Growing up in a musical household in Central Illinois, Eli began studying Cello at the age of nine. The instrument led him to perform in multiple Youth Symphonies, Chamber Music Ensembles, and Pit Orchestras, growing his love for Classical and Sacred musical settings. After relocating to Nashville in 2012 with his family, he attended Belmont University to pursue his new found love of Recording. Beginning his freelance career with the founding of Mirko Recording in January of 2020, he began cutting his teeth on Demo Recording and Mixing out of his home studio. He has since had the honor of Mixing FOH, Broadcast and Recording for various Venues and Houses of Worship in the Nashville area including world renowned musicians like Stephen Curtis Chapman, Jeremy Camp, Amy Grant, Cody Fry, ERNEST, Keith and Kristen Getty, The Isaacs, Buddy Greene, Selah, The Nashville String Machine, Zach and Maggie, Music City Brass Ensemble, Smokie Norful, Odessa Setlles, The King’s Brass, The Middle Tennessee Sinfonietta, Jabari Johnson, and many more.