Dan Brodbeck is a Canadian

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, recording engineer/mixer and recording engineering professor based in

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Production and engineering career

Throughout the 1990s Brodbeck owned dB Recording Studios in London, Ontario. During that time he worked with various artists including

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and

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. In 2000, he became a partner at

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where he worked with artists such as Headstrong,

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, Gord Prior,

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, Clockwise, Ana Lovelis,

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. In 2003, he worked on the debut solo album '' Are You Listening'' by

Dolores O'Riordan Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan ( ; 6 September 1971 – 15 January 2018) was an Irish musician, singer and songwriter. She was best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist for the alternative rock band the Cranberries. One of the most recogniza ...

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. He produced the self-titled debut album of

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and Ivory Hours's ''Morning Light'' in 2015. He also co-produced ''Preservation America'' by Industry. In 2017 he co-produced, engineered and mixed Ivory Hours' ''Dreamworld'' as well as Texas King's ''Circles''. He has had contributions to three Cranberries albums (''Roses'', ''Something Else'' and ''In The End'') as a musician and recording engineer

Educational career

In 2007 and 2008 Brodbeck taught music production at

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in the Music Industry Arts program. In 2010, he returned to the Music Industry Arts program as a full-time professor of recording engineering and is now the Program Coordinator of the Fanshawe Music Industry Arts program as well as the Audio Post Production Program

Awards

In 2010, he won a

Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year The Juno Award for "Recording Engineer of the Year" has been awarded since 1976, as recognition each year for the best recording engineer in Canada. Winners Recording Engineer of the Year (1976 - 1998) * 1976 - Michel Ethier, ''Dompierre (albu ...

for his work on the songs "Apple of My Eye" and "Be Careful" from

's album ''

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''. In 2017 he was nominated for Record Producer of The Year at the Country Music Association of Ontario Awards for his work on Dani Strong's "Time To Breathe". The Cranberries final album, In The End, was nominated for Rock Album of The Year at the 2020 Grammy Awards. Dan engineered, played guitar and keyboards, and wrote on that record.

Produced, engineered or mixed groups or artists

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References

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