Notable Recording,
Mixing & Audiobook Projects
🎧 Credits & Collaborations
With over 500 professional credits across music, audiobooks, film, and commercial media, James McLaughlin is a trusted recording, mixing, and mastering engineer for some of the world’s most respected artists and publishers. His work includes projects with John Grisham, Bela Fleck, Morgan Wade featuring Kesha, Donna Tartt, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Michael Franti & Spearhead, and Nickelodeon.
From bestselling audiobooks and Grammy-adjacent artists to independent gems and national ad campaigns, this curated credits list showcases James’s deep experience and sonic versatility.
Music Projects and Artists
Obsessed / Walked on Water ft. Kesha / Halloween
– Morgan Wade
🎚️ Vocal, Guitar & Piano Engineer
🟢 Listen on Spotify | 🌐 Visit MorganWadeMusic.com
Includes track with Kesha; major label release
Tudo Que Se Tem– Duca Leindecker
🎚️ Album Engineer
Drums on 1, 3, and 7
🟢 Listen on Spotify | 🌐 Visit DucaLeindecker.com
EP – Claire Boyer
🎚️ Co-write, Drums, Engineer, Mixed, Co-Produced
🟢 Listen on Spotify 🌐 Claire Boyer Official
Larry Keel and John Stickley - 5 Song EP
🎚️ Recording and Mixing Engineer
🟢 Listen on Spotify (alt: Larry Keel artist page on Spotify) | 🌐 Larry Keel Official
Long After the Empire – Prabir Trio
🎚️ Engineer (4 Songs + God’s Song)
🟢 Listen on Spotify (alt: Prabir Trio artist page on Spotify) | 🌐 Prabir Trio Official
Audiobook & Voiceover Recording Studio Trusted by Major Publishers
Framed Introduction – John Grisham
🎧 Audiobook Engineer
🟢 Listen on Audible (alt: Audible page for Framed Introduction audiobook by John Grisham) | 🌐 Penguin Random House (alt: Official Penguin Random House author page for John Grisham)
Camino Ghosts Introduction – John Grisham
🎧 Audiobook Engineer
🟢 Listen on Audible (alt: Audible page for Camino Ghosts audiobook by John Grisham) | 🌐 Penguin Random House
Sparring Partners Introduction – John Grisham
🎧 Audiobook Engineer
🟢 Listen on Audible (alt: Audible page for Sparring Partners audiobook by John Grisham) | 🌐 Penguin Random House
Obsessed / Walked on Water ft. Kesha / Halloween
– Morgan Wade
🎚️ Vocal, Guitar & Piano Engineer
🟢 Listen on Spotify | 🌐 Visit MorganWadeMusic.com
Includes track with Kesha; major label release
The Genius of Birds – Jennifer Ackerman
🎧 Audiobook Engineer | NY Times Bestseller
🟢 Listen on Audible (alt: Audible page for The Genius of Birds audiobook by Jennifer Ackerman) | 🌐 Penguin Random House
What an Owl Knows – Jennifer Ackerman
🎧 Audiobook Engineer | New York Times Bestseller
🟢 Listen on Audible (alt: Audible page for What an Owl Knows audiobook by Jennifer Ackerman) | 🌐 Penguin Random House
Time Will Tell – Rita Mae Brown
🎧 Audiobook Engineer
🟢 Listen on Audible (alt: Audible page for Time Will Tell audiobook by Rita Mae Brown) | 🌐 Penguin Random House
Beyond the Building – Rob Finlay
🎧 Audiobook Engineer | Wall Street Journal Bestseller
