Cass Shields was born in the hills of Northern Italy in the year 1981 A.D. Through his extensive travels as a military brat, he became culturally diverse in everything from life to art & music. After living in Europe for 8+ years, he moved stateside to the East Coast to finish high school. After high school he moved to Phoenix, Arizona(Tempe, Chandler, Mesa) to attend university. At the UAT he graduated with a BA in Multimedia and a MS in Technology, with Honors. As early as 1991, he began teaching himself Cakewalk, thus learned the concept of MIDI. He began to assemble his own files under his own creative direction without formal training or ever attending a band class. Later on he began to study WAV manipulation and with his musical ear he began to cut, edit, and splice WAVs from all types of music, sounds, and samples. In addition to music production, Cass has directed movies, designed websites, branded identities in addition to other multimedia related tasks.