Paul Tavenner - Recording Engineer, Producer, Performer
Paul has
recorded, mixed, and performed on hundreds of projects and mastered over a
thousand albums to date. Engineering credits include sax great Ernie Watts,
Bird York (Grammy-nominated song for the movie "Crash"), "Fusion For Miles: A
Guitar Tribute" featuring Mike Stern, Bill Frisell, Pat Martino and others;
platinum-selling ska band, Sublime; Quiet Riot, Judy Tenuta (Grammy-nominated
for best comedy album), Justo Almario, Jerry Vale, Glen Campbell, Andre Previn,
and many others. Paul's professional musical career began in Texas at age 16
playing drums with local and regional acts. After studying music production and
performance at Berklee College of Music in Boston, he decided Los Angeles would
best feed his appetite for musical stimulation. Recent performance and
recording credits include The 2006 Playboy Jazz Festival at the Rose Bowl, The
Fifth Dimension, Lew Del Gatto (Saturday Night Live), Skip Spiro Little Big
Band, and B3 great, Ron Feuer. He is currently working on his own album due to
be released later this year. Paul is based out of Granada Hills, CA where he
runs his studio, Big City Recording.