Ryan Hewitt (record producer)

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Ryan Hewitt is an American music producer, engineer and mixer known for his work with the Lumineers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Avett Brothers, the Chicks, Third Eye Blind, Jamie Cullum, John Frusciante and the Turnpike Troubadours. Hewitt is a Grammy Award winner having received the accolade for mixing and engineering Red Hot Chili Peppers' ninth studio album Stadium Arcadium.^{[citation needed]} The album received seven Grammy nominations and won in the categories of Best Rock Album and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package. He is currently based in Nashville, Tennessee.^[1][2][3]

Education and career[edit]

Hewitt grew up working with his father David Hewitt, a recording engineer. He went on to study at Tufts University in Boston, MA where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. After establishing a rapport with Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante, he went on to mix and engineer eight solo albums for Frusciante.^[4][5][6]

Hewitt moved from Los Angeles to Nashville in 2015 where he currently resides. Hewitt is based at the House of Blues Studios in Berry Hill, where he mixed the Lumineers' album Cleopatra as well as A Long Way from Your Heart by the Turnpike Troubadors. He is currently represented exclusively by GPS management.^[7][8][9]

Selected discography[edit]

Artist	Year	Album	Producer	Engineer	Mixer
Red Hot Chili Peppers	2022	Return of the Dream Canteen		Y	Y
		Unlimited Love		Y	Y
Brett Eldredge	2020	Sunday Drive			Y
Molly Tuttle	2019	When You're Ready	Y
American Aquarium	2018	Things Change			Y
Bronze Radio Return		Forthcoming Album			Y
Vance Joy		"I'm with You"			Y
Turnpike Troubadours	2017	A Long Way from Your Heart	Y	Y	Y
PEACE		Kindness is the New Rock and Roll	Y	Y	Y
The Chicks		MMXVI in Concert			Y
Christian Lopez		Red Arrow		Y	Y
Bat for Lashes	2016	The Bride		Y
Cody Jinks		I'm Not the Devil		Y	Y
The Lumineers		Cleopatra		Y	Y
Dan Mangan		Forthcoming Album		Y	Y
The Railers		"11:59 (Central Standard Time)"		Y	Y
Anti-Flag	2015	American Spring		Y
The Avett Brothers		Live Volume 4			Y
The Black Lillies		Hard to Please	Y	Y	Y
Third Eye Blind		Dopamine			Y
Whitey Morgan	2014	Sonic Ranch	Y	Y	Y
needtobreathe		Rivers in the Wasteland			Y
Angus & Julia Stone		Angus & Julia Stone		Y	Y
Dan Wilson		Love Without Fear			Y
The Avett Brothers	2013	Magpie and the Dandelion		Y	Y
Harry Connick Jr.		Every Man Should Know			Y
Matchbox Twenty	2012	North		Y
Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan	2011	One Too Many Mornings		Y	Y
Tom Morello & the Nightwatchman		World Wide Rebel Songs			Y
Sum 41		Screaming Bloody Murder		Y
Tom Morello & the Nightwatchman		Union Town		Y
Flogging Molly		Speed of Darkness	Y	Y	Y
Johnny Cash	2010	American VI: Ain't No Grave			Y
Flogging Molly		Live at the Greek Theatre			Y
The Avett Brothers		Live Volume 3			Y
Jamie Cullum	2009	The Pursuit		Y	Y
Brandi Carlile		Give Up the Ghost			Y
Red Hot Chili Peppers	2006	Stadium Arcadium		Y	Y

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website
• Ryan Hewitt Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2019)