Trina Shoemaker

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Trina Shoemaker
Born
Kathryn Shoemaker[1]

(1965-06-14) June 14, 1965 (age 58)[1]
Occupation(s)Record producer, mixer, sound engineer
SpouseGrayson Capps (m. ?)[2]

Kathryn "Trina" Shoemaker is an American mixer, record producer and sound engineer responsible for producing/engineering and/or mixing records for bands such as Queens of the Stone Age,[3] Sheryl Crow,[3] Emmylou Harris,[3] Something for Kate,[4] Nanci Griffith,[4] Kristin Hersh, Tanya Tucker and many others.

Early life and career[edit]

Shoemaker was born in Joliet, Illinois and graduated from Joliet Central High School in 1983.[1]

She moved to Los Angeles and worked as a secretary at Capitol Records. She then briefly moved to London where she worked with artist Hugh Harris. Next she worked with producer Daniel Lanois at Kingsway Studios in New Orleans;[5] in 1992 she became the studio's house engineer.[6] Her break came in 1995 when Sheryl Crow fired her producer and hired Shoemaker to engineer her self-produced, self-titled second album Sheryl Crow. In 1998, Shoemaker became the first woman to win the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album for her work on The Globe Sessions.[7] In addition to engineering for Crow, Shoemaker went on to work with artists including Blues Traveller, Emmylou Harris, the Indigo Girls, and the Dixie Chicks.[5]

List of works[edit]

Awards[edit]

2004 Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: Steven Curtis Chapman, All Things New [8]
1998 Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical): Sheryl Crow, The Globe Sessions [9]
1998 Best Rock Album Engineer: Sheryl Crow, The Globe Sessions [9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Ferstler, Howard; Frank W. Hoffmann. Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound, Volume 1. p. 990.
  2. ^ Specker, Lawrence (25 June 2013). "Willie Sugarcapps: Alabama all-stars find joy in unexpected music". AL.com (published 24 June 2013).
  3. ^ a b c "Trina Shoemaker Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Trina Shoemaker Credits (pg. 2)". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  5. ^ a b Massey, Howard (2009). Behind the Glass: Top Record Producers Tell How They Craft the Hits, Volume 2. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 256–257. ISBN 978-0879309558.
  6. ^ Terri Sutton (November 1995). "The Future of Rock: Trina Shoemaker". Spin.
  7. ^ Dunbar, Julie C. (2010). Women, Music, Culture: An Introduction. Taylor & Francis. p. 304. ISBN 978-0415875622.
  8. ^ "Past Winners Search". Grammy Award. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  9. ^ a b "Past Winners Search". Grammy Award. Retrieved 26 November 2011.

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