Biography
Eric Morgeson began in music as a piano player and evolved into a recording engineer, producer, songwriter and studio owner. He toured as the keyboardist with Dennis Coffey’s band in support of his hit record “Scorpio,” and played keyboards in the studio throughout the ‘70s on records produced by Dennis and Mike Theodore.
In 1978, continuing in the tradition of independent Detroit studios, United Sound and Motown Records, Eric and his wife, Marilyn opened Studio A Recording, Inc. Over the next 40 years Studio A worked with many Detroit artists including: Aretha Franklin, Earl Klugh, The Clark Sisters, Fred Hammond, Commissioned, Deitrick Haddon, KMC Cru, J. Dilla and KEM. The success of these artists attracted the attention of other performers and producers including Common, Dwele, Rickie Dillard, James Fortune, Tracy Edmonds, Jeff Bass, Bob Seger, Eminem, Ready for the World, Tim Bowman, Dennis Coffey, Mike Theodore, Ana Tijoux, Paul Jackson Jr. and Ron Isley.
At Studio A these artists have created 38 gold albums, 18 Grammy nominations and the following 3 Grammy winners:
- The Clark Sisters – “Live …One Last Time” – 50th Annual Grammy Awards
- Kirk Franklin – “Hello Fear” – 54th Annual Grammy Awards
- Gregory Porter – “Take Me to the Alley” – 59th Annual Grammy Awards
Other Grammy Nominations include:
- Deitrick Haddon – “Together in Worship” & “Lost and Found”
- Ana Tijoux – “Vengo” & “La Bala”
- KEM – “Nobody” & “Why Would You Stay”
- Earl Klugh – “Spice of Life”
- Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin – “You’ve Got A Friend”
Eric also taught Music Production as an Adjunct Professor at The University of Michigan, School of Music, Performing Arts and Technology from 2010 through 2018.
The book used in that instruction, “Practical Exercises for Pro Tools, 3rd Edition” (Advanced Music Production Workflows) is available at the link below:
Practical Exercises For Pro Tools Book
Studio A Recording – Online Mastering
