About The Foundation

David Mash was senior vice president for innovation, strategy, and technology at Berklee. In previous roles at Berklee, Mash was the founding chair of the Music Synthesis Department (today known as Electronic Production and Design); Berklee’s assistant dean of curriculum for academic technology; vice president for information technology; and vice president for technology and education outreach.

As a leading authority on music technology and education, Mash has been featured on national and international media broadcasts such as 3-2-1-Contact, Newton‘s Apple, World Monitor, CBS Evening News, All Things Considered, and Voice of America. He has collaborated on product development with leaders in the multimedia and music industries such as Adobe, Avid, Roland, and Korg and many manufacturers of music technology products. Rolling Stone magazine has called Mash "the industry’s leading evangelist for the marriage of music and technology." In 1997, he was named an AppleMaster by Apple Computer for his contributions to the fields of music, technology, and education.

Rosenbloom’s extensive experience in the musical instrument industry covers a variety of managerial and growth-oriented roles. He most recently served as Vice President of Strategic Management at Sweetwater Sound, one of the fastest growing and most successful online instrument retailers in the USA. He is also a columnist at Music Inc. Magazine, and founder of Spectrum Strategies consultancy firm. Rosenbloom’s previous industry roles include President of Medley Music Corp., Managing Director for Wechter Guitars, and Chairman of the Board at NAMM.

“I am honored and thrilled to be joining the Board of the Alan R. Pearlman Foundation,” said Rosenbloom. “Alan, his company, and the superb people with whom he was surrounded, all had a huge impact on the course of my career in the music products industry. Now, I get the opportunity to give back to help ensure that future generations are given access to Alan’s incredible technologies so that their lives are similarly impacted and enriched.”

Richard is a music technology professional with a background in, and passion for, keyboards and synthesizers. Having spent 10 years with Korg and currently working with Casio, he is best known for his various instrument demonstration and tutorial videos, which have a combined total of well over 20 million views. His roles have encompassed product management, marketing, training, multi-instrumental performance and composition, synthesizer voicing, and recording/audio engineering.

Richard works with artists, instrument manufacturers, and retail dealers throughout the USA. In addition to assisting in the design/development/voicing of synthesizer and keyboard products, he also voices and programs synthesizers for international touring artists including Beyonce, Eminem, Fleetwood Mac, Justin Timberlake, Yanni, Steve Vai, Rob Thomas, Motionless in White, and others.

When not helping others make music, he play keyboards for an NYC-based band that combines elements of funk, rock, and soul.

Mary Lock has worked in the electronic musical instrument industry in product service management and administration for ARP, Fender Rhodes Chroma R&D and Kurzweil. Involved in all aspects of the service department’s day-to-day activities, she provided technical support and assistance directly to customers, service centers, dealers and distributors. She maintained, established and provided training to domestic and international service facilities. She has worked closely with manufacturing, engineering, sales and marketing departments for new product launch campaigns, engineering updates and changes as well as general corporate operations. She has described her work as involving everything from counting hardware to being on stage during sound checks with artists like Stevie Wonder and Kenny Rogers. Mary is currently working primarily as a technical writer. She composes, illustrates and prepares technical service manuals, service procedures and user documentation for musical instruments and electronic devices.
(Mary seen here with Alan R. Pearlman at the Everything ARP Symposium in 2015 )

As a teenager in the 70s, Chris Meyer took lessons on piano, bass, and modular synthesizers. He went on to write code and help design products for Sequential Circuits, Digidesign, Tom Oberheim, and Roland R&D where he was chief engineer. He is perhaps best known as the creator of Vector Synthesis.

Chris also taught synthesis at UCLA Extension, wrote numerous articles for Music Technology Magazine plus a column for Keyboard Magazine, and was technical chairman of the MIDI Manufacturers Association where he authored several additions to the spec including MIDI Time Code.
After a two-decade detour in the video and film industry, he recently returned to modular synthesis, creating videos, courses, and articles under the name Learning Modular, and co-authored the popular book Patch & Tweak. Proving that one who teaches can also “do”, most recently he has been focusing on composing and performing sweeping, emotional electronic music under the name Alias Zone which combines synthesizers, samplers, field recordings, and percussion instruments.

Collin Russell is a composer, sound designer, and educator specializing in modular synthesis and through-composed electronic music. In addition to creating sound libraries and scoring music for films, Collin releases his own personal music in genres ranging from ambient to harsh noise. His process is rooted in the melding of traditional harmonic and rhythmic structures with organic modulations, bridging the gap between familiar and explorative sound.

Collin is an assistant professor of Electronic Production and Design at Berklee College of Music. His passion for teaching originated from his work as a technical writer in the music technology industry. Currently, Collin is a technical writer, product consultant, and service technician at Instruō Modular. His writing can also be found in the Bjooks publications, Synth Gems 1 and Inspire the Music – 50 Years of Roland History.

Drew Schlesinger is a renowned professional sound designer who has been involved in creating patches for synthesizers, effects and software products beginning with the Casio CZ-101 in 1984. He’s developed internal presets for over two hundred devices from thirty different manufacturers including Roland, Korg, EMU, Kurzweil, Alesis, Sony, Yamaha, Eventide, Lexicon and Sound Toys among many others.

He’s recognized as one of the most prolific and accomplished sound programmers in the MI industry and has created seminal sounds and effects that include “Crystal Echoes” (Shimmer), the “Black Hole” reverb for Eventide and “Prophetic Steps” for Korg’s Prophecy synthesizer.

Drew was recently presented with the Golden Knob Lifetime Achievement Award at the Knobcon 2022 for his work in synth sound design and the contributions to the electronic music community. He’s also included in NAMM’s Oral History Series and is a frequent podcast guest. Drew also curates an anthology of synthesizer artists, composers and devices on his popular Instagram page.