F. Reid Shippen

F. Reid Shippen is a mixer, engineer and producer, currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has mixed a wide variety of records including Cosmic Hallelujah by Kenny Chesney, Lights Out by Ingrid Michaelson, The Mountain by Dierks Bentley, When I Was Younger by Colony House, and Eye On It by TobyMac. Shippen has mixed nine Grammy Award winning projects and received the Audio Engineer of the Year award at the 54th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

Shippen has mixed, engineered, and/or produced music for respected artists in a variety of genres, from Death Cab for Cutie, A Fine Frenzy, Cage the Elephant and India.Arie to the Jonas Brothers, Marc Broussard, Eric Church and Robert Randolph. He has also worked with Clay Aiken, Jonny Lang, Flyleaf, Switchfoot, Backstreet Boys, Third Day, MercyMe, and Newsboys, among others. Most recently he won a Grammy for his work on Gloria Gaynor's album Testimony for which he was a co-producer, mixer and engineer. Shippen is also a co-founder of the audio gear company Atomic Instrument Co., but is no longer associated with the company. He is an affiliated artist with various audio gear brands including sE Electronics, Unity Audio, and Chandler Limited.

Select discography

Songs on compilations

Shania Twain – "Today (Is Your Day)" (Mercury Records) Minus the Bear – "My Time" (Radio Mix) (Dangerbird) A Fine Frenzy – "Happier" (Radio Mix) (Virgin/EMI) Flyleaf – "All Around Me" (Radio Mix) (Octone/Universal) Needtobreathe – "You Are Here" (Radio Mix) (Sparrow/Lava/Atlantic) Robert Randolph and the Family Band – "Get There" (Warner Bros.) Uncle Kracker – "All I Can Do Is Write About It" (from Sweet Home Alabama: The Country Music Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd) (Hip-O/Universal) Death Cab for Cutie – "Little Boxes" (for Showtime series Weeds) (Lionsgate) Jonas Brothers – "Poor Unfortunate Souls" (from The Little Mermaid Soundtrack) (Walt Disney)

Awards

Affiliated studios

Current Robot Lemon (Nashville, TN) – 2009–present (Owner)

Past Battery Studios (Nashville, TN) Masterfonics (Nashville, TN) Oceanway Studios (Nashville, TN) Quad Studios (Nashville, TN) Recording Arts (Nashville, TN): 1999–2004 Skylab Studios (Nashville, TN) Sound Kitchen (Franklin, TN) Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, TN): 2004–2009