Stacy Parrish
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Stacy Parrish and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico
, is an American
songwriter
, musician, engineer, and record producer
.
Studios in Clovis, New Mexico. Virtu became The Rudiments in 1989 with the addition of Peter Weldon and Steve Crider on guitars.
In 1992, Parrish (vocals/guitar) joined Robbie Dunn (guitar), Steve Chavez (bass) and Chuck Martin (drums) to form January's Little Joke. By the time January's Little Joke wrote and recorded their first self titled album, Parrish had already established his own recording studio, Water Studios, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In addition to providing professional recording space for January's Little Joke, Water Studios had soon become a popular studio for a growing local music scene in Albuquerque. Musicians such as Venus Diablo, Eric McFadden
, Alien Lovestock, Naomi, Wagogo, Stoic Frame, Jenny Clinkscales Band, and Strawberry Zots recorded there.
Today, Parrish writes and performs with a band called simple., whose line up is Parrish (vocals/guitar), Joe Anderson (bass), Daniel Prevett (guitar), and Jeff "J-Ro" Romaniuk (drums).
In 1998, Shaunna Hall
(4 Non Blondes
) contacted Parrish to engineer an album for a San Francisco band called the Flying Other Brothers
- who later became Moonalice.
Parrish met Jack Casady
in San Francisco in 2000. Casady was brought in to work on the Flying Other Brothers
' album San Francisco Sounds which Parrish was producing. Cassdy asked Parrish to engineer and mix Casady's first solo album, Dream Factor. Parrish co-wrote the song 'Daddies Little Girl' on that record, sung by Ivan Neville
. In 2001, Parrish recorded several tracks for another Flying Other Brothers
record called 52 Week High at Abbey Road Studios
in London.
In 2004 T-Bone Burnett hired Parrish to record his The True False Identity
tour. Soon after Burnett asked Parrish to be his front of house engineer, as well as work with Burnett on his countless studio projects. In 2008, Parrish was awarded a TEC award (Technical Excellence and Creativity) and a Grammy certificate for his work on the Robert Plant
/Alison Krauss
record Raising Sand
. The song "Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)" won Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
at the 50th Grammy Awards
. The album garnered five more Grammy's including Album of the Year at the 51st Grammy Awards
in 2009. Parrish received five more Grammy certificates for his contributions.
Parrish's other notable recording, mixing and engineering achievements include: The Story
by Brandi Carlile
, Moonalice
, Mixing Front of House and live sound recordings for Randy Newman
, Jon Brion
, GE Smith, Hot Tuna
, The Coward Brothers with Elvis Costello
and T-Bone Burnett
; Neko Case
live with T-Bone Burnett, John Cougar Mellencamp, and Doyle Bramhall II
.
His feature film credits include: Across the Universe
(recording/mixing engineer for The Beatles music); Fred Clause (recorded the Christmas music including the children's choir);and After the Flood (as music supervisor/producer). His independent film credits include: Rebuilt (score); In Victor's Profession (score, sound design); My First Tooth (score, editor); Someone's Watching (sound design); Checkmate (editor, score, sound design); Overcoming Andrew (sound design, score); and Elotero (score, sound design); "Bill And Julia" (editor, sound design, score).
His television and documentary credits include: Dog the Bounty Hunter
season 4; Parking Wars
season 2; and Music Makes a Better Person (sound recording engineer, music producer/supervisor). 2011 Parrish worked with Strix Television as an audio engineer creating the 14th season of the Danish television show "Robinson Expedition", a.k.a "Survivor".
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...
, is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, musician, engineer, and record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
.
Biography
Parrish began playing piano at age 7. He started to get serious about music in 1985 when he co-founded the band Arena with high school friends Jeff Cannon and Michael Brown. They were later joined by Parrish's brother, Shannon Whitehead, in 1986. Arena changed their name to Virtu in 1987 just before meeting producer and engineer Billy Stull at Norman PettyNorman Petty
Norman Petty was an American musician, songwriter, and pioneer record producer who helped shape modern popular music, including pop and rock....
