Sound Mixing / Livestream Mixing and Recording / Live Event Recording / Studio Recording / Scoring / Location Sound
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Email: jeffcurtin@gmail.com
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Experienced with a variety of recording equipment (digital/analog, field/studio) and mixing consoles
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Pro Tools, Ableton
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Post-Production Sound Mixing/Editing
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Livestream Mixing/Recording
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ProTools engineer/recordist - Live multitrack concert/event recording and mixing
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Music Production: producing, studio engineering, live engineering, mixing, mastering
Experience
Pitchfork (Sound Mixer/Engineer/Designer) (2007 - present)
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Livestream Mixing and Recording Engineer for concerts and special-location streaming, including Beach House, Khruangbin, Run The Jewels, The Breeders, Spoon, Animal Collective, Father John Misty, Explosions In The Sky, Real Estate, Yo La Tengo...
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Recorded special-location and live performances, including Bon Iver, Sonic Youth, Jonsi, Interpol, The xx, Vampire Weekend, Beach House, Yo La Tengo, Spoon, Slowdive, !!!, A$AP Rocky, Deerhunter, Dan Deacon, Wavves, Jay Reatard, Cut Copy, Fucked Up, Liars, No Age, Stephen Malkmus, The Walkmen, Of Montreal, St. Vincent, Broken Social Scene, Washed Out, Matt and Kim...
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Mixed artist interviews, live performances, documentaries, festival recordings
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Created original theme songs and intros for Pitchfork TV content, including "Pitchfork Radio", "Yearbook", "Playlist", “Pitchfork Weekly,” “Juan’s Basement,” “+1,” “Don’t Look Down,” “3D,” “Cemetery Gates,” “Faces In The Crowd,” “Frames,” “Over Under,” “Pitchfork Live,” “In The Studio,” “Daytripping”, "5 10 15 20"...
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Pitchfork Classic Documentaries (Sound Mixer) - "The Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin", "Belle and Sebastian: If You're Feeling Sinister" and "Slowdive: Souvlaki"
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Sound designer/mixer/editor for the Pitchfork Top 10 show on Beats1
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Sound mixer/editor for the Pitchfork Weekly Podcast
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Mixed Pitchfork Festival content (2009-2020) and Primavera Festival content (2011-2020), Porto Festival content (2015-2017)
Other clients include: HBO, Amazon Prime Video, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), NYC Ballet, Google, ABC, Game Show Network (GSN), Wholsome, 4AD, Beggars Group...
ABC (Composer) 2009-2010
Composed original songs for the ABC web series “Lost: Untangled”. Jeff Curtin and Adam Schatz were the finest American recap-rock band, called Previously On Lost, soley dedicated to recapping the ABC hit television show Lost in musical form.
Education
Columbia University (BA in Music received in 2004)
Production/Album Credits
Class Action Park (Sound Design and Mix)
Kamasi Washington: Live at the Apollo (Re-Recording Mixer)
Vampire Weekend: Self-titled Album (2008)(Engineer/Percussion)
Vampire Weekend: Contra (2010)(Percussion)
Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the City (2015)(Drums/Engineer)
Hamilton Leithauser: I Won't Let Up: Live at Music Hall of Williamsburg (2017)(Engineer/Mixing)
Ghost B.C.: If You Have Ghosts (2013)(Engineer/Mixing)
Small Black: New Chain (2010)(Drums/Engineer)
Small Black: Limits of Desire (2013)(Drums/Producer/Engineer/Mixing)
Small Black: Real People EP (2014)(Drums/Producer/Engineer/Mixing)
Small Black: Best Blues (2015)(Drums/Producer/Engineer/Mixing)
Wild Nothing: Nocturne (2012)(Drums)
Kent Odessa: Divorce Rate (2017)(Co-producer/Engineer/Mixing)
Songs of John Prine: Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows (2010)(Producer, Engineer)
Those Darlins: Self-titled (2009)(Producer/Engineer/Mixer)
Those Darlins: Screws Get Loose (2011)(Producer/Mixer)
Rahim: Laughter EP (2007)(Engineer/Mixer)
Previously On Lost: The Tale of Season 4 and the Oceanic Six (2008)(Writer/Producer)
4AD Sessions: Recorded and mixed episodes featuring Mark Lanegan, Space Ghost Purp, Ceremony
Performance Credits
Small Black: Drummer, 2008-present
Rostam: Drummer/Electronic Percussion, 2017-present
Class Actress: Drummer, 2011-2013
Washed Out: Drummer, 2009
Previously On Lost: Recapper, 2008-2010
Television Appearances
Vampire Weekend on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” (Percussion)
Theophilus London on “The Late Show with David Letterman” (Drums)
Rostam on "Conan" (Drums)
Other Credits
Prepared music stems for Guitar Hero and Rock Band video games