Record Producer

The Dust Brothers are the Los Angeles-based, Grammy Award winning producers "E.Z. Mike" (Michael Simpson) http://mikesimpson.com and "King Gizmo" (John King), famous for their sample-based music in the 1980s & 1990's, and specifically for their work on the groundbreaking albums Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys and Odelay by Beck. The Dust Brothers started working together in 1985 at the Pomona College radio station KSPC, hosting a weekly hip-hop show, started by Simpson in 1983, called ...

Mike Stone (a.k.a. Mike "Clay" Stone) (1951 – 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 (multiple albums), KISS, Queen (multiple albums), REO Speedwagon, Lou Reed, Whitesnake, Frank Zappa and others. Stone also sang a lead vocal line in the song "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy" on the Queen album A Day at the Races. Stone...

Dave Fridmann is an American musician and record producer. He played the bass guitar for Mercury Rev and has produced many indie rock bands. Fridmann played with Mercury Rev from their foundation in 1984, but began work as an engineer and producer five years later with engineering and mixing credits for Dan Berggren's 'Mountain Air'. From 1990 onwards he co-produced all releases by Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips (with the exception of Transmissions from the Satellite Heart by the latter)....

Andy Sturmer is an American-born musical artist, writer and producer. He was a member of the band Jellyfish from 1990-1994. Prior to that, he was a member of Beatnik Beatch (1987-88). Jellyfish released two albums, Bellybutton (1990) and Spilt Milk (1993). Sturmer held the rare distinction of being a drummer who regularly sang lead in a rock group, a specialty shared by the likes of Ringo Starr, Levon Helm, Karen Carpenter, Don Henley, Peter Criss, Phil Collins, and Micky Dolenz. He was even...

Rollo Armstrong (born 1967 in London) is one half of the music producers/remixers team Rollo and Sister Bliss, and is older brother to Dido, with whom he helped to write and produce the multi-million selling albums No Angel and Life For Rent. He is also a member of the electronic music group Faithless, which he formed in 1995 with Sister Bliss, Jamie Catto and Maxi Jazz. In the United States, Rollo is best known for his production work on Dido's albums as well as singer/songwriter Kristine W's...

Brian McTernan is a record producer who has worked with many independent rock bands. He works out of the Baltimore, MD area at Salad Days Studio. Brian was also the lead singer of the hardcore/straight edge outfit Battery, as well as the guitar player for Ashes. He comes from a family with many hardcore ties. His brother Mike McTernan was the singer for Damnation A.D., and currently sings for When Tigers Fight. His brother Peter played drums for Good Clean Fun for a short period of time. At...

Thomas Blanchard Wilson Jr. (March 25, 1931 – September 6, 1978) was an American record producer best known for his work in the 1960s with Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, Simon and Garfunkel and The Velvet Underground. He worked for Columbia Records, then went to Verve Records. Wilson was born in 1931 to Tom and Fannie Wilson. He grew up in Waco, Texas, where he attended A.J. Moore High School, and was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Tom was known by his initials, T.B. in his youth. While...

Gerald "Jerry" Wexler (born January 10 1917) is a music journalist turned music producer, and is regarded as one of the major record industry players behind music from the 1950's through the 1980's. He coined the term "Rhythm & Blues", and was integral in signing and/or producing many of the biggest acts of the last 50 years, including Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Wilson Pickett, Dusty Springfield, and Bob Dylan. Wexler was inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. ...

Eddie Kramer is an audio engineer and producer who has worked with Led Zeppelin, Triumph, Kiss (and solo Ace Frehley), Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Peter Frampton, Curtis Mayfield, Santana, Anthrax, Carly Simon and Robin Trower. Eddie Kramer was born in South Africa, and as a child studied classical piano, cello and violin. He attended the prestigious South African College of Music to learn classical piano, but formed an interest in jazz. He moved to...

Tom Capone (born 1966 - died September 2, 2004) Born Luiz Antonio Ferreira Gonçalves, Tom Capone was a Brazilian music producer and guitar player. Born in Brasilia, Brazil, he died in Los Angeles hours after leaving the 2004 Latin Grammy Awards show when his motorcycle collided with a car. He had been nominated for five Latin Grammy awards.

Bass Brothers is the professional name for the team of Mark and Jeff Bass, the Detroit producers responsible for grooming rapper Eminem in his early days and collaborating on much of his subsequent music. Before that they worked with George Clinton. Tracks from those sessions ended up on the P-Funk All Stars album Dope Dogs. The "Dynamic-Duo" are documented to be one of the highest paid producers in the history of Hip-Hop. On their work with Eminem Mark and Jeff Bass are credited as F.B.T....

Blame is the stage name of Drum and Bass producer Conrad Shafie. He is also the owner of record label 720 Degrees which was formerly a sub label of Good Looking Records but is now independent.

Creed Taylor (b.1929 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an American record producer. He is the founder of two jazz record labels, Impulse! Records and CTI Records. He was also a producer of note at Verve Records and is widely acknowledged for bringing major bossa nova talent from Brazil (Antonio Carlos Jobim, João and Astrud Gilberto, Walter Wanderley, among others) to record in the U.S. in the 1960s. Previous to bringing Brazilian talent to the U.S., he had produced the first bossa nova album...