Danny Greenspoon

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Danny Greenspoon is a Canadian music producer, music engineer, guitar player and film composer mainly in the Canadian music industry. Greenspoon is also the president of "The Audio Truck Inc.", a mobile recording studio recording materials for television, radio, and record. From 1989 to 1996, he was a recording producer for CBC Radio in Toronto producing recordings of jazz, popular music, folk music, country music and world music, for broadcast and commercial release, and from 2004 to 2016 he did most of the live recording for JazzFM91.

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Early life

Originally from Montreal, during the early part of his career, Greenspoon was a performer primarily on the acoustic music scene, travelling across Canada and the United States.

Career

In 1978 he moved to Toronto to join Sylvia Tyson and The Great Speckled Bird, and later became a guitarist for many other prominent Canadian acts, such as Murray McLauchlan, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, and was also a member of the quirky mid 80's act, The Romaniacs. Greenspoon played, as part of The Great Speckled Bird, for both seasons of Sylvia Tyson's CBC TV show Country In My Soul (1982-1983) and also played guitar for the entire 5 season run of the CBC Radio show Swinging On A Star (1989-1994) hosted by Murray McLauchlan which featured top acts from Canada and the US in an acoustic, live-to-tape, informal setting.

From 1990 to 1996 he was the principal popular music producer for CBC Radio in Toronto, producing hundreds of recordings in the Jazz, Folk and Pop genres, both live and in studio. He was also the co-producer of the show Hot Ticket which showcased both Canadian and international acts in concert.

From 1996 to the present he has been the owner and chief engineer of The Audio Truck Inc., a mobile recording studio recording all genres of music.

Greenspoon has produced over 50 albums mainly in Canada for Great Big Sea, Spirit of the West, Jane Bunnett, Ian Tyson, Willie P. Bennett, Joel Kroeker, Susan Crowe, The Paperboys, The Barra MacNeils, The Good Brothers, The Pukka Orchestra and Victoria Williams, among many others.

Most notable productions with certified platinum sales were:

Nominations / Awards

Production Credits

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References

  1. "Canada's Awards Database Danny Greenspoon". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . Retrieved 31 May 2011.