Neal Avron

Neal Avron (born December 31, 1965) is an American record producer, mixer, audio engineer, and musician. Working predominantly in rock music, Avron began working on records in 1993 and achieved his production breakthrough when he co-produced Everclear's 1997 album ''So Much for the Afterglow''. Avron went on to produce/mix a string of successful albums from the likes of Switchfoot, New Found Glory, Fall Out Boy, Yellowcard, Weezer, You Me at Six and Anberlin.

Avron created headlines in 2010 when he mixed and/or produced each debuting number one album on the ''Billboard'' 200 for three consecutive weeks; Disturbed's ''Asylum'', Sara Bareilles' ''Kaleidoscope Heart'', and Linkin Park's ''A Thousand Suns''. Avron later garnered recognition for his production work by receiving a Grammy Award nomination for Sara Bareilles' single "King of Anything" under the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance category.

Avron is noted for having particular recording techniques, believing that pre-production is essential before entering a recording studio. When recording, he prefers to lay down the drums and rhythm guitar first, as opposed to the conventional method of bass guitar and drums. Avron has noted, "Over the years I've had issues with recording bass first, especially when someone is hitting the strings really hard. For me it's difficult to tell whether the bass is in tune, because the fundamental is so low. When laying the rhythm guitars down first, it's much easier to tell whether the bass is out of tune or not. It also means that the bass has a place to fit."

Discography

Selected discography (producer/mixing/engineering).

*1997 – ''So Much for the Afterglow'' by Everclear
*2000 – '' Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile'' by Everclear
*2000 – ''New Found Glory'' by New Found Glory
*2001 – ''Transmatic'' by Transmatic
*2002 – '' Back to the Innocence'' by Seven and the Sun
*2002 – ''Sticks and Stones'' by New Found Glory
*2002 – '' Headspace'' by Pulse Ultra
*2002 – '' Tomorrow'' by SR-71
*2003 – ''Ocean Avenue'' by Yellowcard
*2003 – '' Die Trying'' by Die Trying
*2004 – ''Catalyst'' by New Found Glory
*2004 – '' Nothing new since Rock 'n' Roll'' by The Fight
*2005 – ''From Under the Cork Tree'' by Fall Out Boy
*2005 – ''Make Believe'' by Weezer
*2006 – '' Lights and Sounds'' by Yellowcard
*2007 – ''Minutes to Midnight'' by Linkin Park
*2007 – '' Empty Walls'' by Serj Tankian
*2007 – ''Infinity on High'' by Fall Out Boy
*2007 – ''Luna Halo'' by Luna Halo
*2007 – '' Paper Walls'' by Yellowcard
*2008 – ''Folie à Deux'' by Fall Out Boy
*2008 – ''New Surrender'' by Anberlin
*2008 – '' Indestructible'' by Disturbed
*2009 – ''Artwork'' by The Used
*2009 – ''Say Anything'' by Say Anything
*2010 – ''Asylum'' by Disturbed
*2010 – ''A Thousand Suns'' by Linkin Park
*2010 – ''Kaleidoscope Heart'' by Sara Bareilles
*2010 – '' Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice'' by HIM
*2011 – ''When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes'' by Yellowcard
*2011 – ''Vice Verses
*2011 – ''Radiosurgery'' by New Found Glory
*2012 – '' Southern Air'' by Yellowcard
*2012 – '' Don't Panic'' by All Time Low
*2013 – ''J.A.C.K.'' by Forever The Sickest Kids
*2013 – ''Exhale EP'' by Stardog Champion
*2014 – ''Cavalier Youth'' by You Me at Six
*2014 – ''Fading West'' by Switchfoot
*2014 – ''Lift a Sail'' by Yellowcard
*2014 – ''Talking Is Hard'' by Walk the Moon
*2014 – '' MALL (Music from the Motion Picture)'' by Mike Shinoda, Joseph Hahn, Dave Farrell, Chester Bennington, Alec Puro.
*2015 – ''Blurryface'' by Twenty One Pilots
*2015 – ''What's Inside: Songs From Waitress'' by Sara Bareilles
*2016 – ''Taking One for the Team'' by Simple Plan
*2016 – ''Waitress'' by Original Broadway Cast Recording
*2016 – '' Unleashed by Skillet
*2016 – ''Yellowcard by Yellowcard
*2016 – Blurryface Live by Twenty One Pilots
*2017 – ''Eternity, in Your Arms'' by Creeper
*2018 – ''America'' by Thirty Seconds to Mars

References

External links

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www.nealavron.com

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1969 births
Living people
Record producers from California
American rock musicians
American keyboardists
Grammy Award winners
Musicians from Los Angeles