Magnetic Sound
MJ Caselden is a sound artist and creative technologist based in New York City. He leads group listening rituals and workshops on innovative technology, and is exploring integration of meditative sound into healing arts and lifestyle.
MJ's sound art has been shown around the world in art and meditation spaces such as the New Museum of Contemporary Art, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and Times Square NY.
MJ has a diverse background in electronic music and design, with training in electronics from the University of Southern California and New York University, as well as sound design from Berklee College of Music. His past academic endeavors included signal processing research at Tsinghua University in Beijing and at USC's Laboratory of Neuro Imaging (LONI).
MJ's interest in energy exchange through technology led him to prototyping and electronics design for new product ideas, starting with audio at Beats by Dr. Dre in Los Angeles. He was the starting engineer at littleBits Electronics, the NYC-based hardware startup, where he led firmware development for product releases as the company expanded.
MJ currently directs a team of engineers and designers creating innovative prototypes, products, and works of art for entities such as Intel, Lexus, and the Microsoft Music x Technology program with Listen.