Faculty

Emmanuel "Def Sound" Ricketts
Faculty, School of Music
Experimental Pop
ericketts@calarts.edu

Def Sound is an Afro-Caribbean multi-hyphenate artist (parents from Belize & Panama) born and based in South Central LA. Def (mom given name Emmanuel Ricketts) is a non binary (pronouns they/them) Grammy Award considered contemporary hip-hop artist, producer, poet, and award winning... Continue reading »

Jake Viator
Faculty, School of Music
Experimental Pop
jviator@calarts.edu

Jake Viator is a mixing/mastering engineer and sound designer based in Los Angeles, CA. He has worked for a variety of artists, labels and filmmakers including Tyler the Creator, Andre 3000, Anderson Paak, James Blake, Tim Hecker, The Daniels, Eric Andre and Knxwledge. In addition to his... Continue reading »

* Faculty Emeritus
Part-time Faculty
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