Salem · Oregon
Producer of more than four hundred records. Pastor and technical director of a thousand-seat church. Licensed real-estate broker in the city he calls home. The thread between them has never been the room — it has always been the team.
“The instinct of an artist. The precision of a technician. Wherever I’ve worked — a control room, a sanctuary, a kitchen table with a closing in front of it — the job has been the same: find the people, build the team, do the work that lasts.” — Cory Knowland
The Work
Most people meet Cory in one of three places. The integration only becomes visible after a while — and then it’s the most interesting thing about him.
Forty years in studios from Los Angeles to London. Four hundred album credits as producer, engineer, and session player. The label, the rooms, the gear, the record.
Open the studio → ii.Three and a half decades of worship leadership in the Pacific Northwest. Licensed Foursquare pastor, author of Pastor of Worship: A Handbook, technical director at Peoples Church in Salem.
Enter the sanctuary → iii.Licensed Oregon broker with Coldwell Banker Mountain West. The same listening, team-building, and follow-through that built records and choirs — now applied to one of the largest decisions a family makes.
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The Through-Line
Watch a producer turn a song into a record and you see it: a quiet read of every player in the room, a slow identification of who has more to give and who needs the count again, a gentle rearrangement of seats until the take lifts off.
Watch a worship pastor on a Sunday morning and you see the same thing: a band, a tech crew, a congregation, a single shared moment that has to arrive on cue.
Watch a good broker walk a young family through their first inspection and you’ll see it a third time: listening for what isn’t being said, naming the choice clearly, holding the room steady through the long signature.
Forty years — one method, three rooms.
Get in touch
A record to make, a worship team to build, or a house to find — the conversation starts the same way.