Michael J. Clouse (sometimes credited as Michael J. Clouse III), an American record producer and songwriter was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
He graduated from Framingham North High School in Framingham, Massachusetts and received a degree from the American College of Greece while playing basketball in Europe.
This afforded Clouse the opportunity while traveling, to be exposed to many different styles of music.
Upon returning to the States in the mid-1980s, Clouse began his music career in Los Angeles, working with the likes of the late Jeff Buckley, David Morgan (The Association, Three Dog Night), Marco Mendoza (Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy, The Dead Daisies), Nicky Hopkins (The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who), Shawn Lee (musician) (Monkeyboy), Jamie Carter (Jon Butcher (band)), Carl Young (Michael Franti & Spearhead (band)), Blues Traveler, and seminal LA band The Coma-Tones, to name a few.
In the early 1990s, Clouse started working in film and television as a music supervisor and songwriter.
In the mid-1990s, Clouse relocated to NYC and opened a recording studio on W.26th St., where he continued his work with the late Jeff Buckley, and numerous young artists, as well as continuing his work in film.
In the late 1990s – early 2000s, Clouse was enlisted by the Jeff Buckley Estate to be involved in many of Buckley's posthumous releases beginning with Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk, collaborating with the late Chris Cornell, Buckley's mother, Mary Guibert and various band members of Jeff's band.
In addition to continuing to produce artists, Clouse has written numerous songs for film and television.
Michael Clouse presently resides in Nashville, TN, with his wife, Terri.
Selected albums
edit(as Producer, Engineer, Mix Engineer, and/or Songwriter)
| Year | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | No One Believes Me - Dingo Dr. Giggles (Soundtrack album) | Universal 1992 |
| 1994 | Quo (album)|Quo | MJJ Records, 1994 |
| 1998 | Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk - Jeff Buckley | Columbia May 26, 1998 |
| 2000 | My Muse The Monkey - Sandy Bell | GSI Records, 2000 |
| 2000 | Monkey Boy - Shawn Lee (musician) | July, 2000 |
| 2001 | Live at L'Olympia - Jeff Buckley | Columbia July 3, 2001 |
| 2002 | Songs to No One 1991-1992, - Jeff Buckley | Columbia October 15, 2002 |
| 2004 | (Legacy Edition) - Jeff Buckley | Columbia August 24, 2004 |
| 2005 | The Good Daughter - Sandy Bell | Storm UK, 2005 |
| 2007 | So Real: Songs From Jeff Buckley - Jeff Buckley | Columbia May 22, 2007 |
| 2008 | Live For Tomorrow - Marco Mendoza | Frontier 2008 |
| 2010 | SiCK | Monkee Hollow Nov.1, 2010 |
| 2011 | Boyfriend - New Hollow | Monkee Hollow Jan. 23, 2011 |
| 2011 | Airplanes - New Hollow | Monkee Hollow May 23, 2011 |
| 2013 | She Ain't You - New Hollow | Monkee Hollow / 614 Music
July 3, 2013 |
| 2014 | She Ain't You - New Hollow | 614/ Black Magnetic/Epic
Feb 23, 2014 |
| 2015 | Jiffy Jane - New Hollow | 614/ Black Magnetic/Epic
Mar 20, 2015 |
| 2015 | Jackie's Baby - Blues Traveler w/ New Hollow | Loud & Proud
April 7, 2015 |
| 2015 | Why Don't You Love Me - New Hollow | 614/ Bee & El/SME
July 8, 2015 |
| 2016 | Popstar (Is This What The Girls Like?) - New Hollow | 614/ Bee & El/SME
June 10, 2016 |
| 2017 | Pocket Change - Mookie & Evan | 614 Records
October 27, 2017 |
Documentaries
edit- (appeared in as Michael J. Clouse III)
- Goodbye and Hello (2000) from Netherlands TV
- Fall in Light (1999) from French TV
References
edit- Apter, Jeff. A Pure Drop: The Life of Jeff Buckley Omnibus Press 2009 ISBN 978-1-84772-107-5
- David Bret, "Trailblazers: The Tragic Lives of Gram Parsons, Nick Drake and Jeff Buckley" - JR Books Ltd 2009 ISBN 1-906779-32-5
- Browne, David. Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley. Harper Entertainment. 2001, 2002. ISBN 0-380-80624-X
- Lovell, Joel. GQ Magazine (July 2000) "Smells Like Team Spirit"
- Hail Caesar (1994 film)