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Work Directly With Chris Steinmetz.

Multi-Platinum Producer · Engineer · Mixer · Strategic Partner

Three decades of catalog work behind the console — and a worldview built around records that build careers, not just stream counts.

Chris Steinmetz at the mixing console at Stonecutter Studios
Chris at NRG Studios
Chris Steinmetz on the studio floor at Stonecutter Studios
Chris at East West Studios

For more than three decades, Chris Steinmetz has been quietly shaping the sound of American music from behind the console — multi-platinum credits, legendary clients, and a reputation for being the engineer that other engineers call when the record absolutely has to be right.

Chris's catalogue spans genre and generation: from rock royalty (KISS, Alice in Chains, Disturbed, Smashing Pumpkins, Ministry) to hip-hop and pop history (Kanye West, Rihanna, Jay-Z, Common), to the blues lineage of Buddy Guy and B.B. King, the jazz catalog of Miles Davis, and many more.

He served as Chief Engineer at Chicago Trax Recording, became a Senior Producer/Engineer at Chicago Recording Company, and eventually opened his own private flagship facility — Stonecutter Studios, on South Clinton Street in Chicago.

Today, Chris works directly with a small, hand-selected roster of independent artists, bands, and producers. The mission is simple: take the music seriously, treat the artist with respect, and make records that stand up next to anything coming out of any major studio in the world.

Select Credits

Three decades. One console.

Alice in Chains
B.B. King
The Black Eyed Peas
Buddy Guy
Common
Disturbed
Jamie Foxx
Jay-Z
Jimmy Buffett
Kanye West
KISS
Limp Bizkit
Lupe Fiasco
Madonna
Miles Davis
Ministry
Nas
OneRepublic
Rihanna
Rod Stewart
Smashing Pumpkins
Styx
Twista
Usher