AES Student Blog

Alex Perialas is an Associate Professor and director of the Sound Recording Technology program at Ithaca College. A 35-year veteran of the recording industry, Alex grew up in a music business family. He started in the early 1970’s as an audio engineer at the age of 16, working towards the goal of becoming a world-class record producer. With credits on hundreds of projects, Perialas has worked on a gamut of musical styles and forms. He has worked on classical recordings with Aaron Tindall, Malcolm Bilson, Steven Stucky, Xak Bjerken, Sergiu Luca and David Borden. Alex also has multiple credits on rock, jazz, and blues projects including Joe Bonamassa, Ginuwine, Aaliyah, Anthrax, Testament as well as film and television credits for film score and music mixing.

Alex is active as an engineer and producer at his studio, Pyramid Sound in Ithaca, NY. He also serves as system technician and FOH mixing engineer during the summer months at regional festivals.

Mr. Perialas has worked side by side with industry legends like Tom Dowd, Michael Wagener and Eddie Kramer, who he credits as his greatest mentors in the blues and rock genres. Perialas is in his 11th year as director of the Sound Recording Technology program in the School of Music at Ithaca College sharing his years of recording industry experiences as a studio owner, engineer, producer and record company executive.