Chris began his professional musician life as the lead guitarist in a group called "the Undertakers." From his experience, though successful, brought him ambitions of becoming a producer. To do this, he began as a recording engineer, and recalls what it was like to record in the 60s and 70s as compared to recording today.

Chris engineered and produced over 80 gold and platinum albums in his career. He did all of Eric Burden and WAR, and many greats such as: Led Zeppelin, Patti LaBelle, Van Morrison, James Brown, and the Who.

As a recording engineer Chris learned about sound production and how it interacted within a room. The studio he was with, Talent Masters, was bought by Atlantic Records. They asked Chris to improve the acoustics and this became his first exposure to studio design. That blossomed and Chris rapidly became known as one of the finest Recording Studio Designers around, including the design of the prestigeous Sound Kitchen in Nashville.