editing, mixing, or production, we can pair you with the right person in the right studio to make your dream recording so you can focus on being creative and capturing great performances.

Tom Dobrzanski

Founder / Studio Manager

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Tom Dobrzanski is a Juno nominated Canadian record producer, engineer, mixer, musician and studio owner.

He began his career in 2005 when he built Vertical Studios and produced debut albums for bands like Said The Whale, Hey Ocean!, and  We Are The City. His favourite projects to work on are often new artists that are looking to make their first serious studio recording.  Tom is also a founding member of the Vancouver band  The Zolas.

Tom has been recognized with many award nominations including WCMA awards for Producer of the Year, Engineer of the Year, Rock Recording of the Year, Pop Recording of the Year, Independent Album of the Year, and most recently Juno nominations in the Alternative Album and Breakthrough Group categories. Tom has also had multiple top 10 singles on Canadian radio charts, including a #1 with Said The Whale's song "I Love You".

Aaron Klassen

Engineer

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Aaron Klassen is a Vancouver-based a recording engineer, mixer, and multi-instrumentalist specializing in drums and synthesizers.

As a performer, Aaron has over a decade of experience playing stages across Canada, the US, UK, France, Germany, and as far as India with musical acts such as Bad Pop (FKA Hot Panda), Ben Rogers, Dustin Bentall, Ghostmeat and Altered By Mom.  The songs shared on this bio playlist showcase some of that work.

After completing the Digital Music Production program at Langara College, Aaron found his love of all things engineering and production.  Blending the old and the new, analog meeting digital, is where Aaron finds the most joy in recording and are what keep him in the studio with a smile on his face at any hour.

Quirky indie rock, classic and contemporary alternative, electronic, post disco and pop music are the blueprints for the music that Aaron creates personally and loves to work with artists of any genre that hold a passion for putting out something new to the world.

Alex Penney

Producer / Senior Engineer

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Alex Penney has always been surrounded by music. He played piano growing up, with a taste influenced by a father who loved prog-rock and a sister who studied jazz. This developed into a love for hip-hop and electronic music and sounds from around the world.

During university he became interested in DJing and production and started buying records and making beats. This eventually led to a move to Vancouver BC to pursue a career in making sound and he has been working as a Producer/Engineer/DJ ever since.

Alex has worked with artists such as Dani LeRose (Jade the Moon), Jay Rock (Top Dawg Entertainment), and Jarrett Martineau (CBC Reclaimed / RPM Records).

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Eva Lucia - Vancouver Recording Engineer

Eva Lucia is a Vancouver-based Producer, Recording and Mix Engineer. She has been a guitarist and songwriter for 10 years, and fell in love with music production and audio engineering while studying at the SAE Institute and completing a year-long internship at Monarch Studios. Since graduating, she has been immersed in studio life; always learning from the talented musicians and engineers she meets along the way.

Eva loves music across all genres but would say her skills stand out in alternative folk, folk pop, indie pop/rock, dreampop, and punk. She stays active in the Vancouver music scene, frequently playing shows and releasing music with her project QuickPunch.

Eva loves recording all instruments, and has found the seemingly endless creative recording techniques for drums especially enticing. Her favourite projects to work on are those with up and coming artists who share the same passion for music as she does.

STUART CARLSON

Engineer

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Stuart Carlson has been an amazing addition to the Monarch team, joining us in 2022.

Growing up in BC's Okanagan, Stuart spent his time working on beat making, electronic production, and vocal production.

After relocating to Vancouver to pursue music, Stuart completed the Music Production and Business program at Nimbus School of Recording Arts -- adding a foundation in recording that serves him well working on all genres of music.

Stuart is constantly positive, energetic, and encouraging to every artist he works with.

Charlotte Duggan

Engineer

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Charlotte Duggan is an accomplished audio engineer and music producer, with experience working in over a dozen recording studios across Vancouver, Banff, Los Angeles, and London. She creates unique sounds across a multitude of genres, from hip hop, punk and noise, to alternative rock, folk and pop. 

Charlotte has two Audio Engineering and Music Production diplomas from SAE Institute Vancouver. In addition, she completed an Audio Recording Engineer Practicum at the prestigious Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, where she focused on classical and orchestral recording. 

Recently Charlotte celebrated 35 million streams for her engineering work on Lauren Spencer Smith’s “Mixed Emotions” EP; the lead single "All I Want" is currently at 25 million streams and counting. 

She is passionate about uplifting underrepresented voices and is dedicated to providing safe environments for artists to be creative in.  

Charlotte currently splits her time between Vancouver and London, UK.