In 1985, Boston composer/instrumentalist/producer Michael Moss founded a project studio designed to utilize his many talents. Situated in 5,700 square feet of loft space in the historic Fort Point area of Boston, Soundscape Productions quickly grew into an in-demand facility, providing superior-quality production and sound services to big budget clients such as Gillette, Coca-Cola and Warner Brothers. High-profile clients found they enjoyed working in Soundscape's relaxed environment with the studios' efficient staff.

Michael also discovered the rich potential in audiobooks and spoken word recordings, where he found he could bring both his musical/compositional abilities and his production/engineering skills into play. In 1996 Soundscape produced the Grammy-nominated book-on-tape Jumanji, which was read by Robin Williams, star of the movie version of the book. In 2000, Soundscape received two more Grammy nominations, for The Polar Express read by Liam Neeson and The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey read by James Earl Jones.

In addition, Soundscape has hosted notable authors such as Philip Roth, John Updike, documentary filmmaker Errol Morris, poet Allen Ginsburg and comedy performer Adam Sandler. Soundscape's expertise and popularity in the field of spoken word recordings was recently heralded in a feature story by Mix Magazine.

Another facet of Soundscape is the company CreateSound. CreateSound markets the Michael Moss invention Aud-eMail™, an innovative Web application that allows a user to record their voice and add a library of entertaining media soundbites to create audio e-mail messages. CreateSound's clients include Paramount Pictures, Miramax films and Twentieth Century Fox.

Soundscape has long taken an interest in the community at large. Michael, who is also a college professor, has a passion for education, and he works with the Harvard School of Public Health in teaching hands-on production techniques at the studios to master's degree candidates for a course in Developing Radio Communications.