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Brian "Raydar" Ellis
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Brian "Raydar" Ellis BM '06 is known as a jack-of-all-trades and master of many. After graduating with a double major in music business and electronic production and design (formerly known as music synthesis), he cofounded Revive Music Group with classmate Meghan Stabile and helped cement the company as a powerful force in New York City's jazz scene. While teaching at Berklee, Ellis has crafted remixes for Blue Note Records, contributed session musician work for artists like Esperanza Spalding and Chris Dave, and served as the DJ for various shows around the world. These experiences have helped inform him in teaching established classes like Turntable Technique and Hip-Hop Ensemble and in the creation of classes like Hip-Hop Songwriting and the J Dilla Ensemble.
- Co-founder of Revive Music Group, a live event company created by the late Meghan Stabile that became a hub for talent in the Jazz community through the early 2000s to the 2020s
- Guest educator for Vox's "Earworm" episode on J Dilla
- Performances at prestigious venues like The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, MoMA, and The Blue Note, plus NPR's Tiny Desk
- Educational workshop leader for Splice, Tracklib, and Adidas Sound Labs
- Musical ad placements for companies like Sony, Toyota, Salesforce, Rockstar Games (NBA 2K), and Cup of Noodles
- Engineer/session musician for Esperanza Spalding's Grammy winning album Radio Music Society
- Featured artist for Terri Lyne Carrington's Grammy nominated album Waiting Game