Ryan Hewitt (record producer)

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Ryan Hewitt
Birth nameRyan Hewitt
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Website www.ryanhewitt.com

Ryan Hewitt is an American music producer, engineer and mixer known for his work with the Lumineers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Avett Brothers, the Chicks, Third Eye Blind, Jamie Cullum, John Frusciante and the Turnpike Troubadours. Hewitt is a Grammy Award winner having received the accolade for mixing and engineering Red Hot Chili Peppers' ninth studio album Stadium Arcadium .[ citation needed ] The album received seven Grammy nominations and won in the categories of Best Rock Album and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package. He is currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. [1] [2] [3]

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Education and career

Hewitt grew up working with his father David Hewitt, a recording engineer. He went on to study at Tufts University in Boston, MA where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. After establishing a rapport with Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante, he went on to mix and engineer eight solo albums for Frusciante. [4] [5] [6]

Hewitt moved from Los Angeles to Nashville in 2015 where he currently resides. Hewitt is based at the House of Blues Studios in Berry Hill, where he mixed the Lumineers' album Cleopatra as well as A Long Way from Your Heart by the Turnpike Troubadors. He is currently represented exclusively by GPS management. [7] [8] [9]

Selected discography

ArtistYearAlbumProducer Engineer Mixer
Red Hot Chili Peppers 2022 Return of the Dream Canteen Yes check.svgYes check.svg
Unlimited Love Yes check.svgYes check.svg
Brett Eldredge 2020 Sunday Drive Yes check.svg
Molly Tuttle 2019When You're ReadyYes check.svg
American Aquarium 2018Things ChangeYes check.svg
Bronze Radio Return Forthcoming AlbumYes check.svg
Vance Joy "I'm with You"Yes check.svg
Turnpike Troubadours 2017 A Long Way from Your Heart Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
PEACEKindness is the New Rock and RollYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
The Chicks MMXVI in Concert Yes check.svg
Christian Lopez Red ArrowYes check.svgYes check.svg
Bat for Lashes 2016The BrideYes check.svg
Cody Jinks I'm Not the Devil Yes check.svgYes check.svg
The Lumineers Cleopatra Yes check.svgYes check.svg
Dan Mangan Forthcoming AlbumYes check.svgYes check.svg
The Railers "11:59 (Central Standard Time)"Yes check.svgYes check.svg
Anti-Flag 2015 American Spring Yes check.svg
The Avett Brothers Live Volume 4Yes check.svg
The Black Lillies Hard to PleaseYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Third Eye Blind DopamineYes check.svg
Whitey Morgan 2014Sonic RanchYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
needtobreathe Rivers in the WastelandYes check.svg
Angus & Julia Stone Angus & Julia StoneYes check.svgYes check.svg
Dan Wilson Love Without FearYes check.svg
The Avett Brothers 2013 Magpie and the Dandelion Yes check.svgYes check.svg
Harry Connick Jr. Every Man Should KnowYes check.svg
Matchbox Twenty 2012 North Yes check.svg
Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan 2011One Too Many MorningsYes check.svgYes check.svg
Tom Morello & the Nightwatchman World Wide Rebel Songs Yes check.svg
Sum 41 Screaming Bloody Murder Yes check.svg
Tom Morello & the Nightwatchman Union Town Yes check.svg
Flogging Molly Speed of Darkness Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Johnny Cash 2010 American VI: Ain't No Grave Yes check.svg
Flogging Molly Live at the Greek Theatre Yes check.svg
The Avett Brothers Live Volume 3Yes check.svg
Jamie Cullum 2009 The Pursuit Yes check.svgYes check.svg
Brandi Carlile Give Up the Ghost Yes check.svg
Red Hot Chili Peppers 2006 Stadium Arcadium Yes check.svgYes check.svg

References

  1. "Sound On Sound Magazine Feature"
  2. Red Hot Chili Peppers Grammy Awards
  3. Universal Audio Interview"
  4. Ryan Hewitt Video Interview"
  5. AllMusic Credits"
  6. Audio Technica Feature"
  7. Tape Op Interview"
  8. GPS Management Page"
  9. Vintage King Producer's Corner"