People

We work with a top-notch array of people to complete all the projects recorded and mixed at Aire Born.

Engineers   |   Producers Arrangers, Writers   |   Musicians   |   Conductors   |   Musician Contractors


Our Staff

Mike Wilson | President, Engineer, Composer

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Mike began Aire Born in 1987 with former partner John Bolt. He and his wife, Tina have six children… which they had merely for tax relief.

Mike is the visionary leader of Aire Born. He is currently working on a 1/552 scale model of what he calls the “Aire Born Compound” in his office. The Aire Born megaplex would include a 12 screen movie theater which would only show “Howard the Duck” (Mike’s favorite movie) as well as White Castle and Popeye’s restaurants. The Wilson Tower, modeled after the Eiffel Tower, “but without the French food”, would be the centerpiece of the plaza. Mike has occasionally been seen siphoning oil from the pipeline outside of the studio, which explains why he can live so far away and still afford gas.

Van Lawson | Partner, Engineer, Arranger, Composer

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Van has been with Aire Born for quite some time. We’re actually not sure when he began working at the studio, he just showed up one day and has been hanging around ever since.

Raised in the city, but now the owner of a farm, Van says he was duped into country life by John Denver who said “life on the farm was kinda laid back”. So now when he’s not fighting frozen farm equipment or chasing chickens off the porch, Van uses every unbooked hour available locked in Studio B’s ISO booth pursuing what he calls: “Resonant Hum Therapy”.

 

Ben Vawter
Chief Engineer

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Ben is a graduate of Cedarville University and has been at Aire Born since 1998. He and his wife Sara, an RN working in labor and delivery, have two children, Jacob and Paige.

Ben is currently on sabbatical from Aire Born while he leads his “Free Martha Stewart” campaign. Ben wants to right the injustice of imprisoning the lady he affectionately calls the “MacGyver of the crafts world”. Ben has collected all the towels in the Martha Stewart Collection from Kmart.

Lori Schlabach
Office Manager / Bookings

Lori joined Aire Born in 2024.  Her career has spanned a broad range of management, finance, and human resources functions in the nonprofit and entertainment sectors. A trained musician, Lori retired from playing clarinet years ago but gets her music fix signing in her church choir and going to live performances. Lori and her husband Blake enjoy visiting their adult children and attending live jazz performances.