About Thomas O'Shea and OK Hit Record Productions
Thomas O'Shea is a music producer, audio engineer, and musician from Wisconsin known for his genre blending writing style and crisp mixes. He is known for sampling the world around him and finding music in non-musical things. People have described his sound as a cross between pop, hip hop, R&B, and edm. Born Yoon Young Hoon, Thomas was adopted from South Korea by an Irish American family. As a child, his interest in music began with watching the pianist in church play on Sunday's. That fascination with music made Thomas push for piano lessons, voice lessons, and performance opportunities. He started piano lessons at age 6, started to sing at age 7, made his first beat at age 13, and wrote his first song at age 14, and never looked back.
Thomas holds a degree in audio production and music business and a certificate in music composition from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. While in school he produced for artists from around the country, co-founded, wrote and produced for his band Let Them Eat Cake, wrote music using sounds from plastic bottles and other weird non-musical sounds (like TikTok memes), and collaborated with Billboard charting and Grammy Nominated producers. Thomas studied solo piano and chamber music with Dr. Eli Kalman, music composition with Dr. Ed Martin and Dr. John Mayrose, and audio production with Nathan Edwards. Since graduating, his solo music has caught the attention of international blogs, magazines, radio stations, and curators; and his productions, remixes, and sound experiments have reached over 500,000 people. His work has been featured by top 20 LA Blog Cage Riot Music, Insta page and management firm ProducerCulture, and DJ Pain 1's podcast Music Entrepreneur Club.
Outside of his production and songwriting, Thomas has experience in many different sides of the entertainment industry, having worked with award winning comedians, magicians, mentalists, drag queens, and musicians who have also been featured on AGT, BGT, Penn and Teller’s Fool Us, Daytime Emmy Awards, and even Ru Paul’s Drag Race. Today, he can be found at the Wisconsin Union at UW Madison as the A2 and the supervisor of sound and lights for music performances. Thomas's approach to entertainment is always putting the art first- whether he's running sound for a metal band, producing a hip hop artist, or providing tech and stage hand services to a comedian, he will do everything in his power to create an impact and make a statement.
About Thomas:
Thomas from his Senior Recital at UW Oshkosh
OK Hit Record Productions LLC
I created OK Hit Record Productions originally as a label to house all of my solo music but then thought "why stop there?" With experience in many areas of the music and entertainment business, I decided to put all my main interests into the company I created! Through OK Hit Record Productions I will be working (and housing) everything that fits under my audio and production brand. That includes my production services (like music production, beat making, loop making, and sync licensing for tv, film, video games, and commercials) and audio engineering services (including recording, mixing, mastering, and live sound).
Music is more than just a passion or a job for me, it's a part of me. I hear music in everything (hence making music with plastic bottles), I'm constantly listening to music, and I'm always excited to talk about music and learn something. I want to inspire people to be excited about music like I am, and I want to make something meaningful with my art. With OK Hit Record Productions, my hope is to educate, inspire, and show how important music is to society. Music and entertainment isn't just about the music or entertainment anymore- it's about the feeling that comes with it. Feelings are why we do anything in life, and I want to be able to connect to people by making them feel something. So let's create something together!
Thomas caught in an action shot mixing on the UW Memorial Union Terrace.