THE 2008 ROSTER HAYDN BENDALL - Producer/Mixer/Engineer
Starting his musical career at Orange Studios in Soho, Haydn then went on to work as a piano tuner for Steinway & Sons until an opportunity arose at Abbey Road Studios where he worked for seventeen years, the last ten as chief engineer. In 1991 he decided to pursue a freelance career. As a result of working at Abbey Road for such a length of time Haydn was introduced to quite possibly the widest selection of music and productions that any studio in the world could offer. His discography is extensive and credits endless.
Haydn has just finished recording and mixing tracks in London and Paris with French artist Clemence who is signed to Sellaband. In addition he recently recorded the soundtrack for the film ‘Our Lady of Victory’ at Abbey Road Studios for award winning composer and arranger Bill Ross. Other recent projects include engineering tracks for Chris Botti and Bobby Colomby, Mike Batt, Mike Hedges and Steve Mac for X Factor.
Myles started his career at September Sound and Metropolis studios, but settled at Strongroom Studios for his time as assistant. He broke away in 2003 and, after a short while as freelance engineer, was soon offered a full time position as Chief Engineer at Pete Townshend'sOceanic Studios, Twickenham. This position involved a huge variety of projects, such as Live mixing every show of the last Who world tour (stereo and 5.1), development of the Lifehouse Method generative music project (including production of Lawrence Ball's 'Method Music' album), and The Who's 'Endless Wire' album and the 'Wire and Glass' mini-opera (Polydor 2006). Despite credits in the technical side of music production, Myles' is primarily a musician and writer.
Myles is currently writing for and producing the Machinegunners project alongside Matthew Grist www.myspace.com/machinegunnerspace and is also programming and engineering with Zak Starkey and his band Penguins.
Other recent projects include engineering for Marius de Vries on Teddy Thompson and Rod Stewart sessions.
Drew is currently working on tracks for SuperJupiter with Manhattan Clique as well as recording tracks for the forthcoming film ‘Me and Orson Welles’ with composer Mike McEvoy. Other recent projects include mixing tracks for Jes (Black Hole Recordings), Not Advised (Warners) and Cunnie Williams (Universal).
Last year Drew engineered the Led Zeppelin DVD ‘The Song Remains The Same’ alongside Producer Kevin Shirley. Other 5.1 credits include production & mix for the OST of the film ‘Snowcake’ starring Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman with Canadian band Broken Social Scene. Programming/engineering credits on Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 DVD, the Iron Maiden DVD’s ‘Death on the Road’ and ‘Life After Death’ plus the Led Zeppelin DVD ‘How The West Was Won’. Drew also recorded & engineered Kanye West ‘Late Orchestration’ (live) DVD.
Richard Rainey is a Producer/Mixer from Ireland. He is London based and is currently working with U2. Recent credits include production and mix for the Grand Avenue (EMI) album 'The Outside' and production & mix of the debut albums for The Aliens (Parlophone), The Fallout Trust (EMI) & The Chalets (V2).
Richard won 3 Grammys for his work on the 11 million selling U2 album ‘All That You Can’t Leave Behind’ winning Record of the Year 2000 for ‘Beautiful Day’ and Record of the Year 2001 ‘Walk On’ and Rock Album of the Year 2001. In addition, he produced dance remixes of both ‘Beautiful Day’ (as one half of remix duo Quincey & Sonance) and ’Elevation' for U2 single releases. In 2005 Richard did all the broadcast mixing for U2 including live shows for Radio 1, BBC TV, MTV USA and the Grammy Awards 2005.
Kevin Shirley is a US based Producer/Mixer and is currently working with Joe Bonamassa and Iron Maiden. Recent credits include mixing ‘Revelation’ for Journey, mixing the DVD 'The Song Remains The Same' for Led Zeppelin, production and mix of 'Sloe Gin' for Joe Bonamassa and surround mixing for the DVD of Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004.
