Nic Hard
Nic Hard | |
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Born |
London, England | 5 July 1978
Genres | Alternative rock, experimental rock, electronic |
Occupation(s) | Recording engineer, Producer / Mixer / Engineer |
Associated acts | The Bravery, Snarky Puppy, Ghost Beach (band), The Church (band) |
Website |
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Nic Hard (born 5 July 1978) is a New York City-based music mixer, engineer, and producer. He is best known for his work with The Bravery, The Church (band), Ghost Beach (band), and Snarky Puppy.[1] Other acts Hard has worked with include Charlie Hunter, Bill Laurance, Forq, Rudder, The Ropes, Aberdeen City (band), and The Kin.[2]
Career
Nic Hard began his career as an intern at Unique Recording Studios in New York City. After Unique, he moved to RPM Studios, also in New York City, where he was house engineer for three years. Given an opportunity to record and co-produce The Church's album, Forget Yourself, Hard went freelance in 2002.
In 2003, Hard began working with The Bravery on their debut album, The Bravery (album). The album was released on Island Def Jam Records in the United States and Loog Records in the United Kingdom. The album was awarded a Gold Record by the British Phonographic Industry, earning Hard his first Gold Record.
Hard is represented by Joe D'Ambrosio Management.[3]
Selected Discography
Artist | Album | Label | Credit | Year |
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Snarky Puppy | Culcha Vulcha | GroundUP Records | Mixing, Engineer | 2016 |
Charlie Hunter | Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched In The Mouth | GroundUP Records | Mixing, Engineer | 2016 |
Snarky Puppy | World Tour 2015 | Impulse!/Universal Music Classics | Mixing | 2015 |
We Chief | 'Traits of A Chieftain (feat. Antony B) | Independent | Producer, Mixing, Engineer | 2015 |
Spirit Animal | Party in the Back " | Independent | Mixing | 2014 |
Lucy Woodward | "2016 Release" | GroundUP Records | Producer, Mixing, Engineer | 2016 |
Ghost Beach (band) | "Blonde" | Nettwerk Records | Producer, Mixing, Engineer | 2014 |
98 Degrees | 2.0 | EOne | Mixing | 2013 |
Ghost Beach | Close Enough (Feat. Noosa) | Independent | Mixing | 2013 |
Flyleaf | Live iTunes performance | A&M/Octone | Engineer | 2012 |
The Kin | The Kin | Interscope | Producer, Mixing, Engineer | 2012 |
Glint | Glint | Rely Records | Producer, Mixing, Engineer | 2011 |
The Ropes | America Will Copy | Producer, Mixing | 2011 | |
Jonathon Linaberry | The Bones of J.R. Jones | Mixing | 2011 | |
The Ropes | Love is a Chain Store | Independent | Producer, Mixing, Engineer | 2010 |
Emily Zuzick | Domestic Blitz | Maenades Music | Producer, Mixing | 2010 |
Miles Fisher | Miles Fisher | Independent | Mixing | 2009 |
The Bravery | Stir The Blood | Island Records | Engineer | 2009 |
The Kin | The Upside | Independent | Mixing | 2009 |
Rudder | Matorning | Nineteen-eight Records | Mixing, Engineer | 2009 |
Wayne Krantz | Krantz Carlock Lefebvre | Abstract Logix | Engineer | 2009 |
Sophia Ramos | Revalator | Sophia Ramos | Mixing, Engineer | 2009 |
Shayna Steel | I'll Be Anything | Highyella Lowbrown | Mixing, Engineer | 2009 |
The Bravery | The Sun and The Moon | Island Records | Engineer, Mixing | 2007 |
Glint | Sound in Silence | Rely Records | Producer, Mixing | 2008 |
Ute Lemper | Between Yesterday and Tomorrow | Chamaleon | Engineer | 2008 |
The Kin | Rise and Fall | Wrong Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 2007 |
Rudder | Rudder | Nineteen-eight Records | Engineer, Mixing | 2007 |
The Perfects | The Perfects | FU Records / Interscope | Mixing | 2006 |
Noba | Man With a Briefcase | Independent | Mixing | 2006 |
Aberdeen City (band) | The Freezing Atlantic | Red Int/Red Ink | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 2005 |
Jupiter One | Countdown | Cordless Recordings | Mixing | 2005 |
The Church (band) | Forget Yourself Cooking Vinyl | Co-Producer, Engineer | 2003 | |
References
- ↑ "Culcha Vulcha". Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2016-05-02.
- ↑ "Nic Hard". AllMusic.
- ↑ "Joe D'Ambrosio Management | Nic Hard". jdmanagement.com. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
- "Nic Hard - Credits - AllMusic.com".
- "Nic Hard Discography at Discogs: All- Credits".
- "Mix Analysis: How Nic Hard Mixed "Shofukan" by Snarky Puppy - SonicScoop". SonicScoop.
- "Anthony B goes EDM - Entertainment - Jamaica Observer Mobile".
- "Session Buzz: Who’s Recording In & Around NYC — A Monthly Report". SonicScoop.
- "New York Metro Beg. Borrow. Steal. Repeat. That hardly sounds like it should be the recording M.O. for a New York City sideman supergroup like Rudder". Mix Magazine.