Rogers Masson (born October 8, 1968) is an American

record producer A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...

, engineer, mixer, and songwriter. He has produced and mixed albums for

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, Lilyphone, and Song of America. Masson has also written songs with Josh Brown of

Chris Daughtry Christopher Adam Daughtry (; born December 26, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and comic book artist. He is the lead vocalist and a guitarist for the rock band Daughtry, which he formed after placing fourth on the fi ...

of Daughtry, and

. His latest project involves helping veterans overcome PTSD with sounds designed to be conducive to alternative therapies, such as MDMA. Masson mixes most of his records from his studio, The Rog Mahal, in

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. He has also produced albums in the

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and

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Biography

Rogers Masson was born in

Portsmouth, Virginia Portsmouth is an Independent city (United States), independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States. It lies across the Elizabeth River (Virginia), Elizabeth River from Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 ...

, and is the youngest of five children. Masson’s father introduced him music at an early age. Upon graduating high school, Masson joined the

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and returned to college after his tour of duty. In 1995, he earned a

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with a concentration in Electro-Acoustics from

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, and has been producing music full-time ever since. Masson opened the first fully digital studio in

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called Carmel Digital. There he produced a children’s album with Earthbound Farm called ''We're Next''. Later, he moved to

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and worked with Snake (

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) on Superfixx (

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members) and also with

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on 5.1 mix of the features section of Guns, God and Government called ''The Death Parade''. In 2005, Masson moved to

. He heard

there and produced the ''Losing All'' album. He decided to go on the road with the band and co-wrote several songs with the band and with

, of Daughtry. Their album reached #32, #26 Heatseaker, and their single reached #33 on Billboard's Top Hits. Masson has also traveled to Denmark to work with Lilyphone. Their album became album of the week on Danish National Radio. In 2010, he began working with

, first mixing ''The Bomb Shelter Sessions'', then producing and mixing ten songs for their follow-up album. They were picked up and signed to management by

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. His recent credits including mixing the upcoming debut album by Irish alternative pop band Riot Tapes. Wrote a 4-part blog for ReverbNation, titled "Think You Don't Need A Producer?". Produced and mixed the album ''The Gap'' with the Swiss band Bonnie & The Groove Cats, which reached #5 on the national CH charts and #1 on the weekly Radio Sunshine charts. In 2023, he co-wrote, produced, and mixed the album ''Echo Mountain Sessions'' with Mikey Wayne. In 2024, Masson founded PsySonics, P.B.C. Masson has been interviewed about his veteran status and subsequent motivation for his new work by Will Stone of NPR regarding the FDA decision about MDMA, by Emma Castleberry for ''The Assembly'', and during a podcast on the show ''Tracking Yes'' with Liz Wiltzen.

Discography

* 2024 ''Poison Ivy'' -

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(co-writer) * 2024 ''Echo Mountain Sessions'' - Mikey Wayne (co-writer, producer, mixer, engineer) * 2023 ''Blame'' -

(mixer) * 2023 ''Grass!'' -

(mixer) * 2022 ''Juke Joint Gems'' -

(producer, mixer, engineer) * 2022 ''The Gap'' - Bonnie (producer, mixer, engineer) * 2021 ''Gracefully'' -

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/ CW / In the Dark (producer, mixer, engineer) * 2021 ''Bonnie'' - Bonnie and the Groovecats (producer, mixer, engineer) * 2016 ''Buffalo'' -

Shelly Fairchild Shelly Fairchild (born August 23, 1977) is an American music recording artist. Signed to Columbia Records in 2004, she released her first album, ''Ride'', in early 2005. It included the single "You Don't Lie Here Anymore", a No. 35 on the '' ...

(mixer) * 2015 ''Let It Rock'' - Live By Satellite (producer, mixer, engineer) * 2010 ''Losing All'' —

(producer) * 2010 ''The Bomb Shelter Sessions'' —

(mixer) * 2010 ''Lilyphone'' — Lilyphone (producer/mixer/engineer) * 2007 ''Song of America'' — Song of America (mixer) * 2004 ''The Crickets and Their Buddies'' —

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(mixer) * 2003 ''Theo Wilson Square'' — The Cribb (producer/mixer/engineer) * 2002 '' Guns, God and Government'' —

(5.1 mixer/''The Death Parade'')

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