🟢 Listen on Audible (alt: Audible page for Beyond the Building audiobook by Rob Finlay) | 🌐 Publisher Site
Into the Unknown: The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos – Kelsey Johnson
🎧 Audiobook Engineer
🟢 Listen on Audible (alt: Audible page for Into the Unknown audiobook by Kelsey Johnson) | 🌐 Hachette
Lost and Hound – Rita Mae Brown
🎧 Audiobook Engineer
🟢 Listen on Audible (alt: Audible page for Lost and Hound audiobook by Rita Mae Brown) | 🌐 Penguin Random House
Thrill of the Hunt – Rita Mae Brown
🎧 Audiobook Engineer
🟢 Listen on Audible (alt: Audible page for Thrill of the Hunt audiobook by Rita Mae Brown) | 🌐 RB Media
Thick with Trouble – Amber McBride
🎧 Audiobook Engineer | National Book Award Finalist
🟢 Listen on Audible (alt: Audible page for Thick with Trouble audiobook by Amber McBride) | 🌐 Penguin Poets
The Twentysomething Treatment – Dr. Meg Jay
🎧 Audiobook Engineer
🟢 Listen on Audible (alt: Audible page for The Twentysomething Treatment audiobook by Dr. Meg Jay) | 🌐 Simon and Schuster
American Heroes on the Homefront: The Hearts of Heroes – Oliver North
🎧 Audiobook Engineer
🟢 Listen on Audible (alt: Audible page for American Heroes audiobook by Oliver North) | 🌐 Simon and Schuster
Heroes Proved – Oliver North
🎧 Audiobook Engineer
🟢 Listen on Audible (alt: Audible page for Heroes Proved audiobook by Oliver North) | 🌐 Simon and Schuster
A City on Mars – Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
🎧 Audiobook Engineer | New York Times Bestseller
🟢 Listen on Audible (alt: Audible page for A City on Mars audiobook by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith) | 🌐 Publisher Site
3 Songs and Goodbye – JJ Von Briesen
🎚️ Engineer, Mixed
🟢 Listen on Spotify (alt: JJ Von Briesen artist page on Spotify) | 🌐 JJ Von Briesen Official
Keepers – The Currys
🥁 Drum Recording
🟢 Listen on Spotify (alt: The Currys artist page on Spotify) | 🌐 The Currys Official
Here It Is – Charles Owens Trio
🎚️ Engineer
🟢 Listen on Spotify (alt: Charles Owens Trio artist page on Spotify) | 🌐 Charles Owens Official
Option to Extend – Kris Monson
🎚️ Engineer
🟢 Listen on Spotify | 🌐 Visit MorganWadeMusic.com
2026
ILYA KALER & RASA VITKAUSKAITE
The Bridgetower Project
Recorded spoken word of
RITA DOVE
PRABIR TRIO - IN THIS LIFE
Mixing, Mastering
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Global TV/Web World Cup
featuring Miguel Varoni
LARRY KEEL
We Don't Talk Anymore
ft. Tim O'Brien
Hillbilly Wine
ft. Ronnie McCoury and Jason Carter
Butt Dial ft. Kyle Tuttle
CLAIRE BOYER - EP
Drums, Engineer,
Mixed, Produced, Co-write
JOHN PAUL DOUGLAS &
the BITTER TRADES
3 Song EP
Engineer, Mixed, Mastered
UP ON COVE MOUNTAIN - Earl Swift
HARPER COLLINS
AUDIOBOOK
ANDRE KOJO AKINTOLA
LET FREEDOM REIGN
ENGINEER, MIXED
ALL THAT'S UNSEEN - Emilee Hackney
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
AUDIOBOOK
2025
LARRY KEEL JOHN STICKLEY EP
ENGINEER, MIXED
ELECTRIC LARRY LAND
