| Ryan Hewitt | |
| Birth Name: | Ryan Hewitt |
Ryan Hewitt is an American music producer, engineer and mixer known for his work with the Lumineers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Avett Brothers, the Chicks, Third Eye Blind, Jamie Cullum, John Frusciante and the Turnpike Troubadours. Hewitt is a Grammy Award winner having received the accolade for mixing and engineering Red Hot Chili Peppers' ninth studio album Stadium Arcadium. The album received seven Grammy nominations and won in the categories of Best Rock Album and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package. He is currently based in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] [2] [3]
Hewitt grew up working with his father David Hewitt, a recording engineer. He went on to study at Tufts University in Boston, MA where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. After establishing a rapport with Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante, he went on to mix and engineer eight solo albums for Frusciante.[4] [5] [6]
Hewitt moved from Los Angeles to Nashville in 2015 where he currently resides. Hewitt is based at the House of Blues Studios in Berry Hill, where he mixed the Lumineers' album Cleopatra as well as A Long Way from Your Heart by the Turnpike Troubadors. He is currently represented exclusively by GPS management.[7] [8] [9]