Jennifer Kraus is an audio engineer and artist based in NY and LA. She maintains a multi-medium approach to her craft, working in live sound for music and theater, studio recording and production, and sound design for film and television. She's had the pleasure of engineering for Justine Skye, John Roberts, Junior Sanchez, Ex:Re, Nervous Records, Columbia University, Apartment Sessions, Afropunk, Forage Films and many independent projects. With a love of teaching she leads community workshops, notably a new monthly series for artists entitled Talkback, and works with New York City youth through Music on the Rise at her home-base studio, Key+Needle in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.