Music Recording, Production, Mixing and Mastering
Simon Widdowson is an English producer, recording engineer, arranger, musician and songwriter with over 25 years experience, working in studios in the US and Europe with some of the most respected artists and studio engineers and producers. He founded the successful Are You Listening Recording Studio in Portland Oregon in the late 90's and recorded albums for dozens of artists including: Decemberists, Pete Krebs, Little Sue, Charmparticles, Man of the Year, Papillon and Hindi Guns. In Cork Ireland from 2005 to 2008 he recorded and produced albums for several notable Irish artists including red Herrings, Driven, Arm the Elderly. Box Camera, Secret Police and Dardanelles. Moving to France in 2009 and working freelance in studios around Lyon and St Etienne with many successful French artists including: Karimouche, Zen Zila and Novox. recently creating a new recording studio in a beautiful remote location in France and also working as a freelance recording engineer in other studios helping artists make their music sound as good as possible. This can include assistance with musical arrangements and general artistic direction but mostly ensures the efficient organisation of recording sessions, using the highest quality analog and digital equipment with the objective of producing the best possible sounding results for the artist and their music. "great acoustics in an inspiring environment with great sounding equipment".
"Simon Widdowson's Are You Listening? Studio, the soundlab responsible for some of the shiniest gems in Portland's recent pop past" - Zach Dundas, Portland Willamette Week 2003
Music Composition
Original music composition. A large network of musicians available to produce the best possible music for your project. Catalogue of music available for use and licensing. Clients: Motion Makers Animation (India), Z Production (France)
Sound Design and Mixing
Creation of original sound and post production audio. Professional mixing and mastering of complete audio soundtrack. Live concert location recording and mixing for television broadcast (Lily Allen, Slipknot, Glasvegas, Benjamin Biolay) Clients: Motion Makers Animation, (India) Z Production, PIMS (France)
Voiceover Recording and Synchronisation
Voice actor for film, television, radio, video games, documentaries and museum guides. Artistic Director for 26 episodes of voiceover recording for a cartoon series (Stellina) Clients include: Miroslav Pilon, Studio Anatole, Audiovisit (France)
Translation, Adaptation and Subtitles
French to English translations adapted for voiceovers, synchronization and subtitles. Previous clients: Electronic Arts Video Games (Spain) Audiovisit Lyon (France)
SIMON WIDDOWSON ALBUM CREDITS 2000 - 2015
Nanan - Nanan 2015 (FR) - produced/recorded/mixed
Contemporary jazz album with featuring some impressive musicians and released with a beautiful illustrated book.
Recorded at Studio E in Montbrison and mixed at Audio Arts in Saillans.
https://www.facebook.com/nanan.invenio/?fref=ts
Novox - "Over the Honeymoon" 2014 (FR) - produced/recorded/mixed
Jazz Funk Rock with a 70's blaxploitation film vibe. Recorded at Studio E in Montbrison and mixed at Audio Arts in Saillans.
Karimouche - "Emballage d'Origin" Atmospherique 2010 (FR) - mixed
Zen Zila - "Zen ZIla" Acte Public 2010 (FR) - produced/recorded/mixed
Decemberists - "Castaways and Cutouts" Kill Rock Stars 2002 (USA) - recorded/mixed
Pete Krebs - "I Know it by Heart" Cavity Search 2002 (USA) - produced/recorded/mixed
Hindi Guns - "Hindi Guns" French Fan Club 2004 (USA) - produced/recorded/mixed
FRANCE - Lyon - 2009 to 2014
Nanan - Nanan 2015 (FR)
Novox - "Over the Honeymoon" 2014 (FR)
Karimouche - "Emballage d'Origin" Atmospherique 2010 (FR)
Zen Zila - "Zen ZIla" Acte Public 2010 (FR)
Fred Dubois - "Fred Dubois" 2009 (FR)
Ephemeride - "Ephemeride" 2009 (FR)
Calle Alegria - “Calle Alegria” 2010 (FR)
Papillon - "All Day Tomorrow" 2011 (FR/USA)
IRELAND - Cork - 2006 to 2007
Secret Police - “demo” 2006 (IRL)
The Red Herrings - "The Red Herrings" 2006 (IRL)
Driven - “Driven” 2006 (IRL)
Dardanelles - "ep" 2007 (IRL)
Exit the Street - "ep" 2007 (IRL)
Wiggle - "ep" - 2007 (IRL)
Box Camera - "Box Camera" 2007 (IRL)
Arm the Elderly - "This is not for Entertainment" 2007 (IRL)
USA - Santa Fe New Mexico 2005
Broken Trophy - "Out here and alone" Are You Listening? 2004 (USA)
David Smith - "Fastest Machine" Are You Listening? 2004 (USA)
The Hindi Guns - "Patriot Act ep" French Fan Club" 2005 (USA)
USA - Portland Oregon - 2000 to 2004
Little Sue - "The Long Goodbye" 2002 (USA) *recording only
Charmparticles - "The Scenic ep" 2002 (USA)
Pete Krebs - "I Know it by Heart" Cavity Search 2002 (USA)
Hindi Guns - "Hindi Guns" French Fan Club 2004 (USA)
Nicole Campbell - "Arms Distance" 2004 Wrought Iron Records (USA) *recording
Man of the Year" - A new and greater Tokyo" 2004 Tiny Beat (USA) *recording
Stephanie Schneiderman - "Fall Sessions" 2001 (USA)
Decemberists - "Castaways and Cutouts" Kill Rock Stars 2002 (USA)
Jackstraw - "Jackstraw" High Horse Music 2003 (USA)
Funk Shui - "Giant Size Masters" John Henry Bourke Music 2002 (USA)
Purusa - "Spectacle" 2002 (USA)
Aaron Masonek - "The Waves" 2004 (USA)
Papillon - "Soledad" Papillonwerks 2002 (USA)
Brent Ballantyne - "Knowledge Tree" Thimble Music 2005 (USA)
Sweeper - "Frame" Are You Listening? 2005 (USA)
Ashleigh Flynn - "Chokecherry" Home Perm Records 2002 (USA) *recording