Michael Koppelman is an American
record producer
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and
recording engineer. He worked with the artist
Prince
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from 1989 to 1992 on his albums ''
Graffiti Bridge'', ''
Diamonds and Pearls
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'' and ''
Love Symbol''. He also recorded or produced records for
Ingrid Chavez
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Early life
Chavez was born on January 21, 1965, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and raised in Marietta, Georgia. She is of Mexican-American descent. ...
,
Booker T. & the M.G.'s,
Frente!
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,
Basehead
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, and
Moxy Früvous
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History
The ...
. His current music project is called
Fire Good.
Michael, his brother Kurt Koppelman and friend Chuck Hermes founded the BBS Bitstream Underground in 1994. It eventually became an Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Michael founded Clockwork Active Media Systems, a digital agency in Minneapolis, in 2002. He is still part owner and sits on its board.
Michael studied
astronomy
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at the
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...
and was featured in the
PBS
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television documentary ''Seeing in the Dark''. He is part of the ''
Slacker Astronomy'' blog and podcast team.
After studying at the American Brewers Guild, Michael became a professional brewer at Lucid Brewing (now Inbound Brewing). He is currently the owner of Badger Hill Brewing in Shakopee, MN.
References
External links
Michael Koppelman's DiscographyMichael Koppelman's website
American audio engineers
Living people
University of Minnesota alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
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