- Steve Albini
Steve Albini (born July 22, 1962, Pasadena, California) is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black and Rapeman and is still a member of Shellac. He is founder, owner, and engineer of Electrical Audio, a recording studio complex located in Chicago. - Tom Dowd
Tom Dowd (October 20, 1925 - October 27, 2002) was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records who influenced the singing style of many popular artists. He is credited with innovating recording methods that changed the sound of popular music, such as multi-track recording - Rudy van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder (born November 2, 1924 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is a recording engineer specialising in jazz. Van Gelder is one of the legendary behind-the-scenes figures in Jazz. He first recorded friends in his parent's Hackensack, New Jersey living room, while working during the day as an optometrist. One of those friends, baritone saxophonist Gil Melle, introduced Van Gelder to Blue Note Records producer Alfred Lion around 1952. - Al Schmitt
Al Schmitt is a fifteen-time Grammy Award winning recording engineer and record producer. Schmitt grew up in New York City. After serving in the U.S. Navy he began working at Apex Recording Studios at the age of 19. In the late 50's Schmitt moved to Los Angeles and became a staff engineer at Radio Recorders on Santa Monica Blvd in Hollywood. In the early 60's he moved to RCA in Hollywood as a staff engineer. While at RCA he engineered albums for Henry Mancini, Cal Tjader, … - Spot
SPOT, (born Glen Lockett in 1951), was the house producer and engineer for the influential indie/punk record label SST Records. He recorded, mixed, produced or co-produced for most of SST's pivotal acts between 1979 and 1985. He is credited on albums by such notable bands as Black Flag, The Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Hüsker Dü, Saint Vitus, The Descendents, Minor Threat, The Misfits, Big Boys and The Dicks. - Roger Nichols
Roger Nichols is a recording engineer best-known for his work with the group Steely Dan. - Phil Ramone
Phil Ramone is a violinist, composer, recording engineer, and innovative record producer born in 1941. As a young child in South Africa, Ramone was a musical prodigy, beginning to play the violin at age three and performing for Queen Elizabeth II at age ten. In the late 1940s he trained as a classical violinist at The Juilliard School, where one of his classmates was Phil Woods. In 1961 he established an independent recording studio A&R Recording. - George Massenburg
George Y. Massenburg (b. Baltimore, Maryland, United States) is an award-winning recording engineer and inventor. Working principally in Baltimore, Los Angeles, Nashville, and Macon, Georgia, Massenburg is widely known for his 1972 paper on the parametric equalizer. - Glyn Johns
Glyn Johns is a recording engineer and record producer. He has worked with such artists as The Eagles, The Beatles, The Steve Miller Band, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Georgie Fame, Family, Eric Clapton, The Clash, Midnight Oil and the Blue Öyster Cult, plus Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, New Model Army, Belly, Helen Watson and many others. After an ill-fated singing career in the 1960s with the band The Presidents, … - Jack Renner
Jack L. Renner (born April 13, 1935) is an American classically-trained musician and recording engineer, best known as chairman, CEO and chief recording engineer of the Telarc International Corporation. Renner received a Bachelor of Science degree and completed graduate work at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He has worked as a professional trumpeter, recording engineering consultant, freelance recording engineer, educator and public speaker. - Bob Weston
Bob Weston is an American musician, producer and recording engineer. - Nigel Godrich
Nigel Godrich, born in England in 1971, is a Grammy Award-winning recording engineer and record producer. He is best known for his work with the English alternative band Radiohead, but has also worked with acts such as Paul McCartney, Travis, Beck, Pavement, Air, Natalie Imbruglia, U2, and R.E.M. His production technique is notable for its dense "layers" of sound. - Andy Wallace
Andy Wallace is a Grammy Award-winning music studio engineer with a long track record of successful productions, beginning with the early 1980s production of the Run-DMC/Aerosmith collaboration on Walk This Way. Following this breakout success, Wallace went on to work with Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Slayer, Sepultura, Nirvana, White Zombie, Jeff Buckley, Faith No More, Rollins Band, Rush (band), Alice Cooper, Bernard Butler, Bad Religion, Rage Against the Machine, … - Cosimo Matassa
Cosimo Matassa is an Italian-American recording engineer and studio owner responsible for many R&B and early rock and roll recordings. Matassa opened the J&M Recording Studio at the back of his family’s shop on Rampart Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans in 1945, when aged 18. In 1955, he moved to the larger Cosimo Recording Studio. As an engineer and proprietor, he was crucial to the development of the R&B, rock and soul sound of the 1950s and '60s, … - Rob Cavallo
