Shawn Everett (born July 6, 1982) is a Canadian music engineer and producer best known for his work with Alabama Shakes,Hogan, Marc. "Meet Shawn Everett Indie Rocks New Go to Sound Engineer" Pitchfork, June 6, 2017. Kacey Musgraves, The War on Drugs, The Killers, and Julian Casablancas.Eg Perry, Kevin. "Julian Casablancas+The Voidz - Tyranny Review" NME, October 13, 2014. Everett has won six Grammy Awards.
Early life Everett was born and raised in Bragg Creek, Alberta. After graduating high school, Everett was accepted as a Work-Study participant in the Audio program in Music & Sound at The Banff Centre."AES#138: Meet the Judges #11: Shawn Everett" Audio Engineering Society, April 26, 2015. Everett relocated to Los Angeles in 2005 and began engineering for producer Tony Berg, former A&R Executive for Geffen Records and Virgin Music."Shawn Everett: The Day I Met Pete Yorn" BanffCentre.org, June 14, 2011.
Career
Julian Casablancas+The Voidz Shawn served as the producer on Tyranny, the 2014 debut release from Julian Casablancas+The Voidz. He is featured in the "Can I VHS You?" video with the band and also appears in the video for "Human Sadness", which was directed by Warren Fu.
Recording approach Everett has described treating engineering and mixing as part of a record's creative arrangement rather than only a technical stage. In a 2017 profile, he said he sometimes asks artists to "send me a picture of what you want the song to sound like" to guide his mixing decisions, and described using unconventional microphone setups — including a binaural head microphone inspired by Tchad Blake's work — and processing techniques such as running audio through a smartphone to shape a track's sound.
Awards and nominations Shawn Everett has won six Grammy awards and five Juno awards.
In February 2016, Everett and mastering engineer Bob Ludwig won the "Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical" Grammy Award for their work on Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes. Everett won an additional Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album for Sound & Color."Grammy Award Winners 2016". grammy.com, February 15, 2016
In 2016 Everett won the Canadian Juno Awards for Recording Engineer of the Year for "Don't Wanna Fight", "Gimme All Your Love" from Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes.Junoawards.ca. "Juno Award Nominees 2016" , February 15, 2016
In 2018 Everett was nominated for the "Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical" Grammy for his work on No Shape by Perfume Genius. He won a Grammy for "Best Rock Album" for his work on A Deeper Understanding by The War on Drugs.
In February 2018, Everett was nominated for Recording Engineer of the Year at the Canadian Juno awards for his work on A Deeper Understanding by The War on Drugs and No Shape by Perfume Genius.
In February 2019, Everett won Album of the Year and Best Country Album at the Grammys. Both awards were for his work mixing the album Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves.
In March 2019, Everett won Recording Engineer of Year at the Canadian Juno awards for his work on Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves.
In December 2020, Everett was nominated three times in the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical category for his work on Devon Gilfillian's Black Hole Rainbow, Beck's Hyperspace, and Brittany Howard's Jaime. He was the second engineer to achieve a triple nomination in the category. The first was Ed Cherney whose work on Bonnie Raitt's "Longing in Their Hearts" won at the 1995 Grammys.
In March 2021, Everett won the "Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical" Grammy Award for his work on Hyperspace by Beck.
In November 2022, Everett was nominated for "Best Alternative Album" for his work on Cool It Down by Yeah Yeah Yeahs and "Album of the Year" for his work on 30 by Adele.
In March 2024, Everett won Producer of the Year and Recording Engineer at the Juno Awards for his work with Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard.
In March 2026, Everett Recording Engineer at the Juno Awards.
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