Eddie Ashworth (born in

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) is a record producer, engineer, mixer, musician, university professor, entrepreneur and writer, best known for his work in the

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and

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genres. His primary instrument is mandolin, and also plays guitar and assorted keyboards. Ashworth has also worked with artists in a wide variety of other genres including dub, folk, hard rock, hip hop, tropicano, punk, and classic rock.

Early life

As a child Eddie Ashworth became interested in music technology and would play with the analog consumer recording gear his father had around the house. Due to his early interest in music his parents bought him a Sears Silvertone guitar, and leaned to play piano and mandolin. Later Eddie would go on to study English at

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and graduated with a BA in English literature.

Career

Ashworth's first gold record was Once Bitten... for

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although many years earlier he helped engineer chart toppers City Nights by

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and

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by John Stewart, formerly of the

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. During the mid 1990s his work reached a wide audience due to the multi-platinum success of Sublime's self-titled album, as well as records with Pennywise,

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, Pink Noise Test, and many others. He currently is the owner of The Oxide Shed recording studio in Athens, OH. Since 2003 Ashworth has been an associate professor at

Ohio University Ohio University is a Public university, public research university in Athens, Ohio. The first university chartered by an Act of Congress and the first to be chartered in Ohio, the university was chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confeder ...

. He teaches courses in record production and the music industry. He has recently taken a public stance against the RIAA's legal practices.

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