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==Background==
==Background==
Alexander was born in [[Boston]] and is a graduate of [[Boston Latin School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.boston.com/yourtown/news/back_bay/2010/09/grammy-winning_producer_heals.html|title=With gift to alma mater, producer takes step to heal old wounds|website=Archive.boston.com}}</ref> He holds an M.S. from Northeastern University and a B.A. from Brandeis University.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://africanamericanbls.weebly.com/full-interviews.html|title=Full Interviews|website=africanamericanbls.weebly.com}}</ref>{{reliable source|date=January 2018}}
Alexander was born in [[Boston]] and is a graduate of [[Boston Latin School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.boston.com/yourtown/news/back_bay/2010/09/grammy-winning_producer_heals.html|title=With gift to alma mater, producer takes step to heal old wounds|website=Archive.boston.com}}</ref> He holds an M.S. from Northeastern University<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Prince Charles Alexander |url=https://camd.northeastern.edu/people/prince-charles-alexander/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) |language=en-US}}</ref> and a B.A. from Brandeis University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Soul of Reinvention |url=https://alumni.brandeis.edu/stories/alumni/2021-8-19-alexander.html |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=alumni.brandeis.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://africanamericanbls.weebly.com/full-interviews.html|title=Full Interviews|website=africanamericanbls.weebly.com}}</ref>


Alexander fronted "Prince Charles and the City Beat Band"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=prince_charles_and_the_city_beat_band|title=TrouserPress.com :: Prince Charles and the City Beat Band|website=Trouserpress.com}}</ref> as the lead singer and multi-instrumentalist, with a focus on the wind synthesizer called the "[[Lyricon]]" in recordings and in live performances. Along with manager and Executive Producer Tony Rose (Solid Platinum Records & Productions) Prince Charles recorded and co-produced three albums, "Gang War", "Stone Killers", and "Combat Zone" on [[Virgin Records]] from the early to mid-1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/princecharlesthecitybeat|title=♫ Greatest Hits 1979-1984, Vol. 1 - Prince Charles & the City Beat Band. Listen @cdbaby|website=Cdbaby.com}}</ref>
Alexander fronted "Prince Charles and the City Beat Band"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=prince_charles_and_the_city_beat_band|title=TrouserPress.com :: Prince Charles and the City Beat Band|website=Trouserpress.com}}</ref> as the lead singer and multi-instrumentalist, with a focus on the wind synthesizer called the "[[Lyricon]]" in recordings and in live performances. Along with manager and Executive Producer Tony Rose (Solid Platinum Records & Productions) Prince Charles recorded and co-produced three albums, "Gang War", "Stone Killers", and "Combat Zone" on [[Virgin Records]] from the early to mid-1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/princecharlesthecitybeat|title=♫ Greatest Hits 1979-1984, Vol. 1 - Prince Charles & the City Beat Band. Listen @cdbaby|website=Cdbaby.com}}</ref>


==Production and engineering career==
==Production and engineering career==
Alexander disbanded his funk group in the mid-1980s and began focusing on audio engineering. After the switch, he became a multi-platinum recording engineer, mixing engineer and producer for clients that include [[Mary J. Blige]], [[Puff Daddy]], [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]], [[Boyz II Men]], [[Jodeci]], [[X-Clan]], [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]], [[Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds|Babyface]], [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] and [[Aretha Franklin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/charles-prince-charles-alexander-mn0000500140/credits|title=Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander - Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic}}</ref> He mixed and recorded the [[Notorious B.I.G.]]'s ''[[One More Chance (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|One More Chance]]'' at [[The Hit Factory]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0wkEAAAAMBAJ&q=prince+charles+alexander+and+sean+combs&pg=PA30 |title=Sonic Signposts: The sound of the city by decade |first=Richard |last=Henderson |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=October 25, 1997 |page=30}}</ref> Alexander earned more than 40 Platinum and Gold certifications from the [[RIAA]]{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} and won a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album|Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album]] in 2003.<ref>{{Allmusic|tab=awards |id=charles-prince-charles-alexander-mn0000500140 |pure_url=no}}</ref>
Alexander disbanded his funk group in the mid-1980s and began focusing on audio engineering. After the switch, he became a multi-platinum recording engineer, mixing engineer and producer for clients that include [[Mary J. Blige]], [[Puff Daddy]], [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]], [[Boyz II Men]], [[Jodeci]], [[X-Clan]], [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]], [[Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds|Babyface]], [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] and [[Aretha Franklin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/charles-prince-charles-alexander-mn0000500140/credits|title=Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander - Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic}}</ref> He mixed and recorded the [[Notorious B.I.G.]]'s ''[[One More Chance (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|One More Chance]]'' at [[The Hit Factory]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0wkEAAAAMBAJ&q=prince+charles+alexander+and+sean+combs&pg=PA30 |title=Sonic Signposts: The sound of the city by decade |first=Richard |last=Henderson |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=October 25, 1997 |page=30}}</ref> Alexander earned more than 40 Platinum and Gold certifications from the [[RIAA]]<ref name=":0" /> and won a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album|Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album]] in 2003.<ref>{{Allmusic|tab=awards |id=charles-prince-charles-alexander-mn0000500140 |pure_url=no}}</ref>


