Siegfried Meier
Siegfried Meier | |
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Background information | |
Born | Oberviechtach, West Germany | August 9, 1977
Origin | Canada |
Genres | Rock, pop punk, punk, emo |
Occupation(s) | Record producer, audio engineer |
Years active | 1997–present |
Website | siegfriedmeier |
Siegfried Meier (born August 9, 1977) is a German-born Canadian record producer and recording, mixing and mastering engineer. He is known for his work in the genres of rock, metal, pop, and punk, producing and engineering for groups such as Face to Face, Kittie, Sectorseven, and Baptized in Blood.[1] In 2013, Meier won a Juno award for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year producing and engineering Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light by Woods of Ypres.[2] Meier is the owner of Ontario-based recording studio, Beach Road Studios.[3]
Early life
[edit]Born in Oberviechtach, West Germany, Meier moved to Canada at a young age.[4] There, he began to develop an interest in music, specifically in recording his own songs.[4] In high school, Meier played in local bands and began collecting recording equipment in order to record their efforts.[5] In 1998, Meier pursued a degree in Audio Engineering. He attended the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology, where he also worked after his degree was completed as the school's Pro Tools and Audio Production instructor.[6]
EMAC Recording Studios
[edit]Meier briefly worked in Los Angeles before returning to Ontario to work at EMAC Recording Studios.[7] He spent from 2000 to early 2004 engineering and mastering various albums for EMAC before returning to teach at OIART.[7]
In 2001 Meier engineered a session for Kittie's album Oracle at EMAC Studios.[8] He also engineered, mixed and mastered Sectorseven by Sectorseven in 2002.[9]
Beach Road Studios
[edit]In 2006, Meier began building his own studio, Beach Road, in Goderich.[4] This studio was crafted with the help of Lee While, an acoustics professor at the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology[6] as well as Robbie McCowan of Chasing Mercury.[4] During this time, Meier continued to produce out of his own home. Albums such as Folkyo by Dayna Manning credit the facilities being used for recording the album as "Siegfried Meier's House".[10] Here, he also produced, engineered and mixed Baptized In Blood's Baptized In Blood EP[11] as well as Article One's AO.[12] Once Beach Road Studios was completed in late 2006, Meier migrated his production to the new facilities.
Work with Kittie
[edit]In 2009, Meier worked again with Kittie, this time producing as well as engineering at Beach Road Studios, on their album In The Black.[13] The album was well-received, reaching No. 18 on the Hard Rock Albums Billboard chart and No. 133 on the Top 200 Billboard chart.[14] Meier also produced and engineered Kittie's 2011 album I've Failed You, which reached No. 10 on the Hard Rock Albums Billboard chart and No. 178 on the Top 200 Billboard chart.[citation needed] In 2011, Meier also produced, engineered and mixed Take It or Leave It: A Tribute to the Queens of Noise – The Runaways which featured Kittie on the song "Fantasies".[15] In 2015, Kittie recorded a cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" for A Salute to the Thin White Duke – The Songs of David Bowie which was produced, engineered and mixed by Meier.[16] Meier also worked with Kittie on the soundtrack for Saw VI in 2009, producing, engineering and mixing their song "Cut Throat".[17]
Most recently, Meier produced, engineered, and mixed Kittie's Origins/Evolutions Live album in 2018.
