Mark Needham is an American

music engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a sound recording, recording or a Concert, live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization (audio), equalization, Dynamic range ...

, mixer and producer. He has worked with many prominent names in music, including:

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Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac are a British-American Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1967 by the singer and guitarist Peter Green (musician), Peter Green. Green named the band by combining the surnames of the drummer, Mick Fleetwood, and the bassis ...

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, and others. Over the course of more than three decades as an engineer and mixer, Mark Needham has worked with a wide variety of acts from different genres, including

Bruce Hornsby Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. His music draws from folk rock, jazz, bluegrass music, bluegrass, folk music, folk, Southern rock, country rock, jam band, rock music, rock, heartland r ...

, blues legend Charles Brown, and jazz greats

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Nat Adderley Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000) was an American jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It ...

and

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. He first met

Lindsey Buckingham Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician, record producer, and the lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the Rock music, rock band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018. In addition to his tenure with ...

when he was brought in at the suggestion of

Rob Cavallo Robert Siers Cavallo (born March 21, 1963) is an American record producer, musician, and record executive. He is among the biggest-selling producers in alternative music, having contributed to albums that have sold over 130 million units worldwi ...

to mix what was then to be a solo album for the guitarist in L.A. The two hit it off, and the solo album turned into a Fleetwood Mac disc. "

Mr. Brightside "Mr. Brightside" is the debut single of American rock band the Killers. It appears on their debut studio album, '' Hot Fuss'' (2004). Written by band members Brandon Flowers and Dave Keuning, it was one of the first songs the Killers ever wrot ...

" (certified Diamond selling via SoundScan) off

' multi platinum selling album ''

Hot Fuss ''Hot Fuss'' is the debut studio album by American rock band the Killers, released on June 7, 2004, in the United Kingdom and on June 15, 2004, in the United States by Island Records. The album's music is mostly influenced by new wave and pos ...

'', was recorded in just a few hours and mixed by Needham on a 12-channel Neve

mixing console A mixing console or mixing desk is an electronic device for Audio mixing (recorded music), mixing audio signals, used in sound recording and reproduction and sound reinforcement systems. Inputs to the console include microphones, signals fro ...

in about 40 minutes.

Selected discography

Chart positions

References

External links

ModernMixing.com interview with Mark Needham

CanvasRebel Interview- Meet Mark Needham

KILLERS Interview: Making MR. BRIGHTSIDE, SOMEBODY TOLD ME, ALL THESE THINGS, Hot Fuss etc ft Mark Needham

Jaxsta Music 'Voice Notes' Interview: Fleetwood Mac's 'Say You Will'' with Mark Needham (Multi-Plat. Engineer & Mixer)
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