Michael Brauer

Michael Brauer is a New York-based mix engineer whose credits encompass a wide range of genres, and include The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Coldplay, John Mayer, Ash, My Morning Jacket, Ben Folds, Dream Theater, The New Radicals, Change, Fountains of Wayne, David Poe, Wilco, Alpha Rev and Ron Sexsmith.

Brauer has established himself as an A-List mix engineer with a recent string of highly successful albums. He received a Grammy for "Best Male Pop Vocal and Performance" for his work on John Mayer's Continuum, "Best Alternative Album" for Coldplay's Parachutes, and also "Best Rock Album" for Coldplay's "Viva La Vida". Michael mixed James Morrison’s debut album Undiscovered for Polydor which debuted at #1 in the UK and has since gone platinum in the UK, and The Kooks’ debut album Inside In / Inside Out which has also been certified triple platinum in the UK. Recent albums Michael mixed include My Morning Jacket's "Evil Urges", Brazilian Girls's "New York City", and The Fray's "The Fray. He has recently mixed singles for John Mayer, The Enemy (#1 UK single chart), Paulo Nutini, Mr. Hudson & The Library, Evans Blue, a surround sound mix for the My Morning Jacket 'Okonokos' DVD, Coldplay, and The Fray.

Brauer is known for an unusual implementation of parallel compression in which vocals or instruments are sent to five compressors, each adjusted for its own timbral and tonal quality. These are then blended by ear to achieve the desired result.^[1]

Albums mixed (recent highlights)

• BIRDS OF TOKYO – The Saddest Thing I Know(EMI Aus)
• CHASE COY – Where The Road Parts(Universal Records)
• STARS – Sad Robot(Soft Revolution)
• ISAAC RUSSELL – EP(Sony Music)
• THE RESCUES – Let Loose the Horses(Universal Republic)
• JOHN MAYER – Battle Studies (Columbia)
• THE BRAVERY – Stir the Blood(Island Records)
• COLBIE CAILLAT – Breakthrough(Universal Records)
• REGINA SPEKTOR – Far (Warner Bros)
• Alpha Rev – New Morning (Hollywood Records)
• Barcelona – Absolutes (Motown Records)
• The Fray – The Fray (Epic Records)
• Coldplay – Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends (EMI)
• Copeland – You are My Sunshine (Tooth & Nail)
• The Doves – Kingdom Of Rust (Heavenly Records)
• My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges (ATO)
• Mandi Perkins – Alice In No Man's Land (Sony)
• Travis – The Boy With No Name (Independiente)
• KT Tunstall – Drastic Fantastic (Virgin UK)
• John Mayer – Continuum (Aware/Columbia)
• James Morrison – Undiscovered (Polydor)
• The Kooks – Inside In / Inside Out (EMI)
• Idlewild – Warnings/Promises (EMI)
• Dream Theater – Octavarium (Atlantic)
• Coldplay – X&Y (EMI) #1 Worldwide
• Ben Folds – Songs for Silverman (Sony)
• Bob Dylan – Lovesick (Sony Legacy)
• Paul McCartney – Driving Rain Tour (Capitol)
• Aimee Mann – Lost in Space (Super Ego Records)
• Pet Shop Boys – Release (Capitol/Parlophone)
• Josh Pyke – Memories & Dust (Ivy League/Island)
• Coldplay – Parachutes (Parlophone) #1 Worldwide
• Fountains of Wayne – Traffic and Weather (Virgin)
• The Great Fiction – Slow Progress for Simplicity (Chrysalis Music)
• Young the Giant – Young the Giant (Roadrunner Records)

Grammy Awards

• Coldplay – Viva La Vida (Best Rock Album)
• Coldplay – Parachutes (Best Alternative Album)
• John Mayer – Continuum (Best Male Pop Vocal and Performance)
• John Mayer– Battle Studies (Best Engineer non-classical)

Grammy Award winning albums

• Tony Bennett – Unplugged (Album of the Year)
• Booker T & The MG's – That's the Way It Should Be (Best Instrumental Performance)
• Aretha Franklin – Who's Zoomin' Who (Best Female R&B Vocal Performance)

Singles mixed (recent highlights)

• The Fray – You Found Me (Epic Records)
• Coldplay – Viva La Vida (EMI/Parlophone)
• Coldplay – Violet Hill (EMI/Parlophone)
• Stars – Bitches In Tokyo (Arts & Crafts International)
• Evans Blue – The Pursuit (Hollywood)
• Paolo Nutini – Last Request (Atlantic)
• The Bravery – An Honest Mistake (Island)
• Breaking Benjamin – Forget It (Hollywood Records)
• Ben Harper – Faded/Whole lotta love (Virgin)

Music education

Michael Brauer has been part of a music education initiative called the Fermatta Master Class Series which is a series of master classes taught to aspiring musicians of the Fermatta Music Academy in Mexico. He has also been teaching week-long seminars during the summer in the south of France at La Fabrique where he shares his knowledge about his mixing and compression techniques.

References

1. ^ Senior, Mike (April 2009). "Cubase: Advanced Vocal Compression". Sound On Sound (SOS Publications Group). http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr09/articles/cubasetech_0409.htm. Retrieved March 19, 2010. 

External links

• Michael Brauer's Management, Erik Eger Entertainment
• Michael Brauer's Website

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