Alexander is a Professor in the Music Production & Engineering Department<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.berklee.edu/faculty/detail/prince-charles-alexander|title=Prince Charles Alexander - Berklee College of Music|website=Berklee.edu}}</ref> at [[Berklee College of Music]] in Boston, Massachusetts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.djtechtools.com/2013/10/20/become-an-audio-engineer-top-recording-schools/|title=Become An Audio Engineer: Top Recording Schools - DJ TechTools|date=October 20, 2013|website=Djtechtools.com}}</ref> He simultaneously held an Adjunct Instructor position at NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clivedavisdept.tisch.nyu.edu/object/alexanderpc.html|title=Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music - NYU|website=Clivedavisdept.tisch.nyu.edu}}</ref> teaching Music Production from 2006 to 2014. In 2006, Alexander also taught Audio Technology at the Institute of Audio Research in NYC.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} He has lectured at the City College of New York in Manhattan, the University of Oslo in Oslo, Norway,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hf.uio.no/imv/om/aktuelt/arrangementer/2016/forskningsforum-hip-hop---prince.html|title=Forskningsforum Hip Hop & Prince - Institutt for musikkvitenskap|website=Hf.uio.no}}</ref> and the Cape Town Academy at Stellenbosch University in Cape Town, South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ctma.co.za/portfolios/ctma-su-berklee-city-music-outreach-2017/|title=The Cape Town Music Academy - CTMA, SU & Berklee City Music Outreach 2017|website=ctma.co.za}}</ref> He is a member of the Producers and Engineers Wing of the Grammy Committee Board of Governors,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/producers-and-engineers|title=Producers & Engineers Wing|date=October 18, 2010|website=Grammy.org}}</ref> the Audio Engineering Society (AES)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aes.org/|title=AES - Audio Engineering Society|website=Aes.org}}</ref> and the Musician's Union Local 802 in New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.local802afm.org/|title=New Members' Orientation|website=Associated Musicians of Greater New York}}</ref>
Alexander is a Professor in the Music Production & Engineering Department<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.berklee.edu/faculty/detail/prince-charles-alexander|title=Prince Charles Alexander - Berklee College of Music|website=Berklee.edu}}</ref> at [[Berklee College of Music]] in Boston, Massachusetts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.djtechtools.com/2013/10/20/become-an-audio-engineer-top-recording-schools/|title=Become An Audio Engineer: Top Recording Schools - DJ TechTools|date=October 20, 2013|website=Djtechtools.com}}</ref> He simultaneously held an Adjunct Instructor position at NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clivedavisdept.tisch.nyu.edu/object/alexanderpc.html|title=Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music - NYU|website=Clivedavisdept.tisch.nyu.edu}}</ref> teaching Music Production from 2006 to 2014. In 2006, Alexander also taught Audio Technology at the Institute of Audio Research in NYC.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} He has lectured at the City College of New York in Manhattan, the University of Oslo in Oslo, Norway,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hf.uio.no/imv/om/aktuelt/arrangementer/2016/forskningsforum-hip-hop---prince.html|title=Forskningsforum Hip Hop & Prince - Institutt for musikkvitenskap|website=Hf.uio.no}}</ref> and the Cape Town Academy at Stellenbosch University in Cape Town, South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ctma.co.za/portfolios/ctma-su-berklee-city-music-outreach-2017/|title=The Cape Town Music Academy - CTMA, SU & Berklee City Music Outreach 2017|website=ctma.co.za}}</ref> He is a member of the Producers and Engineers Wing of the Grammy Committee Board of Governors,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/producers-and-engineers|title=Producers & Engineers Wing|date=October 18, 2010|website=Grammy.org}}</ref> the Audio Engineering Society (AES)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aes.org/|title=AES - Audio Engineering Society|website=Aes.org}}</ref> and the Musician's Union Local 802 in New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.local802afm.org/|title=New Members' Orientation|website=Associated Musicians of Greater New York}}</ref>

Revision as of 18:26, 16 June 2024

Prince Charles Alexander
Background information
Born (1958-04-02) April 2, 1958 (age 66)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Occupation(s)Record producer, audio engineer

Charles Alexander (born April 2, 1958), known professionally as Prince Charles Alexander, is an American record producer and audio engineer. He received a Grammy for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album in 2003.

