Michael Bishop has been engineering award-winning recordings for more than 30 years and has received NINE Grammy® Awards (2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2002 and 1997) including FIVE for Best-Engineered Recording and TWO for Best Surround Album. Michael has recorded many major orchestral, jazz, blues, and pop recordings, plus notable independent projects. The former Chief Recording Engineer for Telarc Records, Michael now records and produces independent projects through Five/Four Productions, Ltd.. (www.Recording.Pro)Having worked on pop quadraphonic mixes in the early 1970s, Michael applied that early experience, combined with his recent surround techniques, to produce some of the most notable multi-channel surround music releases to the acclaim of music fans, audiophiles, and reviewers.Michael’s recording credits include The James Gang,Wild Cherry,Dizzy Gillespie,Eric Bibb,Stanley Clarke Trio,Ray Brown,Gerry Mulligan,Ray Charles,Chucho Valdez,Monty Alexander,Count Basie Orchestra,Hiromi Uehara,Anthony Jackson,Simon Phillips,Jim Hall,Pat Metheny,Al DiMeola,Bonnie Raitt,Isaac Hayes,Memphis Horns,Bobby Womack,Liza Minnelli,Clark Terry,James Moody,Rosemary Clooney,Bobby Short,Junior Wells,Buddy Guy,Carlos Santana,Oscar Peterson,Dave Brubeck,Dee-Dee Bridgewater,Dianna Krall,Shirley Horn,Maria Muldaur,Mel Torme,Frankie Laine,Andre Watt,Sylvia McNair,Jennifer Higdon,Chris Theofanidis,Robert Shaw/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, John Morris Russell/Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Lang Lang, Mormon Tabernacle Orchestra & Choir, Garrick Ohlsson, Zuill Bailey, Paavo Jarvi/Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst/The Cleveland Orchestra, Robert Spano/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus.Michael is a member of AES, NARAS (where he serves on the Producer & Engineer Wing Advisory Council), ASCAP, AQHA, and NRHA. Michael and his wife enjoy participating in Team Penning & Sorting and Reining with their American Quarter Horses.Specialties: Michael has recorded and produced music across numerous, varied genres in the 30-plus years of his career. Having worked in every professional audio recording format, Michael is adept at bringing World-Class production techniques to a Real-World production budget. His specialties include audio production, engineering, editing, mixing and mastering for LP, CD, SACD, DVD, Blu-Ray, Film Soundtrack and Commercial productions.
Listed skills include Recording, Audio Engineering, Mastering, Professional Audio, and 33 others.