About
Dr. Toby Seay is Professor of Music Production in the Music Industry program. He has had a long career in the music industry as a musician, recording engineer, technical consultant, and audio preservationist. Seay has engineered recording artists such as Dolly Parton, Randy Travis, Delbert McClinton, Ringo Starr, David Wilcox, Kirk Whalum and many others. Seay has recorded numerous Gold and Platinum Certified recordings as well as 8 Grammy winning recordings.
Seay performs research into music production and sound engineering practices that result in sonic signatures and audio recording preservation standards, specializing in multi-track materials. He is a founder and member of the Society for Music Production Research (SMPR); Audio Engineering Society (AES); voting member of the Recording Academy (Grammys); the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) President from 2017-2020; and the Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (CCAAA) Chair from 2020-2021.
Seay is the Director of the Drexel University Audio Archives, which is home to the Sigma Sound Studios Collection.