| Jacquire King | |
| Background: | non_performing_personnel |
| Birth Date: | 11 January 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Washington, D.C., United States |
| Instrument: | Programming, percussion, vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar |
| Genre: | Rock, alternative rock, indie rock, alternative pop, folk, blues, Americana |
| Occupation: | Record producer |
| Years Active: | 1987–present |
| Associated Acts: | Tom Waits, Modest Mouse, Buddy Guy, Norah Jones, Kings of Leon, James Bay, Of Monsters and Men, Niall Horan, Kaleo, Josh Ritter, Cold War Kids, Punch Brothers, City and Colour, Moon Taxi, Robert Ellis, Dawes, Amber Rubarth, Shania Twain, Daughtry |
Jacquire King (born January 11, 1967) is an American record producer, recording engineer and mixer. King has worked with such notable artists as Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, James Bay, Kaleo, Modest Mouse, Shania Twain, Buddy Guy, Norah Jones, Of Monsters and Men, Cold War Kids, Punch Brothers, City and Colour, Robert Ellis, Dawes[1] and others. His work has received more than 35 Grammy Award nominations to date.[2]
King had his initial training in recording engineering at Recording Workshop in Chillicothe, Ohio. His first studio employment was in the Washington, D.C. area. In 1988, he moved to California and got a job at Different Fur Studios in San Francisco. King later interned for Dan Alexander at Coast Recorders, which led to him helping two friends open Toast Studios, where he began working as an assistant.[3] After hearing that Tom Waits was looking for a new engineer, King auditioned and was chosen to engineer Waits' critically-acclaimed 1999 album Mule Variations at Prairie Sun Recording Studios.[4]
King utilizes traditional analog techniques and equipment such as tracking to 2" analog tape, combined with modern technologies like computer-based recording via Pro Tools and software plug-ins that emulate classic outboard Universal Audio and Neve signal processing gear.[4]
In 2007 Jacquire disassembled and modified his 40-channel Quad-Eight Coronado console, converting it into two identical 16-channel/32-input consoles, and in 2013, he established residency at Blackbird Studio G in Nashville, Tennessee, which served as his primary studio for the next 6 years.[5]
In 2014 he hosted his first Mix With The Masters seminar at Studios La Fabrique in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France. In 2019, he established his own studio, LBT, in Nashville.[5]
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