Rob Cavallo is a music producer who has produced several well-known albums. He is currently a senior VP at Reprise Records. Cavallo was born in Washington, DC; his father (also named Rob) was working in the music industry as a manager. When the younger Rob was about age ten the family moved to Los Angeles, California. As a teen he played in local bands, and after graduating from high school he began working as a recording engineer. - Andy Sneap
Andy Sneap (1969) is a British record producer, recording engineer, and mixer. He is best known for producing and mixing many acclaimed heavy metal albums. Andy is also the guitarist for the classic thrash metal band Sabbat. Currently he works out of his own studio, "Backstage Recording", which he founded in 1994. Andy received a Swedish Grammy for his work on Opeth's "Deliverance" album, … - George Shilling
George Shilling is a British musician, record producer, composer and recording engineer. George Shilling is the son of Eric Shilling, one-time singer with the English National Opera and actress Erica Johns. His first notable success was achieved at the age of 21, engineering the Worldwide hit "The Only Way is Up" by Yazz and the Plastic Population, an offshoot of the Coldcut organisation, subsequently the founders of the Ninja Tune label. - Humberto Gatica
Humberto Gatica is an American record producer, music mixer and audio engineer best known for his life long collaboration with producer, composer, arranger David Foster. Partial list of artists Gatica had worked with includes Al Jarreau, Andrea Bocelli, Barbra Streisand, Chaka Khan, Cher, Chicago, Destiny’s Child, Eric Benet, Madonna, Elton John, Josh Groban, Kenny G, Kenny Loggins, Kenny Rodgers, Leanne Rimes, Lionel Richie, Mariah Carey, Michael Bublé, Michael Jackson, … - Jack Douglas
Jack Douglas is an influential American record producer. He was born in New York City. Starting out as folk musician and performer, he worked on Robert Kennedy's senatorial campaign as a song-writer. Douglas then moved to England and joined a succession of bands before returning to New York to attend the Institute of Audio Research as a member of its first graduating class. His first professional job was at a new recording studio Record Plant Studios, … - David Briggs
David Briggs (born David John Briggs, 26 January 1951, in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian musician and record producer, best known for his time as a guitarist in the rock band, Little River Band between 1976 and 1981. In 1976 he joined the already-successful group, Little River Band. He wrote their hit single "Lonesome Loser", as well as "Happy Anniversary". From 1978 until 1981, Little River Band achieved six consecutive U.S. Top 10 singles with "Reminiscing", … - Maggi Payne
Maggi Payne (b. 1945) is a composer, flutist, video artist, recording engineer/editor, and historical remastering engineer who creates electroacoustic, instrumental, and vocal works, and works involving visuals (video, dance, film, slides). Born in Temple, Texas and raised in Amarillo, Texas, she attended Interlochen Music Camp and Aspen Music School. She received her B. Mus. in applied flute at Northwestern University, studying with Walfrid Kujala, flute, … - Norman Petty
Norman Petty (May 25, 1927 - August 15, 1984) was an American musician, songwriter, and pioneer record producer of the Southwest who helped shape modern popular music, including pop and rock. Born in the small town of Clovis, New Mexico, near the Texas border, Petty began playing piano at a young age. While in high school, he was regularly heard on a fifteen minute show on a local radio station. Petty and his wife Vi founded the Norman Petty Trio, … - Mike Stone
Mike Stone (1951 – May 2002) was an English recording engineer and record producer. Stone was best known for his work with America, Asia (multiple albums), Blue Öyster Cult, George Carlin, Daniel Amos ("Horrendous Disc"), Foreigner, Journey, KISS, Queen (multiple albums), REO Speedwagon, Lou Reed, Frank Zappa and others. He also ran an independent record label Clay Records in the late 70s and early 80s, … - Tony Bongiovi
Tony Bongiovi is a record producer and recording engineer. He helped to remodel an old building in Manhattan -- once a power plant for Edison, and later a television studio -- into the Power Station recording studio in 1977. Bongiovi was born in the borough of Raritan, New Jersey located in Central Jersey. He attended Bridgewater-Raritan high school. He has produced records by Talking Heads, Aerosmith (Classics Live) and Ramones (Rocket to Russia & Leave Home), … - George Chkiantz
George Chkiantz is a recording engineer in London who has been responsible for the engineering on a number of well-known albums, many of which are considered classics, owing in part to the high-quality of the recordings. Chkiantz was the recording engineer of The Small Faces album "There Are But Four Small Faces", recorded at Olympic Studios at the same time that the Jimi Hendrix Experience was recording "Axis: Bold As Love". - Ralph Peer
Ralph Peer (May 22 1892 - January 19 1960) was born Ralph Sylvester Peer in Independence, Missouri. He died in Hollywood, California. Peer was a talent scout, recording engineer and record producer in the field of music in the 1920s and 1930s. Peer spent some years working for Columbia Records, in Kansas City, Missouri until 1920 when he was hired as recording director of General Phonograph's OKeh Records label in New York. - Neil Kernon
