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F. Reid Shippen

American record producer (born 1974) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

F. Reid Shippen
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F. Reid Shippen is a mixer, engineer and producer, currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has mixed a wide variety of records including Cosmic Hallelujah by Kenny Chesney, Lights Out by Ingrid Michaelson, The Mountain by Dierks Bentley, When I Was Younger by Colony House, and Eye On It by TobyMac.[1] Shippen has mixed nine Grammy Award winning projects and received the Audio Engineer of the Year award at the 54th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.[2]

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Growing up in Fair Haven, New Jersey, F. Reid Shippen performed in bands and eventually decided that he wanted to pursue a career in music. He attended Middle Tennessee State University where he graduated with degrees in Business and Recording Arts & Sciences. While in college, Shippen interned at a variety of studios in Nashville, Tennessee, such as Quad Studios and Skylab Studios, quickly transitioning from assisting to engineering. In 1999, he began to concentrate on mixing.

With numerous years of experience in the studio, Shippen has mixed multiple platinum and gold records and hundreds of charting singles and albums, including nine Grammy Award-winners.[3][4][5] He was awarded Audio Engineer of the Year at the 54th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.[2]

Shippen has mixed, engineered, and/or produced music for respected artists in a variety of genres, from Death Cab for Cutie, A Fine Frenzy, Cage the Elephant and India.Arie to the Jonas Brothers, Marc Broussard, Eric Church and Robert Randolph. He has also worked with Clay Aiken, Jonny Lang, Flyleaf, Switchfoot, Backstreet Boys, Third Day, MercyMe, and Newsboys, among others.[citation needed] Most recently he won a Grammy for his work on Gloria Gaynor's album Testimony for which he was a co-producer, mixer and engineer.[5][1]

Shippen resides in Nashville, Tennessee and works out of Robot Lemon, his private Solid State Logic hybrid studio, where he mixes. In addition to mixing, Shippen produces, records and is actively involved in artist development. In 2018, he founded SongFarm alongside songwriter Ross Copperman, a non-profit organization that builds recording studios and provides musical creative opportunities for under-served high schools.[6][7] Shippen is also a co-founder of the audio gear company Atomic Instrument Co.,[8] but is no longer associated with the company.[citation needed] He is an affiliated artist with various audio gear brands including sE Electronics,[9] Unity Audio,[10] and Chandler Limited.[11]

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  • Robot Lemon (Nashville, TN) – 2009–present (Owner)

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  • Battery Studios (Nashville, TN)
  • Masterfonics (Nashville, TN)
  • Oceanway Studios (Nashville, TN)
  • Quad Studios (Nashville, TN)
  • Recording Arts (Nashville, TN): 1999–2004[47]
  • Skylab Studios (Nashville, TN)[48]
  • Sound Kitchen (Franklin, TN)
  • Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, TN): 2004–2009[49]

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