Emily Eck is an audio engineer with years of experience in recording, mixing, music production, audio post production, as well as studio and artist management. After graduating with a Masters of Fine Arts in Recording Arts and Technologies from Middle Tennessee State University, she moved back to her hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana where she currently works. Her credits reflect the influence that the culturally diverse city has had on her life, which encompass genres such as Cajun, Mardi Gras Indian, Haitian, Brass Band, Electronic, and Indie Rock.
Along her career, she has shared the control room with some of her own childhood heroes such as Dr. John, Irma Thomas, and The Neville Brothers. Emily received a GRAMMY acknowledgement in 2018 as the Assistant Recording Engineer of Lost Bayou Ramblers’ “Kalenda” that won Best Regional Roots Music Album. She also taught a college course in recording studio techniques at Loyola University, which had previously been instructed by the first woman to win a GRAMMY for Best Engineered Album, Trina Shoemaker.
Emily most recently worked with one of the top selling bands in the world on their latest album. In 2019, she began working as a full-time engineer and studio manager for indie rock band Arcade Fire and spent the last three years recording their newly released album “We”, which has just been nominated for Best Alternative Music Album in the 2023 GRAMMYs. During the process of making the album, Emily traveled around North America and Europe working with producers and artists including Radiohead’s Nigel Godrich, Peter Gabriel, Father John Misty, Beck, Joy Divison’s Stephen Morris, Geoff Barrow, Pulp’s Steve Mackey, and more.
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