STEVEN SCHRAM
Recording studio tool. Hired Goon. unusual engineering & creative mixing in stereo & atmos.
performance oriented record producer
From shimmering indie pop & post punk to soul revival & adult contemporary, there is a trademark authenticity that underpins Steven Schram’s mixing and production style. Starting his career engineering Live At The Wireless at TripleJ (Radiohead, Queens of The Stoneage, Diplo) and mentored by Australian production heavyweights Chris Thompson (The Waifs, Augie March) & Tony Cohen (Nick Cave & Bad Seeds, The Cruel Sea), Steven relies on instinct while hunting imperfections and encourages his artists to do the same.
“I’d rather swing big and miss than land in the middle of the road so if I don’t get fired from a mix at least once a year, then I’m not trying hard enough. ”
Avoiding sterile, overly refined production techniques in favour of capturing an artist’s true essence, Steven has been behind an impressive list of releases including Gravity Stairs for Crowded House and Paul Kelly’s first number one album Life is Fine, for which Steven won the 2017 ARIA Award for Engineer of the Year. He has also been at the production helm of other Paul Kelly albums in recent years, most notably 2018’s Nature which also debuted at Number 1 on the ARIA charts, as well as The Merri Soul Sessions and Fever Longing Still.
Steven has been a major contributor to the creative output of indie band San Cisco, having Produced and co-written all of their output from 2010-2020, all of which placed in the ARIA top 20, with 8 Triplej Hottest 100 entries and Gracetown reaching number 2 in the charts.
Steven’s production, mixing & co-writing prowess sees him in high demand, teaming up with Crowded House, Ed Sheeran, Mildlife, Mo’Ju, Jaguar Jonze, Public Enemy, Darren Middleton, I Know Leopard, Teenage Dads, Shihad, Halcyon Drive, Tiny Little Houses, Little Red, The Cat Empire and Tinpan Orange.
"The band and I love working with Steven Schram. And he loves the whole band playing together, hunting down the song. He works fast and gets a great sound but is not fussy about it. For him the most important thing is the spirit of the performance. He loves spill and surprises and has a very good ear for the right take."
- Paul Kelly
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P=Production E=Engineer M=Mix +=Co/Additional
📀=Gold 💿=Platinum 🇬🇧=Chart 🏆=Awards
CROWDED HOUSE - Gravity Stairs LP (+P,E,M,Immersive) 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿🏴🇧🇪🏆
PAUL KELLY - Fever Longing Still (P,E,M,Immersive)🇦🇺
PAUL KELLY - Nature LP (P,E,M) 🇦🇺🇳🇿🏆
PAUL KELLY - Life Is Fine LP (P,E,M) 📀🇦🇺🇳🇿🏆
PAUL KELLY – Merri Soul Sessions LP (P,E,M) 🇦🇺🇳🇿🏆
PAUL KELLY - Christmas Train (P,E,M) 🇦🇺🇳🇿🏆
PAUL KELLY - Seven Sonnets & A Song LP (P,E,M) 🇦🇺🇳🇿
MILDLIFE - Automatic LP (M) 🇦🇺🏆
MILDLIFE - How Long Does It Take? (M)
MILDLIFE - Phase LP (M) 🏆
ED SHEERAN - Throw Your Arms Around Me (E)
THE TESKY BROTHERS - Run Home Slow LP (Immersive Mix) 📀🇦🇺🇬🇧🇩🇪🇳🇱🇨🇭🏆
THE RUBENS - 2020 LP (Immersive Mix) 🇦🇺
WILSN - Those Days Are Over LP (Immersive Mix)
SAN CISCO - Between You and Me LP (P,E,M Co-Write) 📀🇦🇺
SAN CISCO - Flaws EP (P,E,M Co-Write) 📀🇦🇺
SAN CISCO - The Water LP (P,E,M,Co-Write) 📀🇦🇺
SAN CISCO - Gracetown LP (P,E,M,Co-Write) 📀🇦🇺
SAN CISCO - San Cisco LP (P,E,M,Co-Write) 📀🇦🇺🇺🇸🇬🇧🏆
SAN CISCO - Awkward EP (P,E,M,Co-Write) 📀💿🇦🇺🇩🇪🇳🇱🏆
SAN CISCO - Golden Revolver EP (P,E,M)
TINY LITTLE HOUSES - Misericorde LP (P,E,M) 🇦🇺
TINY LITTLE HOUSES - Idiot Proverbs LP (P,E,M) 🇦🇺
TINY LITTLE HOUSES - You Tore Out My Heart EP (P,E,M)
TINY LITTLE HOUSES - Snow Globe EP (P,E,M)
