"While watching the Super Bowl I was grabbed by the voice of Paul Harvey and drawn into the Dodge commercial," he says.

"Not only did it touch my heart because of the story of the American farmer, but it brought back great memories of sitting around the livingroom in the evenings in Spain, where my family lived in the late '70s and early '80s, listening to Paul Harvey on Armed Forces Radio.

"I loved Paul's voice and his storytelling abilities. 

"And while listening to this commercial I was moved to write the words about my version of an American farmer of voices. The audio engineer.

"In 1997 I started work at a studio that only had two engineers at the time, and a ton of sessions. There were many 16- to 18-hour days, many events in my child's life that I missed due to deadlines that had to be met, and I can't tell you how many talent studios I helped to quiet with tricks over the phone, or how many talent or studios called me for framing issues with another ISDN codec, or even how many Telco reps I spoke to and told them that "No... it has to be voice AND data going in both directions on BOTH "B" channels!

"The unsung heroes of the audio world are the studio engineers, and I hope that this brings to light some of the things an engineer will do to get the job done."