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Ed Cherney is an American recording engineer and record producer based in Los Angeles, California. Over his carreer, he has amassed three Grammy awards, an Emmy Award, and five TEC Awards.

Cherney is also known in the film space for his work on A Mighty Wind, The Bourne Legacy and Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Early career
Cherney grew up in Chicago. After finishing college, he considered going to law school. He was a hobby musician growing up, but never a professional one. A group of friends had a band, and were about to go on the road. They asked Cherney if he'd drive the truck and roadie for them. One day while on the road, the soundman didn't show up to a gig, and Cherney ended up mixing the band. The gig went well, and he realized he had an affinity for mixing audio. Later that summer, the band invited him into the studio for his first time. A bell went off and Cherney immediately realized that this was what he was meant to do.

Instead of going to law school, Cherney enrolled in DeVry University to study electronics. He continued working with bands before landing a job at a local P.A. company in Chicago. In an indusrty magazine, he read about a recording course taught by producer/engineer Bruce Swedien. While attending the course, Cherney befriended Swedien, and started to follow him around studios in Chicago. Cherney landed his first studio job as an apprentice engineer at Paragon Studios in Chicago - working his way up the ranks over the next 3 years.

1978 to present
After leaving Paragon Studios, Cherney moved to Los Angeles with his girlfriend. He landed a job as an assistant engineer at Westlake Recording Studios. After about a month at Westlake, Bruce Swedien and Quicy Jones came into the studio to work on Michael Jackson's Off the Wall record. Cherney worked as an assitant engineer for the producer/engineer pair for the next 6 years.

Cherney went on to engineer records for Iggy Pop, Bonnie Raitt, Sting, Eric Clapton, Jann Arden, Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Wynton Marsalis, Lenny Kravitz, Keb' Mo', Buddy Guy and many more...

Cherney currently works our of his out personal studio "Studio Ed" out of The Village (studio).

Cherney joined the McNally Smith College of Music Board of Directors April 6th, 2011.

Awards and Honors
Cherney has more than 350 album credits, five Grammy nominations, three grammy wins, an Emmy, and five TEC Awards.

After winning five TEC Awards, he was inducted into the TEC Awards Hall of fame in 2015.