David Leonard is an American

record producer A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...

and

audio engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduc ...

Production discography

* 1981:

Chaka Khan Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan ( ), is an American singer. Known as the " Queen of Funk", her career has spanned more than five decades beginning in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of ...

– '' What Cha' Gonna Do for Me'' – co-engineer * 1981: Go-Go's – '' Beauty and the Beat'' – mixing assistant * 1982: Toto – ''

Toto IV ''Toto IV'' is the fourth studio album by American rock music, rock band Toto (band), Toto, released on April 8, 1982, by Columbia Records. The album's lead single, "Rosanna (song), Rosanna", peaked at number 2 for five weeks on the Billboard Hot ...

'' – co-engineer * 1983: Go-Go's – ''

Vacation A vacation (American English) or holiday (British English) is either a leave of absence from a regular job or school or an instance of leisure travel away from home. People often take a vacation during specific holiday observances or for sp ...

'' – studio assistant * 1985:

Fishbone Fishbone is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1979, the band plays a fusion of ska, punk, funk, metal, reggae, and soul. AllMusic has described the group as "one of the most distinctive and eclectic alternative ...

– ''

'' – co-engineer, mixer * 1986:

– '' In Your Face'' – co-mixer * 1986:

Eddie Money Edward Joseph Money ( Mahoney; March 21, 1949September 13, 2019) was an American singer and songwriter who, in the 1970s and 1980s, had eleven Top 40 songs, including " Baby Hold On", " Two Tickets to Paradise", " Think I'm in Love", " Shakin' ...

– '' Can't Hold Back'' – co-engineer * 1986: Various Artists – '' Quicksilver'' – engineer * 1987:

Sheena Easton Sheena Shirley Easton (; born 27 April 1959) is a Scottish singer and actress who achieved recognition in an episode of the reality television series ''The Big Time (TV series), The Big Time: Pop Singer'', which recorded her attempts to gain a ...

– '' No Sound But a Heart'' – co-producer * 1988:

Michelle Shocked Michelle Shocked (born Karen Michelle Johnston; February 24, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter. Her music has entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, and received an award ...

– '' Short Sharp Shocked'' – mixer * 1988: Parthenon Huxley – '' Sunny Nights'' – mixer * 1989:

Belinda Carlisle Belinda Jo Carlisle ( ; born August 17, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter. She gained fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, one of the most successful all-female rock bands of all time, and went on to have a prolific career as a sol ...

– '' Runaway Horses'' – co-engineer * 1989:

The Outfield The Outfield were an English pop rock band formed in London in 1984. The band achieved success in the mid-1980s and are best remembered for their hit single "Your Love (The Outfield song), Your Love". The band's lineup consisted of guitarist J ...

– '' Voices of Babylon'' – co-producer * 1991:

Susanna Hoffs Susanna Lee Hoffs (born January 17, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actress. With Debbi Peterson and Vicki Peterson, she founded the Bangles in 1981. Their debut album, ''All Over the Place (The Bangles album), All Over ...

– '' When You're a Boy'' – co-engineer, co-mixer * 1992: The Men – ''The Men'' – producer and engineer * 1992: Soul Asylum – '' Grave Dancers Union'' – co-mixer * 1992: Sophie B. Hawkins – '' Tongues and Tails'' – co-mixer * 1992:

The Neville Brothers The Neville Brothers were an American R&B/soul/funk group, formed in 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana. History The group notion started in 1976, when the four brothers of the Neville family, Art (1937–2019), Charles (1938–2018), Aaron (b. 19 ...

– '' Family Groove'' – producer, mixer, recorder * 1993: Dwight Yoakam-This Time-mix engineer * 1993:

John Mellencamp John J. Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951), previously known as Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American singer-songwriter. He is known for his brand of heartland rock, which emphasizes traditional instrumentation ...

– '' Human Wheels'' – co-producer * 1994:

Alison Moyet Geneviève Alison Jane Ballard (; ; born 18 June 1961), formerly known as Alf, is an English singer. Noted for her powerful bluesy contralto voice, she came to prominence as a member of the synth-pop duo Yazoo (band), Yazoo (known as Yaz in Nor ...

– ''

Essex Essex ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the ...

'' – co-mixer * 1995: October Project – ''Falling Farther In'' – engineer * 1997:

Indigo Girls Indigo Girls are an American folk rock music duet (music), duo from Atlanta, Georgia, United States, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. The two met in Primary school, elementary school and began performing together as Secondary school, hig ...

– '' Shaming of the Sun'' – co-producer * 1998:

Ace of Base Ace of Base is a Swedish pop group formed in 1987, originally consisting of siblings Jonas, Linn, and Jenny Berggren, with Ulf Ekberg. They achieved worldwide success following the release of their debut album, '' Happy Nation'', in 1992. L ...

– '' Cruel Summer'' – co-mixer * 1998:

Barenaked Ladies Barenaked Ladies (BNL) is a Canadian Rock music, rock band which was formed in 1988 in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, Ontario. The band developed a following in Canada, with their Barenaked Ladies (EP), self-titled 1991 cassette becoming th ...

– ''

Stunt A stunt is an unusual, difficult, dramatic physical feat that may require a special skill, performed for artistic purposes usually for a public audience, as on television or in theaters or cinema. Stunts are a feature of many action films. Befo ...

'' – co-producer, co-engineer, co-mixer * 1999: Moist – '' Mercedes 5 and Dime'' – producer * 2000: Earthsuit – '' Kaleidoscope Superior'' – producer * 2000: Hootie and the Blowfish – '' Scattered, Smothered and Covered'' – co-mixer * 2000:

Geddy Lee Geddy Lee Weinrib (; born Gary Lee Weinrib, July 29, 1953) is a Canadian musician, best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Rock music, rock band Rush (band), Rush. Lee joined the band in September 1968 at the request o ...

– '' My Favourite Headache'' – co-producer * 2000: Tara MacLean – '' Live from Austin'' – producer, mixer * 2001:

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and the piano, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John ...

– '' Driving Rain'' – co-mixer * 2001:

Rustic Overtones Rustic Overtones is an American Rock music, rock band from Maine, United States, active between 1993 and 2002 and from 2007 to the present. They were the first group to perform live on XM Satellite Radio, and their 2007 album ''Light at the End ...

– '' ¡Viva Nueva!'' – co-producer, co-engineer, co-mixer * 2004: Juliana Hatfield – '' In Exile Deo'' – co-producer * 2004: k.d. lang – '' Hymns of the 49th Parallel'' – engineer, mixer * 2004: Rush – ''

Feedback Feedback occurs when outputs of a system are routed back as inputs as part of a chain of cause and effect that forms a circuit or loop. The system can then be said to ''feed back'' into itself. The notion of cause-and-effect has to be handle ...

'' – producer * 2005: Audio Adrenaline – '' Until My Heart Caves In'' – producer * 2006: Shaye – ''

Lake of Fire The lake of fire is a concept that appears in both the ancient Egyptian religion, ancient Egyptian and Christianity, Christian religions. In ancient Egypt, it appears as an obstacle on the journey through the underworld which can destroy or refres ...

'' – co-mixer * 2008: k.d. lang – '' Watershed'' – co-engineer, mixer * 2010: David Leonard – ''The Quickening'' – songwriter, artist *2023: John Mellencamp – '' Orpheus Descending'' – engineering, mixing

Awards

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

– Co-engineer of Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical – for ''Toto IV.'' *

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

– Producer of Best Rock Gospel Album – for ''Until My Heart Caves In.''

References

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