Audio Engineer - Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Producer

Yoni is an audio engineer and producer based in Las Vegas, Nevada and is also one of the founding members and the manager of Desert Sands Productions. He has a broad range of experience recording and mixing all types of music and media productions, ranging from productions as small as a one man band to full symphony orchestras and jazz big bands throughout the Las Vegas Valley and all over the United States. He has recorded with artists such as Angelina Alexon, Eric Marienthal, John Pattituci, Bernie Dressell, Joshua Lawrence, The Boston Brass, Joe Alessi, and Eric Weaver among others and has mixed music featuring all artists previously listed along with groups such as the Atlys String Quartet, Mitch Forman, and the UNLV Wind Orchestra. As a podcast engineer Yoni serves as an Engineer for the SiriusXM Studio in the famed Wynn Resort Casino and has worked with some of many modern day icons in media and sports journalism including James Corden, Flavor Flav, Dave Schmulenson aka “The Schmo,” Shawn Porter, Chris Van Vliet, Stephen A. Smith, and David Meltzer.

Composer

Ricardo Antonio Arana is an award winning composer, orchestrator, and arranger based in the Las Vegas area and is the primary composer for Desert Sands Productions. His extensive portfolio spans across various genres of music including jazz, classical, and film. Ricardo earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Nevada - Las Vegas, where he was under the mentorship of Nathan Tanouye and Dave Loeb. Currently, he is pursuing his master's degree at the University of North Texas, studying under the tutelage of renowned Grammy-winning and nominated composers Richard DeRosa and Bruce Broughton. During his time at UNLV, Ricardo achieved notable successes, including winning the prestigious Best Original Composition award from the International Downbeat Student Music Awards. In his master's program at the University of North Texas, Ricardo's original compositions and arrangements have been performed and premiered by the seven-time Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Lab Band. Ricardo co-founded Desert Sands Productions, a Las Vegas-based multimedia post-production company that offers professional audio engineering and mastering, original music, foley, and Dialogue & ADR Supervision.

Sound Designer & Foley

Joshua Greenberg is a foley engineer and sound designer at Desert Sands Productions based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has provided his services to clients such as Chase Korzep, Lada Egorova, Rose Nordberg, George Mentchoukov, Marquise Hebbler, Brett Levner, Autumn Rose, and Adam Paul. Joshua was born and raised in Las Vegas and has been playing the guitar since the age of eleven. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Jazz Performance from the University of Nevada Las Vegas and went back to pursue a Master’s Degree in Music Education. Along with working in post-production, Joshua is a private music instructor, songwriter, session musician, and performs as a guitarist all over the Las Vegas Valley and across the famed Las Vegas Strip. He has a passion for improvisation and music theory along with backgrounds in classical, blues, pop, rock, and jazz music. Josh has been recording in his family band project “Greenbergundy”, and has served as a session musician for artists such as Ricardo Arana, Rachel Gamberg, Hunter Rose, Gary Fowler, Zoe Dockerey, and Jag Gatz.