American record producer
Musical artist
Ryan Greene is an American record producer , sound engineer , former owner of Crush Recording Studios in Scottsdale, Arizona and founder of Area 52 Entertainment in Los Angeles, California .[ 1] He has worked with many artists including Jay-Z , Lita Ford ,[ 2] Tonic , Mr. Big , Wilson Phillips , Megadeth ,[ 3] [ 4] NOFX ,[ 3] [ 5] Alice Cooper , Cheap Trick , Usher ,[ 6] Patti LaBelle , Dishwalla and Gladys Knight . He has worked on over 250 musical projects and has been described as an "A-list producer".[ 3] [ 7]
Biography
Ryan Greene started his musical career as a drummer in local Los Angeles bands. He became a live engineer at the age of 15. At age 19 he started working at MCA Music Publishing Studio as a tape duplicator. Greene was eventually promoted directly to first engineer. He was the youngest engineer at MCA. While employed by MCA he worked together with people like Glen Ballard , Diane Warren and Desmond Child .[ 8]
From 1988 to 1996, Greene worked at EMI music publishing as chief engineer[ 9] where he did all the pre-production for Megadeth 's best selling album Countdown to Extinction , released in 1992. It sold over a million copies. This eventually lead Greene to working with Megadeth bassist Dave Ellefson 's band F5 .[ 10]
In 1994, he worked with Brett Gurewitz owner of Epitaph Records and founding member of the punk rock band Bad Religion on a demo recording for Bad Religion .[ 8] Brett Gurewitz hooked Ryan Greene up with the punk rock band NOFX and he produced their record Punk in Drublic the same year. The record sold more than a half million worldwide on its way to being certified gold and became NOFX's best selling record.[ 8]
In 1997, Greene started Motor Studios in San Francisco together with Fat Mike owner of Fat Wreck Chords and frontman/singer/bass player of NOFX .[ 8] [ 11] [ 12] Greene produced over 40 punk and rock bands for Fat Wreck Chords such as Lagwagon ,[ 13] No Use for a Name , Good Riddance , Pulley , Strung Out , Propagandhi , Me First and the Gimme Gimmes , The Dickies and was instrumental in coining the successful sound of the 1990s skate punk .[ 12] [ 14]
In 2005, Ryan Greene founded the Crush Recording Studios in Scottsdale, Arizona .[ 11] In January 2009, Greene sold Crush Recording and opened his new recording facility Area 52 Entertainment.[ 15]
Greene has also engineered and mixed songs for the video games Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock ,[ 2] [ 3] Guitar Hero: Aerosmith , Rock Revolution , and Rock Band .[ 1]
In 2010, Greene opened a recording complex, Validus Recording, and was named 'Producer Of The Year’ by the Los Angeles Music Awards.[ 16]
In 2011, he released a drum sample replacement library called Ryan Greene Alt Drums .[ 17]
Selected discography
References
^ a b Low, Andrew (21 December 2010). "Interview: Ryan Greene - Area 52 entertainment" . audioprointernational.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08.
^ a b Hoffman, Michelle (April 3, 2008). "Scottsdale studio shapes video game soundtrack" . azcentral.com. Retrieved March 11, 2013 .
^ a b c d e Sanford, Jay Allen (July 30, 2008). "Let It Ride on Greene" . San Diego Reader . Retrieved 21 March 2013 .
^ a b Doherty, Charlie (April 26, 2011). "Music Review: Megadeth - Rust In Peace Live (CD + DVD)" . Seattle Post Intelligencer . Retrieved 21 March 2013 .
^ Jordan, Isamu (March 26, 2004). "Seattle's Jill Cohn opens up at Spike Coffee House". Spokesman-Review .
^ a b Usher: Here I Stand credits at AllMusic . Retrieved March 11, 2013.
^ Kellner, Jason (November 17, 2006). "Local artists put their music on disc". Reno Gazette - Journal .
^ a b c d e Johnson, Heather (2004). "Ryan Greene: Producing Pop-punk Music in Double-time" . Mix . Archived from the original on 2014-02-08.
^ de Benedictis, Paul (December 18, 2009). "Guitar Heroes Steve Ouimette and Ryan Greene Get Dangerous" . MixOnline.com. Retrieved March 11, 2013 .
^ Sharpe-Young, Garry. (2005). New Wave of American Heavy Metal . Zonda Books Limited. p. 139. ISBN 0958268401 .
^ a b Johnson, Heather (2004). "Ryan Greene Has a New Crush: Rock Producer/Engineer Opens Scottsdale Studio" . Mix . Archived from the original on 2014-01-09.
^ a b Kelley, Brendan Joel (January 26, 2006). "Greene Party" . phoenixnewtimes.com. Retrieved March 11, 2013 .
^ "Lagwagon". Giant Robot (11–13). 1998.
^ "Reviews". Maximum Rocknroll (228). May 2002.
^ Walter, Chris (March 1, 2015). Under the Kilt: the Real McKenzies Exposed . GFY Press. ISBN 978-1-927053-21-8 .
^ "Los Angeles Producer Ryan Greene Picked as 'Producer of the Year' By the LA Music Awards" . Your Music Magazine. November 15, 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2013 .
^ HCNews (January 27, 2012). "Propellerhead Releases Ryan Greene Alt Drums ReFills for Reason" . harmonycentral.com. Retrieved March 11, 2013 .
^ "Advertisement". Billboard . May 27, 1995. p. 89.
^ "Back From Ashes Completes Work On New Ep" . Blabbermouth.net. 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2014-01-20 .
^ bravewords.com. "> News > BACK FROM ASHES Team With Producer Ryan Greene For Upcoming Release" . Bravewords.com. Retrieved 2014-01-20 .
^ Bigwig: Invitation to Tragedy credits at AllMusic . Retrieved March 11, 2013.
^ Dishwalla: Dishwalla credits at AllMusic . Retrieved March 11, 2013.
^ Johnson, Heather (2005). "MixLine Feature: Ryan Greene Opens Crush Recording" . Mix (magazine) . Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.
^ Lita Ford: Greatest Hits Live! credits at AllMusic . Retrieved March 11, 2013.
^ Verna, Paul (February 16, 1997). "Reviews & Previews". Billboard . p. 67.
^ Verna, Paul (December 7, 1996). "Nerf Herder Flies from My To Arista: Van Halen Lament Attracts Major-Label Attention". Billboard . p. 8.
^ Flick, Larry (April 11, 1995). "Reviews & Previews". Billboard . p. 88.
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