SHOWTIME
ENGINEER, MIXED
DUCA LEINDECKER
TUDO QUE SE TEM - ALBUM
ENGINEER, Drums on 3 songs
WRONGFUL CONVICTION
PODCAST with
JASON FLOM and JOHN GRISHAM
SWAMP STREET
PORTALS, VIOLET TIDE
Engineer, Mixed
JENNIFER ACKERMAN
THE GENIUS OF BIRDS
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
AUDIOBOOK
JJ VON BRIESEN
3 SONGS AND GOODBYE
Engineer, Mixed
KRIS MONSON
OPTION TO EXTEND
ENGINEER
THE ART OF SUBTLE REVISIONS
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
AUDIOBOOK
2024
MORGAN WADE - OBSESSED,
WALKED ON WATER ft. KESHA,
HALLOWEEN
ENGINEER: VOCALS/GUITAR/PIANO
JOHN GRISHAM
FRAMED introduction
CAMINO GHOSTS introduction
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
AUDIOBOOK
RITA MAE BROWN
TIME WILL TELL
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
AUDIOBOOK
PRABIR TRIO
LONG AFTER THE EMPIRE
ENGINEER - 4 SONGS +
GOD'S SONG
LARRY KEEL - BEING KIND
ENGINEER, MIXED
WHO SHOT JOHN
CUT NO SWITCH
ENGINEER, MIXED
VISA OLYMPICS
2024 COMMERCIALS
with KATE DOUGLASS
WALGREENS OLYMPIC 2024 COMMERCIALS
SANDMAN - DC COMICS
Dialog Recording for Dirk Maags
INTO THE UNKNOWN:
THE QUEST TO UNDERSTAND THE
MYSTERIES OF THE COSMOS
by KELSEY JOHNSON
HACHETTE AUDIOBOOK
DONNA TARTT
RECLAIMING ART IN THE
AGE OF ARTIFICE introduction
PAUL WAGNER - AMERICAN FOCUS
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE:
THE BRIGHTNESS OF LIGHT
Dialog Recording
NICKELODEON PARAMOUNT
Dialog recording with
JADE CATTA-PRETA
THE STRIPERS - 22
ENGINEER, MIXED
ALEX ANGELICH
TRUST THE PROCESS
DRUM RECORDING
MICHAEL CLEM
(EDDIE FROM OHIO)
CIRCUS BRAWL VOL. 1
ENGINEER, MIXED, MASTERED
CO-PRODUCED
THE TWENTYSOMETHING
TREATMENT
DR. MEG JAY - AUDIOBOOK
SIMON AND SCHUSTER
HOME TO HER by
LIZ CHILDS KELLY
RECORD, EDIT,
PRODUCED AUDIOBOOK
WE ARE STAR CHILDREN
SPITFIRE (ALBUM)
ENGINEER, MIXED, MASTERED
CARTWHEELS
WINDMEAL, ALL I NEED
ENGINEER
LOOSE LEAF
PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU
MARBLES - tracking
2023
CHARLES OWENS TRIO
THIS IS US (ALBUM)
LA RESERVE
ENGINEER
THE CURRYS
KEEPERS
DRUM RECORDING
JENNIFER ACKERMAN
WHAT AN OWL KNOWS
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
AUDIOBOOK ENGINEER
*New York Times Bestseller
KELLY AND ZACH WEINERSMITH
A CITY ON MARS - intro, note bene
*New York Times Bestseller
SOMETIME, SOMEWHERE
FILM BY RICARDO PREVE
AUDIO DIALOG RECORING
KATIE SILCOX - THE SHAKTI SCHOOL
GLOW WORTHY
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
AUDIOBOOK ENGINEER
RITA MAE BROWN
LOST AND HOUND
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
AUDIOBOOK ENGINEER
AMBER MCBRIDE
National Book Award Finalist
THICK WITH TROUBLE
PENGUIN POETS
AUDIOBOOK ENGINEER
ROB FINLAY
BEYOND THE BUILDING
WSJ BEST SELLER
AUDIOBOOK ENGINEER
ASTRONOMERS
ABOUT TIME
ENGINEER, CO-MIXED, CO-PRODUCED
BREAKERS
DOMINO, BRUNCH
ENGINEER
GARY GREEN
LIVE VIDEO
MIXED, MASTERED
THE JELLIES - 3 SONG EP
ENGINEER, MIXED, MASTERED
ROOT CELLAR REMEDY
MEMORIES AND SONGS
ENGINEER, MIXED, MASTERED
