Pearl Jam: "Ten" Listening Experience and Q&A with mix engineer Tim Palmer

Pearl Jam’s “Ten” broke the band into mainstream success and is viewed as a cultural artifact of early 1990s grunge and the alternative music explosion. “Ten” is one of the top 50 best selling records of all time and the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2021.

On Sunday, February 19, 2023, Same Sky Productions invites you to attend a listening experience of this renowned album and participate in a Q&A with the record’s mixing engineer, Tim Palmer.

This three-hour event will begin by listening to the entire album in our acoustically treated live room on our studio monitors. After the listening portion, Tim Palmer will talk about his experience mixing the record, and answer your questions regarding this record or any of the records from his impressive catalog. There will then be a mixer with complementary beer and snacks, and tours of the studio for anyone who would like to learn more about the space.

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About Tim Palmer:

Tim Palmer has produced and mixed albums for a huge selection of classic and alternative artists, from Robert Plant, David Bowie and Tears For Fears to Ozzy Osbourne, The Goo Goo Dolls and U2. With the recent success of the Psychedelic Furs album that Tim mixed, he has succeeded in having Top Ten albums in the UK for 5 Decades.

Tim Palmer mixed Ten for Pearl Jam, which is now in the top 50 best-selling albums of all time and the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2021.

In 2001, Tim was nominated for a Grammy for his mixing work on U2’s All That You Can’t Leave Behind. The album went on to win a Grammy for ‘Best Rock Album’. Tim also mixed the Grammy winning songs ’Stuck in a Moment’ and ‘Elevation’ from this album.

Now based in Austin, Tim has continued producing and mixing for the likes of Tears for Fears, Jason Mraz, Blue October, The Polyphonic Spree, H.I.M and The Psychedelic Furs. In 2014 Tim mixed the 3 times GRAMMY-nominated Billy Child’s album Map to the Treasure.

More recently, Tim has been working with Grammy ‘Producer of the Year’ Larry Klein, mixing projects for Kandace Springs, Lang Lang, Liz Wright, Luciana Souza and 2 multi guest Jazz albums to celebrate the works of Charlie Parker and Jaques Brel.

Last year Tim got the opportunity to mix the latest album for The Psychedelic Furs Made of Rain The critically acclaimed album ended up in many ‘Best of the Year’ polls and also gave the band it's second biggest UK chart success.

Tim is proud to play an active role in The Recording Academy/Grammys. He has been a board member in Texas since 2012 and has served 2 terms as a National Trustee. Tim also serves on the advisory board for the Austin non-profit 'Black Fret’. Like the opera, symphony, ballet or theatre, Black Fret believes local music is art and deserving of support. In 4 years Black Fret has surpassed $1.5 million in grants and performance payments to Austin musicians.