RECENT PROJECTS

RED ROVER CAMPAIGN

A strategic campaign protecting American democracy by amplifying Republicans’ own anti-MAGA sentiments in swing states.

2024 ELECTION

LIVE ALBUM & FILM PRODUCER

SAM BEHR: NAKED

Super-talented singer/songwriter/pianist Sam Behr packed a basement in Brooklyn with as many people as would fit, and proceeded to pour her heart out for all to witness. One night only, live in Bed-Stuy, and we documented the whole shebang.

TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE…and make it fun

COMMUNITY KITS

Our ongoing social effort to provide essential care supplies to struggling New Yorkers.

New STUDIO DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

MAPS: PENN DISTRICT
+ Jungle Room

Recording & rehearsal rooms
New York, NY

Do-It-Yourself-Help for Musicians Since 2006

ARTISANS LABEL

Once a rebellious anti-label, now an in-depth free resource for people who make and release records.

SUPPORTING THE CREATOR COMMUNITY

MUSIC & ARTS PRODUCTION STUDIOS (MAPS)

Space. Gear. Opportunities. Support.
SoCal & New York City

SELECT PAST PROJECTS

MAPS: CENTRAL PARK - Filson spent the pandemic converting a luxury apartment near the park into a recording studio in the sky.

MAPS: CENTRAL PARK - Filson spent the pandemic converting a luxury apartment near the park into a recording studio in the sky.

TU ME MANQUES - Filson served as Music Supervisor for this gut-wrenching film about a father accepting his son's identity too late.

TU ME MANQUES - Filson served as Music Supervisor for this gut-wrenching film about a father accepting his son's identity too late.

BANDLAB - He served as Head of A&R Partnerships for this artist-empowed, innovative Singapore company, with brands like Rolling Stone, Cakewalk, & Mono.

BANDLAB - He served as Head of A&R Partnerships for this artist-empowed, innovative Singapore company, with brands like Rolling Stone, Cakewalk, & Mono.

EARTHRISE SPIRULINA - Produced a video series about this superfood that can improve health in developed countries and address malnutrition worldwide.

EARTHRISE SPIRULINA - Produced a video series about this superfood that can improve health in developed countries and address malnutrition worldwide.

FRESH CUTS COMPILATIONS - Seven albums distributed nationally in partnership w/ Guitar Center. 350,000 total copies with artists like Weezer, Steve Aoki, & Quincy Jones.

FRESH CUTS COMPILATIONS - Seven albums distributed nationally in partnership w/ Guitar Center. 350,000 total copies with artists like Weezer, Steve Aoki, & Quincy Jones.

THE GAIN PROGRAM - Guitar Center is often staffed with "starving artists", and ArtiSans Label's unique services was offered as an employee benefit to thousands nationwide.

THE GAIN PROGRAM - Guitar Center is often staffed with "starving artists", and ArtiSans Label's unique services was offered as an employee benefit to thousands nationwide.

FENDER AVENUE - design, construction, and operation of a 2,000 sq ft recording facility in Fullerton, CA...in a building once owned by Leo Fender himself.

FENDER AVENUE - design, construction, and operation of a 2,000 sq ft recording facility in Fullerton, CA...in a building once owned by Leo Fender himself.

THE GAZA STRIP DOC - Commissioned by Catholic Relief Services, MJ helped his brother compile footage of life in Gaza after John snuck a handicam through Erez Crossing.

THE GAZA STRIP DOC - Commissioned by Catholic Relief Services, MJ helped his brother compile footage of life in Gaza after John snuck a handicam through Erez Crossing.

EMBRACING COMPLEXITY: We secretly published the journals of a Notre Dame grad student studying peace while living in Jerusalem

EMBRACING COMPLEXITY: We secretly published the journals of a Notre Dame grad student studying peace while living in Jerusalem

BEST WEDDING SPEECHES EVER - Hilarity ensues when you roast the bride and groom by deviously making them say things they didn’t actually say, in a room filled with drunk people who know them best.

BEST WEDDING SPEECHES EVER - Hilarity ensues when you roast the bride and groom by deviously making them say things they didn’t actually say, in a room filled with drunk people who know them best.

MOJO FILSON - After leaving the church, The Living Rocks regrouped, rebranded, and rebelled with album My Karma Ran Over Your Dogma , melting faces all over SoCal.

MOJO FILSON - After leaving the church, The Living Rocks regrouped, rebranded, and rebelled with album My Karma Ran Over Your Dogma, melting faces all over SoCal.

PROJECT LEP-UPLINK - Helped teach thousands of California teachers how to welcome, respect, and incorporate the cultures of all students into the classroom.

PROJECT LEP-UPLINK - Helped teach thousands of California teachers how to welcome, respect, and incorporate the cultures of all students into the classroom.

CAMP AFFLERBAUGH-PAIGE - Regularly hosted incarcerated youth at the university in an effort to inspire them to choose a path of higher education once released.

CAMP AFFLERBAUGH-PAIGE - Regularly hosted incarcerated youth at the university in an effort to inspire them to choose a path of higher education once released.

THE ELECTRIC JUNGLE - The very first studio build. Was the rehearsal facility for the Living Rocks, and the recording facility for Mojo Filson. And it's 1.5 stories tall.

THE ELECTRIC JUNGLE - The very first studio build. Was the rehearsal facility for the Living Rocks, and the recording facility for Mojo Filson. And it's 1.5 stories tall.

THE LIVING ROCKS - Filson co-founded one of the very first brash rock bands that led worship services all over SoCal Lutheran churches for most of the nineties.

THE LIVING ROCKS - Filson co-founded one of the very first brash rock bands that led worship services all over SoCal Lutheran churches for most of the nineties.