Andrew Dawson (record producer)
| Andrew Dawson | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Andrew Dawson |
| Born | March 12, 1980 (age 36) |
| Origin | Minneapolis |
| Genres | Hip Hop, Pop, Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Record Producer, Songwriter, Mixer & Engineer |
| Instruments | Piano, guitar |
| Associated acts | Kanye West, .fun, Jay-Z, Pet Shop Boys, and John Legend |
| Website | http://soundeq.com/ |
Andrew Dawson (born March 12, 1980) is an American music producer, engineer, mixer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. Dawson is a three-time Grammy award winner and six-time Grammy nominee, having won for his work as engineer and mixer on Kanye West's Late Registration (2005), Graduation (2007), and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) - each winning the Best Rap Album category. Dawson is also credited with additional production on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Although Dawson made his initial breakthrough with hip hop artists including Kanye West, Jay-Z, Common, Tyler The Creator, and P.O.S, Dawson has also moved on to produce and work on records for pop, indie and rock bands including .fun, The Rolling Stones, Pet Shop Boys, Sleigh Bells and The Night Terrors of 1927. Andrew Dawson is represented exclusively by Global Positioning Services Management in Santa Monica.
Dawson began playing piano at the age of 5, studying jazz and classical piano at a private music conservatory until the age of 16. During the last few years of high school, Dawson interned at a Minneapolis recording studio and during the summers did live sound mixing for outdoor concerts. Dawson then attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, where he majored in Music Production & Engineering. While living in the Boston area Dawson worked at Lexicon - a company famous for manufacturing digital reverb units including the 480L. In 2001 Dawson moved to New York City, where he worked as an assistant then later became a staff engineer at Sony Music Studios. Dawson prefers to work on projects that have meaning, due to his passion for music, and work with artists who are equally as passionate about their records.
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