Jeff Braun (born August 9, 1989) is a Grammy-nominated, multi-

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. He has mixed records for Jason Aldean,

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, Nelly, Mitchell Tenpenny, Jelly Roll,

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, Chris Young,

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, Adam Doleac,

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, Seaforth,

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, Sam Tinnesz and more. Braun has mixed sixteen #1 songs, over a dozen #1's on Sirius XM's The Highway, and recently earned his first

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for "Single of the Year" with Jason Aldean's "If I Didn't Love You" featuring Carrie Underwood. He currently resides in

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Early years and personal life

Braun was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was drawn to music at an early age, picking up the drums at 12 years old. While in school at

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, Braun was the captain of the drumline. He also joined a band where he performed in acts sharing the stage with bands such as

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, Gym Class Heroes and

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; as well as playing on the

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. At age 18, Braun started recording and mixing local bands. After high school, Braun attended

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where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Audio Production. His studio was involved in the AES recording competition in the "Traditional Studio" category. He also represented

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's 8th annual Fantastic Scholastic recording competition in which he won for the university over $11,000 in microphones. After graduation, he co-founded Forty-One Fifteen, a multi room studio facility located in East Nashville, Tennessee. After a few years of tracking he transitioned into mixing full time. Braun currently works out of his private mix room, "Anthem House". In May 2018, Jeff celebrated his first #1 song with Jason Aldean's song " You Make It Easy". He was also nominated for his first

for "Single of the Year", with Aldean's song " Drowns the Whiskey (featuring

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)". Shortly after, he was able to achieve another #1 with Mitchell Tenpenny's song " Drunk Me" followed by two more #1's with Aldean for his songs " Drowns the Whiskey (featuring

)" and " Girl Like You". As of June 2023 Braun has mixed sixteen #1 songs on country radio, and has current and/or upcoming releases with Nelly, Jason Aldean, Jelly Roll,

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, Chris Young, Riley Green,

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, Mitchell Tenpenny, Alana Springsteen, Seaforth, Nightly, Restless Road, BettyWho,

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and more. Braun's mixes have also been used in movies and trailers such as ''

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,'' ''

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,'' '' The Walking Dead,'' ''

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,'' '' Parenthood,'' '' Nashville,'' Shameless, and amongst many others.

Mixing Discography

RIAA Certifications

Related Awards

References

External links

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Partial Discography on All Music
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