Born and raised in San Francisco, Gabriel Shepard has been a music lover all his life. When he was 8 years old he opened up a favorite cassette that had broken, and performed his first splice with scissors and masking tape. There was no turning back; he was hooked. With piles of tapes with songs recorded off the radio still sitting in his closet 15 years later, he decided to go to school to learn the art of recording at the California Recording Institute.For 18 years he was an engineer at the historic Hyde Street Studios where he earned a platinum and gold record with the band Cake. Other artists include Mark Kozelek, OK Go, and Joanna Newsome.(http://webfootaudio.com/clients) Gabriel joined the About Records team March of 2006 and is currently finishing albums by Tim Hockenberry and Larkin Gayl.Now at the beautiful 25th street in Oakland as the chief engineer. Clients include: Taj Mahal, Los Tigres Del Norte, The Residents. Specialties: Mad Pro Tools skills. Pretty good with Nuendo and Reason. Familiar with Cubase, Logic, Sonar, Live, Peak. Troubleshooting, maintenance, repair of Apple computers.