Joe Baldridge – Director of Operations

Joe Baldridge has over 35 years of professionally credited experience in music production, recording, mixing, artist management and brand / artist development with over 600 credits on AllMusic.com. Joe is an experienced creative leader with established relationships to music and audio professional organizations, artist management, publishing and creative communities throughout domestic and international music communities. Joe has won multiple Grammy’s for engineering work, received a nomination for 2014 Record of the Year for work on Taylor Swift’s RED and won a Dove award for production work for Toby Mac. Upon the encouragement of fellow Leadership Music 2006 Alum, Professor Mark Volman, Joe went back to Belmont University and graduated in 2009 with the goal of joining Belmont to mentor and educate future audio professionals. He joined the Audio Engineering Technology department at CEMB as an adjunct in 2010, Fulltime Lecturer in 2013 and Instructor in 2019.

Jamie Warden – Business Manager

Jamie Warden joined the Ocean Way team in 2018. He brings with him 34 years experience in a variety of aspects of the music industry including record label operations, sales /distribution, artist management, and live events. He enjoys giving back to future generations through his teaching work at Belmont University where he teaches students about all the aspects included in his experience. Jamie has been involved with projects for artists including; Amy Grant, Bon Jovi, Curtis Mayfield, Kenny Chesney, Vince Gill, U2 and many others. He currently serves as Business Manager at Ocean Way Nashville where he handles client relations and oversee the day-to-day business operations of the studio.

Austin Atwood –  Operations Manager

Austin brings over 10 years experience as an Engineer to his position at Ocean Way. As a Belmont University / Curb College – Audio Engineering Technology Major Graduate, Austin started at Ocean Way as a student worker before working his way up to engineering duties. Austin has spent may years working as a free-lance engineer at some of the most successful studios in the world including Sunset Sound, Blackbird, and Sound Emporium to name a few. Austin’s resume features some of the biggest artist in the business including Bon Jovi, Dan + Shay, Dierks Bentley, Evenessence, Joe Bonamassa, and Resse Wynans to name a few.