Tommy Joyner founded MilkBoy in 1994 as a rough-and-tumble punk and hip-hop recording studio in North Philadelphia. Over the last 20 years the MilkBoy brand has grown to include the MilkBoy venue, film production company BBCG Films, and SHAKE Audio Post. Today as head of MilkBoy the Studio’s engineers, Joyner is responsible for production on over 100 records and demos each year, numerous composition jobs for film and television, and he continues to perform as a drummer and side-musician both live and in the studio. Joyner has played drums in Digable Planets and overseen recordings by James Taylor, Dave Matthews, Meek Mill and Miley Cyrus. In 2014 Tommy produced the feature film “Slow Learners” with co-producers Tammy Tiehel-Stedman, Jamie Lokoff, and Brian O’Connor.

Cody Cichowski, engineer, grew up in Maine, but studied for an Associates Degree in Recording Arts from FullSail Real World Education in Orlando. He started as an intern with MilkBoy in 2003 and has since risen from an intern to become a senior engineer. This budding film composer is also a first-call SFX creator and surround mix engineer for our many film clients. Cody is a multi-instrumentalist, an expert foley walker and a talented electronics tinkerer. He continues his quest to build the best possible computer out of trashed components.

Arriving at MilkBoy in 2012 as an intern, Justin involved himself in as many sessions as possible. Starting down his musical career path in grade school by playing a variety of instruments, he later developed the love of recording in high school. At Rowan University he began studying music education and performance but decided to shift gears and pursue a degree for his true passion, audio engineering. Since starting here, Justin has been able to work with local up-and-comers Miles Chancellor, Suzanne Sheer, 4VR, as well as label talent such as Gucci Mane, Ty Dolla $ign, James Blake, Jazmine Sullivan,  Marc E Bassy Patti LaBelle & many more.

Sam Rosen started at MilkBoy in 2015 and has since involved herself in a wide range of recording and mixing projects. Although specializing in vocal mixing and production, Sam began as a songwriter and has a passion for working with artists to develop their projects and their sound from start to finish. Sam also produces/sings/and plays in her own projects Lucky Rabbit and samryebread. Some of her released work can be found on her website: www.samryebread.com

Lauren DeLucca began working at MilkBoy in 2013 while studying Audio Recording at the University of the Arts. Starting as an eager intern, Lauren learned everything she could while being fully immersed in studio life, exposing herself to both local and major label acts in many different genres. When she’s not engineering, Lauren helps with the day to day functions of the studio, such as booking sessions and interfacing with clients. Away from Milkboy, you just might run into Lauren adjusting the PA or playing the bass at a sweaty South Philly basement gig.

Jeff graduated from Temple University with a degree in TV/Film media, and landed his first industry job running the school's film sound mixing studio. Jeff is one of the original studio crew dating back to 1996, and his production credits span various musical genres (R&B, Rap, Gospel, Jazz, Classical, Rock) and industries, including theatrical sound design, radio commercials, video and film audio post-production, studio design and tech maintenance.
Jeff recorded and mixed most of Schooly D's first EP, which some credit as the first real gansta rap record, and has fond memories of working with such notables as Patti Labelle, Teddy Pendergrass, Justin Timberlake, Sigourney Weaver, Eddie Murphy, Gerald Lavert, Michael and Kevin Bacon, the Philadelphia Mummers, Bedouin Soundclash, Kid Cudi, Cool C, and Pepe the King Prawn (of Muppet fame).