Warren Huart (born 28 January 1969) is an English

record producer A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...

, musician, composer and

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based in

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, California who is most associated as a music producer and/or engineer in the recording industry as a multi-platinum producer for

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, Trevor Hall,

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and

Howie Day Howard Kern Day (born January 15, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter. Beginning his career as a solo artist in the late 1990s, Day became known for his extensive touring and in-concert use of sampler (musical instrument), samplers and effect ...

. His film and television credits include ''

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'', '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'',

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's '' The Hills'', '' Lost'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Biography

Warren Huart was born in

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, England on 28 January 1969. While in England he joined the band Star 69. The band relocated to the United States in 1996 to record ''Eating February'' with

Don Smith (music producer). The album was released on

Radioactive Records Radioactive Records was an American record label. It was formed as a joint venture between talent manager Gary Kurfirst (who managed such acts as the Ramones, Big Audio Dynamite, Deee-Lite and Deborah Harry) and MCA Records, and it is now out o ...

MCA Records MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc. established in 1972, though MCA had released recordings under that name in the UK from the 1960s. The label achieved success in the 1970s through the 1980s, often by acquiring other ...

in 1997. After the breakup of Star 69, Huart formed Disappointment Incorporated ( Dis. Inc.), which released an EP, ''Spoken Through Profits'', and an album, ''F=0'', on

Time Bomb Recordings Time Bomb Recordings was a Laguna Beach, California-based independent record label, founded in 1995 by artist manager Jim Guerinot in a joint-venture agreement with Arista Records. In the following five years, the artist roster grew to encompass ...

/ Arista in 1998 and 1999 respectively. Huart is the owner of Spitfire Studio in Los Angeles, California, and runs a DIY

YouTube YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ...

Channel called "Produce Like a Pro" with over 700,000 subscribers worldwide. Huart is also an audio educator, and was awarded a 2019

TEC Award The TEC Awards is an annual program recognizing the achievements of audio professionals. The awards are given to honor technically innovative products as well as companies and individuals who have excelled in sound for television, film, recordings ...

for Audio Education Technology for his Produce Like a Pro website. Huart recently wrote the song 'Take My Love' for

Steve Lukather Steven Lee "Luke" Lukather (born October 21, 1957) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer, best known as the sole continuous founding member of the rock band Toto. His reputation as a skilled guitarist led to ...

's latest album 'Bridges' along with Steve Maggiora. In 2023, he released guide book called "Home Studio Recording: The Complete Guide".

Production and engineering

Huart has produced, written with and/or engineered the following artists among others: * Augustana *

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Ramones The Ramones were an American punk rock band formed in the New York City neighborhood Forest Hills, Queens in 1974. Known for helping establish the punk movement in the United States and elsewhere, the Ramones are often recognized as one of th ...

* ''The X Factor'' (U.S.) *

*Jamie Hartman of

Ben's Brother Ben's Brother are a five-piece English band, headed by founder Jamie Hartman. The band was named after Jamie's big brother Ben, whose shadow he lived in as a teenager. Their album Beta Male Fairytales reached number 14 on the UK album charts a ...

Hot Hot Heat Hot Hot Heat was a Canadian indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, formed in 1999. The band was signed to Seattle label Sub Pop in 2001 and Warner Records throughout the majority of their career. The band has released five full-lengt ...

The Thrills The Thrills are an Irish rock band originally formed in Dublin in 2001. The band was founded by lead vocalist Conor Deasy and guitarist Daniel Ryan, guitarist and bass player Padraic McMahon, pianist Kevin Horan and drummer Ben Carrigan. Their b ...

* Vedera *

Mimi Page Mimi Page (born February 2, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and composer. Musical style Page's original music blends ethereal vocals with piano-driven, atmospheric soundscapes. She attributes her ethereal sound to her ...

Josiah Leming Josiah Leming (born March 26, 1989), also known by his stage name Josiah and the Bonnevilles, is an American singer-songwriter originally from Morristown, Tennessee. At the age of 17, Leming dropped out of high school and began traveling across ...

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* The Dance Party *

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* Mikey Wax *Chase Coy *

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*The Tender Box *

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from

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from

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*The Fontaine Brothers * Robert Jon & the Wreck

Charts and awards

*Recorded

's self-titled second album which debuted at Number One on the Billboard charts. *Recorded Augustana's second album ''

Can't Love, Can't Hurt ''Can't Love, Can't Hurt'' is the second album by Augustana, a California rock band. The album was released on April 29, 2008, by Epic Records. The album debuted at number 21 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling over 21,000 copies in ...

''. *Warren recorded Howie Day's 2005/2006 hit single " She Says", which reached number 6 on the

Adult Top 40 The Adult Pop Airplay (formerly known as Adult Pop Songs and Adult Top 40) chart is published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine and ranks "the most popular adult top 40 as based on radio airplay detections measured by Nielsen Broadcast Data Syste ...

chart and the number 1 on Top 40 Adult Recurrents. *Recorded and Mixed

's cover of "

Happy Xmas (War is Over) "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is a Christmas song released in 1971 as a single by the Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir. It was the seventh single released by John Lennon outside his work with the Beatles. The song reached numb ...

", which was the first song to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 with digital sales only. *Recorded drums for The Fray's hit "

How To Save A Life "How to Save a Life" is a song by American alternative rock band the Fray, released in March 26, 2006 as the second single from their debut studio album of the same name. The song is one of the band's most popular airplay songs and peaked at n ...

", which reached number 3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, spent 15 weeks at number 1 on the Adult Top 40, and was nominated for the

49th Grammy Awards The 49th Annual Grammy Awards was a ceremony honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2005, and ending September 30, 2006, in the United States. The awards were handed out on Sunday, February 11, 2007, at the Stap ...

for

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal The Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was awarded between 1980 and 2011. The award was discontinued after the 2011 award season in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. Beginning in 2012, all solo or duo/group ...

Produce Like a Pro

In 2014, Huart started a

channel titled "Produce Like a Pro", with professional audio recording tips for beginners. His instructional videos encompass every aspect of recording, engineering, producing and technical properties involved in running a home-based studio. Huart has a base of over 800,000 subscribers and over 115 million views.

Personal life

Huart currently lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife and their two children.

Bibliography

* H''ome Studio Recording: The Complete Guide'', W. Huart, J. Hammack, 2023

References

External links

* AllMusic Warren Huartbr>Grammy Nomination The FrayProduce Like a Pro, Warren Huart's production classes websiteWarren Huart's websiteThe Fray go number oneThe Fray Topples Springsteen on BillboardInside Track: Recording Aerosmith (Warren Huart)Producer Warren Huart on Working with Ace Frehley, Aerosmith, Slash, John 5 and Lita Ford
* ttps://producelikeapro.com/blog/ask-artist-interview-nrg-recording-studios-2/ My Ask the Artist Interview at NRG Recording Studiosinterview with Warren Haurt. {{DEFAULTSORT:Huart, Warren 1969 births English audio engineers English record producers Living people