Darryl Neudorf
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| Darryl Neudorf | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Born | June 7, 1964 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
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| Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Occupation(s) | Drummer, Record producer, Audio engineer | |
| Years active | 1982–present | |
| Website | DarrylNeudorf.com | |
Darryl Neudorf (born June 7, 1964 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian musician, record producer and audio engineer.
He was a member of 54-40 (playing drums) from 1982 - 1986. He is best known during this time for co-writing the hit song "I Go Blind", the Canadian hit which was later covered by U.S. rock group Hootie and the Blowfish.
He has also worked as a producer for a number of other recording artists, including Neko Case, The New Pornographers, Kevin Kane, Kinnie Starr, Streetnix, Twilight Circus Dub Sound System, Dead Voices on Air, Justin Rutledge, Jim Bryson, Jim Cuddy, Bob Egan and The Sadies.
In 1988, he worked with Sarah McLachlan on her debut album, Touch, and in 1991 on her second album, Solace. In 1993, he filed a lawsuit against McLachlan and her label, Nettwerk, alleging that he had made a significant and uncredited contribution to the songwriting on Touch, and alleging that he wasn't paid properly for work done on Solace. The judge in this suit eventually ruled in McLachlan's favor on the songs, in that, though Neudorf may have contributed to the songwriting, neither regarded each other as joint authors. The judge ruled in Neudorf's favor on the payment issue.
Neudorf continues to produce music at his residential recording studio, located about thirty-five minutes north of Toronto, Ontario. His resort styled studio is called Operation Northwoods Recording Services and is situated along the shores of a kettle lake.
In addition to producing, mixing and/or playing on numerous recordings, he is the head instructor of musical production at The Audio Recording Academy in downtown Toronto where he has been imparting his wisdom of sonics since it's inception in 2002.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Darryl Neudorf grew up in the Okanagan Valley (home of the Ogopogo lake monster) in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
In order to prevent their son from damaging the dining room furniture, pots and pans, his parents bought him a drum kit for Christmas when he was ten years old.
Throughout his teens Neudorf picked fruit in orchards, worked at The Pop Shop, skateboarded around Kelowna and formed the band Empty Set with his sister Adele Neudorf, Kevin Kane and Jon Brotherton.
[edit] 54-40
At eighteen Darryl Neudorf joined the band 54-40 as their drummer. They recorded two albums, toured extensively in North America and at the time of his departure, 54-40 had signed a deal with Warner/Reprise. The songs that Neudorf performed, co-composed and produced with 54-40 helped to catapulte their career; achiving Gold and Platinum status in Canada. In 1986, after four years in the band, Neudorf left 54-40 to pursue a career in music production.
[edit] Recording work
In 1987, Darryl Neudorf was asked to work on a project for Nettwerk Productions involving a newly signed artist in their repertoire named Sarah McLachlan. This recording, the album Touch, resulted in garnering the interest of Arista Records. She signed a multi-album contract with them and two of the songs that Neudorf worked on with her became commercial hits in Canada. In 1991, Neudorf was invited back to work with McLachlan on her second album, Solace.
[edit] Miller Block
Late one fall night in 1994, in Vancouvers' Downtown Eastside, Darryl Neudorf and Tracy Pillsworth met with Tom Anselmi of the band Copyright. The three met on the top floor of a building that was built in 1948 through Jim Carrico who had found the Hastings Street space for lease. An artists' co-operative was about to burgeon and become home to a group of people generating dozens of CD´s and vinyl representing Vancouvers' eclectic underground. Neudorf and Pillsworth lent Anselmi their recording equipment to record what was to become Copyright's second CD, Love Story. The building of a recording studio that was soundproofed and secure followed. The studio was named after the arched words painted in gold on the front of the buildings' black and green tiled facade; Miller Block was born.
Throughout the 1990s, Neudorf designed, managed, owned and operated Miller Block with Tracy Pillsworth (aka Sugarpill), where he did much of his recording and production. This work resulted in scores of releases in a wide variety of genres from underground rock to roots rock to country to avant-garde electronica. Among others, this list includes cub, Duotang, Neko Case, Kinnie Starr, Herald Nix, The New Pornographers, Superconductor, Kevin Kane, Twilight Circus Dub Sound System, Faust and Dead Voices on Air. The merging of equipment, space and trust surrounding Miller Block resulted in a creative studio environment that flourished for six years, until the Fall of 2000.
[edit] The Move East
In 2001, Darryl Neudorf, Tracy Pillsworth and the boxed up studio moved to Toronto, Ontario seeking a new residential recording studio. Once in Toronto, Neudorf continued to produce and engineer successful recordings, among others, Americana singer Neko Case.
[edit] The Audio Recording Academy
During 2002 Darryl Neudorf was asked to become the head instructor at, and design the curriculum for, a new audio production school called The Audio Recording Academy where he has been imparting his wisdom of sonics ever since.
[edit] Operation Northwoods Recording Services
In November, 2004, after looking for a resort styled location to set up a recording studio, Darryl Neudorf and Tracy Pillsworth found a creative retreat.
The studio is called Operation Northwoods Recording Services where musicians have produced recordings with Neudorf at the helm, with him either producing, mixing, engineering, drumming and/or mastering. Among others, these musicians include The Sadies, Jim Cuddy, Justin Rutledge, Bob Egan, The Mohawk Lodge, Jim Bryson and Neko Case.
Neudorf continues to produce music amidst the Oak Ridges Moraine, along the shores of one of Southcentral Ontario's kettle lakes, just north of Toronto, Ontario.
