Our Team
Mike Davidson, Plaid Dog Recording’s owner, is producer and engineer with 15+ years of professional experience. He has worked with both established and up-and-coming musicians to create an artistic, professional, and commercially viable product. Mike’s background as a musician in addition to his technical training as an engineer allows him to bring a broad skill set to his projects. While he studied audio recording at Emerson College, Mike also worked as the Live Mix Director at WERS 88.9fm. Here, he had pleasure of working with dozens of local Boston artists, as well as many national and international touring acts.
Carter, producer and engineer at Plaid Dog, combines years of engineering experience with high-level skills as a multi-instrumentalist. Working with both established and up-and-coming artists, Carter has had multiple productions placed on Spotify and Apple Music Editorial playlists, and enjoys a collaborative creative process. For his clients, Carter aims to provide the guidance, perspective and technical knowledge necessary to get the best possible end result.
Ryan, producer and engineer at Plaid Dog, pulls from years of freelance experience at various studios and live venues throughout the greater-Boston area, as well as his studies under Umass Lowell’s Sound Recording Technology program. Having played both the roles of performer and engineer in the studio, Ryan is aware of the vulnerable position artists are faced with when recording, and approaches each session with a sense of compassion and understanding, while fostering a creative and collaborative environment.
Max Challis, producer and engineer at Plaid Dog, applies years of experience as a songwriter and composer to create both captivating and meaningful records. With an extensive background in live performance and self-promotion, Max knows what it’s like to be in the artist’s shoes, which helps inform his creative decisions from a mindset of mutual respect and shared experiences. Max’s fun-loving personality combines seamlessly with his technical knowledge of audio engineering to provide an energizing, explorative, and thoughtful environment in the studio that can be felt in his recordings.
Kayla, Recording Engineer at Plaid Dog, is a current Music Production & Engineering student in her final year at Berklee College of Music. Her musical background prior to her audio education consists of songwriting and classical voice training. Her classical background has made her passionate about choral music, exploring the intersection of choral arrangements and technology. Her favorite music ranges from the Patty Griffin, Tracy Chapman inspired indie-folk she writes to the pop-punk and country artists she grew up on and produces today.
Hayley LaCosse- Studio Manager at Plaid Dog Recording, brings us a decade of experience in various fields of personal development, goal setting, and brand representation. As part of the Plaid Dog team Hayley combines her passion for the arts with a love of empowering others to pursue their dreams, to ensure that artists feel fully seen and supported when working with us. Her top values as our Studio Manager are integrity, transparency, and understanding so that she may better create and hold space for our artists to express themselves authentically, and without barriers.
Becks Lipshultz, our Project Manager, is a former Plaid Dog Client themself. Having run a successful campaign in 2022, Becks understands the process of crowdfunding from the back-end and from the artist perspective. They are currently finishing up their Masters in Appalachian Music at Appalachian State university, and will nerd out about folk music with anyone who will listen.