More Than a Studio.
A Podcast Partner.
Push Play was built by two people who have spent decades in the industry — one on the business side, one in the studio. Together, they built the operation that professionals and businesses in the Bay Area can rely on to show up, sound world-class, and publish consistently. Every single week.
Meet the Team
Alex Enriquez | Co-Founder & CEO
Before Push Play, there was the music.
Starting in 2008, while launching a career in business banking, Alex was simultaneously releasing albums under the name Mike-Dash-E — writing and recording original music, charting on iTunes, and performing globally. Over the course of that run — more than 8 million YouTube views and nearly a million streams later — one lesson was constant: content creation is expensive, time-consuming, and unforgiving if you don't have the right system behind it.
To cut costs, Alex built his own recording studio. Not to be a studio owner — but because owning the production meant owning the output. That instinct never left.
Music took a back seat in 2018. Banking didn't. Over 17 years as a consistently top-performing commercial banker — working with businesses generating up to $100 million in revenue — Alex built a reputation on one thing: honest, consultative strategy that actually moves the needle. Not pitching products. Solving problems. That same approach is how Push Play operates today.
Manny Jimenez | Co-Founder & CTO
Manny Jimenez has spent over two decades as a professional sound engineer — first across global stages and studios, then in Hollywood, before bringing that expertise home to the Bay Area.
His engineering credits speak for themselves: Kehlani. Teddy Riley. Hit-Boy. Tyrese. Pooh Bear. Goaple. The Jacka.These aren't name-drops — they're the standard Manny holds every session to, whether it's a major label recording or a business owner's first podcast episode.
Manny leads Push Play's professional Recording Studio and is the authority behind every audio deliverable the studio produces. When a client's podcast episode leaves Push Play, the levels are mixed and mastered by someone who has worked at the highest level in the industry. That's not a promise — it's a résumé.
The Push Play Origin
Built in the Bay. Rooted Since 2012.
The studio didn't start with podcasting. It started with music — and with the Bay Area.
In 2012, the recording studio opened its doors and quickly became a creative home for the New Bay Sound. As Mike-Dash-E and 3UP’s home studio it quickly became a frequent recording place for Artists like IAMSU!, P-LO, Kool John, Jay Ant of the HBK Gang and Adrian Marcel, Jane Handcock and ReeceBeats whom recorded here. Creators like Adrian Per and Cal-A — then part of the 3UP Team before going on to their own solo careers — built their craft in these walls. The studio wasn't just a room to record in. It was a hub for a movement.
That foundation never left. It just evolved.
In 2021, the studio expanded under the 3UP umbrella with the addition of an audio-only podcast studio — four microphones, clean setup, built for creators who needed a dedicated space to record without the technical headache. Then the world changed. COVID forced a rethink, and instead of stepping back, the team stepped forward — fully redesigning both the recording studio and podcast studio into a cleaner, more modern production environment.
Days before the planned reopening, the landlord reclaimed the Emeryville building.
Most people would have folded. Push Play found a new home instead.
At the end of 2024, Push Play relocated to San Leandro and doubled down on everything. Video was integrated into every podcast setup. Broadcast-quality production became the floor, not the ceiling. The original WeWork-style creator space concept gave way to something more focused: a full-service podcast partner built for professionals who are serious about showing up consistently and sounding world-class every time.
In 2026, Push Play was named to Web Tonic's lists of Bay Area podcast production companies: #10 in Oakland and #21 in San Francisco.
RECOGNIZED BY WEB TONIC IN 2026
Record Once. Show up Everywhere.
We want to understand your industry, your audience, and what you're trying to build. Every client we work with gets a setup tailored to their goals, not a one-size-fits-all package.