Jim Kaufman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jim Kaufman

American songwriter and record producer

Date of Birth: 27-Jun-1981

Place of Birth: Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Profession: composer, record producer, songwriter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Jim Kaufman

  • Jim Kaufman is an American born record producer who is also a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, recording artist, mixer, film and television composer, mastering engineer and recording studio owner. Kaufman began playing piano at the age of 5 and later studied music theory at the New School for the Arts and Academics, which was also where he started playing guitar.
  • After a stint in a local Phoenix area band, Projex, he began his professional music career as the guitar player and founding member of the industrial alt metal indie band, Opiate for the Masses.
  • In 2003 he took a job as engineer/studio assistant for Charlie Clouser (ex-Nine Inch Nails).
  • With Clouser, Kaufman assisted on Helmet’s 2004 Interscope Records release Size Matters.
  • In addition, he assisted Clouser on scoring the horror film Saw.
  • After working with Clouser, Opiate for the Masses reconvened in Los Angeles to write and record their full-length debut for Warcon/American Voodoo entitled The Spore, which also marked the beginning of Kaufman’s career as a producer. In early 2007, Kaufman composed the score for Josh Eisenstadt’s full length horror film Dark Reel, starring Edward Furlong.
  • While scoring Dark Reel, Kaufman simultaneously produced the first CD of the singer/songwriter Samuel Markus and The Only Ones. In 2005, Kaufman created American Voodoo Records, which was distributed by EMI.
  • In 2006, he became co-owner of the Nashville-based publishing company, The Song Factory, along with his father, Jim Kaufman, Sr.
  • and Jennifer Johnson. Jim Kaufman presently owns and operates recording studios in both Los Angeles, California, and Sedona, Arizona.

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