Rick Beato
Biography
Richard John Beato ( bee-AH-toh; born April 24, 1962) is an American YouTuber, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, and educator. Since the early 1980s, he has worked variously as a musician, songwriter, audio engineer, and record producer; he has also lectured on music at universities. Beato owns and operates Black Dog Sound Studios in Stone Mountain, Georgia. He has produced for and worked in the studio with bands such as Needtobreathe, Parmalee, and Shinedown. On his YouTube channel, he covers different aspects of rock, jazz, blues, electronic, rap, and pop, and he conducts interviews with musicians and producers.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Leave A Whisper
2003

The Outsiders
2009

Wish I Was Here (Music From The Motion Picture)
2014

The Reckoning
2011

Anthem For The Underdog
2007

Bar 17
2006

Herbie Fully Loaded (Original Soundtrack)
2005

Elizabethtown (Music From The Motion Picture)
2005

American Pie: The Wedding - Music From The Motion Picture
2003

American Pie 2 (Music From The Motion Picture)
2001
Credited work
188 releases · 40 albums · active 1978–2024
- Production · 170
- Performance · 132
- Engineering · 95
- Other credits · 7
- Mastering · 3
Studios: Tree Sound Studios · Soundtrack Studios · Armoury Studios · Made In The Shade
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Shinedown
- NEEDTOBREATHE
- Umajets
- Rival Suns
- Furyon (2)
- Trey Anastasio
- Boys Like Girls
