Archive for December, 2011

Monday, December 12th, 2011

CRAS Grammy Watch: Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV was nominated for Best Rap Album this year and 2005 CRAS grad Jeremy Stevenson mixed the record. Jeremy has worked as a mix and recording engineer for many artists including Nelly 5.0, Diddy/Dirty Money, Christina Aguilera Bionic, Ludacris Battle of the Sexes, Pitbull Planet Pit, Jennifer Hudson I Remember, Chris [...]

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Friday, December 9th, 2011

CRAS Grammy Watch: Adele

Pop superstar Adele is up for five Grammys including Album of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. CRAS grads AJ Clark and Sara Killion were on the team for Adele’s 21 and have also worked with Godsmack Oracle, Rihanna Rated R, Macy [...]

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Thursday, December 8th, 2011

CRAS Grammy Watch: Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj is up for three Grammys this year including Best Rap Album, Best New Artist and Best R&B Performance with Drake. Five CRAS grads worked with Nicki in the capacity of engineer and assistant engineer. Click on their names to see a full list of their credits which include Diddy Dirty Money, Pitbull, Ludacris, [...]

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Thursday, December 8th, 2011

CRAS Grammy Watch: Ledisi

American singer-songwriter and actress Ledisi has three Grammy nominations for Best R&B Song, Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Album. CRAS grad Benjamin Chang engineered the record while Eric Rennaker assisted. Ben is a NY resident who has engineered for T-Pain, Jesse J, Fantasia, Fefe Dobson, New Kids on the Block and more. Eric Rennaker [...]

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Monday, December 5th, 2011

Grad Spotlight – Universal Audio Interview

Producer and engineer Darrell Thorp has lived what so many other budding engineers have only dreamed. After graduating from the CRAS in 1997, he worked his way up the ranks in renowned recording studios in Los Angeles, such as Conway and Ocean Way Studios, Thorp found himself working with chart-topping artists such as Radiohead, Switchfoot, [...]

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