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Nick Patrick
Birth nameNicholas Patrick
Born (1957-12-28) 28 December 1957 (age 66)
London, England
OccupationRecord producer
Years active1979-present
Websitenickpatrickproductions.com

Nicholas Patrick (born 28 December 1957) is a British record producer. He has produced albums for artists such as Seal, Aretha Franklin, the Beach Boys, Placido Domingo, and Andrea Bocelli,[1] received three Grammy award nominations and won eight Album of the Year Classic BRIT Awards.

He owns and runs a recording studio in Salisbury, England, and has been signed to EMI Music Publishing since 2006.

Early life

Nick Patrick was born in London. His father, Victor Patrick, was a journalist of Russian and Scottish descent who became deputy editor of the Sunday Express newspaper. His mother, Beth Patrick, also a journalist, was an Australian national who immigrated at age 33 to the UK.

He attended the Westminster Under School in London, Millfield in Somerset, and Emanuel College in London, where he played in various bands.

Career

His music career began in earnest at Lansdowne Studios in London, where he worked first as a runner, then as a recording engineer,[2] engineering on Gerry Rafferty's 1979 album Night Owl, among others.[3] He went on to work as a recording engineer at Odyssey Studios, for example on Marvin Gaye's 1981 album In Our Lifetime?,[4] and as a freelancer.

Around 1984 he began producing albums. During the late 1980s and 1990s he produced recordings by numerous international and world music artists, including Mory Kanté, the Gipsy Kings, Salif Keita, Youssou N'Dour, Miriam Makeba, and Hugh Masekela.[5] His first Grammy nomination came for the Gipsy Kings' 1991 album Este Mundo.[6]

Beginning in 1991, he also began specializing in producing classical and opera crossover artists, beginning with tenor Russell Watson's album The Voice.[7] He has gone on to produce, mix, and arrange recordings by Il Divo, Bryn Terfel, Hans Zimmer, Jonas Kaufmann, 2Cellos,[8], Hayley Westenra, Jackie Evancho[9], and others. His second Grammy-nominated project was the West Side Story 50th Anniversary recording released in 2007 (Best Musical Show Album).[10]

Patrick has also specialized in producing projects that combine original recorded vocals by classic singers and groups with new orchestral arrangements. These artists include Aretha Franklin (Aretha Franklin with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, A Brand New Me)[11], Bing Crosby (Bing Crosby and The London Symphony Orchestra – Bing At Christmas),[12] Buddy Holly (Buddy Holly with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, True Love Ways)[13], Elvis Presley (Elvis: Christmas with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra), Roy Orbison (A Love So Beautiful, Unchained Melodies), and the Beach Boys[14]. His third Grammy nomination (Traditional Pop Vocal Album) came for the album Standards by Seal.[15]

Another focus of his career has been raising funds for UK Armed Services charities. For this purpose he founded CPW Productions in 2009, which raised money via album sales from musical trio The Soldiers, whose 2009 double-platinum album Coming Home and platinum-selling 2010 follow-up Letters Home was produced by Patrick.

Between 2001 and 2018, albums he produced – by Blake,[16] Katherine Jenkins, Russell Watson, and Michael Ball and Alfie Boe – won a total of eight Classic BRIT Awards. In the week of 25 April 2020, Hauser's album Classic, produced by Nick Patrick,[17] was #1 on Billboard's "Traditional Classical Albums" chart.[18]

Personal life

Nick Patrick and his wife Beverley have two children, Kit Patrick, who is in the film business, and Charlie Patrick, a personal trainer.

References

  1. ^ "Producer Nick Patrick Joins Dominic Ferris: Me And My Piano at Live At Zedel". Broadway World. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  2. ^ Massey, Howard (13 May 2014). The Great British Recording Studios. Hal Leonard Books. p. 155. ISBN 9781458421975.
  3. ^ "Gerry Rafferty – Night Owl". Discogs. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Marvin Gaye - In Our Lifetime: The Final Motown Sessions (1981) [1994, Digitally Remastered]". Avax. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Nick Patrick". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Gipsy Kings". Grammy. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  7. ^ Bambarger, Bradley (28 April 2001). "Reviews & Previews". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Nick Patrick". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Contemporary Christian Music". Marianland. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  10. ^ Van Buskirk, Eliot (31 December 2007). "Do the Grammys Still Matter". Wired. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  11. ^ "ARETHA FRANKLIN – THE MAKING OF 'A BRAND NEW ME'". Aretha Franklin. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  12. ^ Ellwood-Hughes, Pip (1 December 2019). "Bing Crosby & The London Symphony Orchestra – Bing At Christmas vinyl review". Entertainment Focus. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Giant Buddy Holly Glasses Overlook London Skyline". Musicvein. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Good Vibrations: A Beach Boys Program". Iheart. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  15. ^ "Seal". Festival Napa Valley. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  16. ^ Van Paine, Andre (8 September 2009). "Blake Signs With EMI Label Services". Billboard. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  17. ^ Glidden, Paige (7 February 2020). "All You Need to Know About HAUSER's New Classical Album". Classical Post. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  18. ^ "Traditional Classical Albums". Billboard. 25 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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