I like to create sonic worlds and tell stories with sound. Some of these worlds are fictional and some are based in reality. All of them are emotional.

My pronouns are they/them, and I'm a composer, music producer, sound designer, and audio engineer from San Francisco, CA. I've mostly worked in game audio, but I also create sound works and music for my own personal projects and collaborate with artists on music and sound projects.

From a young age I played piano competitively, but later in life I discovered that... well, synthesizers have keys too. I originally studied computer science and worked as a software engineer until I decided that audio was more my calling in life. After a decade-long career in tech, I went back to school to study music production, sound engineering, and game audio at Pyramind Music & Audio Production Institute. Synths expanded to DAWs and microphones, and now I utilize my many skillsets to create unique sound worlds blending all manner of instruments, field recordings, electronic music techniques, and experimental sound design.

You can find my work under the moniker Ariyassa on all the socials.