Work with Woods of Ypres
[edit]In 2011, Meier worked with Woods of Ypres at Beach Road Studios to produce and engineer their album, Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light.[18] The tracks were sent to mix engineer John Fryer to be mixed. However, after the album was recorded lead singer Dave Gold was killed in a car accident, halting the release of the album until the following year.[19] The album was critically acclaimed, resulting in a nomination and win for the Juno Award for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year.[2]
Current Work
[edit]Meier continues to work out of Beach Road Studios, producing and mixing records as well as teaching classes on audio production.[20] He also builds and modifies audio equipment under the brand Beach Road Electronics.[5]
Meier's most recent project has been Face to Face's Hold Fast (Acoustic Sessions), which he co-produced, mixed, and featured on.[21] The album reached No. 18 on Alternative Album Sales and No. 40 on Rock Album Sales on Billboard's charts. [citation needed]
Endorsements
[edit]Meier is endorsed by a variety of audio companies, including:
- Noble and Cooley
- Magix
- Radial Engineering
- HHB (Canada)
- Peluso Microphone Lab
- SJC Drums
- The Amp Factory
- Auratone Audio
- Eventide Audio
Curtis
[edit]Meier is also co-founder and member of the melodic rock and punk band, Curtis.[22] They have released various EPs and LPs over the years, namely Curtis in 1997, Thanks Stu in 1997,[23] Live in the Studio 2004 in 2004, and Full Circle and Rarities, Randoms and Lost Souls in 2013.[22] They are currently signed to Bright Side Records, and have been compared by Entertainment LA to groups such as Jawbreaker, Knapsack, and Sunny Day Real Estate.[22]
Discography
[edit]P = Producer
E = Engineer
M = Mixing
ME = Mastering Engineer
S = Songwriter
MU = Musician
*** = listed on http://www.siegfriedmeier.com/discography/
All non-starred albums listed on AllMusic.com
ARTIST | PROJECT | CREDITS | RELEASE |
Face to Face *** | Hold Fast (Acoustic) | Co-Produce / M / MU | 2018 |
Jared Dines/Steve Terreberry/Sarah Longfield/Tyler Larson/Adam Neely/Trey Xavier *** | Dread Machine | P / E / M | 2018 |
Thirty Helens *** | Upcoming Full Length | P / E / M | 2018 |
The World Over *** | Upcoming Full Length | P / E / M | 2018 |
Stranded In Nostalgia | Forthcoming EP | P / E / M / MU / S | 2018 |
Common Oath *** | Upcoming EP | P / E / M | 2018 |
Adam Wendler *** | Upcoming EP | P / E / M | 2018 |
Kittie | Origins/Evolutions (Live) | P / E / M | 2018 |
Delta Stone and The Wardogs *** | Upcoming EP | P / E / M | 2018 |
Thrawsunblat *** | T4 | P / E / M | 2018 |
The World Over *** | Ventifact | ME | 2017 |
Brother Neil *** | Away Avenue Away... | ME | 2017 |
The Bartops *** | Paid In Applause | P / E / M | 2017 |
Hiroshima Hearts *** | Reach Out | ME | 2017 |
The Blacklist Social *** | Blackstone | ME | 2017 |
Charrlonmane Collective *** | Water Under The Bridge | P / E / M / MU | 2017 |
KINK *** | Shadowed Lands | P / E / M / MU | 2017 |
Sarah Menary *** | Bad Idea | P / E / M / MU | 2017 |
KINK *** | Fears | P / E / M / MU | 2017 |
Adam Wendler *** | Never Go Unknown | P / E / M / MU | 2017 |
Ten Boy Summer *** | Ten Boy Summer | P / E / M | 2017 |
EDDYEVVY *** | I'm Glad You Were Born | P / E / M | 2017 |
b.d. Gottfried *** | Through The Dog's Eyes | P / E / M / MU / S | 2017 |
Anthems In Ashes *** | Burn It Down | P / E / M | 2017 |
Howzat *** | Luv Dust | P / E / M | 2017 |
Howl Said The Wolves *** | Opprør | P / E / M | 2017 |
DMX *** | We Gonna Tear Shit Up | P / E / M / MU / S | 2016 |
Artificial Dissemination *** | Past.Present.Future. | P / E / M | 2016 |
Vistas *** | Vistas EP | P / E / M | 2016 |
Sadukii *** | Sadukii EP | P / E / M | 2016 |
