Jeff Braun (born August 9, 1989) is an American

mixing engineer A mixing engineer (or simply mix engineer) is responsible for combining ("mixing") different sonic elements of an auditory piece into a complete rendition (also known as "final mix" or "mixdown"), whether in music, film, or any other content of a ...

. He has mixed records for

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, Jelly Roll,

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, Chris Young,

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, Seaforth,

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and more. Braun has mixed eighteen #1 songs, over a dozen #1's on

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's The Highway, and a

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for "Single of the Year" with Jason Aldean's "If I Didn't Love You" featuring

Carrie Underwood Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence after winning the fourth season of ''American Idol'' in 2005, returning as a judge beginning with the twenty-third season. Underwood's f ...

. He currently resides in

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Early years and personal life

Braun was born in

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. He was drawn to music at an early age, picking up the drums at 12 years old. While in school at

Lakeville North High School Lakeville North High School (LNHS) is a public high school in northern Lakeville, Minnesota, United States. Formerly Lakeville Senior High School, LNHS received its current name when a second high school, Lakeville South High School, was built ...

, Braun was the captain of the drumline. He also joined a band where he performed in acts sharing the stage with bands such as

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and

Quietdrive Quietdrive is an alternative rock band based in Hopkins, Minnesota, USA, that was formed in 2002. Quietdrive released their first album, '' When All That's Left Is You'', on May 30, 2006, on Epic Records. In April 2008, Quietdrive left Epic Recor ...

; as well as playing on the

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. At age 18, Braun started recording and mixing local bands. After high school, Braun attended

Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or MT) is a Public university, public research university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Founded in 1911 as a normal school, the university consists of eight Undergraduate education, undergraduate colleges as ...

where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Audio Production. His studio was involved in the AES recording competition in the "Traditional Studio" category. He also represented

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's 8th annual Fantastic Scholastic recording competition in which he won for the university over $11,000 in microphones. After graduation, he co-founded Forty-One Fifteen, a multi room studio facility located in

East Nashville, Tennessee East Nashville is an area east of downtown Nashville in Tennessee across the Cumberland River. The area is mostly residential and mixed-use areas with businesses lining the main boulevards. The main thoroughfares are Gallatin Ave (also known a ...

. After a few years of tracking he transitioned into mixing full time. Braun currently works out of his private mix room, "Anthem House". In May 2018, Jeff celebrated his first #1 song with

's song " You Make It Easy". He was also nominated for his first

for "Single of the Year", with Aldean's song "

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(featuring

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)". Shortly after, he was able to achieve another #1 with

's song " Drunk Me" followed by two more #1's with Aldean for his songs "

(featuring

)" and " Girl Like You". As of September 2023 Braun has mixed eighteen #1 songs on country radio and was recently nominated for CMA Single of the Year with Jelly Roll's " NEED A FAVOR." Braun's mixes have also been used in movies and trailers such as ''

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,'' ''

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,'' '' The Walking Dead,'' ''

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,'' '' Parenthood,'' ''

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,'' Shameless, and amongst many others.

Mixing Discography

RIAA Certifications

References

External links

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Partial Discography on All Music
{{DEFAULTSORT:Braun, Jeff Living people 1989 births Engineers from Minneapolis Musicians from Nashville, Tennessee