Corin Nelsen

'''Corin Nelsen''' is a Grammy Award-winning recording engineer and music producer.<ref name="Grammy Awards">{{cite web|title=Grammy Awards|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=corin+nelsen&title=&year=All&genre=All|accessdate=13 July 2012}}</ref> He is best known for his work with William Ackerman, the Grammy award-winning founder of Windham Hill Records, and as chief engineer at Ackerman's Imaginary Road Studios in Vermont.

== Early career ==

Nelsen met William Ackerman in 1986 while working as a carpenter and building Ackerman's home in Vermont.<ref>Prasad, Anil. "[http://www.innerviews.org/inner/ackerman.html William Ackerman: Beholding the Remarkable]", Innerviews.org, 1998.</ref> Nelsen quickly helped coordinate and became assistant engineer for the recording of two Windham Hill Records albums that Ackerman was producing, Eugene Friesen and Scott Cossu's ''[http://www.allmusic.com/album/reunion-mw0000193388 Reunion]'' and Malcolm Dalglish's ''[http://www.allmusic.com/album/jogging-the-memory-mw0000189690 Jogging the Memory]''.

In 1991 Ackerman and Nelsen started designing and building Imaginary Road Studios,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.williamackerman.com/contact-will/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=109|title=William Ackerman Biography|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080028/http://www.williamackerman.com/contact-will/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=109|archive-date=2016-12-20|url-status=dead}}</ref> originally intended for work on Ackerman's own recordings and his spoken word label, Gang of Seven, formed after he sold his stake in Windham Hill. Together Ackerman and Nelsen developed an efficient process for editing various takes to create a truly optimized "best" basic track for an artist around which the music is built.<ref>Corelli, Michele. "[http://www.altremusiche.it/sx/testi/interv/ackerman_eng.htm William Ackerman, Guitarist and Builder] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041647/http://www.altremusiche.it/sx/testi/interv/ackerman_eng.htm |date=2016-03-04 }}", Altremusic.it, 2004.</ref>

In 2000 Nelsen also became the Director of I-Media for [https://archive.today/20130125200514/http://hostcolony.com/websound/about_management.html Websound] and [https://archive.today/20130128125821/http://peop.lead411.com/Corin_Nelsen_11476527.html Rock River Communications] mastering music for branded CDs and custom internet radio players for some of the world's top brands such as Volkswagen, Polo, Eddie Bauer, Pottery Barn, and more.

== Grammy Award == Nelsen won a Grammy for his role as Co-Producer and Engineer on Ackerman's album ''Returning'', in the category Best New Age Album Year 2004.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

== Studio Design and Notable Recordings == Nelsen has also designed and built other recording studios of varying sizes and built acoustic treatments for several musician's home studios, including a studio for guitarist Damon Buxton.<ref>Damon Buxton Wikipedia page</ref>

In 2007 Nelsen worked with Bruce Swedien (Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Duke Ellington) co-mixing tracks on Jeff Oster's album [http://music.jeffoster.com/album/true ''True''] including "[http://music.jeffoster.com/track/saturn-calling Saturn Calling]" which featured recordings from NASA's Cassini space mission.

In 2010 Nelsen founded SynchroSonic Productions, which expanded operations in 2012<ref>"[https://archive.today/20130201012652/http://www.prweb.com/releases/CorinNelsen/SynchroSonic/prweb9241260.htm Corin Nelsen Announces Expansion of SynchroSonic Productions with New Services]". March 1, 2012.</ref> and his own studio in Bremen, ME.

Nelsen has also worked with the late Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, Tony Levin, Damon Buxton, Dana Cunningham, Marc Enfroy, Fiona Joy Hawkins, Lawrence Blatt, and others.<ref>Nelsen, Corin. [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/corin-nelsen-mn0000098694 Complete Discography]. Allmusic.com.</ref>

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