Urbana, Illinois, United States
I am thrilled to be working with the the whole team at Rupert Neve Designs and longtime friend and colleague Joshua Thomas. As we continue to bring out superb new products and expand our company, I enjoy connecting with old friends and meeting new ones. It's truly exciting to develop and launch products like the Shelford and Newton channels, the Master Bus Transformer, Master Bus Processor, the Master Bus Convertor, the Dual Diode Bridge Compressor, the RNDI Family (Check out the new RNDI-M!), the 5045/545, the RMP-D8 remote controlled Dante Mic Preamp and Convertors, and so many other products. We have some fantastic plans for 2026!
Jonathan Pines is the owner of Private Studios in IL. With million records sold, he has made records with musicians ranging from Wilco, Gin Blossoms, Luther Ingram, Tommy Keene, Champaign, Alison Krauss, I Fight Dragons, Adrian Belew, Eminem, Menthol, Otherwise, Of Montreal, G-Eazy, and many others. Recently he has worked on projects for new Americana and Alternative artists including American Football, Niki Bluhm, Charlie Crockett, Bendigo Fletcher, John Hollier, Gary Klebe, John Prine, Lucero, Mando Sanz, Patrick Sweany, Sean Rowe, Margo Price, Gina Miles, Caskmates, Dan Hubbard, John Francis, Al Green, Pamela McNeil, Motherwind, Levi Foster, Small Square, Peter Oren, Dead Horses, Left Arm Tan, the Dirty Streets, and more. Since 2010, he has been the Director of Strategic Operations and Artist Relations for Rupert Neve Designs and guided their massive growth. He has worked with tours ranging from the Rolling Stones, Justin Timberlake, Post Malone, Chris Stapleton, Madonna to Iron Maiden, Metallica, and Black Sabbath. Jonathan is a NARAS P&E Wing voting member, and moderator for the Recording Academy - such as Interviewing Dr John and Al Schmitt about their careers, and Neal Cappelino on the Creative Process, created the Memphis Studio Summit moderating panels on a wide variety of topics, etc.. For the AES Conferences he has moderated or presented on tons of panels including the wildly popular Raw Tracks series for John Lennon, Beck, Fleetwood Mac, the Beach Boys, Aerosmith, The Fray, etc.. At large he has led manufacturer and production panels ranging from “The Making of the Raconteurs ‘Help Us Stranger’ (NAMM)”, “Creating New Audio Classics” to “Secrets of Vocal Production”, and much more at regional events like Potluck Con, Webster Studio Summit, Welcome to 1979 Studio Summit, BADASS, and many others.
I'm a proud member of the P & E wing of the Memphis Chapter of Recording Academy!
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