Ben Dahl’s creative life has always been a blend of musicality, sound exploration, and technical craftsmanship. Raised in a uniquely musical household, with his stepfather a luthier and his mother a Montessori music teacher, Ben was exposed to both the structure and spirit of sound from the start.

Though the piano was always nearby, Ben’s early connection to sound came through hands-on exploration, studying the mechanics of violins and guitars, experimenting with acoustics, and learning how sound behaves as much as how to play it. When he returned to the piano, it was with the same inquisitive mindset. He did not just play it; he studied its tonal and resonant properties. This curiosity led him to pursue training and certification as a Registered Piano Technician through the Piano Technicians Guild, deepening his understanding of timbre, resonance, and voicing, which now informs both his compositions and sound design work.

Ben’s work bridges music and sound design. He composes adaptive and expressive music while designing immersive soundscapes that combine instrumentation with textures, spatial effects, dynamic ambiences, and subtle sonic cues. He experiments with alternate temperaments, microtonal shifts, and spatial layering, crafting experiences that are as much about emotional resonance as they are about sonic precision.

His creative path has always leaned toward the unconventional. As a founding member of several experimental rock bands, he contributed not only as a keyboardist, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter but also as a sound architect, manipulating effects, layering textures, and sculpting audio spaces that amplified the music’s emotional impact. These projects became a laboratory for integrating traditional instrumentation with inventive sound design, rhythmic complexity, and nonstandard song structures, pushing beyond genre to create expressive and immersive sonic experiences.

Ben earned his degree in Composition for Film, Television, and Games from Berklee College of Music after first completing an Associate of Arts with an emphasis on Video Game Sound Design. This combination of formal training in composition, sound design, and interactive media refined his voice as a sonic storyteller. Today, he lives in Houston with his wife and two daughters, where he composes, repairs pianos, and creates immersive audio experiences, blending music, sound design, and emotional expression one waveform at a time.