Ron Reaves

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Ron Reaves is an American audio engineer best known as the Front of House mixer for the Grammy Award ceremonies, [1] [2] [3] which he has been doing the FOH since the early 2000s. [4] He is also a regular FOH engineer for events at the East Room of the White House. [5]

Reaves, a guitar player himself, spoke with love and respect ("you don't tell The Edge to turn down his echo") for the musicians he mixes in a 2013 interview in Guitar Player : "I mix music for free. It's all the other s**t that I charge for." [4]

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References

  1. "Shure Brings it Home at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards". AV-iQ. 17 February 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  2. Kenny, Tom (1 April 2008). "50 Years of Grammys: Mix Celebrates 50 Years of Grammys With Nomination Profiles, Videos, Trivia and More". Mixonline. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  3. "Ron Reaves and Mikael Stewart: a Grammy's Live One-Two Punch". Front of House Magazine . April 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  4. 1 2 Molenda, Michael (April 2013). "Ron Reaves on Mixing Guitars for the Grammys". Guitar Player . p. 24.
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