Charles Newman (music producer)

Charles Newman
Born January 16, 1967 (1967-01-16) (age 45)
Baltimore, Maryland
Genres Rock, alternative rock, punk rock, indie rock
Occupations Recording engineer, musician, record producer
Instruments Piano, guitar, bass guitar, drums, vocals
Years active 1998–present
Labels Mother West
Associated acts Please, Flare, Kris Gruen
Website www.cottagesounds.com

Charles Richard Newman (born January 16, 1967) is an American music producer, recording engineer, composer, songwriter and multi-insturmentalist. He is the co-founder of New York City's Mother West Records and Studios, The Deli Magazine, and the band PLEASE, who enjoyed minor success when their single "Here It Comes Again" was featured on the soundtrack to the film Empire Records.[1] Most notably he has been working as the main engineer, mixer and co-producer for Stephin Merritt and The Magnetic Fields since his initial work on the critically acclaimed 69 Love Songs.[2] He has also produced, mixed and engineered work by artists such as Flare,[3] Gospel Music,[4] Tom Shaner,[5] Jon DeRosa, Dylan Trees,[6] The Davenports and Lauren Molina.

Record credits

References

  1. ^ Rivera, M. Alberto (November 2011), "Nature vs. The Nature of the Major Record Labels: The Mother West Records Story", Thrust Magazine 7 (11): 18–20, http://data.axmag.com/data/201112/U6170_F63853/index.html 
  2. ^ Beghtol, LD (2006), 69 Love Songs", New York: Continuum, pp. 103 & 118, ISBN 0-8264-1925-9
  3. ^ Reighley, Kurt B. (27 May 2003), "Flare for the Dramatic", The Advocate (890): 58, ISSN 0001-8996, http://books.google.com/books?id=s2QEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=flare+beghtol&source=bl&ots=ZMzf4wAada&sig=LCSTh1DQzhAiGa6YMo5SiNOYYM0&hl=en&ei=LbbLTPSOAsH7lwfit_iWBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&sqi=2&ved=0CEgQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=charles%20newman&f=false 
  4. ^ Langhoff, Josh (7 November 2011), "Gospel Music: How to Get to Heaven from Jacksonville, FL", Pop Matters, http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/150289-gospel-music-how-to-get-to-heaven-from-jacksonville-fl 
  5. ^ Rivera, M. Alberto (November 2011), "Nature vs. The Nature of the Major Record Labels: The Mother West Records Story", Thrust Magazine 7 (11): 18–20, http://data.axmag.com/data/201112/U6170_F63853/index.html 
  6. ^ Putnam, Jenna (Winter 2011), [thedelimag.com/deli-pdf/la8.pdf "Best of L.A. 2011 #21 Dylan Trees"], The Deli Magazine 3 (8), thedelimag.com/deli-pdf/la8.pdf 

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