Matthew Lovett is Head of the School of Creative Arts at Bath Spa University, UK, an award-winning creative musician and a published researcher.

Jan-Olof Gullö is Professor in Music Production, Royal College of Music, Academy of Folk Music, Jazz and Music and Media Production, Stockholm, Sweden.

Russ Hepworth-Sawyer is a mastering engineer with MOTTOsound, an Associate Professor at York St John University, UK, and the managing editor of the Perspectives on Music Production series for Routledge.

Rob Toulson is Director of RT60 Ltd, who develop innovative music applications for mobile platforms. He was formerly Professor of Creative Industries at University of Westminster and Director of the CoDE Research Institute at Anglia Ruskin University. Rob is an author and editor of many books and articles, including Drum Sound and Drum Tuning, published by Routledge in 2021.

Justin Paterson is Professor of Music Production at London College of Music in the University of West London, UK, where he leads the MA Advanced Music Technology.

Mark Marrington is an Associate Professor in Music Production at York St John University, UK, having previously held teaching positions at Leeds College of Music and the University of Leeds. His research interests include metal music, music technology and creativity, the contemporary classical guitar and twentieth-century British classical music, and his recently published book, Recording the Classical Guitar (2021), won the 2022 ARSC Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research (Classical Music).