Bruce Swedien was born in Minneapolis Minnesota. By age 14, he was already recording and setting up his own radio station. 5 years later Bruce was working for Tommy Dorsey and using an old cinema in Minneapolis to set up his own commercial studio. Bruce then went on to record the Chicago Syphony Orchestra professionsally for RCA Victor, before the following year where he went on to Universal Studios to join Bill Putnam in his early stereo and multitrack technique experiments. Shortly after Bruce started to work with producer Quincy Jones. Which would lead to him meeting Michael Jackson and being the primary engineer on most of his tracks. Describes his own music as very musical with a dance beat and vibe. Lots of musical elements blended together.
