ArtistInfo

Jeff Harris

Spoken Word and Children's Music

Jeff Harris is an industry veteran with over 40 years of experience. Jeff’s industry involvement began at the renown Record Plant Studios in New York in the early 70s. He then traveled to Los Angeles, and during a 18 year tenure at The Village Recorder, served as Supervisor of Electronic Studio Maintenance, Chief Recording Engineer, and General Manager. He was a US sales engineer with Fairlight Instruments of Australia marketing the world’s first audio sampling computer keyboard system. Additional work as an Industry consultant followed with a move to Seattle. Jeff ultimately settled in Arizona in 1991 where he operates Artefact Studio Services, a studio design and consulting firm servicing studios in the greater Phoenix area. He is also in demand as an independent engineer. For 16 years Jeff has worked at The Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences as an instructor and is currently the Technical Department Manager overseeing the operations of ten recording studios and the broadcast audio facilities. Jeff is a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and the Audio Engineering Society. His credits include Animation’s “Obsession”, Supertramp’s “Breakfast in America”, Keith Emerson (Emerson, Lake, & Palmer), Ian Hunter, Weird Al Yankovic, Herbie Hancock, Muhammad Ali, Bernard Lavilliers, The Phoenix Symphony, Wayman Tisdal, The Kingston Trio, Paul Cotton of (Poco), Esteban, Warren Zevon and George Benson. In the realm of film, he has been involved with sound design for Disney’s “Tron”, “The Seventh Sign” with Demi Moore, and Stephen King’s “Creepshow”. His television postproduction work includes many national commercials and the 1988 ABC Network Fall Campaign.

Genres

• Spoken Word
• Children's Music