• Scott Hackwith-Creative Director / Founder

    Scott Hackwith is a producer, engineer & composer. As a producer/engineer, he has worked with notable artist such as Ramones, Spiritualized, Dig, Circle Jerks, TSOL and with record labels including Capital Records, Republic, Sub Pop, Alive, Universal. As a composer, Scott has composed music for award winning documentary Buffalo Girls and has written and produced music for commercials including Lexus, Budweiser, Ford, Allstate, Kellogg's & Nike, among many others. He has placed music in television and film with clients including HBO, Warner Brothers, Disney, Universal, DDB, BBDO, Y&R, TBWA/Media Arts Lab, and Kesselskramer.

    Email: scott@cassette.la

    310-780-6263

  • Matthew Bennett - Head of Production & Operations

    Matthew started off his musical journey with a $20 heavily-used drum kit he bought in the ninth grade, teaching himself how to play along to some of his favorite records. His love and appreciation of playing music continued while studying Public Relations and Spanish at SDSU, and shortly after graduating with honors in both fields he started playing in bands and touring both nationally and internationally with bands like The Bloody Hollies, Streetlight Manifesto, The Album Leaf, among others. It was through touring he really found his calling.

    Between tours Matthew worked at a local radio station, started and managed a hugely successful all-ages venue, and really started to dive in to the “Behind the Scenes” aspect of live music and music production. Diving further into his career, he was the Production Manager at a 700+ cap venue in San Diego for over six years and worked with the likes of Snoop Dogg, Halsey, Cypress Hill, Billy Idol, One Republic, Billy Eilish, and thousands of other notable acts.

  • Cristina Verso - Project Manager / A&R

    Cris has worked in the music and concert industry for 25+ years. She started as a regional marketing representative with Epitaph Records and moved on to working with Goldenvoice and Live Nation in mostly ticketing- Box Office Supervisor at the Hollywood Palladium, Dynamic Pricing Coordinator at Live Nation and various Artist Relations and Box Office positions at festivals such as Coachella, Stagecoach, FYF and Camp Flog Gnaw. She has worked in such venues as The Hollywood Palladium, The Wiltern, The Belasco, Club Novo, The Fonda Theater and the El Rey Theatre.

    Cris also has over 30 years experience as a musician. She graduated from Cal State University Northridge with a degree in Music Industry Studies. She is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist playing in all girl ska/reggae bands such as The Cover-Ups, The Twi-Lites and Hi Fever, punk bands such as The Stalkings and indie rock bands such as The Sleeping Car. Cris’s current project is the shoegaze/dreampop band, Powder Pink & Sweet, who is also part of the Cassette family.