Speakers
DJ Meadows, Sound Designer + Foley Artist, HNDCRFTD LLC
DJ Meadows is a sound designer and Foley artist whose career has taken him through paths less traveled. After relocating to Los Angeles in 2021 to focus on linear sound design (Film/TV/Ad), he would later join Universal Music Group (UMG) in 2022 as a Technical Director, building live event infrastructure and coordinating productions with artists including Metro Boomin', Imagine Dragons, and Olivia Rodrigo. In 2023, he was Introduced to game audio through the Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.), finally finding a place of belonging and creative fulfillment, and has been actively exploring the space through various Game Jams, meet-ups, volunteer opportunities, and small indie projects. In 2025, he founded HNDCRFTD LLC to partner with creatives and game developers to bring their stories to life through sound. Outside of work, you can find DJ creating immersive soundscapes for his side project, Flagons N Dragons, which helps elevate the D&D experience for folks of all skill sets. He's also passionate about finding any reason to bring folks together for an obscure presentation night and is committed to making sound design more accessible to people from non-traditional backgrounds.