Howard Turner - Producer c.v.



Hard at work in The Chapel, Lincolnshire,UK (above) and Studios de la Seine, Paris (below)






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THE STUDIO WIZARD ORGANISATION
Sawmill Cottage, Melton Park, Melton Constable NR24 2NJ United Kingdom.

Tel/fax: 07092 123666 Mobile: 07803 666789  International: +44 1263 862999  Email: howard@studiowizard.com 



Howard Turner - Personal Profile



After a childhood spent in war torn Indo-China, and an education taking in a BA in 3rd world
 economic development and a PGCE teaching certificate in geography and physics, I 
entered the music business for a rest - you know, quiet life, short hours, regular pay......... 

Having created a succession of studios for myself culminating in the high profile Raven 
Recording residential facility in Norfolk, which was involved in the initial creation of the 
UK Studio Accord, and having been invited into the British Record Producers' Guild,
 I sold this facility in '91 in response to the changing climate for studios in the UK.  Major 
changes in the way facilities were conceived and run were called for, and a fresh 
approach was needed.

My long term ties with both the provision of audio engineering education, and technical/
product development for manufacturers, together with knowledge acquired 
building studios for myself and some of my old studio clients, as well as the wealth 
of experience gained from over a decade's worth of front-line studio experience 
were soon to be put to good use.

Embarking upon a career as a freelance engineer and producer, I consolidated my 
reputation as an open minded and diplomatic producer, capable of realising the sonic 
aspirations of difficult bands and complicated live recording projects - my production cv. 
covers a list of the famous to the infamous - the trendy to the trying!  And that story continues...

My broadening horizons led me to guest lecturing on sound engineering courses and to 
running some short courses in their entirety, ultimately this let me use my teaching skills 
to help redesign these courses to maximise their effectiveness.  Exposure to aspiring 
professionals and soon-to-be-studio-owners switched me on to the potential of a 
service/training/support-led studio supply, acoustics and design company and 
as a result I created The Studio Wizard Organisation in '92 to design and build studios, 
supply equipment - new, used and refurbished (with guarantee), provide training, maintenance 
and service contracts, and generally to provide levels of backup in the pro-audio sector 
that we have all taken for granted in our offices for years - who would envisage running
 a complex computer network without backup? (Yet for years that has been the situation 
in pro-audio, unless the organisation involved was sufficiently large to create and employ
 its own dedicated team).

Under my guidance, the SWO has developed into a major resource for the industry, 
allowing new projects to be created safe in the knowledge that there is a wealth of 
experience on hand to make sure everyone gets it right, and that it stays that way.


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