Tim Palmer
Tim Palmer is a British music producer, audio engineer, guitarist and songwriter of rock and alternative music. He mixed Pearl Jam's debut album Ten (1991) and has worked with Robert Plant, the Mission UK, Mighty Lemon Drops, Gene Loves Jezebel, David Bowie’s Tin Machine, H.I.M., Blue October, Jason Mraz and The Polyphonic Spree.[1]
Biography
Palmer started his career in London. In the early 1980s, Palmer was an assistant engineer at Utopia Studios in London where he worked with musicians such as Mark Knopfler and Dead or Alive. By age 21, he had his first number one single, mixing "Died In Your Arms Tonight" (1986) for Cutting Crew. In the latter half of the 80s, Palmer became a producer, and his ears and technical knowledge contributed to groups such as the Mighty Lemon Drops, the Mission, with whom he worked for several years, and Gene Loves Jezebel. In 1988, Palmer produced Now and Zen for rock singer Robert Plant (Top 10 U.S. album) as well as Tin Machine, David Bowie's debut LP with Tin Machine in 1989.
In the 1990s, Palmer started to focus more on mixing for diverse groups like Mother Love Bone, the Cure, Sponge, Wire Train, James, Catherine Wheel, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, and Concrete Blonde. He produced The House Of Love (1990) for The House of Love, and mixed Ten (1991) for Pearl Jam. The album sold over 14 million albums and earned a place in the top 50 best selling albums in U.S. history. He also produced Tears For Fears' albums Elemental (1993) and Raoul and the Kings of Spain (1995).
Palmer relocated to Los Angeles, California to build his own mixing facility and was nominated for a Grammy for his mixing work on U2's All That You Can't Leave Behind album. He remixed JC's "Truth Will Come" which appears on the Maxi-Singles album and produced and wrote with Ozzy Osbourne on his Platinum-selling album, Down to Earth (2001), and mixed Porcupine Tree's In Absentia (2002). Palmer then produced and mixed for Switchfoot, the Goo Goo Dolls and Dark Light and Venus Doom by HIM. Since moving his studio to Austin, Texas in 2009, he has produced and mixed for Jason Mraz, Blue October and Bob Schneider. Palmer has been moderator for 3 years at SXSW, and is a Governor of the Texas chapter of the Recording Academy. He mixed songs for several Austin bands, including Bob Schneider, and Quiet Company.
Palmer mixed Julien-K's debut album, Death to Analog (2009). He worked with the Goo Goo Dolls on their ninth studio album, Something for the Rest of Us, that same year, and mixed Norwegian rock band Malice in Wonderland's single, "City Angel". In 2010, Palmer worked on tracks for Tarja Turunen's album What Lies Beneath. He also produced and played guitar on Blue October's album, Any Man In America (2011), and mixed their 2013 album Sway.
In November 2012, Palmer mixed HIM's album Tears on Tape in London, and as of January 2013, has been mixing and co-producing a new album from Polyphonic Spree.
References
- ↑ Schultz, Barbara (September 1, 2013). "Classic Track: 'Even Flow,' Pearl Jam". Mix. Retrieved November 15, 2013.