F. Reid Shippen is a mixer, engineer and producer, currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has mixed a wide variety of records including Cosmic Hallelujah by Kenny Chesney, Lights Out by Ingrid Michaelson, The Mountain by Dierks Bentley, When I Was Younger by Colony House, and Eye On It by TobyMac.AllMusic F. Reid Shippen AllMusic Credits. Shippen has mixed nine Grammy Award winning projects and received the Audio Engineer of the Year award at the 54th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

Biography Growing up in Fair Haven, New Jersey, F. Reid Shippen performed in bands and eventually decided that he wanted to pursue a career in music. He attended Middle Tennessee State University where he graduated with degrees in Business and Recording Arts & Sciences. While in college, Shippen interned at a variety of studios in Nashville, Tennessee, such as Quad Studios and Skylab Studios, quickly transitioning from assisting to engineering. In 1999, he began to concentrate on mixing.

With numerous years of experience in the studio, Shippen has mixed multiple platinum and gold records and hundreds of charting singles and albums, including nine Grammy Award-winners. He was awarded Audio Engineer of the Year at the 54th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

Shippen has mixed, engineered, and/or produced music for respected artists in a variety of genres, from Death Cab for Cutie, A Fine Frenzy, Cage the Elephant and India.Arie to the Jonas Brothers, Marc Broussard, Eric Church and Robert Randolph. He has also worked with Clay Aiken, Jonny Lang, Flyleaf, Switchfoot, Backstreet Boys, Third Day, MercyMe, and Newsboys, among others. Most recently he won a Grammy for his work on Gloria Gaynor's album Testimony for which he was a co-producer, mixer and engineer.

Shippen resides in Nashville, Tennessee and works out of Robot Lemon, his private Solid State Logic hybrid studio, where he mixes. In addition to mixing, Shippen produces, records and is actively involved in artist development. In 2018, he founded SongFarm alongside songwriter Ross Copperman, a non-profit organization that builds recording studios and provides musical creative opportunities for under-served high schools. Shippen is also a co-founder of the audio gear company Atomic Instrument Co., but is no longer associated with the company. He is an affiliated artist with various audio gear brands including sE Electronics, Unity Audio, and Chandler Limited.

Select discography

+YearArtistAlbumLabelCredit2020Parker McCollumHollywood GoldUMG RecordingsEngineer, Mixer, Programming 2020Mickey GuytonBridgesCapitol Nashville/UMG RecordingsEngineer, Mixer2020Kenny Chesney Here And NowBlue Chair/Warner Music NashvilleMixer, Programming2020The Cadillac ThreeCountry FuzzBig Machine Label GroupMixer, Programming2020Eric PaslayNice GuyPaso Fino RecordsProducer, Engineer, Mixer2019Gloria GaynorTestimonySpring House ProductionsProducer, Engineer, Mixer2019Toby KeithGreatest Hits: The Show Dog Years - "Don't Let The Old Man In"Show Dog/Thirty TigersProducer, Engineer, Mixer, Programming2019Zac Brown BandThe OwlBMG Rights ManagementMixer2018Dierks BentleyThe MountainCapitol NashvilleEngineer, Mixer, Programming, Synthesizer Bass2018Kenny Chesney Songs For The SaintsBlue Chair/Warner Music NashvilleMixer, Programming2018David Lee MurphyNo Zip CodeReviver RecordsMixer, Programming2018Lucie SilvasE.G.O.Thirty TigersMixer2017Kelsea Ballerini UnapologeticallyBlack River EntertainmentMixer2017Lauren AlainaRoad Less TraveledMercury/Interscope/19 RecordingsMixer2017Chase RiceLambs & LionsBroken Bow RecordsMixer2017Colony House Only the LonelyRCA RecordsMixer2016Ingrid MichaelsonIt Doesn't Have To Make SenseSpirit Music Group/UMGMixier2016Kenny Chesney Cosmic HallelujahBlue Chair/Columbia NashvilleMixer, Keys, Programming2016Dierks BentleyBlackCapitol NashvilleEngineer, Mixer2016Steven TylerWe're All Somebody From Somewhere - "Janie's Got A Gun"Dot RecordsMixer2016OneRepublicOh My My (Deluxe Edition)Mosley Music/Interscope RecordsEngineer2015Kelsea Ballerini The First TimeBlack River EntertainmentMixer2014Ingrid MichaelsonLights OutSpirit Music Group/UMGAdditional Production, Mixer, Programming2014Colony House When I Was YoungerDescendents/RCA RecordsMixer2013Lady AGoldenCapitol NashvilleMixer2010The AftersLight Up the SkyINO/Columbia/SonyMixer2009Eric ChurchCarolinaCapitol Nashville/EMIMixer2008The AftersNever Going Back to OKINO/Columbia/SonyMixer2006Jonny LangTurn AroundA&M/SonyMixer2006Mat Kearney Nothing Left to LoseAware/Columbia/SonyMixer2006India.ArieTestimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship Motown/UniversalMixer2002India.ArieVoyage to IndiaMotownMixer