BRIGHTWOOD IRISH TRIO
4 SONG DEMO
MAYDAY
AS A BOY
ENGINEER
BEN COOK
DRUM RECORDINGS
KAITLIN BURTON
WOMAN FOR YOU
VOCAL ENGINEER, MIXED, MASTERED
2022
JOHN GRISHAM
- SPARRING PARTNERS
AUDIOBOOK INTRODUCTION
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
GREENSKY BLUEGRASS
WNRN SESSION
ENGINEER, MIXED FOR BROADCAST
RITA MAE BROWN
THRILL OF THE HUNT
AUDIOBOOK - RB MEDIA
SARAH SHOOK AND THE DISARMERS
WNRN SESSION
ENGINEER, MIXED FOR BROADCAST
OGDEN HEART - SELF TITLED ALBUM
DRUMS, PERCUSSION, ENGINEER,
MIXED, MASTERED, PRODUCED
THE CURRYS
LIVE AT HEARTWOOD SOUNDSTAGE
MIXED, MASTERED
JOHN KELLY - 3 BRIGHT STARS (SINGLE)
DRUMS, ENGINEER, MIXED,
MASTERED, CO-PRODUCED
MATT JOHNSON - (SINGLES)
VOCAL ENGINEER, MIXED, MASTERED
ARCADIA FALCON - 2 SINGLES
MIXED, MASTERED
2021
14 STORIES - MONDAY MORNING
ENGINEER, MIXED, CO-PRODUCED
7TH GRADE GIRL FIGHT - (SELF TITLED)
ENGINEERING
THE STRING QUEEN - WHO ARE YOU?
VIOLIN ENGINEER, MIXED, MASTERED
ALL THE BEST FROM 6 FEET AWAY
TRIBUTE TO JOHN PRINE
JIM WAIVE AND FARAWAY
2 SONGS ENGINEER, MIXED
ROOT CELLAR REMEDY - QUARANTOWN EP
ENGINEER, MIXED, MASTERED
TONAL STRANGERS - SELF TITLED
ENGINEER, MIXED, MASTERED
2020
JOHN KELLY - IN BETWEEN
ENGINEER, MIXED
2019
PAUL KOORS MAKE A MAN,
THE UNFINISHED LIFE
DRUMS
2018
7TH GRADE GIRL FIGHT
JUMP BACK
4 SONG EP
ENGINEER, MIXED
SUMMER IS OVER
4 SONG EP
ENGINEER, MIXED
2017
DEBRA GUY
LUCKY NUMBERS
ENGINEER, MIXED, MASTERED
2016
MICHAEL CLEM - 50 CLEMENTINES
ENGINEER, MIXED, CO-PRODUCED
BELEZA
JUST FOR FUN
ENGINEER, MIXED, AND
DRUMS ON 6 SONGS
2015
JASON BURKE
BURNING DAYLIGHT
DRUMS
2014
ROBERT JOSPE EXPRESS
DOUBLE ALBUM
CLASSICS - DOIN' IT UP
ENGINEER, MIXED,
MASTERED, CO-PRODUCED
2013
JOHN D'EARTH - ON
ENGINEER, MIXED,
MASTERED, CO-PRODUCED
GREG HOWARD - AZUL ft.
JOHN D'EARTH AND BRIAN CAPUTO
ENGINEER
OLIVER NORTH
AMERICAN HEROES
SIMON AND SCHUSTER
AUDIOBOOK ENGINEER
2012
OLIVER NORTH
HEROES PROVED
SIMON AND SCHUSTER
AUDIOBOOK ENGINEER
GALEN CURRY
THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS
DRUMS, ENGINEER, MIXED
THE HARD ROAD TRIO
MONTICELLO
ENGINEER, MIXED,
CO-PRODUCED, PERCUSSION
ANNE O'BRIEN
THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND
DRUMS
KYLE STUART THOMAS
RESSURECTION GUITAR
EDITS AND REMASTERING
2011
BELEZA
COOKIN' WITH FLAVOUR
CO-MIXED, CO-PRODUCED
ROCK RIVER GYPSIES
AT LONG LAST
ENGINEER, MIXED, MASTERED
GINA SOBEL
SEEDS OF THE STREETS
PERCUSSION, ENGINEER,
MIXED, MASTERED
ROBERT KING
ABOVE THE GROUND
ENGINEER, MIXED, MASTERED
2010
SISSY SPACEK
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
30TH ANNIVERSARY
RANDOM HOUSE AUDIOBOOK
MICHAEL FRANTI AND SPEARHEAD
106.1 THE CORNER LOUNGE
GRACE POTTER AND THE NOCTURNALS
106.1 THE CORNER LOUNGE SESSION
RELIENT K - WNRN SESSIONS
RHETT MILLER
106.1 THE CORNER LOUNGE
HARPER SIMON - WNRN SESSION
WELLS HANLEY -
CAMELS ARE COMING
ENGINEER, CO-PRODUCED
ELLIS PAUL
106.1 THE CORNER LOUNGE SESSION
SAM SCOTT - ELEVEN & SWINGIN'!
