Career

Eddie Ashworth is a record producer, engineer, mixer, musician, university professor, entrepreneur and writer, best known for his work in the alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 and indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 genres. His primary instrument is mandolin, and also plays guitar and assorted keyboards. Ashworth has also worked with artists in a wide variety of other genres including dub, folk, hard rock, hip hop, tropicano, punk, and classic rock. Some of his specific production/engineering credits include:

• Sublime
  Sublime (band)
  Sublime was an American ska punk band from Long Beach, California, formed in 1988. The band's line-up, unchanged until their breakup, consisted of Bradley Nowell , Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh . Michael "Miguel" Happoldt also contributed on a few Sublime songs, such as "New Thrash." Lou Dog, Nowell's...
  
  
• Long Beach Dub Allstars
  Long Beach Dub Allstars
  The Long Beach Dub Allstars were a dub reggae/ska/rock band formed in 1997 and disbanded in 2002.-History:Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh met in childhood and later started their first garage punk band, consisting of drums, bass and vocals. They later formed Sublime with Brad Nowell...
  
  
• The Charms
• Eastern Youth
  Eastern Youth
  Eastern Youth is a Japanese indie rock trio. Despite being primarily punk rock-influenced, their sound blends many different styles, and is especially complex for a three-piece band. Their lyrics express the helplessness of Japanese youths...
  
  
• Izzy Stradlin
  Izzy Stradlin
  Jeffrey Dean Isbell , known by his stage name Izzy Stradlin, is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder and former rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, which he left at the height of its fame in 1991. Following his departure, he led his own band Izzy...
  
  
• dada
  Dada
  Dada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in Zurich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1922. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature—poetry, art manifestoes, art theory—theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politics through a...
  
  
• Slightly Stoopid
  Slightly Stoopid
  Slightly Stoopid is an American band based in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California, who describe their music as "a fusion of acoustic rock and blues with reggae, hip-hop, and punk". As a band, they have released eight albums with their sixth studio album, entitled Slightly Not Stoned Enough To Eat...
  
  
• Unwritten Law
  Unwritten Law
  Unwritten Law is an American rock band formed in 1990 in Poway, California and currently recording for Suburban Noize Records. They have released seven full-length studio albums and have toured internationally, including performances on the Warped Tour...
  
  
• The Ziggens
  The Ziggens
  The Ziggens are a band based out of Orange County, California whose self-described style of "cowpunksurfabilly" combines elements of surf, rockabilly, punk, ska, and country. The Ziggens are led by Bert Susanka who sings and plays rhythm guitar. Other members include Dickie Little on lead guitar,...
  
  
• The Mighty Clouds of Joy
• Pink Noise Test
• The Facials
• Zane Drake
• Ordinary Peoples
• Blackalicious
  Blackalicious
  Blackalicious is an American hip hop duo from Sacramento, California made up of rapper Gift of Gab and DJ/producer Chief Xcel . They are noted for Gift of Gab's often "tongue-twisting", multisyllabic, complex rhymes and Chief Xcel's "classic" beats...
  
  
• The Supersuckers
  The Supersuckers
  Supersuckers are an American rock band. They are the self-proclaimed "Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World." Following the relative success of their 1997 foray into country music with the release of Must've Been High, they have also been known to play country shows under various names,...
  
  
• Frank Jordan
• Bargain Music
• Great White
  Great White
  Great White is an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1978. The band gained popularity during the 1980s and early 1990s. The band released several albums in the late 1980s and gained airplay on MTV with music videos for songs like "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"...
  
  
• Dokken
  Dokken
  Dokken is an American heavy metal and hard rock band formed in 1978. They split up in 1989 but reformed four years later. The group accumulated numerous charting singles and has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide...
  
  
• Tommy Shaw
  Tommy Shaw
  Tommy Roland Shaw is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the rock band Styx. In between his stints with Styx, he has played with the supergroup Damn Yankees and Shaw Blades, and has released several solo albums....
  
  
• The Missionarys
• One Pin Short
• Monsieur LeRoc
• Genuine Junk Band
• Frenzal Rhomb
  Frenzal Rhomb
  Frenzal Rhomb are an Australian punk rock band which formed in 1992 with mainstay Jason Whalley on lead vocals and rhythm guitar. In 1996, Lindsay McDougall joined the line-up on lead guitar and backing vocals. Two of the group's albums have peaked into the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart, A...
  
  
• Pennywise
  Pennywise (band)
  Pennywise is a Californian punk rock band from Hermosa Beach, California, formed in 1988. The name is derived from the monster, It, from the Stephen King novel of the same title....
  
  

Ashworth engineered and mixed several of Sublime's albums: "Sublime," "Second Hand Smoke," "Stand by Your Van," and "Bradley Nowell Live Acoustic." In 2006, Ashworth was involved with the production of "Everything Under the Sun," a boxed set of alternate mixes and rarities. Sublime's third, self-titled album was certified 5 times platinum.

At Ohio University

Ashworth is currently a member of the faculty at Ohio University

Ohio University

Ohio University is a public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an campus...

, in the School of Media Arts and Studies within the Scripps College of Communication. Ashworth teaches music production and music industry related classes, including:

• MDIA 320: Recording Industry Survey
• MDIA 413: Commercial Multitrack Music Production
• MDIA 414: Advanced Music Production
• MDIA 486: Recording Industry Master Class

In MDIA 413, a national-level group (with Ashworth as their producer) is brought into the Ohio University recording studio. Students in the course are pressed into service as engineers, production assistants, or A&R for the project, and receive credit on the resulting album in addition to course credit. Artists who have recorded or mixed their projects as part of the class include:

• Genuine Junk Band (Ashland, KY)
• Meow Meow (Los Angeles, CA)
• Frank Jordan (Sacramento, CA)
• The Princes of Hollywood (Athens, OH)
• The Peekers (Shreveport, LA)
• Jeff Ellis (Huntington, WV)
• Bargain Music (Long Beach, CA)
• The Supersuckers (Seattle, WA)
• Bud Carroll and the Southern Souls (Huntington, WV)
• The High Strung (Detroit, MI)
• Maza Blaska (Columbus, OH)
• In Silent Movies (Athens, OH)
• Duke Jr and the Smokey Boots (Athens, OH)
• Mind Fish (Toledo, OH)

Ashworth also serves as Internship Coordinator in the School of Media Arts and Studies.

In January 2011, Ashworth was appointed to the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Art of Record Production (JARP).

The University of Guyana invited Ashworth to teach a week-long sound workshop in April 2011. The workshop was made possible through support by Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).