John-Reed Thompson currently a Program Director for Pinnacle College in Rancho Cordova CA. He has been Instructing for Pinnacle since 2009. Topics include; Audio Enginnering, MIDI and Electronics. Prior to working with Pinnacle John-Reed owned and operated Retrofit Recording in Sacramento. During his 10 years with Retfoit, he had the oppourtunity to Record with the Deftones, Zach Hill, Les Claypool, Phallucy, Hella, Team Sleep and much much more.