DRUMS, ENGINEER, MIXED, MASTERED
BARLING AND COLLINS -
NEW WORLD ODOR
CO-ENGINEER
GALEN CURRY - SOME PERSPECTIVE
DRUMS, ENGINEER, MIXED
MANDOMORPHOSIS 2010
ENGINEERED TRACKS 5, 10
2009
THE BAND OF HEATHENS
106.1 THE CORNER LOUNGE
LAURA VIERS AND THE HALL OF FLAMES
WNRN SESSIONS
SARA WATKINS and
THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS
106.1 THE CORNER LOUNGE
NEOLITHIC - JOHN D'EARTH ft.
HOD O'BRIEN
ENGINEER
KATHRYN CAINE - DOWN HOME GIRL
DRUMS, PERCUSSION, BGV,
ENGINEER, MIXED,
MASTERED, CO-PRODUCED
A KATHRYN CAINE CHIRSTMAS
(4 SONG EP)
DRUMS, ENGINEER,
MIXED, MASTERED
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT HAMILTONS'
WITH DAVE KANNENSOHN
AND SAM WILSON
ENGINEER, MIXED, CO-PRODUCED
RAW DAWG - SELF TITLED
ENGINEER, MIXED, MASTERED
2008
STEELHEART - GOOD 2B ALIVE
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING
BRIAN BURACKER
WITHIN THIS BRIEF TIME
ENGINEER
A CALL TO HEAL
THE BAGHDAD RAIN PROJECT
DRUMS, ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING
BORDEN GRANT
BRENNAN GILMORE
4 SONG EP
ENGINEER, MIXED
J MICHAEL REEDS
UNDER AN URBAN MOON
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING
2007
HELEN HORAL
WORDS UNBROKEN
DRUMS, PERCUSSION,
ENGINEER, MIXED 4 SONGS,
CO-PRODUCED
KINGS OF BELMONT
SWAY
ENGINEER, MIXED, MASTERED
MAX COLLINS
WHISKEY ROOM (6 SONG EP)
DRUMS, PERCUSSION,
ENGINEER, MIXED, MASTERED
MATTHEW WILLNER
SELF TITLED
DRUMS, ENGINEER
2006
SAM WILSON
GREEN GATES
ENGINEER, CO-PRODUCED
SUN DOMINGO
GO TO BED GRINNING
(ENGINEER, MIXED 2 SONGS)
2005
PICKIN' ON BECK
CMH RECORDS
(OLD SCHOOL FREIGHT TRAIN)
ENGINEER, MIXED
PICKIN' ON JOHN MAYER volume 2
CMH RECORDS
(OLD SCHOOL FREIGHT TRAIN)
ENGINEER, MIXED
FAIR WEATHER BUMS
SELF TITLED
ENGINEER
SESSHIN
SELF TITLED
ENGINEER, DRUMS, ARRANGING
1999 - 2001
LONDON, ENGLAND
assistant to TIM LAWS
at STANLEY HOUSE
LIBERTY X
HOLDING ON TO YOU,
THINKING IT OVER, JUST A LITTLE
S CLUB
HAVE YOU EVER,
DON'T STOP MOVING, BEST FRIEND
THE REELISTS
FREAK MODE
SO SOLID CREW
BROKEN SILENCE