Sheldon Gomberg is an American

record producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

audio engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, ...

and

bassist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a Bass (instrument), bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboar ...

, who has worked with many artists including Ben Harper,

Charlie Musselwhite Charles Douglas Musselwhite (born January 31, 1944) is an American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader, one of the white bluesmen who came to prominence, along with Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, and Elvin Bishop, as a pivotal f ...

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, Rickie Lee Jones, Ryan Adams, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Five for Fighting, Mandy Moore, k.d. lang, Fistful of Mercy, Victoria Williams, Ron Sexsmith, Lucinda Williams,

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, Shelby Lynne, She & Him, The Living Sisters, Joseph Arthur,

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, Ramsay Midwood, and more. In 2014, he received a

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for his role as engineer, mixer, and co-producer of the Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite album, '' Get Up!''. The Five For Fighting album, ''

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'', that he played bass on sold platinum, and the song, "Superman" was also nominated for a Grammy Award in 2002. The album, ''Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute'', that he played upright bass on with Ryan Adams won the 2001 Grammy for

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. Sheldon currently lives in

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, where he produces and records various artists.

Discography

Partial list of credits: * Ben Harper (with Charlie Musselwhite), ''Get Up!'' – Engineer, Mixer, Co-Producer *

Peter Case Peter Case (born April 5, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His career is wide-ranging, from rock n' roll and blues, to folk rock and solo acoustic performance. Biography Early career Case was born in Buffalo, New York a ...

, ''

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'' – Producer, Engineer, Mixer *Watkins Family Hour – Producer, Engineer, Mixer *Eleni Mandell, ''Dark Lights Up'' – Producer, Engineer, Mixer *The Living Sisters, ''Harmony Is Real: Songs For A Happy Holiday'' – Producer, Engineer, Mixer * Rickie Lee Jones, ''The Devil You Know'' – Engineer, Mixer, Upright Bass, Producer *Mark Eitzel, ''Don't Be A Stranger'' – Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Electric Bass, Upright Bass *Steve Forbert, ''Over With You'' – Engineer, Mixer, Electric Bass, Upright Bass *

, '' My Ride's Here'' – Electric Bass, Upright Bass * Ryan Adams, ''

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'' – Electric Bass *Ryan Adams, ''Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute'' – Upright Bass * Rickie Lee Jones, ''Duchess Of Coolsville An Anthology'' – Electric Bass *Rickie Lee Jones, ''

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Soundtrack'' – Electric Bass *Rickie Lee Jones, ''Balm In Gilead'' – Engineer, Co-Producer *Rickie Lee Jones, ''The Village'' – Engineer, Mixer *Fistful Of Mercy, '' As I Call You Down '' – Upright Bass, Engineer, Mixing *Five for Fighting, ''America Town'' – Electric Bass, Upright Bass *Five For Fighting, ''Grammy Nominees 2002'' – Electric Bass *Mandy Moore, '' Coverage'' – Upright Bass * The Creekdippers - '' Mystic Theater'' – Upright Bass *Plain White T's, ''

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'' – Engineer * Warpaint, ''The Fool'' – Mix Assistant *The Living Sisters, ''Love To Live'' – Electric Bass, Upright Bass, Producer, Engineer, Mixer *

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, ''In My Room'' – Engineer *

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, ''

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'' – Upright Bass *

Michael Penn Michael Daniel Penn (born August 1, 1958) is an American musician, singer and composer. He is noted for the 1989 single " No Myth", a top 20 hit in the US and successful in several other countries. Early life Penn was born in the Greenwich Vi ...

, ''

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'' – Bass *

Chris Spedding Christopher John Spedding (born Peter Robinson, 17 June 1944) is an English musician, singer, guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and record producer. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Spedding is best known for his st ...

, ''Wayne Kramer Presents: Beyond Cyberpunk'' – Electric Bass * Peter Himmelman , ''Imperfect World '' – Electric Bass *Peter Himmelman, ''Unstoppable Forces'' – Electric Bass, Co-Producer *Peter Himmelman, ''My Lemonade Stand'' – Electric Bass *Peter Himmelman, ''Mission Of My Soul; The Best Of'' – Electric Bass *

Eleni Mandell Eleni Mandell is an American singer-songwriter. Since 2000, she has published albums through Zedtone Records in Toronto, Ontario, which in 2012 began licensing her releases to Yep Roc in the United States, and Make My Day in Europe. She is also ...

, ''Thrill'' – Electric Bass, Upright Bass *Eleni Mandell, ''Snakebite'' – Upright Bass *Eleni Mandell, ''Artificial Fire'' – Engineer *Eleni Mandell, ''Miracle Of Five'' – Engineer *

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, '' Iron Flowers'' – Upright Bass *Grey DeLisle, ''Graceful Ghost'' – Electric Bass, Upright Bass *Grey DeLisle, ''Homewrecker'' – Electric Bass, Upright Bass * Shivaree, ''Corrupt and Immoral Transmissions'' – Electric Bass

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