Eric Valentine American record producer
For the African-American drummer of the same name, see
Sound Barrier .
Valentine in 2010 Eric Dodd , known professionally as Eric Valentine , is an American record producer who began his career as drummer and producer in the heavy metal band T-Ride .
He subsequently produced albums for artists such as Good Charlotte , Lostprophets , Taking Back Sunday , Nickel Creek , Queens of the Stone Age , Third Eye Blind , Smash Mouth , The All-American Rejects , Persephone's Bees, and Slash , among others.
Early life
Valentine's first experience with music was listening to The Monkees as a child and wanting to play drums. He received a three-piece drum set from a garage sale, leading to him taking drum lessons at the age of 9. Around that same time, Eric started listening to bands such as Led Zeppelin , AC/DC and Kiss , along with jazz fusion bands such as Weather Report from drum teachers. His father's career as an aerospace engineer was enough for him to get a four-track and learn on his own.
Career and equipment development
Beginning in 2007, Valentine worked with technician Larry Jasper to build a custom recording console after growing dissatisfied with commercial consoles that did not suit his workflow; the project grew out of Jasper's earlier work modifying Valentine's vintage outboard gear. After the console was completed in 2009, other engineers expressed interest in its equalizer design, leading Valentine to develop it into a commercial product and found the pro-audio manufacturer UnderToneAudio .
Personal life
Valentine married Grace Potter in 2017 and they have a son born in 2018.
Discography
T-Ride – T-Ride The Conscious Daughters – Ear to the Street Paris – Guerrilla Funk Joe Satriani – Joe Satriani The Conscious Daughters – Gamers
Dwarves – The Dwarves Are Young and Good Looking Third Eye Blind – Third Eye Blind Semi-Charmed Life " and "Motorcycle Drive By", piano on "Thanks a Lot" and "God of Wine", guitar/keyboards/programming on "I Want You", engineer/co-producer/mixing; 1997)Smash Mouth – Fush Yu Mang The Braids – Here We Come (arrangements/programming/engineer/producer; 1998)
Joe Satriani – Crystal Planet Brougham – "I Walked In" (mixing; 1998)Vital Information – Where We Come From (mixing; 1998)Tom Coster – From the Street (mixing; 1999)Smash Mouth – Astro Lounge Citizen King – Mobile Estates Snake River Conspiracy – Sonic Jihad Dwarves – Come Clean Deathray – Deathray (synthesizer/keyboards/producer; 2000)Smash Mouth – Smash Mouth Scapegoat Wax – Okeeblow Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf Good Charlotte – The Young and the Hopeless Kelly Osbourne – "Papa Don't Preach " (producer; 2002)Lostprophets – Start Something John Fogerty – Deja Vu All Over Again Good Charlotte – The Chronicles of Life and Death Dwarves – The Dwarves Must Die Skye Sweetnam – Noise from the Basement Number One "; 2004)Nickel Creek – Why Should the Fire Die? Aslyn – Lemon Love Taking Back Sunday – Louder Now Smash Mouth – Summer Girl So Insane ", "Story of My Life ", and "Right Side, Wrong Bed", drum producer/mixing for "Everyday Superhero", vocal producer for "Quality Control"; 2006)Mellowdrone – Box Persephone's Bees – Notes from the Underworld Aqualung – Memory Man Hot Hot Heat – Happiness Ltd. Maroon 5 – It Won't Be Soon Before Long Jesca Hoop – Kismet The All-American Rejects – When the World Comes Down Tracy Hamlin – Better Days (instruments/engineer/producer on "Free"; 2009)Jackiem Joyner – Lil' Man Soul (drums on "Take Me There"; 2009)Theo Tams – Give It All Away Slash – Slash Steve Lukather – All's Well That Ends Well Chris Standring – Blue Bolero (drums on "Please Mind the Gap" and "March of the Bowler Hats"; 2011)Taking Back Sunday – Taking Back Sunday Dwarves – The Dwarves Are Born Again The Wombats – This Modern Glitch Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) " and "1996 ", vocals on "1996", additional production/engineer on "Techno Fan "; 2011)Slash – Apocalyptic Love Smash Mouth – Magic Don't You (Forget About Me) "; 2012)Steve Lukather – Transition Blag Dahlia – "Metrosexual Man" (drums/vocals on "Metrosexual Man", mixing on "Metrosexual Man" and "The Simple Life"; 2013)Dwarves – The Dwarves Invented Rock & Roll Nickel Creek – A Dotted Line 5 Seconds of Summer – 5 Seconds of Summer She Looks So Perfect "; 2014)The Madden Brothers – Greetings from California Supersuckers – Get the Hell (mastering; 2014)Nightmare and the Cat – Simple (mastering/engineer/producer/mixing; 2014)5 Seconds of Summer – Sounds Good Feels Good The Wombats – Glitterbug Grace Potter – Midnight (producer/mixing; 2015)Richard Elliot – Summer Madness (drums; 2016)Peter White – Groovin' (drums on "When Will I See You Again"; 2016)Good Charlotte – Youth Authority Grace VanderWaal – Perfectly Imperfect Gwen Stefani – You Make It Feel Like Christmas Death from Above 1979 – Outrage! Is Now Weezer – Pacific Daydream The Story So Far – Proper Dose (mixing; 2018)References
↑ "San Fernando Valley record producer sued by girlfriend alleging lifetime-support promise" . Los Angeles Daily News . February 1, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2016 .↑ Quillen, Shay (April 27, 2007). "Hit-making Nickel Creek tries to catch its breath" . Oakland Tribune . Retrieved February 23, 2008 – via FindArticles . ↑ "Make Your Mark With Eric Valentine" . Vintage King Blog . April 27, 2018. Retrieved September 22, 2018 .↑ "Eric Valentine: Under the Hood of UnderTone" . Tape Op . Retrieved August 29, 2026 .↑ "Why Grace Potter Was 'Mad at Music'—And How She Forgave Herself" . Fortune . Retrieved August 14, 2020 .↑ "Sagan Potter Valentine has arrived! At 10:47pm on January 12th, I gave birth in our home to a beautiful, healthy baby boy! My husband Eric @nerdentine and I are overjoyed and soaking up every second of this magical time of love & hibernation as we witness the first days of life and discovery!!" . instagram.com .↑ Hallenbeck, Brent (January 22, 2018). "Vermont-born rocker Grace Potter gives birth to first child" . Burlington Free Press
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