Growing up in Glencoe Illinois, Justin Niebank began
studying classical music while in grade school.
He continued playing music throughout his time at New Trier
East High School. After graduating from Ripon College in 1978,
Niebank embarked on a career in popular music.
At first, Niebank was committed to being a performing artist but in time discovered
the lifestyle was not to his liking. Luckily, after spending an enormous amount
of time in recording studios, he found that the art of recording music was his
true calling.
As a musician, recording engineer/producer and mixer, Niebank began making
records in the mid 1980s. Splitting his time between Chicago, New York and
London, he eventually landed in Nashville, Tennessee.
Since then, Niebank has had the good fortune of working with hundreds of artists
that bridge multiple eras and genres: from Johnny Winter to Eric Clapton, Neal
Diamond to Bob Seger, Sheryl Crow to Blues Traveler, George Jones to Dolly
Parton, Bon Jovi to Steven Tyler, Blake Shelton to Keith Urban, and Vince Gill to
Taylor Swift.
Along the way, Niebank has worked on over 200 number one records, has received
three Grammys, two CMAs, and eight ACM awards. He also has been recognized
with sixteen Music Row Awards (an acknowledgment for the most top ten records
in a given year).
With his wife, Kathy, Niebank has for thirty years lived on their farm up a hollow in
rural Franklin, Tennessee.
Justin is an avid conservationist and outdoorsman and is a major contributing
member of several conservation organizations.
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