{{Short description|Australian music producer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2016}}
'''Tim Whitten''' is an Australian [[record producer]], [[audio engineer]], and [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixer]]. He has worked with numerous successful Australian musicians, in a career spanning 1990—present.
==Career== Whitten's first recording was [[Boxcar (band)|Boxcar]]'s ''[[Vertigo (Boxcar album)|Vertigo]]'', where he joined Adrian Bolland as engineer.<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r2534|pure_url=yes}} |title=Vertigo > Credits|website=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=2008-02-13}}</ref> Whitten has produced records for prominent Australian artists, including [[Powderfinger]],<ref name=PF>{{cite news|publisher=[[Drum Media]]|title=I Is Not Me|author=Peter Blythe|date=29 October 1996}}</ref> [[The Go-Betweens]], [[Hoodoo Gurus]], and [[Augie March]].<ref name=AMGCredits>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p274004|pure_url=yes}} |title=Tim Whitten > Credits|website=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=2008-02-24}}</ref>
In 2004 he produced an EP for [[Signal Room]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Home | website=Signal Room | url=http://www.signalroom.com/ | access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref> and he worked on an album by [[Gaslight Radio]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbsfm.org.au/Documents.asp?ID=3018&Title=Gaslight+Radio+Release+%91Good+Heavens+Mean+Times%92|title=Gaslight Radio Release 'Good Heavens Mean Times'.|publisher=PBS 106.7FM|accessdate=2008-02-24|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193500/http://www.pbsfm.org.au/Documents.asp?ID=3018&Title=Gaslight+Radio+Release+%91Good+Heavens+Mean+Times%92|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Unlike most producers, who work in a [[studio]], most of Whitten's recording is done at his home, with artists visiting him to collaborate on works.<ref name="TheredsunbandFL">{{cite web |author=planetclare |title=Theredsunband: The sonic cult that nobody can join |url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/11489/Theredsunband-The-sonic-cult-that-nobody-can-join.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202095634/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/11489/Theredsunband-The-sonic-cult-that-nobody-can-join.htm |archive-date=2 December 2007 |accessdate=2008-02-24 |publisher=FasterLouder.com.au |df=dmy-all}}</ref> However, he has recorded in studios on some albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amo.org.au/release.asp?id=1238 |title=Releases :: Double Allergic |publisher=[[Australian Music Online]] |accessdate=2008-02-24 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906093337/http://www.amo.org.au/release.asp?id=1238 |archivedate=6 September 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> He says that his role as a producer is "make a song "work"", even if this requires unorthodox techniques to achieve results.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indent.net.au/user_files/File/PDF/Music%20Industry%20FAQs.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050710151620/http://www.indent.net.au/user_files/File/PDF/Music%20Industry%20FAQs.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-07-10 |title=10 Frequently Asked Questions on the Music Industry |publisher=Indent |accessdate=2008-02-24 |df=dmy }}</ref>
==Accolades== Whitten's production work has garnered acclaim from numerous artists. His collaboration with [[The Red Sun Band]] on their [[Extended play|EP]] ''Like an Arrow'' received praise for the distinctive sonic direction he brought to the record.<ref name="TheredsunbandFL" /> Australian experimental group [[Scattered Order]] similarly commended his production work.<ref>{{cite web |title=1990s history |url=http://www.scatteredorder.com/history90s.htm |accessdate=2008-02-24 |publisher=[[Scattered Order]]}}</ref> [[Bernard Fanning]], frontman of [[Powderfinger]], cited Whitten's cost-effectiveness compared to other producers as a determining factor in the band's decision to engage him for their 1996 album, ''[[Double Allergic]]''.<ref name="PF" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Portal|Music|Australia}} *{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p274004}}
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