Sean O'Keefe (producer)

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Sean O'Keefe
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Origin Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Instrument(s)Drums
Years active2002–present
Website https://www.seanokeefeproducer.com/

Sean O'Keefe is an American record producer, mixer, and engineer based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. O'Keefe is best known for his work with Fall Out Boy, Hawthorne Heights, Til Morning and Plain White T's, but has also worked with artists such as Motion City Soundtrack, [1] The Hush Sound, [2] Less Than Jake, Company of Thieves, Punchline, [3] Spitalfield, [4] and You vs Yesterday. O'Keefe is also a musician. He is a former member of Chicago band This Is Me Smiling and Danny and The Ketchups, in both of which he played the drums. [5]

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Commercial success

Sean's work has earned him three RIAA Gold Records (awarded for the shipment of 500,000 units): Fall Out Boy's Take This to Your Grave (producer and mixer,) [6] Hawthorne Heights' The Silence in Black and White (producer and mixer,) [7] and the Plain White T's Hey There Delilah (co-producer and mixer.) [8] "Hey There Delilah" reached #1 on US Billboard Hot AC/Top 40 charts. [9]

Selected production discography

YearArtistTitleLabelRoleAchievements
2002KnockoutSearching For Solid Ground Fearless Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer [10]
2003 Split Habit Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Double Zero RecordsProducer, Mixer, Engineer
2003 As Tall As Lions Lafcadio Triple Crown Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer [11]
2003 Spitalfield Remember Right Now Victory Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer [12]
2003 Motion City Soundtrack Schatzi Split Doghouse Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer [13]
2003 Fall Out Boy Take This To Your Grave Fueled By Ramen Producer, Mixer, Engineer [6] 700,000 sold,
RIAA certified gold [14]
2004DuvallOh Holy Night Asian Man Records Mixer [15]
2004 Punchline Action (Punchline album) Fueled By Ramen Producer, Mixer, Engineer [16]
2004 Motion City Soundtrack Matchbook Romance Split Epitaph Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer [17]
2004 Less Than Jake B Is for B-sides Warner Bros. Records Mixer [18]
2004 Hawthorne Heights The Silence in Black and White Victory Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer [7] 950,000 sold,
RIAA certified gold [19]
2004 Fall Out Boy My Heart Will Always Be The B-Side To My Tongue Fueled By Ramen Producer, Mixer [20]
2005 The Juliana Theory Deadbeat Sweetheartbeat Abacus Records Mixer, Engineer [21]
2005This Is Me SmilingThis Is Me Smiling Sony Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer [22]
2006 Plain White T's Every Second Counts Hollywood Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer [23] 750,000 sold,
RIAA certified gold [24]
2006 Plain White T's Hey There Delilah Fearless Records Co-Producer, Mixer [25] #1 on US Billboard Radio Charts (Hot AC/Top 40) [9]
2008 Punchline Just Say Yes (Punchline album) Modern Short Stories Producer, Mixer, Engineer [16]
2007 The Autumn Defense Once Around (album) Yep Roc Engineer
2006 The Hush Sound Like Vines Fueled By Ramen Producer, Mixer, Engineer [26]
2008 Rachael Yamagata Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart Warner Bros. Records Engineer, Drums [27]
2009 The Von Bondies Love, Hate and Then There's You Majordomo Engineer [28]
2009 Company of Thieves Ordinary Riches Wind-Up Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer [29]
2010 Skybox Morning After CutsIndieProducer, Mixer, Engineer [30]
2010This Is Me SmilingOnly UphillIndieMixer [31]
2010 Gold Motel Gold Motel EPIndieMixer [32]
2010 Gold Motel Summer House (album) IndieMixer [33]
2011Mark RoseWonderful Trouble IndieProducer, Mixer, Engineer [34]
2013Five Years FurtherPerfection is LifelessIndieProducer, Engineer
2013Mark RoseThe Sound Of A TurnaroundIndieProducer, Mixer, Engineer [35]
2013 The Fold Moving PastIndieProducer, Mixer, Engineer [36]
2014 From Thin Air MasqueradeIndieProducer, Mixer, Engineer [37]
2014 Real Friends Maybe This Place Is the Same and We’re Just Changing Fearless Records Mixer [38]
2018 Fall Out Boy Lake Effect Kid Island Records and Decaydance Producer, Mixer, Engineer
2019 AM Taxi Shiver by Me Mixer
2020 You vs Yesterday You vs YesterdayIndieProducer, Mixer, Engineer
2021 Beach Bunny Cloud 9 featuring Tegan and Sara Mom + Pop Mixer
2022 Beach Bunny Emotional Creature Mom + Pop Producer, Mixer, Engineer

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