KINK *** | Hands | P / E / M / MU | 2016 |
Serena Rutledge *** | Our Best Fight | P / E / M / ME / MU / S | 2016 |
The Ashgrove *** | Time Goes By | P / E / M | 2016 |
A Ghost Named Joe *** | Incorporeal | P / E / M | 2016 |
Horwood *** | Art Is Time Travel | P / E / M | 2016 |
KINK *** | Fine Lines Acoustic...literally... | P / E / M | 2016 |
The World Over *** | Mountains | P / E / M | 2016 |
Mudmen *** | Old Plaid Shirt | ME | 2016 |
Thirty Helens | Vague Rants | P / E / M | 2015 |
Sound Glyphics | Royal Blood | P / E / M | 2015 |
hHead | Fempire – Squirtgun Records Compilation | M | 2015 |
b.d. Gottfried | Motion Fever | P / E / M / MU / S | 2015 |
Thrawsunblat | T3 | Co-P / M / ME | 2015 |
Painted Faces *** | Projects | P / E / M / ME | 2015 |
Mr. Tasty | Main Course | P / E / M / ME / MU | 2015 |
The Hoot & Yell | Upcoming EP | P / E / M / ME / MU | |
Kittie | Space Oddity – David Bowie Tribute Album | P / E / M / MU | |
Anthem For Today | This Is Not The End | P / E / M / ME / MU | |
Easy Does It | Upcoming Full Length | P / E / M / ME | |
Not Tonight & The Headaches | Upcoming Full Length | M / ME | |
Emerald Seas | Upcoming EP | P / E / M / ME | |
Artificial Dissemination | Take Us To Your Leader | P / E / M | |
Temple In The Sea | Upcoming EP | P / E / M / ME | |
Painted Faces | Vinyl Signs | P / E / M / ME | |
Serena Rutledge | Upcoming EP | P / E / M / ME / MU | |
Anthem For Today | O Little Town of Bethlehem | M / ME | |
The Jailer's Daughter | EP 2014 | P / E / M / ME | |
The Ending To This Story | Safe and Sound | P / E / M / ME / MU | |
Mountain of Wolves | Mountain of Wolves | E / ME | |
The Feels | Live at Beach Road | P / E / M / ME | |
Stratos | Upcoming Full Length | ME | |
The Affair | Remember To Forget | P / E / M / ME / MU | |
The Disenders | 2 Singles 2014 | P / E / M | |
That Dirty Racket | Upcoming EP | ME | |
Carly Thomas | Explode | ME | |
Fun Fact | Upcoming EP | ME | |
Trevor James & TPG | Huron | P / E / M / ME | |
Mike Tompkins | Sorry Not Sorry | M | |
Howl Said The Wolves | Without | P / E / M / ME | |
Pile High | Pile High | P / E / M / ME / MU / S | |
Elastic | The Disillusioning | P / E / M / ME | |
The Painted Dogs | Upcoming Full Length | P / E / M / ME | |
Emerald Seas | Obstacles | P / E / M / ME / MU | |
Breaching Vista | Your Calling | P / E / M / ME / MU | |
Scotty James | Run From You | M | |
Stereo Sunrise | EP 2014 | P / E / M / ME | |
Halfway To Barstow | EP 2014 | P / E / M / ME | |
Gord Prior | Single 2014 | P / E / M / ME | |
Punishment | 2 Singles | P / E / M / ME | |
Stuck Out Here | Getting Used To Feeling Like Shit | P / E / M / ME | |
The Alcoholly's | Girls Night | P / E / M / ME | |
Painted Faces | The Drawing Board | P / E / M / ME | |
Gag Order | EP 2013 | P / E / M / ME | |
Slouch | EP 2013 | P / E / M / ME | |
Gord Prior | Sweet Corn Ahead | P / E / M / ME | |
Terrified & Alive | EP 2013 | P / E / M / ME / MU | |
Curtis | Full Circle | P / E / M / MU / S | |
Curtis | Rarities, Randoms & Lost Souls | P / E / M / MU / S | |
Gord Prior | AUM | P / E / M / ME | |
The Affair | Live at Beach Road EP | P / E / M / ME | |
Steven Stunning | 2 Singles | P / E / M / ME | |
Baker Kane | Single | P / E / M / ME | |
The Wedding Party | 2 Singles | P / E / | |
Gypsy Chief Goliath | New Machines of the Night | ME | |
Besieged | Victims Beyond All Help | ME | |
Rep By Pop | Harper = Nixon | ME | |
Thrawsunblat | Wanderer on The Continent of Saplings | Co-P / M / ME | |
The Ending To This Story | The Phoenix | P / E / M / ME / MU | |
River City Ransom | Live Recordings | P / E / M / ME | |
The Alcoholly's | Flashback EP | P / E / M / ME | |
The Disenders | Broken Town | P / E / M | |
The Light Division | Fear and Fortune | P / E / M | |
Halfway To Barstow | EP 2013 | P / E / M / ME | |