Neil Kernon is a record producer/recording engineer/mixer/musician - originally from London, England. He currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. He has worked with a number of artists over the last 30 years, but may be best known for his work with pop-soul-rock duo Hall & Oates on three of their most important albums -- 1980's "Voices", 1981's "Private Eyes", and 1982's "H<sub>2</sub>O". - Alan Moulder
Alan Moulder (born 11 June, 1959) is one of Britain's premier alternative rock record producers. A major architect of the modern British rock sound, Moulder has worked with such artists as The Jesus and Mary Chain, Depeche Mode, Ride and My Bloody Valentine, as well as with many American artists, including Nine Inch Nails, The Smashing Pumpkins and Blonde Redhead. - John Bailey
John "Beetle" Bailey is a Canadian freelance recording engineer who won the 2007 Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year. He has worked with such musicians as The Headstones, Tom Cochrane, Haywire, Triumph and Love Inc.. - Enoch Light
Enoch Light (August 18, 1905 - July 31, 1978) was a classical violinist, bandleader, and recording engineer. He is credited with being the first musician to go to extreme lengths to create high-quality recordings that took full advantage of the technical capabilities of home audio equipment of the late 1950s and early 1960s, particularly stereo effects that bounced the sounds between the right and left channels (often described as "ping-pong"). - Russell Elevado
Russell Elevado or Russ Elevado (born Russell Roque Elevado in the Philippines in 1966) is a recording engineer and record producer raised in New York City. Elevado's achievement for recording and mixing R&B recording artist D'Angelo's critically acclaimed"Voodoo" album, gained him a Grammy award in 2000. Following the success of Voodoo, he has worked with some of the most influential artists and producers of his time. - Greg Laswell
Greg Laswell is a musician, recording engineer, and producer from San Diego, CA. He has released two albums, "Good Movie" and "Through Toledo". "Through Toledo" was picked up by Vanguard Records in 2005 and released nationally. Recently, Greg's songs have appeared on Smallville, One Tree Hill, The Hills and other network television programs. He has toured with artists like Matt Costa, Sia, … - Da-Hong Seetoo
Da-Hong Seetoo (born September 29, 1960) is a classical record producer and recording engineer. He has worked with the Emerson String Quartet since the early 1980s and has won several Grammy Awards for his recordings. - Colin Richardson
Colin Richardson is a British record producer, mixer and recording engineer. - Donn Landee
Donn Landee is an American record producer and engineer. Landee is probably most notable for his work on early Van Halen albums. He favoured the use of a Putnam 610 recording console during the recording sessions at Sunset Sound, believing this equipment and studio to provide a unique sound. Landee has also done production work numerous Sammy Hagar solo albums as well as Montrose,Captain Beefheart, the Doobie Brothers and many other major recording acts. - Colin Thurston
Colin Thurston was a British recording engineer and producer. Born in Singapore, Thurston played in bands in London before he "bluffed his way" into audio engineering. After hooking up with Tony Visconti he co-engineered David Bowie's "Heroes" and Iggy Pop's "Lust For Life" (both 1977); he is also credited with co-producing the latter album with Bowie and Pop, under the collective pseudonym "Bewlay Bros". - Joe Romersa
Joseph Michael Romersa (Born July 27, 1956 in California) is an American musician, drummer, bassist, guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist. While many know him from his singing and music work on the "Silent Hill" game series, many people also know him from his former group "Soy Cowboy", which can only half-accurately be described as a "Thai-Western" band. - Willie P. Bennett
Willie P. Bennett is a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter. Bennett was part of the 1970s folk music scene in Canada, alongside figures such as Bruce Cockburn, Stan Rogers and David Wiffen. His early albums were produced by David Essig; the recording engineer for his 1977 album "Hobo's Taunt" was Daniel Lanois. While commonly regarded as a major talent, Bennett did not become as famous as his contemporaries until 1996, when Stephen Fearing, … - Malcolm Burn
Malcolm Burn (born ca. 1961) is a Canadian-born music producer, recording engineer and musician. Burn grew up in Deep River, Ontario and became lead singer/keyboardist for the 1980s Canadian band Boys Brigade. Following the dissolution of that group, he turned towards production and solo work. Besides working on projects with Blue Rodeo, Emmylou Harris ("Red Dirt Girl", "Stumble into Grace") and Midnight Oil ("Breathe"), … - John Whynot
John Whynot (born April 4, 1959 in Calgary, Alberta) is a respected Canadian musician, producer, engineer, film score mixer and composer. Originally based in Toronto, since 1989 he has resided in Los Angeles. He has worked with a wide variety of artists including Bruce Cockburn, Blue Rodeo, Lucinda Williams, Colin James, Change of Heart, Loreena McKennitt, Big Wreck and Jim Cuddy. He has also recorded and mixed many notable film scores, …
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