Haden is a sound designer, audio engineer, composer and musician. He holds a Bachelors of Music degree in Music Production and Jazz Studies from Shenandoah Conservatory, graduating in 2013.

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Since graduating, Haden has worked across the industry in areas such as audio production, live sound, music recording, instruction, and most recently sound design. As a sound designer, Haden has completed courses in Game Audio through Udemy, under the instruction of Elliot Callighan of Unlock Audio. Recently he has participated in a Game Jam hosted by Itch.io. His latest demo reel is available here. Additionally, his music production work can be heard here, via SoundCloud.

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As a classically trained and accomplished musician, Haden has studied with renowned guitarist and arrangers including Alan Baylock of the One O'Clock Lab Band, Rick Whitehead and Anthony Pirog of The Messthetics. He is fluent in many musical styles including rock, blues, jazz, country, classical and pop/r&b. He has performed at many prominent venues including Washington DC's The DC 9, Nashville's Crying Wolf and most recently, The SideDoor Jazz Club, in Old Lyme CT. Additionally, Haden was a featured performed at Lighting 100's "Writers Night" in Nashville TN. 

 

As a song writer, Haden founded the band Father's Honor, and served as lead song writer, guitarist, and vocalist. Father's Honor released their first album, You're Welcome in 2015. Additionally, Haden and his wife Caroline make up the group known as Sempre, a singer-songwriter collaboration. As a composer, Haden scored the music and theme for the Jump Ball podcast, which was released in 2020, and currently available at jumpballpodcast.org

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Currently Haden is based out of the Coastal Connecticut area, where he operates his sound design studio, and performs weekly.  

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