George Shilling

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George Shilling
Born1966 (age 5758)
Redbridge, London, England
GenresRock, Pop
Occupation(s)Record producer, Audio engineer, musician
Instrument(s)Bass, guitar, piano, Keyboards, Cello
Years active1985–present
Website Georgeshilling.com

George Edward Shilling (born 1966 in Redbridge, London) is an English musician, record producer, composer and audio engineer. He is the son of Eric Shilling, formerly of the English National Opera and actress Erica Johns. [1] He studied cello at the Royal College of Music and is best known as an audio engineer, a skill he was taught by Jerry Boys of Abbey Road and Livingston Recording Studios in London. [2]

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Career

Shilling has worked with a diverse range of musical genres including artists such as Gabrielle, New Radicals, The Corrs, Blur, Texas, Teenage Fanclub, Primal Scream, Nicole Appleton, Johnny Hallyday [2] Oasis, Mike Oldfield, Eternal, Boy George, James Brown, Mark Almond, Bernard Butler, The Fall, Steve Winwood and the popular light opera duo Operababes. [3] [4]

His first notable success was engineering the hit single The Only Way Is Up (1988) by Yazz and the Plastic Population and released by Big Life. His credits as Record producer include the Soup Dragons's album Lovegod which included their cover of the Rolling Stones hit I'm Free and the most accomplished of the three albums My Life Story , The Golden Mile. He wrote a significant number of songs and also recorded tracks for the English down-tempo band Sundae Club. [3] [5] He co-wrote "London Fantasy" for the French singer Nolwenn Leroy on her album Histoires Naturelles (2005), which was produced by Laurent Voulzy. [6] In 2009 and 2010 he hosted sessions with Ocean Colour Scene at his studio in the Cotswolds. [4] and played cello on their album Saturday . In 2010 he also recorded and mixed Classical Relief For Haiti's single The Prayer, featuring a host of classical crossover artistes including Darius Campbell, Rhydian, Paul Potts and Julian Lloyd Webber.

Audio engineering and mixing credits

Record production credits

Percussion, cello and keyboard credits

Other credits

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