Background

Alexander was born in Boston and is a graduate of Boston Latin School.[1] He holds an M.S. from Northeastern University[2] and a B.A. from Brandeis University.[3][4]

Alexander fronted "Prince Charles and the City Beat Band"[5] as the lead singer and multi-instrumentalist, with a focus on the wind synthesizer called the "Lyricon" in recordings and in live performances. Along with manager and Executive Producer Tony Rose (Solid Platinum Records & Productions) Prince Charles recorded and co-produced three albums, "Gang War", "Stone Killers", and "Combat Zone" on Virgin Records from the early to mid-1980s.[6]

Production and engineering career

Alexander disbanded his funk group in the mid-1980s and began focusing on audio engineering. After the switch, he became a multi-platinum recording engineer, mixing engineer and producer for clients that include Mary J. Blige, Puff Daddy, Usher, Boyz II Men, Jodeci, X-Clan, Brandy, Babyface, Sting and Aretha Franklin.[7] He mixed and recorded the Notorious B.I.G.'s One More Chance at The Hit Factory.[8] Alexander earned more than 40 Platinum and Gold certifications from the RIAA[2] and won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album in 2003.[9]

Alexander is a Professor in the Music Production & Engineering Department[10] at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.[11] He simultaneously held an Adjunct Instructor position at NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music,[12] teaching Music Production from 2006 to 2014. In 2006, Alexander also taught Audio Technology at the Institute of Audio Research in NYC.[citation needed] He has lectured at the City College of New York in Manhattan, the University of Oslo in Oslo, Norway,[13] and the Cape Town Academy at Stellenbosch University in Cape Town, South Africa.[14] He is a member of the Producers and Engineers Wing of the Grammy Committee Board of Governors,[15] the Audio Engineering Society (AES)[16] and the Musician's Union Local 802 in New York City.[17]

He is author[18] of Hip-Hop Production: Inside the Beats (Berklee Press, 2022), a book about the technological history of hip-hop. In November 2023, the Africana Studies Division at Berklee College of Music inducted Prince Charles Alexander into the Berklee Hip-Hop Hall of Fame.[19]

References

  1. ^ "With gift to alma mater, producer takes step to heal old wounds". Archive.boston.com.
  2. ^ a b "Prince Charles Alexander". College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD). Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  3. ^ "The Soul of Reinvention". alumni.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  4. ^ "Full Interviews". africanamericanbls.weebly.com.
  5. ^ "TrouserPress.com :: Prince Charles and the City Beat Band". Trouserpress.com.
  6. ^ "♫ Greatest Hits 1979-1984, Vol. 1 - Prince Charles & the City Beat Band. Listen @cdbaby". Cdbaby.com.
  7. ^ "Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
  8. ^ Henderson, Richard (October 25, 1997). "Sonic Signposts: The sound of the city by decade". Billboard. p. 30.
  9. ^ Prince Charles Alexander at AllMusic
  10. ^ "Prince Charles Alexander - Berklee College of Music". Berklee.edu.
  11. ^ "Become An Audio Engineer: Top Recording Schools - DJ TechTools". Djtechtools.com. October 20, 2013.
  12. ^ "Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music - NYU". Clivedavisdept.tisch.nyu.edu.
  13. ^ "Forskningsforum Hip Hop & Prince - Institutt for musikkvitenskap". Hf.uio.no.
  14. ^ "The Cape Town Music Academy - CTMA, SU & Berklee City Music Outreach 2017". ctma.co.za.
  15. ^ "Producers & Engineers Wing". Grammy.org. October 18, 2010.
  16. ^ "AES - Audio Engineering Society". Aes.org.
  17. ^ "New Members' Orientation". Associated Musicians of Greater New York.
  18. ^ "Prince Charles Alexander". Berklee Press. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  19. ^ Schaffer, Noah (November 21, 2023). "Berklee launches its Hip-Hop Hall of Fame with a queen, a Prince, and a Bulldog". Boston Globe.

External links

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