Shawn Everett (born July 6, 1982) is a Canadian music engineer and producer best known for his work with Alabama Shakes,

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, The War on Drugs,

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, and

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. Everett has won six

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Early life

Everett was born and raised in Bragg Creek, Alberta. After graduating high school, Everett was accepted as a Work-Study participant in the Audio program in Music & Sound at The Banff Centre. Everett relocated to Los Angeles in 2005 and began engineering for producer Tony Berg, former A&R Executive for

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and Virgin Music.

Career

Julian Casablancas+The Voidz

Shawn served as the producer on ''

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'', the 2014 debut release from Julian Casablancas+The Voidz. He is featured in the "Can I VHS You?" video with the band and also appears in the video for "Human Sadness", which was directed by Warren Fu.

Awards and nominations

Shawn Everett has won six Grammy awards and four Juno awards. In February 2016, Everett and mastering engineer

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won the "Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical" Grammy Award for their work on '' Sound & Color'' by Alabama Shakes. Everett won an additional Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album for Sound & Color."Grammy Award Winners 2016"
grammy.com, February 15, 2016 In 2016 Everett won the Canadian

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for Recording Engineer of the Year for "Don't Wanna Fight", "Gimme All Your Love" from ''Sound & Color'' by Alabama Shakes. In 2018 Everett was nominated for the "Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical" Grammy for his work on '' No Shape'' by Perfume Genius. He won a Grammy for "Best Rock Album" for his work on '' A Deeper Understanding'' by The War on Drugs. In February 2018, Everett was nominated for Recording Engineer of the Year at the Canadian Juno awards for his work on ''A Deeper Understanding'' by The War on Drugs and ''No Shape'' by Perfume Genius. In February 2019, Everett won Album of the Year and Best Country Album at the Grammys. Both awards were for his work mixing the album ''Golden Hour'' by Kacey Musgraves. In March 2019, Everett won Recording Engineer of Year at the Canadian Juno awards for his work on ''Golden Hour'' by Kacey Musgraves. In December 2020, Everett was nominated three times in the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical category for his work on Devon Gilfillian's ''Black Hole Rainbow'',

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's '' Hyperspace'', and Brittany Howard's ''

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''. He was the second engineer to achieve a triple nomination in the category. The first was Ed Cherney whose work on Bonnie Raitt's "Longing in Their Hearts" won at the 1995 Grammys. In March 2021, Everett won the "Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical" Grammy Award for his work on ''Hyperspace'' by

. In November 2022, Everett was nominated for "Best Alternative Album" for his work on ''Cool It Down'' by

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and "Album of the Year" for his work on ''30'' by

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. In March 2024, Everett won Producer of the Year and Recording Engineer at the

for his work with

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and Brittany Howard.

Credits

References

Updated Link:
Lucius and the Recording Process
Delicious Audio, May 30, 2012.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Everett, Shawn 1982 births Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity alumni Living people Canadian audio engineers Canadian record producers Grammy Award winners Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year winners Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award winners