Jim Anderson

About Jim Anderson

Jim Anderson is a multi-Grammy winning and internationally recognized recording engineer and producer of acoustic music for the recording, radio, television, and film industries. He is the recipient of numerous awards and nominations in the recording industry: his recordings have received eleven Grammy awards and 28 Grammy nominations; his radio recordings have received two George Foster Peabody Awards and two Emmy nominations for television programs. A graduate of the Duquesne University School of Music in Pittsburgh PA, Jim has studied audio engineering at the Eastman School of Music and Sender Freies Berlin. During the 1970s, he was employed by National Public Radio and engineered and produced many award-winning classical, jazz, documentary, and news programs. Since 1980 Jim has had a career as an independent audio engineer and producer, living in New York City. He has been a frequent lecturer and speaker for the Audio Engineering Society and master-class guest faculty member at leading international universities and institutes. He is a professor of recorded music with the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded music in the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and was the department’s Chair from 2004 – 2008.He has served as Vice President for Eastern Sections of the Audio Engineering society (AES), chaired the New York Section of the AES and was Chair of the 119th, 123rd, and 131st AES Conventions. In 2006, he was made a Fellow of the AES and has received two AES’ Board of Governors Awards. He was the President of the Audio Engineering Society, 20••••09.His remix of Patricia Barber\'s \"Modern Cool,\" in 5.1 surround sound, won the Grammy for Best Surround Album at the 55th Grammy Awards.December 2013, the album \"Sixteen Sunsets\" was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Surround Sound Album category and in 2018 won the Grammy with “Early Americans,” both with Jane Ira Bloom

Experience

1. Past-president

   Audio Engineering Society

   Jan 2008 — Present

Education

• Eastman School of Music

  None, Audio Production

  1976 — 1976

• Duquesne University

  Bs Music Ed, Music

  1969 — 1974

• Duquesne University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Music Teacher Education

  1969 — 1974

Skills

• Live Sound
• Guitar
• Classical
• Education
• Post Production
• Voice Over
• Pro Tools
• Bass
• Jazz
• Audio Editing
• Musicians
• Music Technology
• Piano
• Songwriting
• Songs
• Digital Audio
• Audio
• Music Education
• Band
• Audio Engineering
• Broadcast
• Documentaries
• Concerts
• Audio Processing
• Sound
• Orchestration
• Music Production
• Television
• Teaching
• Sound Design
• Studio Recording
• Audio Post Production
• Production
• Film Scoring
• Sound Editing
• Non-Profits
• Music Theory
• Entertainment
• Mastering
• Recording