The Animal Highlight

Christiaan Mentz joined The Animal Turn team in 2022 as a fellow interested in podcast production and sound. He is now an Associate Sound Producer and Editor for both The Animal Turn and The Animal Highlight.

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Christiaan has loved music and sound from a young age. His first foray into leaning about music came as piano lessons at the age of 11. In high school he was exposed to rock and metal music and found himself wanting to expand beyond the confines of classical music. After many afternoons air-guitaring to Guns N' Roses and Metallica he finally bought a guitar and learned to play. Music and sound production have been part of his life ever since. 

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He learned to edit and produce by playing in bands and wanting to make what he calls "passable recordings." Today he lives in Shuzou, China and continues to play and produce music.