With great support from his two high school teacher parents, Lawrence studied guitar, drums, and percussion and played music professionally from the age of thirteen. As a full scholarship recipient, he enrolled at the world renowned Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore receiving a Bachelor's Degree in classical percussion and, in association with the Johns Hopkins University, a second Bachelor's in the schools' pioneering Recording Arts and Sciences program.

While establishing roots in New York City, Lawrence embarked on yet another dual pursuit, a staff assistant position at the now legendary Power Station Recording Studios and a Master of Arts degree in Jazz Performance and Composition at New York University. Having the ominous distinction of being one of the last people to work for Power Station, Lawrence quickly found employment at various other New York studios including Avatar and Manhattan Center until the summer of 1998 when he, by choice, became a freelance engineer.

Career highlights prior to reaching age 30 include engineering for two Academy Award winning film scores, John Corigliano's The Red Violin, and Elliot Goldenthal's Frida; recording the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in its home city; and working side by side with engineering great, Al Schmitt on two Grammy nominated albums, Dave Grusin's Two for the Road and Diana Krall's Love Scenes. In a return to his compositional roots, Lawrence collaborated with producer Jack Douglas in scoring the film This Thing of Ours.

When not in a recording studio or scoring stage, Lawrence writes songs and composes music for his wife Rebecca's theatrical ventures. When not doing that, he can be found flying airplanes high above the coasts of New England and Southern California and....oh yes, occasionally still playing the drums.