Deanna became interested in music and audio in the late 80's working in retail and repair at Yamaha Music in Queensland.

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For the next 6 years she cut her teeth mixing bands and working in theatres through-out Queensland as a radio mic technician and general dogs body.

In 2000 she graduated from School of Audio Engineering Perth and went onto work in some of the largest live music venues and theatres in WA.

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Following the live music scene to Melbourne, Deanna set up Inkspot Productions, a service based sound company working with 50+ original bands and branching out into location film sound and post production.

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Bantam Studios is a lifelong dream realised for Deanna, applying the knowledge learnt at SAE and invaluable assistance from legendary producer and studio designer John Sayers to build a dedicated three room production studio.

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