Musical Credits

Bio

Sean Carberry is currently Senior Producer and Field Producer of America Abroad Media in Washington DC. From September 2006-June 2007, Mr. Carberry served as political producer and field producer for WBUR FM in Boston. He produced coverage of the 2006 Massachusetts governor's race, produced and wrote a documentary on Governor Deval Patrick, produced a special series on public higher education in Massachusetts and also worked on pilot eposides of "Radio Boston" the new local prograam WBUR is launching this fall. He also reported for WBUR's local news department, Here & Now, and All Things Considered.

Mr. Carberry graduated from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government in June of 2006 with a Master in Public Administration. The morning after graduation he flew to Dubai where he spent the summer as a research associate at the Dubai School of Government. There he researched and wrote on political governance and reform in the Middle East, as well as leadership development in the region.

Prior to attending the Kennedy School, Mr. Carberry served as a political consultant. He managed State Senator Pat Jehlen's successful 2005 special election campaign in Massachusetts. In 2004 he managed Congressman Paul Hodes' campaign in New Hampshire's Second District.

Prior to joining the Hodes campaign, Mr. Carberry spent three and a half years at WBUR FM, Boston's NPR news station. He started as a production engineer in October, 2000, and quickly jumped up to Technical Director/Associate Producer of The Connection, the award-winning daily talk show. While on the program he did everything but host the show--he produced, directed, engineered live broadcasts, produced and mixed audio elements for the program and even screened calls--sometimes performing several of these tasks in a single broadcast. (Click here for a rundown of programs produced by Mr. Carberry)

In September 2003, Mr. Carberry took on a new assignment at WBUR: Political Field Producer for Morning Edition, and Election Coverage Coordinator for the station. In that capacity, he regularly traveled to New Hampshire (and even snuck out to Iowa), often with Morning Edition host Bob Oakes, to cover the Democratic Presidential Primary Campaign. He attended countless events, rallies, house parties, forums, and all other manner of campaign activities. Over the course of the campaign, WBUR's coverage focused on local Senator John Kerry, and Mr. Carberry and Bob Oakes covered Senator Kerry's victory party after the New Hampshire Primary for the program On Point.

Mr. Carberry produced political coverage for The Connection, On Point, and Here and Now--in fact he also did some reporting for Here and Now as well as the WBUR Web site.

In his past life in the music industry, Mr. Carberry accumulated dozens of album credits (and a Gold Record) as an engineer, producer, and musician. Many of his projects received great critical acclaim, some have garnered local, national, and international awards and nominations.

Past engineering projects include music for the HBO series "Sex and the City" and several independent films. In addition, his work has been heard on network shows such as "Dawson's Creek" and "Party of Five." Susan Tedeschi, on the strength of the recently Gold Certified Just Won't Burn engineered by Mr. Carberry, attended the 2000 Grammy Awards as Best New Artist nominee.

In 1994 (after leaving his position of Assistant Vice President of Charles River Mortgage Company in Boston) he began his formal apprenticeship with the renowned producer/engineer Ducky Carlisle. Quickly demonstrating a profound aptitude for engineering, Mr. Carberry vaulted into the big chair for numerous projects at Carlisle's Room 9 from Outer Space Recording Studio. Shortly thereafter, he took over as Chief Engineer at Rear Window in Brookline, owned by Boston guitar legend Milt Reder.

From January, 2000 to May, 2001, Mr. Carberry served on the faculty of Berklee College of Music as an Assistant Professor of Music Production and Engineering. He taught courses in audio technology and recording.

Mr. Carberry has written for a variety of publications and has an interest in fields ranging from the environment to political philosophy to all things outdoors (Mr. Carberry is a certified SCUBA diver, graduate of the Skip Barber School of Auto Racing and dabbles in everything from kayaking to mountain biking to rock climbing).