F. Reid Shippen

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F. Reid Shippen
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Background information
Birth nameF. Reid Shippen
Born (1974-03-15) March 15, 1974 (age 50)
Origin Fair Haven, New Jersey, US
Years active1995–present
Website robotlemon.com

F. Reid Shippen is a mixer, engineer and producer, currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has mixed a wide variety of records including Cosmic Hallelujah by Kenny Chesney, Lights Out by Ingrid Michaelson, The Mountain by Dierks Bentley, When I Was Younger by Colony House, and Eye On It by TobyMac. [1] Shippen has mixed nine Grammy Award winning projects and received the Audio Engineer of the Year award at the 54th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. [2]

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Biography

Growing up in Fair Haven, New Jersey, F. Reid Shippen performed in bands and eventually decided that he wanted to pursue a career in music. He attended Middle Tennessee State University where he graduated with degrees in Business and Recording Arts & Sciences. While in college, Shippen interned at a variety of studios in Nashville, Tennessee, such as Quad Studios and Skylab Studios, quickly transitioning from assisting to engineering. In 1999, he began to concentrate on mixing.

With numerous years of experience in the studio, Shippen has mixed multiple platinum and gold records and hundreds of charting singles and albums, including nine Grammy Award-winners. [3] [4] [5] He was awarded Audio Engineer of the Year at the 54th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. [2]

Shippen has mixed, engineered, and/or produced music for respected artists in a variety of genres, from Death Cab for Cutie, A Fine Frenzy, Cage the Elephant and India.Arie to the Jonas Brothers, Marc Broussard, Eric Church and Robert Randolph. He has also worked with Clay Aiken, Jonny Lang, Flyleaf, Switchfoot, Backstreet Boys, Third Day, MercyMe, and Newsboys, among others.[ citation needed ] Most recently he won a Grammy for his work on Gloria Gaynor's album Testimony for which he was a co-producer, mixer and engineer. [5] [1]

Shippen resides in Nashville, Tennessee and works out of Robot Lemon, his private Solid State Logic hybrid studio, where he mixes. In addition to mixing, Shippen produces, records and is actively involved in artist development. In 2018, he founded SongFarm alongside songwriter Ross Copperman, a non-profit organization that builds recording studios and provides musical creative opportunities for under-served high schools. [6] [7] Shippen is also a co-founder of the audio gear company Atomic Instrument Co., [8] but is no longer associated with the company.[ citation needed ] He is an affiliated artist with various audio gear brands including sE Electronics, [9] Unity Audio, [10] and Chandler Limited. [11]

Select discography

YearArtistAlbumLabelCredit [1]
2020 Parker McCollum Hollywood Gold UMG Recordings Engineer, Mixer, Programming [12]
2020 Mickey Guyton Bridges Capitol Nashville/UMG RecordingsEngineer, Mixer [13]
2020 Kenny Chesney Here And Now Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville Mixer, Programming [14]
2020 The Cadillac Three Country Fuzz Big Machine Label Group Mixer, Programming [15]
2020 Eric Paslay Nice GuyPaso Fino RecordsProducer, Engineer, Mixer [16]
2019 Gloria Gaynor Testimony Spring House ProductionsProducer, Engineer, Mixer [17]
2019 Toby Keith Greatest Hits: The Show Dog Years - "Don't Let The Old Man In"Show Dog/Thirty Tigers Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Programming [18]
2019 Zac Brown Band The Owl BMG Rights Management Mixer [19]
2018 Dierks Bentley The Mountain Capitol Nashville Engineer, Mixer, Programming, Synthesizer Bass [20]
2018 Kenny Chesney Songs For The Saints Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville Mixer, Programming [21]
2018 David Lee Murphy No Zip Code Reviver RecordsMixer, Programming [22]
2018 Lucie Silvas E.G.O. Thirty Tigers Mixer [23]
2017 Kelsea Ballerini Unapologetically Black River Entertainment Mixer [24]
2017 Lauren Alaina Road Less Traveled Mercury/Interscope/19 RecordingsMixer [25]
2017 Chase Rice Lambs & Lions Broken Bow Records Mixer [26]
2017 Colony House Only the Lonely RCA Records Mixer [27]
2016 Ingrid Michaelson It Doesn't Have To Make Sense Spirit Music Group/UMGMixier [28]
2016 Kenny Chesney Cosmic Hallelujah Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville Mixer, Keys, Programming [29]
2016 Dierks Bentley Black Capitol Nashville Engineer, Mixer [30]
2016 Steven Tyler We're All Somebody From Somewhere - "Janie's Got A Gun" Dot Records Mixer
2016 OneRepublic Oh My My (Deluxe Edition) Mosley Music/Interscope Records Engineer [31]
2015 Kelsea Ballerini The First Time Black River Entertainment Mixer [32]
2014 Ingrid Michaelson Lights Out Spirit Music Group/UMGAdditional Production, Mixer, Programming [33]
2014 Colony House When I Was Younger Descendents/RCA Records Mixer [34]
2013 Lady A Golden Capitol Nashville Mixer [1]
2010 The Afters Light Up the Sky INO/Columbia/Sony Mixer [35]
2009 Eric Church Carolina Capitol Nashville/EMIMixer [36]
2008 The Afters Never Going Back to OK INO/Columbia/Sony Mixer [37]
2006 Jonny Lang Turn AroundA&M/Sony Mixer [38]
2006 Mat Kearney Nothing Left to Lose Aware/Columbia/Sony Mixer [39]
2006 India.Arie Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship Motown/UniversalMixer [40]
2002 India.Arie Voyage to India Motown Mixer [41]

Songs on compilations

Awards

Grammy Awards
YearRecipient/NomineeAwardResult
2001 [3] dc Talk – Solo Best Rock Gospel AlbumWon
2001 [3] CeCe Winans – CeCe Winans Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel AlbumWon
2002 [42] India.Arie – Voyage to India Best R&B AlbumWon
2006 [43] Third Day – Wherever You Are Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel AlbumWon
2006 [43] Jonny Lang – Turn Around Best Rock Or Rap Gospel AlbumWon
2009 [4] Various Artists – Oh Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration Best Traditional Gospel AlbumWon
2011 [44] Chris Tomlin – And If Our God Is for Us... Best Contemporary Christian Music AlbumWon
2012 [45] TobyMac - Eye On It Best Contemporary Christian Music AlbumWon
2019 [5] Gloria Gaynor - Testimony Best Roots Gospel AlbumWon
Other Awards
YearOrganizationRecipient/NomineeAwardResult
2019 [2] ACM Awards F Reid ShippenAudio Engineer of the YearWon
2020 [46] ACM Awards F Reid ShippenAudio Engineer of the YearWon

Affiliated studios

Current

Past

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