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I arrived in Los Angeles in the late 1970s and started my career as an apprentice engineer at Sunset Sound Studios. I was soon recruited by George Massenburg to be his assistant, and we worked on platinum-selling projects for The Emotions, Deniece Williams, and Earth, Wind & Fire. When George took time off to build a studio, I knocked on Freddie Perren’s door and became his main engineer, contributing to iconic tracks such as Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive. Later, I joined The Gap Band, engineering four albums including Gap Band III, which yielded two #1 singles. I’ve had the privilege to engineer for Aretha Franklin, Lionel Richie, Chaka Khan, Diana Ross, and Celine Dion, and I’ve mixed movie scores with John Barnes, including Daughters of the Dust, a film recognized by the National Film Registry. When the pandemic struck, I set up a mixing room at home and continue to work remotely with artists around the world.…I arrived in Los Angeles in the late 1970s and started my career as an apprentice engineer at Sunset Sound Studios. I was soon recruited by George Massenburg to be his assistant, and we worked on platinum-selling projects for The Emotions, Deniece Williams, and Earth, Wind & Fire. When George took time off to build a studio, I knocked on Freddie Perren’s door and became his main engineer, contributing to iconic tracks such as Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive. Later, I joined The Gap Band, engineering four albums including Gap Band III, which yielded two #1 singles. I’ve had the privilege to engineer for Aretha Franklin, Lionel Richie, Chaka Khan, Diana Ross, and Celine Dion, and I’ve mixed movie scores with John Barnes, including Daughters of the Dust, a film recognized by the National Film Registry. When the pandemic struck, I set up a mixing room at home and continue to work remotely with artists around the world.

Jack Rouben

Sound Engineer, Audio Mixer, Mixing Engineer, +4

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I arrived in Los Angeles in the late 1970s and started my career as an apprentice engineer at Sunset Sound Studios. I was soon recruited by George Massenburg to be his assistant, and we worked on platinum-selling projects for The Emotions, Deniece Williams, and Earth, Wind & Fire. When George took time off to build a studio, I knocked on Freddie Perren’s door and became his main engineer, contributing to iconic tracks such as Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive. Later, I joined The Gap Band, engineering four albums including Gap Band III, which yielded two #1 singles. I’ve had the privilege to engineer for Aretha Franklin, Lionel Richie, Chaka Khan, Diana Ross, and Celine Dion, and I’ve mixed movie scores with John Barnes, including Daughters of the Dust, a film recognized by the National Film Registry. When the pandemic struck, I set up a mixing room at home and continue to work remotely with artists around the world.…I arrived in Los Angeles in the late 1970s and started my career as an apprentice engineer at Sunset Sound Studios. I was soon recruited by George Massenburg to be his assistant, and we worked on platinum-selling projects for The Emotions, Deniece Williams, and Earth, Wind & Fire. When George took time off to build a studio, I knocked on Freddie Perren’s door and became his main engineer, contributing to iconic tracks such as Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive. Later, I joined The Gap Band, engineering four albums including Gap Band III, which yielded two #1 singles. I’ve had the privilege to engineer for Aretha Franklin, Lionel Richie, Chaka Khan, Diana Ross, and Celine Dion, and I’ve mixed movie scores with John Barnes, including Daughters of the Dust, a film recognized by the National Film Registry. When the pandemic struck, I set up a mixing room at home and continue to work remotely with artists around the world.

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I arrived in Los Angeles in the late 1970s and started my career as an apprentice engineer at Sunset Sound Studios. I was soon recruited by George Massenburg to be his assistant, and we worked on platinum-selling projects for The Emotions, Deniece Williams, and Earth, Wind & Fire. When George took time off to build a studio, I knocked on Freddie Perren’s door and became his main engineer, contributing to iconic tracks such as Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive. Later, I joined The Gap Band, engineering four albums including Gap Band III, which yielded two #1 singles. I’ve had the privilege to engineer for Aretha Franklin, Lionel Richie, Chaka Khan, Diana Ross, and Celine Dion, and I’ve mixed movie scores with John Barnes, including Daughters of the Dust, a film recognized by the National Film Registry. When the pandemic struck, I set up a mixing room at home and continue to work remotely with artists around the world.