Neil Kernon

Who is Neil Kernon?

Neil Kernon is a musician, record producer, mixer, recording engineer - from London, England. He is a Grammy Award Winner, and has made over 40 Gold and Platinum records.

Kernon's formal musical training began at the age of 3, when he started to take classical piano lessons, and several years later, at the age of 7, he took up classical guitar. At the age of 18, after leaving school, he got a job at Trident Studios in London as a tea boy.

After a six-month stint doing that, he was promoted to tape operator, and from that point to assistant engineer / engineer. Working at Trident was a great opportunity for him to learn from some of the top producers and engineers in the business, and also to have the opportunity to work in various different capacities on albums by artists as varied as Elton John, David Bowie, Thin Lizzy, Neil Sedaka, Marc Bolan, Yes, Jimmy Webb, Ace, Colin Blunstone, Hawkwind, Judas Priest, Linda Ronstadt, Mick Ronson, Queen, Strawbs, Supertramp, The Tremeloes, Peter Hammill, Stephane Grappelli, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Brand X, Queensryche, Dokken, Cannibal Corpse, Nile, Flotsam and Jetsam and Simon Townshend to name a few.