John Neff

John Neff has been a recording artist and sound professional since 1965, when he recorded the cult classic “So Good” by The Ascots.

He rounded out the sixties with another single and an album.

He spent several years in the early 70s playing guitar on over 125 “Soul” records, playing for Producer Don Davis at United Sound Systems in Detroit. He spent the rest of the 70s touring, playing with such acts as Zurich, Steppenwolf and Hoyt Axton.

A move to Maui in 1979 got John back into record production. He built a small studio there and produced Hawaiian acts. He started a record label, Maui Zone Records and tapes and released 26 albums. He also did a nine year radio show in Maui.

In 1989, Neff was approached by Walter Becker of Steely Dan to build a large studio up on the mountain.

So they built it. Neff was a recording engineer there on Donald Fagen’s “Kamakiriad” album and Walter’s “Eleven Tracks of Whack”.

1993 saw a move back to the mainland.

In 1995 John hooked up with Director David Lynch about the technical design for his new Hollywood studio. John took over running the studio and mixed the Feature Films “The Straight Story” and “Mulholland Drive”.

He recorded the orchestral scores for both films as well. He also worked on “Inland Empire”.

In 2000, Neff and Lynch released a CD of original music called “BlueBOB”.

John moved to Marin County, CA in 2005, to build a studio of his own. He also freelanced at The Record Plant Studios in Sausalito.

There he recorded Journey’s “Revelation” album set which went multi Platinum.

Neff currently has a studio in Portland called THE LAB, in which he mixes Feature Films and music projects.