# Ryan Hewitt (record producer)

Ryan Hewitt is an American music producer, engineer and mixer known for his work with the Lumineers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Avett Brothers, the Chicks, Third Eye Blind, Jamie Cullum, John Frusciante and the Turnpike Troubadours. Hewitt is a Grammy Award winner having received the accolade for mixing and engineering Red Hot Chili Peppers' ninth studio album Stadium Arcadium. The album received seven Grammy nominations and won in the categories of Best Rock Album and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package. He is currently based in Nashville, Tennessee.

## Education and career

Hewitt grew up working with his father David Hewitt, a recording engineer. He went on to study at Tufts University in Boston, MA where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. After establishing a rapport with Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante, he went on to mix and engineer eight solo albums for Frusciante.
Hewitt moved from Los Angeles to Nashville in 2015 where he currently resides. Hewitt is based at the House of Blues Studios in Berry Hill, where he mixed the Lumineers' album Cleopatra as well as A Long Way from Your Heart by the Turnpike Troubadors. He is currently represented exclusively by GPS management.

## Selected discography

| Artist | Year | Album | Producer | Engineer | Mixer |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | 2022 | Return of the Dream Canteen | | Y | Y |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | 2022 | Unlimited Love | | Y | Y |
| Brett Eldredge | 2020 | Sunday Drive | | | Y |
| Molly Tuttle | 2019 | When You're Ready | Y | | |
| American Aquarium | 2018 | Things Change | | | Y |
| Bronze Radio Return | 2018 | Forthcoming Album | | | Y |
| Vance Joy | 2018 | "I'm with You" | | | Y |
| Turnpike Troubadours | 2017 | A Long Way from Your Heart | Y | Y | Y |
| PEACE | 2017 | Kindness is the New Rock and Roll | Y | Y | Y |
| The Chicks | 2017 | MMXVI in Concert | | | Y |
| Christian Lopez | 2017 | Red Arrow | | Y | Y |
| Bat for Lashes | 2016 | The Bride | | Y | |
| Cody Jinks | 2016 | I'm Not the Devil | | Y | Y |
| The Lumineers | 2016 | Cleopatra | | Y | Y |
| Dan Mangan | 2016 | Forthcoming Album | | Y | Y |
| The Railers | 2016 | "11:59 (Central Standard Time)" | | Y | Y |
| Anti-Flag | 2015 | American Spring | | Y | |
| The Avett Brothers | 2015 | Live Volume 4 | | | Y |
| The Black Lillies | 2015 | Hard to Please | Y | Y | Y |
| Third Eye Blind | 2015 | Dopamine | | | Y |
| Whitey Morgan | 2014 | Sonic Ranch | Y | Y | Y |
| needtobreathe | 2014 | Rivers in the Wasteland | | | Y |
| Angus & Julia Stone | 2014 | Angus & Julia Stone | | Y | Y |
| Dan Wilson | 2014 | Love Without Fear | | | Y |
| The Avett Brothers | 2013 | Magpie and the Dandelion | | Y | Y |
| Harry Connick Jr. | 2013 | Every Man Should Know | | | Y |
| Matchbox Twenty | 2012 | North | | Y | |
| Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan | 2011 | One Too Many Mornings | | Y | Y |
| Tom Morello & the Nightwatchman | 2011 | World Wide Rebel Songs | | | Y |
| Sum 41 | 2011 | Screaming Bloody Murder | | Y | |
| Tom Morello & the Nightwatchman | 2011 | Union Town | | Y | |
| Flogging Molly | 2011 | Speed of Darkness | Y | Y | Y |
| Johnny Cash | 2010 | American VI: Ain't No Grave | | | Y |
| Flogging Molly | 2010 | Live at the Greek Theatre | | | Y |
| The Avett Brothers | 2010 | Live Volume 3 | | | Y |
| Jamie Cullum | 2009 | The Pursuit | | Y | Y |
| Brandi Carlile | 2009 | Give Up the Ghost | | | Y |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | 2006 | Stadium Arcadium | | Y | Y |