Dan Rudin
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Dan Rudin is a music producer
, recording and mix engineer
who has amassed thousands of hours in studios across the country, receiving two Grammy awards and several gold and platinum records in the process.
Rudin began his recording career working as a studio runner and general assistant at AAA Recording Studio
, Dorchester, MA while still in high school. After studying music and electrical engineering at the University of Miami
in Miami, FL, he moved to New York, NY in 1986 where he took an entry level position at the legendary Hit Factory studios on 54th St. He went on to work at New York's Record Plant Studios
and eventually became chief staff engineer at Grandslam Recording in West Orange, NJ. He was surrounded and mentored by some of New York’s best engineers and producers (William Wittman, Doug Oberkircher, Rick Kerr, Kooster McCallister), and used the opportunity to learn and polish his engineering skills.
Since 1989, Rudin has called Nashville, TN his home. Working as a freelance engineer/ producer in studios around the city and around the country he worked on many projects in rock, pop, gospel and jazz recording. He became a frequent contributor to projects by producers Richard Dodd, Peter Furler, Tommy Simms, Chris McDonald and Joe Baldridge. In 2006, he opened his own recording facility, My Space Recording, at the former site of Nashville’s venerable Money Pit studio.
Rudin's extensive record and film client list includes The Loudhorns, Riders In The Sky, Pixar, High School Musical
2, Chayenne, Matt Belsante
, Tommy Torres
, Billy Dean, Wynonna, Flick, The Newsboys, Puffy AmiYumi
, Alberto Plaza and Disney, original scores for films Boundin'
, Sioux City and The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything. His work with Riders in the Sky earned him two Grammy Awards, and collaboration on Pixar's Academy award winning short film, For the Birds.
From 1999 through 2005, Rudin was a scoring, mix and mastering engineer for music education curricula from two leading publishers, Silver Burdett's Making Music and McGraw-Hill's Share the Music. Together more than 3000 tracks, both projects involved a wide variety of styles, periods, instruments and ensembles.
He has also recorded dozens of Broadway musicals and licensing adaptations for Music Theatre International
and Disney Theatrical.
Other award winning projects Rudin has contributed to include JoEl Sonnier's Cajun Mardi Gras, 2006 Grammy nominee for best traditional folk album, and Andy Griffith
's 1996 Grammy winning I Love to Tell the Story.
Currently, Rudin continues to record and mix music of many styles for a variety of uses.
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, recording and mix engineer
Mix engineer
A mix engineer, also referred to as "mixing engineer", is a person who, once all instruments, voices, and sounds, etc., have been recorded, creates what is called the final version of a song, hence the term "mix engineer"...
who has amassed thousands of hours in studios across the country, receiving two Grammy awards and several gold and platinum records in the process.
Rudin began his recording career working as a studio runner and general assistant at AAA Recording Studio
Recording studio
A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...
, Dorchester, MA while still in high school. After studying music and electrical engineering at the University of Miami
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
in Miami, FL, he moved to New York, NY in 1986 where he took an entry level position at the legendary Hit Factory studios on 54th St. He went on to work at New York's Record Plant Studios
Record Plant Studios
The Record Plant was a series of three famous recording studios which were founded by Gary Kellgren and Chris Stone, beginning in New York City in 1968. The next year, Kellgren and Stone opened a second studio in Los Angeles. In 1972, the company expanded again with a third location in Sausalito,...
and eventually became chief staff engineer at Grandslam Recording in West Orange, NJ. He was surrounded and mentored by some of New York’s best engineers and producers (William Wittman, Doug Oberkircher, Rick Kerr, Kooster McCallister), and used the opportunity to learn and polish his engineering skills.
Since 1989, Rudin has called Nashville, TN his home. Working as a freelance engineer/ producer in studios around the city and around the country he worked on many projects in rock, pop, gospel and jazz recording. He became a frequent contributor to projects by producers Richard Dodd, Peter Furler, Tommy Simms, Chris McDonald and Joe Baldridge. In 2006, he opened his own recording facility, My Space Recording, at the former site of Nashville’s venerable Money Pit studio.
Rudin's extensive record and film client list includes The Loudhorns, Riders In The Sky, Pixar, High School Musical
High School Musical
High School Musical is a 2006 American television film, first in the High School Musical film franchise. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful film that Disney Channel Original Movie ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2 released in 2007 and...
2, Chayenne, Matt Belsante
Matt Belsante
Matt Belsante is an American big band singer/songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee. Belsante's music encompasses jazz, pop and swing, reminiscent of the style of the crooners of the 1940s and 1950s....
, Tommy Torres
Tommy Torres
Tommy Torres is a Grammy Award winning producer, singer, and songwriter. Named as the No. 1 Hot Latin Tracks producer of 2007 by Billboard Magazine and Composer of the Year at 2010 ASCAP's Latin Music Awards, Torres has written and produced songs for many artists such as Ricardo Arjona, Ednita...
, Billy Dean, Wynonna, Flick, The Newsboys, Puffy AmiYumi
Puffy AmiYumi
or Puffy AmiYumi is a Japanese rock duo that is currently signed with Sony Music Japan. The group continues to go by the moniker of PUFFY in Japan, but in order to avoid legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, it has adopted the name Puffy AmiYumi outside of Japan...
, Alberto Plaza and Disney, original scores for films Boundin'
Boundin'
Boundin' is a 2003 Pixar short film, shown at the start of the film The Incredibles. The film was written, directed, narrated and featured the musical composition and performance of PIXAR animator Bud Luckey.-Plot:...
, Sioux City and The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything. His work with Riders in the Sky earned him two Grammy Awards, and collaboration on Pixar's Academy award winning short film, For the Birds.
From 1999 through 2005, Rudin was a scoring, mix and mastering engineer for music education curricula from two leading publishers, Silver Burdett's Making Music and McGraw-Hill's Share the Music. Together more than 3000 tracks, both projects involved a wide variety of styles, periods, instruments and ensembles.
He has also recorded dozens of Broadway musicals and licensing adaptations for Music Theatre International
Music Theatre International
Music Theatre International, often abbreviated MTI, is a theatrical licensing agency based in New York City. The League of American Theatres and Producers calls MTI "A leader in the theatrical licensing industry."-Description:...
and Disney Theatrical.
Other award winning projects Rudin has contributed to include JoEl Sonnier's Cajun Mardi Gras, 2006 Grammy nominee for best traditional folk album, and Andy Griffith
Andy Griffith
Andy Samuel Griffith is an American actor, director, producer, Grammy Award-winning Southern-gospel singer, and writer. He gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's epic film A Face in the Crowd before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead...
's 1996 Grammy winning I Love to Tell the Story.
Currently, Rudin continues to record and mix music of many styles for a variety of uses.