Ron Thaler

Ron Thaler is a record producer, recording artist, drummer, composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist, musical director, and spatial sound entrepreneur. A graduate of the University of British Columbia, Thaler released an instructional program for drummers called Phraseology And Individuality On The Drumset, and has appeared at international drum festivals and music colleges. Best known by fans as the drummer on Alicia Keys' double Grammy-award-winning No One and on NBC TV’s Lipstick Jungle, and with three Producer-of-the-Year Grammy ballot nominations and eleven Artist Grammy ballot nominations, Thaler has been a member of a large number of bands and ensembles, and spent a significant amount of his career backing recording artists as a sideman as well as a session player in recording studios, while continuing a busy schedule as a record producer. Thaler is active in music licensing, publishing and synchronization, through his three firms RTP Music (Canada), Soda Box Music LLC (offices in New York USA and Florence Italy), and Concorde Music Agency SAS based in Bogota Colombia. Thaler is an artist-in-residence and visiting professor at The Collective (New York City), where he teaches music business, music production, the economics of music, music law & contracts, and networking principles, in addition to masterclasses in drum performance and studio recording techniques. Thaler is a pioneer in the field of 360º immersive sound and spatial music creation, having launched SoundSphere Studios, CineSphere, and Lysten 360 Sound Systems in 2019 with partner Steven Boardman. He has launched educational initiatives in 360º sound at post-secondary facilities in Canada and Colombia, with curriculums focussed on industry transformations taking place in the worlds of spatial sound capture, music creation and 360º immersive sound transmission.