Elff displayed an interest in music from a very early age, and throughout his education studied instruments including the guitar, saxophone, piano and voice.
[3] While at the Berklee College of Music, Elff became affiliated with several regional sound system vendors; he worked after class, and on weekends, providing tech support for shows around the Boston area, which led to his first international touring opportunity immediately after graduating in 1991.
After graduating, Elff worked with several New York based productions companies and has provided sound support for events at Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, and many other venues.
[4] Jody has recorded and mixed dozens of albums, including the 2017 GRAMMY award-winning "Sing Me Home" by Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble.
[15][16][17] During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Jody began exploring a long-simmering idea about how to mix high channel-count audio in real time over distance, resulting in a patented methodology to do so.