Chad Carlson - Grammy winning producer and audio engineer

Chad Carlson is a Grammy-award-winning producer and audio engineer based out of Nashville, TN, where he works with the top players and musicians in the industry.

Chad Carlson was born and raised in Orlando, FL. He learned music early on playing both the guitar and French Horn, beginning in grade school. When he graduated high school, he went on to attend Southern Adventist University in Chattanooga, TN. There he received a music scholarship for French Horn and played in the Chattanooga Symphony. In his free time he played in several rock bands, and even toured to a small extent. A few years later Chad was accepted to the Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences in Phoenix, AZ. Upon graduation he moved to Nashville in 2002, where after a successful internship, he found work at the world famous Sound Emporium Studios. There he quickly became an assistant engineer on such projects as the motion picture soundtrack "Cold Mountain" with Nicole Kidman and "Walk The Line" the Johnny Cash biography.
Chad soon began lead engineering for Garth Fundis, a well respected Nashville producer of such acts as Trisha Yearwood, Sugarland, Don Williams, Keith Whitley, etc.

Chad now works out of the top studios in Nashville, as well as his own studio - Hippo Sound.

In 2010, Chad Carlson won two Grammies - "Album of the Year" and "Country Album of the Year" for Taylor Swift's "Fearless". Check out this video of Chad accepting his Grammy with Taylor Swift. Read more about his big win in Chad's exclusive interview with MusicGearReview.com.

In addition to working closely with artists like Trisha Yearwood, Teri Clark and Chris Isaak, Chad also works with award-winning producer Nathan Chapman on many projects including Taylor Swift on Big Machine records.
Chad also does demo recordings for many great songwriters in town such as Jeff Steele, Lori McKenna, Kristen Hall (formerly w/Sugarland), Danny Myrick, Randy Houser, Josh Turner, Keith Anderson, Liz Rose etc.
In addition to his professional life, Chad is happily married to his wife Amanda with whom he has two beautiful children.

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