Gary Tanin

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Gary Tanin (born Gary Stephan Tanin, 19 September 1952, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a veteran Milwaukee musician/producer/engineer with a career spanning decades and reflecting two central themes: music and technology.

[edit] Biography

At age 16, Tanin had already laid the foundation for his calling when landed a record deal with Odessa Records, recording his original material.^{[citation needed]}

While attending the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, during the early 70's, Tanin apprenticed as an audio engineer at ARCO Recording Studios where he studied the Art and Science of audio recording and production. In the mid 70s he released the critically acclaimed, self-produced concept album "Otto & The Elevators".^{[citation needed]} In the early 80's he foresaw the unique possibility of combining newly emerging computer technology with music. He produced dozens of artists during the 70s and 80s.^{[citation needed]}

He has had numerous articles published in industry publications, including the CMC Source Book and AfterTouch(tm). These special interests led to Tanin's work with garageband.com co-founder Jerry Harrison (of the rock band Talking Heads).^{[citation needed]}

Harrison contributed to "Sublime Nation", Tanin's 1995 solo CD released by MultiMusicaUSA. In addition to Sublime Nation, Gary has released several national critically acclaimed CDs of his own and produced local, national, and international artists. Tanin's Japanese/US release, XPensive Dogs, is an intercontinental fusion of east and west. A follow-up to XPensive Dogs, entitled "DOG EAT DOG", was released in 2004. Japanese label Hard Disc International released "XPensive Dogs" and "Sublime Nation" was released in Japan on the Mouse Records imprint. Tanin's entire catalog is being distributed in the US by RockIt Records (USA).RockIt Records & Recording.

Gary Tanin has produced for bands like the BoDeans, Monovox, and Sammy Llanas' Absinthe and mastering for the likes of ex-Violent Femmes, Victor DeLorenzo, Pancake Day (ALMO/Geffen), and Daryl Stuermer (of Phil Collins and Genesis fame). Tanin has won the Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) Producer Of The Year Awards for 2003, 2004 and 2005.^{[citation needed]} He was an active past member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES); is a 25 year voting member of The Recording Academy (NARAS) and owns GTLabs/Daystorm Music production and disc mastering in Milwaukee.