Chad Michael Snavely
Sound Designer // Composer // Producer in Nashville
Everything I make starts with listening.
I'm Chad. I've built a life around paying attention to sound — the way a room rings, the way a pause lands, the way the right note under the right moment makes you lean in before you know why.
That attention takes a few different shapes: a studio, a stack of synths, a newsletter — and probably more before I'm done.
Where the sound lives.
The Studio · Sound On // Sound Off
Where sound becomes someone else's story. My team and I shape audio for podcasts, audiobooks, film, and visual media — story-first, obsessive about detail, easy to have in the room.
The Music
Where sound becomes mine. Works in progress — built on analog and digital synths, usually mixed to tape, shared as I make them. Some of it's headed for picture someday; some just needed to exist.
Tape Hiss · The Newsletter
Where I think out loud about all of it. A short letter on sound, music, and listening well — works in progress, plus the records I can't stop recommending. Every other Friday, made for reading over a coffee.
The easiest way to keep up with what I'm making — across all of it — is Tape Hiss.
Every other Friday. Easy to leave if it's not for you.