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From the first time Kevin Nettleingham walked into a recording studio, he was fascinated with the process. It wasn’t long until he was off to college to learn more about the recording industry. Nettleingham returned to Vancouver, and for 17 years he has run his own studio.
Name: Kevin Nettleingham.
Job/employer: Owns Nettleingham Audio, nettleinghamaudio.com
Age: 51.
Education/professional background: From the time I was a teenager and into my 20s, I played in bands. When our band decided to record, we went to Drew Canulette, who owned Dogfish Sound. From the moment I walked into the studio, I was fascinated about the whole process. After being in the studio a few times, I asked Canulette if he thought I would be any good at recording. He said he thought I had a good ear for it. For the next eight years or so, I worked as a waiter and played guitar at a local restaurant. I was ready for a change.
I had always read the industry magazine Mix. The magazine gave an annual award for technical excellence in creativity, and for five years they gave that award to Full Sail University in Winter Park, Fla. I decided that I should go to college to learn more about the recording industry. About three months later, I moved to Florida to attend Full Sail. I got a recording arts associate degree in one year. I returned to Vancouver and worked at Canulette’s studio. About a year later, I got a job as a house engineer at Musicraft in Wilsonville, Ore. This was a great learning experience for me. I hadn’t been out of school that long and at Musicraft I had a chance to do a variety of work. I kind of locked myself in a room and learned everything I could. Soon people were coming to me to master a CD for them.