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Ronan Chris Murphy (producer / mixer)

Producer, mixer, guitarist, label boss....

About Me

Ronan Chris Murphy grew up Idolizing Neil Young, performing in punk bands in the early 80s Washington DC hardcore scene and went on to produce and mix albums for some of the most prestigious progressive rock musicians of all time.
Welcome to the Myspace home of Veneto West & Ronan Chris Murphy. The Veneto West mini empire includes a commercial recording studio in Los Angeles, a boutique record label and the international production and mixing services of Ronan Chris Murphy. Visit us on the web at www.venetowest.com .
Ronan Chris Murphy works around the globe as a producer, mixer and guitarist. His eclectic discography spans hundreds of albums and he has gained a reputation for working with some of the most prestigious musicians in the world including the likes of King Crimson, Robert Fripp, Terry Bozzio, Tony Levin, Steve Morse, Steve Stevens, Martin Sexton, Chucho Valdez, Ulver, Peter Teo and various projects that have featured members from Wilco, Tool, Weezer and many others. In addition to his global production work, he operates a commercial studio in Los Angeles called Veneto West and runs a series of recording education workshops called Home Recording Boot Camp .

Ronan's production and mixing work spans everything from the most adventurous artists in prog and jazz to hit pop records and lush singer songwriter productions. In addition to his work with legendary performers he enjoys working with developing artists around the world.

Veneto West Records first release is the compilation, “ Destroying Silence : An Introduction to Veneto West Records”. Buy it directly from DGM / Inner Knot for only $5 for a limited time. BUY NOW! Featuring artists like Willie Oteri, Anthony Curtis, Lives of the Saints, Hypnoise and Jay Terrien, Murphy's productions often team these artists up with legendary musicians such as Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, John Lennon), Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson, XTC, Mister Mister), Mike Keneally (Zappa, Steve Vai), Jeff Gauthier and Murphy himself.

Our second release is concept album from Italian psychedelic prog band Hynoise entitled " Saint Valentine's Porno Bar: A Novella in Sounds by Hypnoise". Our third release is a joint venture with Ladies Choice Records , a compilation featuring Ronan Chris Murphy (with Terry Bozzio) Anthony Curtis, Sean and the Abodox.

Keep and eye out next year for the new album from Ronan Chris Murphy featuring Terry Bozzio, Tony Levin, Mike Keneally and Pat Mastelotto.

As a result of me being lucky enough to work with some amazing artists that are well known around the globe, I am approached on a regular basis by artists that are interested in (A) Being signed to Veneto West Records and/or (B) Having me produce their albums. This is both exciting and flattering to me. If you are thinking of contacting me for either of these two reasons, please read the information on this page. this page

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/23/2006
Band Website: venetowest.com
Band Members:A Few of the musicians Ronan has recorded and/or mixed as artists or players.
King Crimson(several albums)
Terry Bozzio
Tony Levin
Steve Stevens
Steve Morse
Chucho Valdes
Ulver
Tom McRae
Pete Teo
The California Guitar Trio
Martin Sexton
Jamie Walters
Nels Cline
Brian Bell
Bob Glaub
Ralph Humphreys
Doug Lunn
Jerry Watts
Victor Bisetti
Alan White
Bill Bruford
Nels Cline
Robert Fripp
Adrian Belew
Pat Mastlotto
Joan La Barbara
Mike Keneally
Lewis Pragasam
Jay Terrien
Hypnoise
GE Stinson
Trey Gunn
Steve Ball
Michael James Hedges
Matt Ellis
Paul Damour
Danny Carey
Jade Devitt
Eric Vani
Adrian Belew
The Broken Remotes
Jeff Gauthier
Willie Oteri
Anthony Curtis
Bill Reiflin
Brad Houser
Branden Harper
Tim Young
Dave Palmer
Tim Luntzel
Vanya Keen
Veme Anya
Voodoo Temple
Beat the Bone
Norma Winstone
Robert Kyr
Jeff Findl
Victor Bisseti
Ian Sheridan
Greg Bissonette
Tony Geballe
William Forth
Dean Pleasants
The Hellboys
Robin Eubanks
David Hykes
Chic Street Man
Demetri Mehliss
Jerry Marotta
John Whetton
John Wetton
David Crross
Brock Pytel
Giovana Imbessi
Ciarani Emanuele
Canora
Sensus
Josh White
Kellee Bradley
Tony Geballe
William Forth
Dean Pleasants
The Hellboys
Robin Eubanks
David Hykes
Chic Street Man
Demetri Mehliss
Jerry Marotta
John Whetton
John Wetton
David Crross
Brock Pytel
Giovana Imbessi
Ciarani Emanuele
Canora
Sensus
Josh White

Influences: Neil Young, John McLaughlin, Fripp & Eno, Void, Husker Du, Richard Buckner, Philip Glass
Sounds Like: SST meets ECM meets Dischord meets vintage Blue Note meets Axiom..
Ronan's own work blends the ambience of Fripp & Eno and the guitar wailing of Neil Young and the spirit of growing up on punk rock.
As a producer/Mixer he regularly works on everything from prog rock to singer songwriters to hard rock and jazz. He is known as one of the most diverse producers in the biz.
Record Label: Veneto West Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Great News for Euro-Bands & Labels.

Great News for Euro-Bands & Labels.I will spare my political rant about why I think its happening, but the value of the US dollar is doing so bad against so many currencies of the world and seems to b...
Posted by Ronan Chris Murphy (producer / mixer) on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:32:00 PST

More King Crimson & More Iceland

Fans of Fripp and King Crimson should go over to the DGM web site and and subscribe to the podcast that they call Hot Tickleshttp://www.dgmlive.com/feeds/You can get a lot of cool out takes and live ...
Posted by Ronan Chris Murphy (producer / mixer) on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 06:03:00 PST

Nels Cline & GE Stinson @ Veneto West

I am just finishing up a new album for indie guitar wonder boy Nels Cline (Wilco and a zillion other great things) and fallen New Age Luminary GE Stinson(ex Shadofax). Its pretty awesome, totally wha...
Posted by Ronan Chris Murphy (producer / mixer) on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:52:00 PST

Ronan's solo album update

Thanks to all the people that have been asking about my solo record. So here is an update. I started the record a year ago at the amazing Saint Claire Recording in Kentucky. I did about a week of trac...
Posted by Ronan Chris Murphy (producer / mixer) on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:21:00 PST

New release with Ronan and Terry Bozzio

There is a new release out that features a track with me and Terry Bozzio. Its a joint release between my label Veneto West and Seattle label Ladies choice. The RCM with Terry Bozzio track is just a s...
Posted by Ronan Chris Murphy (producer / mixer) on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:32:00 PST

New King Crimson album mixed by Ronan Chris Murphy

Another King Crimson release with the RCM finger prints on it. I have sort of lost track but this brings the number of King Crimson records I have worked on to around 15 or 16!!! I did this several ye...
Posted by Ronan Chris Murphy (producer / mixer) on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:58:00 PST

My latest Newsletter

The links do not work on myspace. To view this newsletter on line with link go herehttp://www.venetowest.com/news/newsletter1.htmlRonan Chris Murphy: producer - mixer - guitarist .......Veneto West - ...
Posted by Ronan Chris Murphy (producer / mixer) on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:06:00 PST