Brian Jackson is a musician, audio engineer, music producer, teacher, and philosopher. He is co-owner and Director of Education at Devotion, an art gallery and community space in Brooklyn that also serves as his Ableton Certified Training Center. Since moving to NYC in 2002, he has taught music production and audio engineering privately and at numerous schools in Manhattan. Brian's involvement in DIY, independent, and underground music culture started in Detroit more than two decades ago. He has produced various styles of electronic music, played bass in bands, promoted club events, attempted a record label, and deejayed after-hours parties. From award-winning experimental video to TV shows such as "24," his sounds have been heard worldwide. He uses the pseudonyms "Infinite Volume" or "Cyphony" for solo works and remixes, was half of the conceptual retro-future electro synth A/V duo Memory Systems, and co-founded the genre bending band I Am Spoonbender (1996-2000). As an audio engineer and producer, he specializes in electronic music, mixing, mastering, drum programming, sound design, and synthesis.

Brian started using Pro Tools in 1996, started using Logic in 2000, and was invited to become one of the very first Ableton Certified Trainers in 2008. He is the author of multiple tutorial DVDs on Ableton Live and technical editor of books on Live and Pro Tools, among others. Brian is also a creative-technical consultant--with clients including Ableton, Access, and multiple Grammy nominees/winners. With a B.S. in Sociology and Philosophy already under his belt (WMU, 1994), Brian went on to earn an M.A. in East-West Psychology (1999) from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco.

Prior to relocating from SF to NYC in 2002, he also worked for Harmony-Central.com and Rocket Network (later DigiDelivery). He lives and works at his studio, Form Labs, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and he is reachable through his website www.formlabsnyc.com.