To Tell | Only In Love | E / M / ME | |
Bright Side Records Comp | Vol. 1 | P / E / M | |
Stacey Jamieson | Full Length | M / ME | |
Scotty James | This Christmas | P / E / M / MU | |
Ryan Mills | The Drive | P / E / M / ME | |
Woods of Ypres | Grey Skies & Electric Light | P / E | |
The Wedding Party | Single | P / E / M | |
Mouth | EP 2013 | P / E / M / ME | |
Motes and Oats | Simple Things | M / ME | |
My Life's Monument | The Architect | P / E / M / ME | |
The Best Kept Secret | EP | P / E / M / ME | |
Deserter | EP | P / E / M / ME | |
Mallory Tomiuk | EP | P / E / M / ME | |
Chasing Mercury | Forward In Reverse | P / E / M / ME | |
Eagle & Child | EP | P / E / M / ME | |
This Time or Next Time | What a Way To Say Goodbye | P / E / M / ME / MU | |
Searching For Satellites | EP | P / E / M / ME | |
Repeller | 2 Song EP | P / E / M / ME | |
Remembering Apollo | Niobe's Tears | P / E / M / ME | |
Credit Valley | EP | P / E / M / ME | |
Battle Mountain Band | EP 2012 | P / E | |
Chris Hart | Rock & Roll Revelation | M / ME | |
Wuud | Nothing's Worth Keeping | M / ME | |
Terrified & Alive | EP 2012 | P E / M / ME / MU | |
Baker Kane | Almost Everything | P / E / M / ME | |
The Salads | Music Every Day | P / E | |
The Wedding Party | Brothers EP | P / E / M | |
Curtis | Love Gun (Kiss Tribute) | P / E / M / ME / MU | |
Kissin' Time | Canada's Tribute To Kiss | ME | |
Twelfth Night Overture | Stratford Festival Theatre | E / M / ME | |
Kittie | I've Failed You | P / E / M | |
Breaching Vista | Vera City | P / E / M / MU | |
Gord Prior | These Are Killers | P / E / M / ME | |
Craig Cardiff | Safe Here | M / ME | |
Scotty James | Wanna Be Loved EP | P / E / M / MU | |
Gord Prior | Waiting In The Hall | P / E / M / ME | |
Stuck Out Here | Last Night, This Morning | P / E / M / ME | |
Split The Skye | The Return | P / E / M | |
Bryce Jardine | EP/Demos | P / E / M / ME | |
Benefit of a Doubt | The Storm | P / E / M / MU | |
Flatland | EP | P / E / M / ME | |
Anatomist | EP | P / E / M / ME | |
1951 | EP | M / ME | |
All The Trendy Kids | These Kids | P / E / M / ME | |
Velvet Revolver f. Gord Prior | Muthafucka | E | |
Moondog Uproar | Albatross | P / E / M | |
The Dunes | Let It Go (Limitless) | P / E / M | |
Searching For Satellites | EP 2010 | P / E / M | |
Thine Eyes Bleed | The Embers Rise | P / E / M | |
Kittie | Fantasies (Runaways Tribute) | P / E / M | |
Surrounded by Water | Oblivious | P / E / M | |
Nick Harris | I Was In A Band | P / E / M / ME | |
Yours To Call | EP | P / E / M / ME | |
Solvi | A Million Faces | P / E / M | |
Escapes | EP | M / ME | |
Metro4 | Full Length | P / E | |
The Sunset Summer | EP | P / E / M / ME | |
Stagehands | The Silent City | P / E / M | |
Kittie | Cut Throat (Diary of Wimpy Kid) | P / E / M | |
Sector Seven | The Hunt Club | P / E / M / MU | |
The Soap Opera Coma | The Rising Co$t of Living | P / E / M / MU | |
Armour | EP | P / E / M | |
To Tell | So Much More | P / E / M / MU | |
The Disenders | Hold On | P / E / M | |
Radio Adelaide | ...and on the Brighter Side Of | P / E / M / MU | |
Kittie | Cut Throat (Saw VI) | P / E / M | |
The Dunes | Subject To Change | P / E / M / MU | |
The Light Division | Oh So Close | P / E / M / MU | |
Acacia | Our Own | P / E / M / ME | |
Dog Tooth Violet | Dog Tooth Violet | P / E / M | |
Kaffe | Full Length | P / E / M | |
The Bad Ideas | Dirty Little Looks | P / E / M / ME | |
Tyler Schwende Band | Beautiful Catastrophe | M | |
Life Like Rockets | Life Like Rockets | P / E / M / MU / ME | |
Ill Eagle | Bridge | P / E / M / ME | |
Baptized In Blood | Gutterbound | ME | |
Moondog Uproar | Sunrise | P / E / M | |
Wuud | Resurrection Songs | ME | |
Chris Hart | The Magic Hour | M / ME | |
Farewell To Freeway | Only Time Will Tell | E | |
