Music  ·  Frequency  ·  Elevated

Redefining what music can do for the human mind and body.

A creative laboratory at the intersection of frequency science, cinematic production, and the architecture of number.
We build audio experiences engineered to transform — as they entertain.

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Who We Are

Music as wellness technology.

Founded at the intersection of music, neuroscience, and human performance, 9 ARK LABS is redefining what music can do for the human mind and body. Our mission: transform music from passive entertainment into an active wellness technology — capable of supporting relaxation, focus, sleep, emotional regulation, and overall wellbeing.

Through our proprietary frequency infrastructure, we develop immersive audio experiences designed to work in harmony with the nervous system — blending cinematic music production with precision-engineered frequency architectures, psychoacoustics, and the neuroscience of brainwave entrainment to create measurable emotional and physiological impact.

Rather than creating generic meditation music, 9 ARK LABS is developing a new category: functional music — premium audio engineered with intention, purpose, and repeatable outcomes.

25M+
Units sold by
founding team
40+
Years combined
creative industry
33
International film
festival awards
5
Platform pillars
built & owned

What We Build

A new category of functional music.

We operate across five domains — not as a service provider, but as a creative partner with ownership, intention, and skin in the game.

01
Frequency Design

Precision-engineered audio architectures — brainwave entrainment, psychoacoustics — built into every composition with scientific intentionality and measurable outcomes.

02
Cinematic Production

Chart-level songwriting and production craft applied to wellness audio. Not ambient filler — premium, emotionally resonant music that carries the science without the listener feeling it.

03
Digital Platforms

Subscription apps, wellness PWAs, and immersive audio experiences. Built end-to-end. Owned end-to-end. Soulfire — live now — is the first expression of this capability.

04
Story + Design

Children's books, visual identity, merchandise, motion. Every design carries the message of the platform it belongs to. Nothing decorative. Everything purposeful.

05
Creator Partnerships

Full creative ecosystems built around extraordinary individuals. Music, apps, products, and commerce — structured as partnerships with shared ownership, not vendor arrangements.

The Founders

Three people.
One frequency.

A rare combination of commercial music expertise, emotional storytelling, sonic innovation, visual branding, and frequency-based wellness design.

Mike Shimshack
Mike Shimshack
Co-Founder  ·  Music Producer  ·  Frequency Pioneer

Platinum songwriter and producer with over 25 million units sold worldwide. Collaborations include Britney Spears and Broadway/country star Laura Bell Bundy. At the forefront of frequency-based healing music — blending custom-tuned frequencies and immersive soundscapes into experiences that function as medicine. Top-end instincts at the intersection of the commercial and the healing.

25M+ Units Sold Britney Spears Laura Bell Bundy Nashville Frequency Healing

"Sound is more than entertainment — it's medicine for the mind, body, and spirit."

Brent Shuttleworth
Brent Shuttleworth
Co-Founder  ·  Songwriter  ·  Composer

Award-winning composer, national touring artist, and mental health advocate. Songs and scores featured on Netflix, Amazon Prime, NBC, CBS, MTV, and VH1. 33 international film festival awards. Recently scored a live special for poet Andrea Gibson. Runs Beyond Bars songwriting workshops — helping incarcerated men use music as healing and self-expression.

Netflix · NBC · CBS 33 Film Festival Awards Andrea Gibson Beyond Bars George Clinton

"Kindness is a rhythm you can always choose."

Will Weyer
Will Weyer
Co-Founder  ·  Creative Director  ·  Catalyst of Wonder

Knight of the Order of Saint James of Holland. Award-winning creative director with 40+ years in the industry. Founder of Wiretree Design & Technology Studio. CCO at Crown Sterling and CEYEBER. Creator of Woven Number Theory — a mathematical framework embedded in the Fibonacci sequence that reveals the architecture of the NINE ARK. Author of Within the Woven and architect of IN10: The Interface of Intention.

Webby Award FWA Davey Award Monaco Voice 40 Over 40 Knight · Order of Saint James

"An arrangement of number that leads the shepherd into silicon sails."

The Long View

We are not a vendor. We are not a studio-for-hire.
We are a creative partnership — with ownership,
with intention, with skin in the game.

Everything we build carries the same frequency:
aim, movement, kindness, belonging.

Things that soar.

9 ARK LABS  ·  Founded 2026  ·  Will Weyer · Mike Shimshack · Brent Shuttleworth

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