Zach Ziskin is a Grammy award winning producer/engineer/mixer/songwriter based in South Florida, who has worked with major artists across all genres, from pop and rock to latin, R&B, and country, and written for Warner Brothers and Universal Music Publishing. Zach grew up in South Florida and began playing music at age 7, when he got his first drum kit and studied drums with University of Miami instructor Steve Rucker. He then graduated to guitar, bass and piano, and eventually became a singer/songwriter. After high school, Zach studied arranging, composition and conducting at famed Berklee College of Music in Boston, after which he returned to South Florida and continued working as a performing and recording artist and session musician, while at the same time began working as an assistant engineer at several major recording studios in South Florida. The experience allowed Zach to work under the tutelage of a number of highly successful engineers and producers, and eventually Zach began to freelance as an engineer and producer for hire. In 2008, Zach discovered and produced a new artist named Hilary McRae, who, based upon the strength of the album Zach produced became the first new artist signed to Starbucks' Hear Music label, along with legends such as Paul McCartney, James Taylor and Joni Mitchell. Zach works out of his own studio in South Florida, where he continues to work with both new and established artists as a producer, mixer, engineer and songwriter.