Studios in Clovis, New Mexico. Virtu became The Rudiments in 1989 with the addition of Peter Weldon and Steve Crider on guitars.
In 1992, Parrish (vocals/guitar) joined Robbie Dunn (guitar), Steve Chavez (bass) and Chuck Martin (drums) to form January's Little Joke. By the time January's Little Joke wrote and recorded their first self titled album, Parrish had already established his own recording studio, Water Studios, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In addition to providing professional recording space for January's Little Joke, Water Studios had soon become a popular studio for a growing local music scene in Albuquerque. Musicians such as Venus Diablo, Eric McFadden
Eric McFadden
Eric Byron McFadden is an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter from San Francisco Bay Area, California, at times described as "an authentic old-west troubadour and an absolutely wicked 6-string maestro."...
, Alien Lovestock, Naomi, Wagogo, Stoic Frame, Jenny Clinkscales Band, and Strawberry Zots recorded there.
Today, Parrish writes and performs with a band called simple., whose line up is Parrish (vocals/guitar), Joe Anderson (bass), Daniel Prevett (guitar), and Jeff "J-Ro" Romaniuk (drums).
In 1998, Shaunna Hall
Shaunna Hall
Shaunna Elizabeth Hall, an American composer and musician, was born July 28, 1963 in Modesto, California to musically inclined parents. She grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, soaking up the diverse music culture there...
(4 Non Blondes
4 Non Blondes
4 Non Blondes was an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1989. The group was formed by bassist Christa Hillhouse, guitarist Shaunna Hall, drummer Wanda Day, and vocalist and guitarist Linda Perry. Prior to the release of their first album, Roger Rocha replaced Hall on...
) contacted Parrish to engineer an album for a San Francisco band called the Flying Other Brothers
Flying Other Brothers
The Flying Other Brothers were an American rock band from 1997-2006 in San Francisco. The band played original tunes and covers.- History :The band started at an Electronic Frontier Foundation benefit at The Fillmore Auditorium in 1997...
- who later became Moonalice.
Parrish met Jack Casady
Jack Casady
Jack Casady , is an American musician considered one of the foremost bass guitarists of the rock music era and best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane. First playing as a lead guitarist with the Washington D.C...
in San Francisco in 2000. Casady was brought in to work on the Flying Other Brothers
Flying Other Brothers
The Flying Other Brothers were an American rock band from 1997-2006 in San Francisco. The band played original tunes and covers.- History :The band started at an Electronic Frontier Foundation benefit at The Fillmore Auditorium in 1997...
' album San Francisco Sounds which Parrish was producing. Cassdy asked Parrish to engineer and mix Casady's first solo album, Dream Factor. Parrish co-wrote the song 'Daddies Little Girl' on that record, sung by Ivan Neville
Ivan Neville
Ivan Neville is a multi-instrumentalist musician, singer, and songwriter. He is the son of Aaron Neville and nephew to members of The Neville Brothers....
. In 2001, Parrish recorded several tracks for another Flying Other Brothers
Flying Other Brothers
The Flying Other Brothers were an American rock band from 1997-2006 in San Francisco. The band played original tunes and covers.- History :The band started at an Electronic Frontier Foundation benefit at The Fillmore Auditorium in 1997...
record called 52 Week High at Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner...
in London.
In 2004 T-Bone Burnett hired Parrish to record his The True False Identity
The True False Identity
The True False Identity is an album by T-Bone Burnett, released in 2006.-Track listing:All tracks composed by T-Bone Burnett; except where indicated# "Zombieland" – 5:57# "Palestine Texas" – 4:47# "Seven Times Hotter Than Fire" – 4:41...
tour. Soon after Burnett asked Parrish to be his front of house engineer, as well as work with Burnett on his countless studio projects. In 2008, Parrish was awarded a TEC award (Technical Excellence and Creativity) and a Grammy certificate for his work on the Robert Plant
Robert Plant
Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career...
/Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss
Alison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...
record Raising Sand
Raising Sand
Raising Sand is a collaboration album by rock singer Robert Plant and bluegrass-country singer Alison Krauss. It was released on October 23, 2007 by Rounder Records...
