Births are often painful and messy affairs and the birth of New School is no different. After a devastating fire destroyed his home-studio and the death of his father, New School co-founder Sean Faust inherited a modest fixer-upper of a building in the middle of Memphis. The building had been renovated by his father decades earlier and turned into a professional music studio to serve the Memphis music scene flourishing at the time. After years of working for production companies in Memphis Sean decided that then was the time to venture out onto his own. He partnered up with local film legend Brad Ellis whom he had worked with on numerous projects and together they formed New School Media Group. Meanwhile in Memphis, another tragedy took place when the legendary Easley-McCain Studios was turned into a pile of cinder by an arrant cigarette butt in a nearby trash can (another good reason to quit smoking.) 
Music producer Doug Easley needed a new home and chance meeting put Sean and Doug together and soon Doug was in the fold. It didn't hurt that Doug counted carpentry among his many talents and soon the facilities at New School began to come alive.
Little by little the business was built by taking on a variety of projects such as soundtracks, films, coporate videos, and television programs. During this time the studio was slowly tweaked and soon one of Memphis' two 5.1 mixing rooms was fully operational. Meanwhile, Sean's cousin and best-man Adam Woodard found himself looking for work after the documentary company he was working for went belly up. Adam's experience as a graphic design professional was the perfect compliment to New School's creative arsenal and with him on board there was no creative project that New School couldn't handle.
Slowly the word spread and New School found itself working on some of Memphis' hottest projects including the Sun Studio Sessions, Memphis Heat, Daylight Fades, Sole of a Hustla and others. We've also helmed a host of large projects for companies such as ServiceMaster, Medtronic, Homewood Suites, The Med and Ballet Memphis. We have since kept a lean staff on purpose and leveraged our network of freelancers to supplement our crew when we are called upon to do large productions. We feel this allows us to maintain close relationships with our partners and meticulous control over our output.
