Jason Lehning
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|04|14}}
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| genre = rock, pop, alternative, americana
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Jason Lehning (born April 14, 1972) is an American producer, composer, musician and mixer/engineer living in Nashville, Tennessee.
Biography
=Early life=
Jason Lehning was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee in a musical family. The son of producer Kyle Lehning,{{cite web|author=Kyle Lehning |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kyle-lehning-mn0000092140 |title=Kyle Lehning - Credits |website=AllMusic |accessdate=2013-03-05}} Jason was exposed to the recording process at an early age. After attending high school in Tennessee and graduating from Berklee College of Music{{cite web|last=Small |first=Mark |url=http://www.berklee.edu/bt/181/nashville.html |title=Berklee Today | Berklee College of Music |publisher=Berklee.edu |date= |accessdate=2013-03-05}} in Boston, Lehning returned to Nashville to begin work as an engineer.
=Production/writing career=
Lehning's earliest work was as an assistant engineer in several Nashville studios. He was allowed access to studios on down-time to invite artists to record.{{Cite journal | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mBAEAAAAMBAJ&q=jason+lehning&pg=PA57 | title = Billboard | last1 = Nielsen Business Media | first1 = Inc | date = 2000-08-05}} His early demos with artist David Mead resulted in a record deal for the singer and Lehning's first major label job as a producer. Since then, Lehning has been active as a producer, musician, composer, mixer and engineer, contributing to over 350 albums.{{cite web|author=Jason Lehning |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jason-lehning-mn0000222999 |title=Jason Lehning - Credits |website=AllMusic |accessdate=2013-03-05}} The diverse range of artists with whom he has worked includes George Jones, Erasure, Mat Kearney, Guster, Bill Frisell, and Alison Krauss.[http://blog.musicbusinessradio.com/2009/07/next-on-music-business-radio-jason-lehning.html Next on Music Business Radio... Jason Lehning] Lehning has won two Grammy awards as an engineer and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical in 2008 for II by Viktor Krauss.[http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=Jason+Lehning&title=&year=All&genre=All Past Winners Search at grammy.com]
=Work with the Silver Seas=
In 1999, Lehning formed the band The Bees with singer-songwriter Daniel Tashian and drummer David Gehrke. When they got a record deal, they were forced to change the name because a UK band had the same name. They tour regularly in the UK and have made several BBC Radio and TV appearances{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/2e49e555-9b2e-4dc9-a74c-7fba1b5dd17f |title=Music - The Silver Seas |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=2013-03-05}} including Later... with Jools Holland. Their fourth album, Alaska, was released in 2013.
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Category:Musicians from Tennessee
Category:American male composers