John F. Machnik (born February 14, 1968) is an American record producer and recording engineer from

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. He was the owner of Sleepless Nights Recording Studios from 1989 to 2001.

Biography

In 2000, he started recording comedy for

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, including

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, Lewis Black "White Album", Lewis Black "Revolver", Lewis Black "End of the Universe",

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, Sklar Brothers,

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, Rene Hicks,

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and Andy Andrist. In 2004, John recorded the Madison stint of the

's "Shut Up, You Fucking Baby!" tour. Initially, it was thought that none of the material was used on the album but later found out from producer Scotty Crane that bits were indeed used on the album. The album was nominated for a Grammy for Best Comedy Album in 2004. In 2008, John received a

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award for his work on the

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album "

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". and was nominated in 2006 for work on Lewis Black's album Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues. John has done engineering, producing and/or mastering for the following:

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, Space Streakings, Ed Hall,

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, Ceilishrine, Crayon Black, None Left Standing,

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, The Heavils, Mount Shasta, Madisalsa, White, Marques Bovre rl=https://www.marquesbovre.com/ref> and the Evil Twins, Road Trip, Sunshine Allison, Corm, Discount, Peepshow, Middle World, Pachinko, Driving with Carl, Saving Face, Genetic Drift, Mad Trucker, Phat Phunktion, Muzzy Luctin, Angels or Insects, Howl, Wish, Magic 7, and Last Crack plus many midwest local acts. John is now President of Electro-Works, Inc., a Wisconsin-based company providing custom sound, lighting, audio and video applications. Electro-Works, Inc. has been involved in projects across the United States and parts of Asia.

References

External links

*http://www.discogs.com/artist/John+Machnik *https://web.archive.org/web/20100914031934/http://music.msn.com/music/artist/john-machnik/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20111009120019/http://albumcredits.com/Profile/605206 *https://web.archive.org/web/20110826222715/http://electro-works.com/studio/ *http://www.resonanceresearch.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Machnik, John 1968 births Living people Record producers from Illinois Record producers from Wisconsin American audio engineers Businesspeople from Madison, Wisconsin Grammy Award winners