Steve Tushar is an American

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nominated record producer/remixer and musician. He has been a keyboardist, remixer, programmer and producer for metal band

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, record producer for

Beto Cuevas Luis Alberto Cuevas Olmedo (born September 12, 1967), better known as Beto Cuevas (), is a Chilean-Canadian singer, song writer, plastic artist, painter, and actor. He is the lead singer for the Chilean band La Ley. In 2008 he launched his solo ...

and

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, and keyboard player for the metal/industrial act

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. Tushar has also done remixes for

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and

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, among others. He is currently a producer, remixer, and sound designer in Hollywood, having worked on movies such as ''

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'', ''

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'',

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’s ''Inland Empire'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He was the co-producer of ex La Ley frontman Beto Cuevas's solo project,

Miedo Escenico Miedo or El miedo or variants may refer to: *''El Miedo'', play by Francisco Tobar García *"El Miedo", poem by Pablo Neruda *'' Los Miedos'', 1980 Argentine horror film *''Miedo'', 1953 horror film directed by León Klimovsky * "Miedo" (song), by ...

, and had the single " Vuelvo" reach number one and three single status in Argentina and Chile, and number five single in Mexico in the month of October 2008. Tushar also toured with Cuevas and his band as keyboard player and tour director, in support of the album throughout the United States and parts of Latin and Central America and Europe. Notable solo musical projects include heavy industrial project Carbon 12 and Oscillate. His remix of Megadeth's "

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" appears in the games '' WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006'' for the PlayStation 2 and '' Full Auto 2: Battlelines'' for the

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and

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. In 2009, the album that Steve Tushar co-produced, ''Miedo Escenico'', was nominated for a Latin Grammy award for Best Rock Solo.

Notable media articles

Mix Magazine (January 1, 2001)La Opinion (March 26, 2008)
* ttp://www.impre.com/laopinion/entretenimiento/2008/10/3/beto-cuevas-al-margen-de-la-le-84853-1.html La Opinion (October 03, 2008)br>Reuters (September 19, 2008)Excelsior (September 22, 2008)El Mercurio (Chile) (September 20, 2008)

Awards and notable feats

* 2005-- Golden Reel Award Nomination, ''The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury'' and ''The Lion King 1½'' * 2005-- G.A.N.G. Award, G.A.N.G. Award for Best Use of Multi-Channel Surround, ''The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury'' * 2004-- Golden Reel Award Nomination, ''The Jungle Book 2'' * 2002-- Golden Reel Award Nomination, ''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' * 2008 October--"Vuelvo" hits number 1 on the Chilea
Top 20 charts
* 2008 October--"Vuelvo" hits number 3 on the Argentin

* 2009--

Nomination, Miedo Escenico, co-producer

External links

SteveTushar.comFear FactorySteve Tushar's Oscillate Project on MySpaceCarbon 12Steve Tushar's Carbon 12 Project on MySpace
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tushar, Steve Living people American rock keyboardists American record producers Year of birth missing (living people)