About Arbor Sound
The sonic culmination of thousands of hours in the studio with some of the brightest talents from around the world.
The path here
SAE Miami
Audio school, where a chance meeting led to an internship.
Criteria Studios
Assistant at the North Miami Beach landmark, in the lineage of Tom Dowd.
Setai Recording
Engineering staff at Lenny Kravitz’s studio.
Truphonic Recording
Led development and operations of a premier Southeast facility.
Arbor Sound
Mixing, mastering and immersive audio.
Majeed “Maj” Fick is a mixing and mastering engineer from Toledo, Ohio. His career began in audio school at SAE Miami, where a chance meeting turned into an internship at one of the most respected recording studios in the country.
At the legendary Criteria Studios in North Miami Beach, home to Layla, Hotel California, Disraeli Gears, Rumours, Eat a Peach and I Feel Good, he learned as an indirect disciple of Tom Dowd’s legacy. Criteria is an ideal place for a young engineer to be taught the nuances of sound recording by industry veterans. Jimmy Douglass, Fabian Marasciullo, Marcella Araica and Demacio “Demo” Castellon are among the mix engineers Maj assisted there.
Maj has a truly traditional upbringing as an engineer. As his skills grew, he joined the engineering staff at Lenny Kravitz’s Setai Recording, working sessions for Chris Cornell, Jay-Z, Timbaland, Mary J. Blige, Juicy J, Drake and Big Boi. Working across that many genres gave him a well-rounded understanding of the recording process.
Before founding Arbor Sound, Maj led the development and operations of Truphonic Recording, helping establish it as a premier recording facility in the Southeast. He has mixed records for Grammy-winning artists such as Charlton Singleton, Mon Rovîa, Dangermuffin, Lee Barbour, IDK, Scott Storch, BRIDGE and Sam Hook.