Brown's interest in recording technology started at a young age. At age 5, he received a tape recorder as a gift, which he used to record sounds around him. During his teenage years, Brown played the trombone for the
Los Angeles High School band. The school band director invited Brown to work at his home studio and continued to mentor him in recording engineering after graduating high school. Brown was also raised
Catholic and experienced choir music at his local parish. Brown obtained a degree at Sound Masters Recording Engineer School. In 1977, he started working at
ABC Recording Studios in Los Angeles, organizing the studio's
magnetic tapes. The studio was later known by the names Scott-Sunstorm Recording Studios, Concorde Recording Center and then Lion Share Studios. Six months after he started working at Concorde, Brown was promoted to assistant engineer. There, he engineered
Debra Law's album
Very Special, produced by
Ronnie Laws and
Hubert Laws. Brown later became a freelance engineer in 1982. In 1988, Ed Eckstein, who at the time was president of
Wing Records, hired Brown to mix the single "
Lay Your Troubles Down" by
Angela Winbush and
Ronald Isley. The song peaked at Nr. 10 on the
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In 1991, Brown worked on
Vanessa William's album
The Comfort Zone for
PolyGram. He returned to Los Angeles in 1996. Brown currently works with engineer Bobby Campbell under the name "Mixed by Humanz". They mixed
John Legend's 2020 album
Bigger Love, produced during the
COVID-19 pandemic. Because of the mobility limitations due to the pandemic, Brown mixed at Bernadette Cooper's Museum68 studios and Campbell mixed the album at his home studios, working remotely. == Selected credits ==