Tim Whitten is an Australian record producer

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...

, audio engineer, and mixer

Audio mixing (recorded music)

In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...

. He has worked with numerous successful Australian musicians, in a career spanning 1990—present. Whitten's first recording was Boxcar

Boxcar (band)

Boxcar is an Australian Sydney-based synth pop and techno band. Formed in the mid-1980s in Brisbane by main songwriter guitarist and vocalist David Smith, he was soon joined by keyboardists Brett Mitchell and Carol Rohde and somewhat later by drummer-percussionist Crispin Trist. They initially...

's Vertigo

Vertigo (Boxcar album)

Vertigo was a 1990 album by Australian electronic-synthpop group Boxcar released by Volition Records in Australia and by Arista Records in the United States....

, where he joined Adrian Bolland as engineer. Whitten has produced records for prominent Australian artists, including Powderfinger

Powderfinger

Powderfinger was an Australian rock band that formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their breakup the band lineup consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bassist John Collins, and drummer Jon Coghill....

, The Go-Betweens

The Go-Betweens

The Go-Betweens were an indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Australia in 1977 by singer-songwriters and guitarists, Robert Forster and Grant McLennan. They were later joined by Lindy Morrison on drums, Robert Vickers on bass guitar and Amanda Brown on violin, oboe, guitar, and backing vocals,...

, Hoodoo Gurus

Hoodoo Gurus

Hoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1981, by the mainstay Dave Faulkner and later joined by Richard Grossman , Mark Kingsmill , and Brad Shepherd...

, and Augie March

Augie March

Augie March are an Australian indie/pop rock band. Formed in 1996 in Shepparton, Victoria, the band currently consists of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Glenn Richards, lead guitarist Adam Donovan, bassist Edmondo Ammendola, drummer David Williams, and keyboardist Kiernan Box...

.

Unlike most producers, who work in a studio

Studio

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, most of Whitten's recording is done at his home, with artists visiting him to collaborate on works. However, he has recorded in studios on some albums. Whitten has explained that his role as a producer is "make a song "work"", even if this requires unorthodox techniques to achieve results. He summarises his work by stating "The role of the producer is to help."

Whitten's work as a producer has been praised by several artists. After working with theredsunband

Theredsunband

The Red Sun Band is a rock band from Sydney, Australia. Composed of sisters Sarah Kelly and Lizzie Kelly , the band performs and records as a three-piece, with the addition of a male drummer/backing vocalist.The band are inspired by acts such as Mazzy Star and Cat Power, which is evident in both...

 on their EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 Like An Arrow, Whitten was praised for producing the new sound of the EP. Lead singer Sarah Kelly stated "it sounds really different it sounds sort of really smooth and pretty and that’s cause of Tim Whitten being involved". Scattered Order

Scattered Order

-History:Scattered Order was a post punk band based in Sydney, Australia. They were formed in 1979, and initially comprised Mitch Jones , Michael Tee, and Simon Vidale. The lineup would change often throughout the eighties and nineties...

 have also praised Whitten's work in controlling "noise overload" on several of their records, while Powderfinger's Bernard Fanning

Bernard Fanning

Bernard Joseph Fanning is a musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer and frontman of Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger from its formation in 1989 to its dissolution in 2010....

 described Whitten as better value for money than other producers, resulting in the band choosing him for Double Allergic

Double Allergic

Double Allergic is the second studio album by Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger. Released in Australia on 2 September 1996 Polydor, the album was produced by Tim Whitten and widely considered Powderfinger's mainstream breakthrough....

. Gaslight Radio

Gaslight Radio

Gaslight Radio is an Australian guitar band, originally from the Gold Coast and now based in Melbourne. The band was founded by two brothers, Martin and Rory Cooke, in their home town of Burleigh Heads on Queensland's Gold Coast.-Albums:...

have noted Whitten's enthusiasm, after a chance meeting resulted in him working with the band on a new album.

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