Bob Wayne,
Director and Chief Engineer
Bob founded Sunburst Recording in a converted two-car
garage in the Los Angeles community of Westchester,
in 1977. Five years later, he moved the studio
to its present location in Culver City.
Over the years, Bob has worn a number of hats at Sunburst. As
a studio owner, he is passionate about creating an
exceptional acoustic environment, providing an array
of vintage and modern equipment within a comfortable
setting.
As a recording engineer, Bob is dedicated to bringing
artistry and technology together, ensuring that each
client’s project is captured with efficiency
and pristine clarity.
Bob’s work encompasses a wide array of media
(music, film, television, spoken word) and diverse
genres (jazz, swing, ska, rock, folk, comedy and children’s). He
has worked with local and national artists including
Adam Sandler, Cesar Millan (The Dog Whisperer), Fishbone,
Hepcat, Richie Havens, Micky Dolenz, Steve Allen, and
Jazz greats Plas Johnson, Barbara Morrison and Ernie
Andrews.
Recognition of Bob’s contributions to the recording
industry include: a Grammy Award for his work on George
Carlin’s Napalm & Sillyputty in
2002, and four nominations as a Grammy Finalist.
Additionally, Bob has contributed his music production
talents to many feature films such as Election, Swingers
and Guess Who. His work has also been heard
on television in Alias, Smallville, One Tree Hill, Party
of Five and the PBS Nova segment: Cracking
the Maya Code, among others.
As a record producer for over 20 years, Bob has lent
his expertise to individual artists, record labels,
and commercial music houses. In this regard,
he was a founding member, producer and lead vocalist
for Big Daddy, a 1950’s Rock & Roll parody
band that released four albums on Rhino Records from
1983 – 1992.
In addition to their recordings, Big Daddy was honored
as a Clio Finalist for their original musical composition
and performance of “My Kind Of Zoo,” a
T.V. ad that promoted the 1986 renovation of the Lincoln
Park Zoo in Chicago. The jingle also won both
New York and Chicago Film Festival awards.
Richard Foos, Co-Founder of Rhino and CEO of Shout!
Factory Entertainment, has said of Bob:
“I have known Bob Wayne since the late 1970’s
during the early days of the Rhino Records label. Bob
showed a sincere dedication to these early projects
and proved time and time again to be a talented recording
engineer and producer.
Over the next 20 plus years, Bob continued to make
major contributions for Rhino as he produced and
engineered well over fifty projects including Rhino’s
first international hit record in the UK “Dancing
in the Dark” by Big Daddy in 1985 and “Chantmania” in
1994, the biggest selling original project ever on
the Rhino label.”
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