AUGIE MARCH & ROMY VAGER - Henry Lee (M)
EMILY LUBITZ - Begin Again EP (P,E,M)
JAGUAR JONZE - Who Died & Made You King? (Co-Write,+P)
JAGUAR JONZE - Murder (Co-Write,+P)
JAGUAR JONZE - Rising Sun (Co-Write,+P)
JAGUAR JONZE - Rabbit Hole (+P)
JAZZ PARTY - Nobody Gets Away LP (P,E,M)
JAZZ PARTY - Monday Night LP (P,E,M)
VIKA & LINDA - The Wait LP (P,E,M) 🇦🇺🏆
KASEY CHAMBERS - Dragonfly LP (E,M) 🇦🇺🏆
THE CAT EMPIRE - Cinema LP (P,E,M) 🇦🇺
LITTLE BIRDY - Confetti LP (+P,E,M) 📀🇦🇺🏆
LITTLE RED - Listen To Little Red LP (P,E,M) 🇦🇺
LITTLE RED - Get Ready! EP (P,E,M)
CAROLINE & CLAUDE - Stir The Pot (P,M)
NICHOLAS LITTLEMORE - Cinema Sounds 2 (M)
TEENAGE DADS - Club Echo EP (M) 🇦🇺🏆
MO’JU - Native Tongue LP (P,E selected, M all) 🇦🇺🏆
CLAIRY BROWN & THE BANGIN’ RACKETTES- Baby Caught The Bus LP (P,E,M) 🇺🇸🏆
BOB EVANS - Tomorrowland LP (P,E,M)
HARRY JAMES ANGUS -Struggle With Glory LP (P,E,M)
I KNOW LEOPARD - Singles - Rather Be Lonely & Let Go (P,E,M)
DARREN MIDDLETON - Tides LP (M)
WHARVES - Singles (P,E,M,Co-Write)
BAD PONY - Singles (P,E,M)
TIM WHEATLEY - Singles (P,E,M)
CREASES - Point (P,E,M)
DRAPHT - Dancin’ John Doe (M)
HALCYON DRIVE - Cruel Kids EP (P,E,M)
VOLTAIRE TWINS - Milky Waves LP (M)
CALLING ALL CARS - Raise The People LP (P,E,M) 🇦🇺
SPLIT SECONDS - EP (P,E,M)
KATHRYN ROLLINS - Slow Traction EP (P,E,M)
GENA ROSE BRUCE - Mad Love EP (P,E,M)
TIGERTOWN - Wandering Eyes EP (+P,M)
THOM LION - EP (P,E,M)
LOON LAKE - Gloamer LP (P,E,M)
HEY GERONIMO - Crashing Into The Sun LP (P,E,M)
HEY GERONIMO - Erring On The Side Of Awesome EP (M)
NEW GODS - EP (P,E)
MONEY FOR ROPE - LP (E,M)
TIGER AND ME - The Drifters Dawn LP (P,E,M)
EAGLE AND THE WORM - Doc Strangelove EP (E,M)
EAGLE AND THE WORM - Good Times LP (P,E,M)
TIN PAN ORANGE - Over The Sun LP (P,E,M)
MAX CRUMBS - Maidenhair LP (M) 🏆
BOX ROCKETS - No Control EP (P,E,M)
KING CANNONS - Brightest Light LP (E,M)
VASCO ERA - Vasco Era LP (P,E,M) 🏆
BONJAH - Go Go Chaos LP (P,E,M)
CUSTOM KINGS - The Great Escape LP (P,E,M)
CUSTOM KINGS - At Sea LP (P,E,M)
CUSTOM KINGS - Carried Away EP (P,E)
CUSTOM KINGS - Peace EP (P,E,M)
CUSTOM KINGS - Merchant Songs EP (P,E,M) 🇦🇺
LEAH FLANAGAN - Nirvana Nights LP (P,E,M)
LEAH FLANAGAN - Leah Flanagan Band LP (P,E)
ENNIS TOLA - Seed LP (M)
BACHELOR OF ARTS - Wither With Her EP (M)
THE BOX ROCKETS - Throwing Stones EP (P,E,M)
THE ALCHORETTES - Rattle My Bones EP (M)
RYAN MEEKING AND THE FEW - Night Owls EP (P,E,M)
THE GOOD CHINA - Old Maps, New Roads EP (P,E,M)
JOE NEPTUNE - No Time To Grow Up LP (P,E,M)
LEENA - Mean Old Clock EP (M)
YOUR ANIMAL - Peacock Dove Eagle LP (M)
MARTIN MARTINI AND THE BONE PALACE ORCHESTRA - We’re All Just Monkeys LP (P,E,M)
PUBLIC ENEMY - Fight The Power: Greatest Hits Live LP and DVD (E,M,5.1M)
GOONS OF DOOM - I Hate My Hair And I Want To Die LP (E,M)
THERE SHE GOES AGAIN - Follow The Raven EP (E,M)
THE HONDAS - Classic Hondas LP (P,E,M)
THE GREASERS - Night To Night LP (E,M)
GROUND COMPONENTS - An Eye For A Brow, A Tooth For A Pick LP (E,M) 🇦🇺
ART OF FIGHTING - Runaways LP (E) 🇦🇺
TROST - Trust Me LP (E,M)
ROWLAND S HOWARD V’s THE DEVASTATIONS - Autoluminescent 7″ (E,M)
CHRISTINA AGUILERA - Back To Basics: Live And Down Under DVD (E)
THE SNEAKER TRIO - Big Smoke EP (E,M)
DURBEYFIELD - Across The Hollow EP (M)
OFFCUTTS - What Happened Don’t Lie LP (E)
THE DEVASTATIONS - The Devastations LP (E,M)
THE DEVASTATIONS - Coal LP (E)
THE SINKING CITIZENSHIP - Shake EP (M)
THE SINKING CITIZENSHIP - Broadcasting Germs LP (E)
HUGO RACE AND THE TRUE SPIRIT - Gold Street Sessions LP(M)
TISM - White Albun DVD (E, 5.1 Surround Sound Mix)
ONEIRONAUT - Pure Through Evolution LP (P,E,M)