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Born | Nashville, TN | April 14, 1972
Genres | rock, pop, alternative, americana |
Instrument(s) | guitar, piano, keys, bass |
Years active | 1990–present |
Website | jasonlehning |
Jason Lehning (born April 14, 1972) is an American producer, composer, musician and mixer/engineer living in Nashville, Tennessee.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Jason Lehning was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee in a musical family. The son of producer Kyle Lehning,[1] Jason was exposed to the recording process at an early age. After attending high school in Tennessee and graduating from Berklee College of Music[2] in Boston, Lehning returned to Nashville to begin work as an engineer.
Production/writing career
[edit]Lehning's earliest work was as an assistant engineer in several Nashville studios. He was allowed access to studios on down-time to invite artists to record.[3] His early demos with artist David Mead resulted in a record deal for the singer and Lehning's first major label job as a producer. Since then, Lehning has been active as a producer, musician, composer, mixer and engineer, contributing to over 350 albums.[4] The diverse range of artists with whom he has worked includes George Jones, Erasure, Mat Kearney, Guster, Bill Frisell, and Alison Krauss.[5] Lehning has won two Grammy awards as an engineer and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical in 2008 for II by Viktor Krauss.[6]
Work with the Silver Seas
[edit]In 1999, Lehning formed the band The Bees with singer-songwriter Daniel Tashian and drummer David Gehrke. When they got a record deal, they were forced to change the name because a UK band had the same name. They tour regularly in the UK and have made several BBC Radio and TV appearances[7] including Later... with Jools Holland. Their fourth album, Alaska, was released in 2013.
References
[edit]- ^ Kyle Lehning. "Kyle Lehning - Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- ^ Small, Mark. "Berklee Today | Berklee College of Music". Berklee.edu. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc (2000-08-05). "Billboard".
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(help) - ^ Jason Lehning. "Jason Lehning - Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- ^ Next on Music Business Radio... Jason Lehning
- ^ Past Winners Search at grammy.com
- ^ "Music - The Silver Seas". BBC. Retrieved 2013-03-05.