Mike Meegan is an artist, producer, engineer, sound mixer, and composer currently based in Chicago. He has recently received a masters degree in Sound Arts and Industries at Northwestern University and graduated in the summer of 2024. He is currently working as a composer and arranger on two soon to be announced video games. , Mike also teaches Interactive Sound for Live Events at Northwestern University.
mjmeegan@gmail.com
(847) 921-0025
EDUCATION
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Master of Arts, Sound Arts and Industries, June 2024
DePaul University, Chicago, IL.
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, 2011
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, 2011
Sound Designer, House of the Exquisite Corpse V: BLOOD & PUPPETS 2025
Main sound designer and composer for "House of the Exquisite Corpse V: BLOOD & PUPPETS at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago. Arranged, composed and designed all of the sound for five of the six of the performances.
Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, 2025-Present
Instructor for "Topics in Sound/Interactive Media: Interactive Sound for Live Events"
Taught students how to develop their own set of skills, techniques, and materials for performance, appropriate to their artistic goals. In addition, many technical topics will be covered, including those needed to prepare and manipulate audio, set up external controllers, and work with a live sound system with a focus on the program Ableton Live
Instructor, ISPro/Elastic Arts 2026
Taught ISPro Students how to use and perform on Elastic Arts' CLEAT Sound System, a unique 16 channel, immersive speaker set up.
Composer, Chicago IL, 2014-Present
Worked closely with the composer Steve Pardo on Music production, orchestration, instrumentation for Steve's original compositions on the game "Grim Dawn".
Composed music for the soon to be released sequel to the video game “Hypnospace Outlaw”
Wrote and arranged music for Microsoft Research interactive film “We Bring Fire”
Wrote and arranged music for other musicians, most recently for the song “Last Day on Earth" by Deli Girls
Producer, Chicago IL, 2016-Present
Released 8 full length albums via notable experimental music labels, Hausu Mountain and Orange Milk Records.
Musician, Chicago IL, 2009-Present
Participated in "Relative Intensity Noise," a ten hour collaborative improvisation, at The Momentary in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Performed and toured internationally with various rock bands including “Richard Album and the Singles”
Performed live as a solo electronic artist known as “RXM Reality” in New York City, Tokyo, and Montreal to name a few notable locations
SKILLS
Ableton Live, Teaching, ProTools, Logic Pro, Reaper, Max, Foley Recording, Sound Mixing, Ambisonic Audio, Unity, Wwise, Sound Design