Babia (Barbara Schucko) is a Brazilian-born, Los Angeles-based music producer, composer, songwriter, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Contemporary Writing and Production from Berklee College of Music, bringing a musician's perspective to the recording process and a hands-on understanding of how songs take shape.
Working across indie-folk, alternative, pop, rock, and Brazilian music, Babia blends organic instrumentation with contemporary production and sound design. She's drawn to the subtler elements of a recording: the textures, spaces, dynamics, and understated details that give a song depth and make its emotional impact felt. Whether building an arrangement or refining a sonic detail, she approaches production with an ear for the relationship between musical parts and the feeling they create together.
Her credits span independent and major-label releases, including production for Latin Grammy-winning artist Alejandra Guzmán through Universal Music Latin, as well as earlier songwriting and performance contributions to releases through Universal Music Germany and Tonspiel Records. She also produced and co-wrote “Ends Well” by Moana Avvenenti, which received the Best Lyrics award at the Hollywood Independent Music Awards.
Her career has also taken her through studio engineering in New York, audio post-production for Netflix and HBO productions, and the road as a touring bassist and backing vocalist with blues artist The Reverend Shawn Amos. Along the way, she has worked alongside Grammy-winning and multi-platinum artists, producers, and engineers. She is a Voting Member of the Recording Academy.
Having lived in different countries and worked with artists from a wide range of cultural backgrounds, Babia remains curious about how language and cultural identity shape musical expression, and eager to explore those intersections in her work.
From her own recording studio in Los Angeles, Babia guides projects from their initial ideas through the final mix, working across music production, vocal production, recording, and mixing. Her approach pairs the character of carefully chosen analog equipment with the flexibility of modern production, with each decision guided by the song itself and the qualities that make it worth hearing.