. The song "Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)" won Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality pop songs on which singers collaborate...
at the 50th Grammy Awards
50th Grammy Awards
The 50th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, on February 10, 2008. Kanye West received the most nominations, with eight. Amy Winehouse was the big winner, winning a total of five awards. Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters won Album of the Year,...
. The album garnered five more Grammy's including Album of the Year at the 51st Grammy Awards
51st Grammy Awards
The 51st Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA on February 8, 2009. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss were the biggest winners of the night, jointly winning five awards including Album of the Year and Record of the Year...
in 2009. Parrish received five more Grammy certificates for his contributions.
Parrish's other notable recording, mixing and engineering achievements include: The Story
The Story (Brandi Carlile album)
The Story is the second album by folk rock singer Brandi Carlile, and was released on April 3, 2007. The album peaked at #58 in the Billboard 200 on May 5, 2007....
by Brandi Carlile
Brandi Carlile
Brandi Carlile is an American singer and songwriter.-Early life:At age eight, Carlile performed a rendition of the country music song "Tennessee Flat Top Box" with her mother. She began to play the guitar and write songs at fifteen. At sixteen, she began to perform as a backup singer for an Elvis...
, Moonalice
Moonalice
Moonalice is the band that formed from previous members of the Flying Other Brothers. The band has been touring since May, 2007, and has come to the attention of music critics. The band is made up of five musicians, and led by businessman Roger McNamee. Their eponymous debut album recorded and...
, Mixing Front of House and live sound recordings for Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....
, Jon Brion
Jon Brion
Jon Brion is an American rock and pop multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, composer and record producer.-Early life:...
, GE Smith, Hot Tuna
Hot Tuna
Hot Tuna is an American blues-rock band formed by bassist Jack Casady and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen as a spin-off of Jefferson Airplane. It plays acoustic and electric versions of original and traditional blues songs.- Jefferson Airplane side project :...
, The Coward Brothers with Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
and T-Bone Burnett
T-Bone Burnett
Joseph Henry Burnett , widely known as T-Bone Burnett, is an American musician, songwriter, and soundtrack and record producer.He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band on the Rolling Thunder Revue...
; Neko Case
Neko Case
Neko Case is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her solo career and her contributions as a member of the Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers....
live with T-Bone Burnett, John Cougar Mellencamp, and Doyle Bramhall II
Doyle Bramhall II
Doyle Bramhall II is a guitarist and vocalist in his band Smokestack and was also the second guitarist in Eric Clapton's band from 2004 to 2009.-Discography:with Arc Angels*Arc Angels...
.
His feature film credits include: Across the Universe
Across the Universe (film)
Across the Universe is a musical romantic drama film directed by Julie Taymor, produced by Revolution Studios, and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film's plot is centered around songs by The Beatles. It was released in the United States on October 12, 2007. The script is based on an original...
(recording/mixing engineer for The Beatles music); Fred Clause (recorded the Christmas music including the children's choir);and After the Flood (as music supervisor/producer). His independent film credits include: Rebuilt (score); In Victor's Profession (score, sound design); My First Tooth (score, editor); Someone's Watching (sound design); Checkmate (editor, score, sound design); Overcoming Andrew (sound design, score); and Elotero (score, sound design); "Bill And Julia" (editor, sound design, score).
His television and documentary credits include: Dog the Bounty Hunter
Dog the Bounty Hunter
Dog the Bounty Hunter is a reality television show on A&E which chronicles Duane "Dog" Chapman's adventures as a fugitive recovery agent, or bounty hunter...
season 4; Parking Wars
Parking Wars
Parking Wars is a reality television series which airs on the A&E television network. The program follows traffic enforcement employees as they ticket, "boot," and tow cars as part of their parking enforcement duties....
season 2; and Music Makes a Better Person (sound recording engineer, music producer/supervisor). 2011 Parrish worked with Strix Television as an audio engineer creating the 14th season of the Danish television show "Robinson Expedition", a.k.a "Survivor".
External links
- Official site
- IMDb profile
- Video for Beautiful on YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
- Windows Records
- Flying Other Brothers Band