50 years experience as an engineer/producer/arranger in most major studios in Vancouver, including Little Mountain Sound, Ocean Studios, Hipposonic Studios, Mushroom Studios, The Armoury, Greenhouse, Phoenix, and the Warehouse Studios, as well as countless smaller format and home studios, including my own.
BCCMA Producer of the Year 1994/95/97
BCCMA Recording Engineer of the Year 1990/91/92/93/94/95/9
CARAS Recording Engineer of the Year 1991
Nominated for CCMA Producer of the Year 1995-98
Nominated for BCCMA Producer and Recording Engineer of the Year 1989-98
Nominated for CARAS Recording Engineer of the Year 1988/89/91, as well as Producer of the Year 1989/91
Nominated for BCCMA Studio of the Year 2007/8
Nominated for BCCMA Producer of the Year 2007/8/9/10/11
Extensive experience recording and mixing music, sound effects and dialogue for film and video (see following discography for specifics)
Extensive experience in songwriting – wrote the main feature duet in the film “Harmony Cats” performed by Jim Byrnes and Lisa Brokop, as well as co-writing the single “Take You By the Heart” with The Cruzeros, which reached the top 20 on the national charts, as well as co-writing many tunes with popular children’s artist Norman Foote (which have resulted in a Juno and several Parent’s Choice awards) “The Moon She Knows” with Lyndia Scott, and several tunes on albums by country artists Shannalynn, A.J. Woodworth and Jaydee Bixby.
Some projects have included producing several cuts for The Chris Buck Band, co-producing 2 albums “Cowboys and Cadillacs” and “Easy To Love” for Jaydee Bixby, producing and co-writing an album for country artist Lisa Nicole, recording and mixing several albums for The Paperboys and their other incarnation Locarno, a duo album for David Sinclair and Keith Bennett, an album for the Kelowna band Dirt Road Opera, several albums for blues artist Brian Holden, the Graham Brown Band, jazz artists Tom Keenlyside and Jennifer Scott, and am currently working on a new album for the band Rymes With Orange.