Jesse Nichols

Engineer

Jesse Nichols dove into the local Sacramento, CA music scene in his late teens playing in bands, recording, and touring. Shortly thereafter he
decided to dedicate himself to learning the process of “making records.” In late 1999 he relocated to Oakland, CA and enrolled at the newly opened Ex’pression Center for New Media in Emeryville. Fourteen months later he emerged with a perfect GPA, tons of praise from the teaching staff, and an Associates Degree in Applied Science, all of which helped him land a staff engineer position at Fantasy Studios in 2001.

Since then Jesse has worked with such artists as Doves, The White Stripes, Los Lonely Boys, Santana, Sarah Maclaughlin, Allman Brothers, No Use For A Name, The Donnas, Taj Mahal, Booker T & the MGs, Freddy Roulette, AFI, Counting Crows, Chuck D, Tracy Chapman, Duran Duran, Joe Satriani, Damien Rice, Kronos Quartet and many, many more. He’s even had the pleasure of mixing tracks from musical legends like Cal Tjader, Otis Redding, and Rufus Thomas long after
they’ve passed on. Other projects have included movie scores such as Grizzly Man, countless advertisements for top companies like T-Mobile,
Yahoo!, Certs, and extensive involvement with audio for motion pictures, television, and the occasional video game. Jesse has been involved in just about every type of recording session imaginable; ADR sessions with Robyn Wright Penn, VO work with Danny Glover, Foley work on such films as Cassanova and Happily Never After, live shows for KFOG, radio spots with people like Ray Manzarek of the Doors, and recording many of the Pixar animated characters from Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and Ratatouille.

His expertise in tracking, mixing, and producing makes him extremely versatile in any and all studio situations.