Songs on compilations

Shania Twain – "Today (Is Your Day)" (Mercury Records) Minus the Bear – "My Time" (Radio Mix) (Dangerbird) A Fine Frenzy – "Happier" (Radio Mix) (Virgin/EMI) Flyleaf – "All Around Me" (Radio Mix) (Octone/Universal) Needtobreathe – "You Are Here" (Radio Mix) (Sparrow/Lava/Atlantic) Robert Randolph and the Family Band – "Get There" (Warner Bros.) Uncle Kracker – "All I Can Do Is Write About It" (from Sweet Home Alabama: The Country Music Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd) (Hip-O/Universal) Death Cab for Cutie – "Little Boxes" (for Showtime series Weeds) (Lionsgate) Jonas Brothers – "Poor Unfortunate Souls" (from The Little Mermaid Soundtrack) (Walt Disney)

Awards

+Grammy AwardsYear Recipient/NomineeAwardResult 2001dc Talk – SoloBest Rock Gospel AlbumWon2001CeCe Winans – CeCe WinansBest Pop/Contemporary Gospel AlbumWon2002India.Arie – Voyage to IndiaBest R&B AlbumWon2006Third Day – Wherever You AreBest Pop/Contemporary Gospel AlbumWon2006Jonny Lang – Turn AroundBest Rock Or Rap Gospel AlbumWon2009Various Artists – Oh Happy Day: An All-Star Music CelebrationBest Traditional Gospel AlbumWon2011Chris Tomlin – And If Our God Is for Us...Best Contemporary Christian Music AlbumWon2012TobyMac - Eye On ItBest Contemporary Christian Music AlbumWon2019Gloria Gaynor - TestimonyBest Roots Gospel AlbumWon +Other AwardsYearOrganizationRecipient/NomineeAwardResult2019ACM AwardsF Reid ShippenAudio Engineer of the YearWon2020ACM AwardsF Reid ShippenAudio Engineer of the YearWon

Affiliated studios

Current Robot Lemon (Nashville, TN) – 2009–present (Owner)

Past Battery Studios (Nashville, TN) Masterfonics (Nashville, TN) Oceanway Studios (Nashville, TN) Quad Studios (Nashville, TN) Recording Arts (Nashville, TN): 1999–2004Clark, Rick. Nashville Skyline #46 . Mix Magazine: October 1, 2002. Skylab Studios (Nashville, TN)Caruba, Glen. DRUM! Magazine Roundtable: Recording Professionals Spout Off About Drums In The Studio. DRUM! Magazine: July 2009. Sound Kitchen (Franklin, TN) Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, TN): 2004–2009Hsu, Max. MaxWax: Thoughts on life, the universe, and everything: 2006–2009.

References

External links

[ AllMusic.com Page] Discogs.com Page AlbumCredits.com Discography SongFarm website