Her Story
About Megan
Megan Ausbun is an audio engineering and music production professional with over 10 years of experience in the field. She has worked as an Audio Engineer and Producer at London Bridge Studio for over 4 years, having begun there through a production internship that supported artists with studio recordings and live performances. Her path began with an arts-based high school where she majored in songwriting and audio recording, followed by a two-year community college program in audio engineering production. While in college she joined the Grammy U program through the Recording Academy, which paired her with a studio owner and led to her full-time role upon graduation. She specializes in rock music, indie music, singer-songwriter, and any genre featuring live instruments. Megan is a voting member of the Recording Academy, a member of Seattle's Woman in Music, and NAMM.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Megan
01What do you attribute your success to?
I would say my perseverance. There are many times when I was entering this field and throughout my life that it became very difficult to keep going. There were times that I wasn't making very much money, or there were times that I had people telling me I shouldn't be working in this field, and this is a very male-dominated field. But I just love it so much that I just kept going and going, and so I'd say without that kind of drive that I have inside of me, and that just really that passion and that perseverance to keep going, I really wouldn't have gotten to where I am today in my career.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice I ever received was to keep showing up at places, even if it feels difficult. Especially in music, sometimes it can be exhausting, and sometimes it can feel a little bit fruitless, especially when you're first starting out. Especially if you feel like, oh, I'm just doing, like, this internship or this. Often when you're first starting out, the most important thing you're doing is making connections. So some of my best, like, business connections nowadays are people I met when I was first getting started in this industry. So I would say just being persistent is something that's very important.
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