The Vice | EP | P / E / M / MU | |
Kittie | In The Black | P / E | |
Breaching Vista | Breaking The View | P / E / M / MU | |
Benefit of a Doubt | EP | P / E / M / MU | |
Riverside | Newspeak | P / E / M / MU | |
Policies and Procedures | EP | P / E / M / ME | |
Timothy James Morrow | Closure | P / E / M / MU | |
Kaffe | Toque de Rock | M | |
Jon Bartel | Found and Finding | ME | |
Hijack Delta | EP | P / E / M / ME | |
Ryan Mills | Start With (Seaweed Tribute) | P / E / M | |
Awake and Dreaming | It's Always Midnight In Sin City | M | |
To Tell | The Sun Is Up & So Am I | P / E / M / MU / ME | |
Thine Eyes Bleed | Thine Eyes Bleed | P / E | |
Bordertown | Welcome To | P / E / M / MU | |
The Synaesthetic | Locomotive | P / E / M | |
Teeter | Demos/EP | P / E / M / ME | |
Paris Burning | EP | P / E / M / MU / ME | |
Seconds To Go | Mucho Respecto | P / E / M / ME | |
Perry's Faultline | Thousand Trials | P / E / M | |
Riverside | Goodbye Broadway | P / E / M / MU / ME | |
Planet4 | My Vintage Future | P / E / M / MU | |
Ryan Mills | Deepest Blue | P / E / M / MU | |
Chasing Mercury | Midnight at the Ball | P / E / M | |
The Synaesthetic | Distractions | P / E / M | |
Article One | Article One | P / E / M / MU | |
Seconds To Go | Seconds To Go | P / E / M | |
Dressed In Sunday's Best | And We're Not Finished Yet | P / E / M / ME | |
Dayna Manning | Folkyo | P / E / M / ME | |
Paul Kramer | Sleeping Dogs Lie | E / M / ME | |
Suzanne Frank | First Flight | E / M / ME | |
Machete Avenue | The First Cuts | P / E / M / MU / ME | |
Tyler Schwende Band | EP | ME | |
Scenario | EP | P / E / M / MU / ME | |
Prize Fighter | EP | M | |
The Soap Opera Coma | We Came For The Blood | P / E / M / ME | |
Bordertown | New Car Smell | P / E / M / MU / ME | |
Baptized In Blood | EP | P / E / M / ME | |
Chasing Mercury | EP | P / E / M | |
Riverside | EP | P / E / M / MU / ME | |
Matthew Johnston | EP | P / E / M / MU / ME | |
Icewater | Meltdown | ME | |
Drive By Satellite | Drive By Satellite | SE | |
Adam McGill | EP | P / E / M / ME | |
Memory Bank | Litany and Lethargy | E / M | |
The Racket | The Racket | P / E / M / MU / ME | |
Promdate | EP | P / E / M / MU | |
Broken Glass Wings | Stiletto Killers | P / E / M / MU / ME | |
Capeside | A Thousand Silent Voices | P / E / M / ME / MU | |
Blue Skies at War | You Pour The Gasoline, I'll Light The Match | P / E / M / MU | |
Kover | Kover | P / E / M / MU / ME | |
The Salads | Eurotrip Soundtrack | E / M / ME | |
Turn Off The Stars | Everything Is Okay | E / M | |
Sherry | Sherry | SE | |
Drawing Boxes | Drawing Boxes | PT Editing / Mix Assistant | |
Paris Burning | EP | P / E / M / MU / ME | |
The Breakup | EP | P / E / M / ME | |
Kottintrip | Home | P / E / M | |
Brian Sullivan | Becoming | E / MU | |
Holly McNarland | Live at the Great Hall | PT Editing / Assistant Engineer | |
Carly Thomas | Distance | Assistant Engineer | |
The Salads | Fold A To B | E / M / ME | |
The Last Supper | Served | E / M / ME | |
Tony Nother | Stepping Out | E / M / ME | |
The Pillowheads | Society Has Murdered Me | E / M / ME | |
The Ken Varley Trio | Basically For You | Assistant Engineer | |
Bobnoxious | Bobnoxious | M / ME | |
Jersey | Generation Genocide | E / PT Editing / Mix Assistant | |
Sector Seven | Black | Co-P / E / M / ME | |
Jackie Ungar | One Step | E / PT Editing / M / MU | |
Kittie | Oracle | Assistant Engineer | |
0.5 | Peacemaker | E / PT Editing | |
Clockwise | Clockwise | PT Editing / Assistant Engineer | |
Denise Pelley | I'm Home | PT Editing / Assistant Engineer | |
Sharon Costello | August Light | PT Editing / Assistant Engineer | |
Curtis | Thanks Stu | P / E / M / MU | |
Curtis | Curtis | P / E / M / MU |
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