Dereck Blackburn

Producer, Mixer, Audio Engineer

Quiethouse Recording, Topsfield, Massachusetts.

Press and Interviews:

dereck@quiethouserecording.com
617-378-7393 (text only)

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Bio
Dereck Blackburn is a recording, mixing and mastering engineer and the owner of Quiethouse Recording, a studio on Boston's North Shore. Quiethouse began in 1998 as a collective of friends in bands, booking shows and recording on a cassette 8-track in the Chicago suburbs. After a career detour through radio, IT leadership and an early role at Netflix, he went full-time in audio in 2009.

Recent work includes Miss Bones' Sap Green, Le Couteau's Now You're Nowhere, Memory Lame's Hope Is a Cemetery, mastering for Crippling Alcoholism and Twilight Dial, and a commissioned remix for Imogen Heap. He worked with Steve Albini on several projects and brings that artist-first approach to every session.

Dereck co-founded the Audio Builders Workshop through AES Boston, is a voting member of the Recording Academy and serves on its Producers & Engineers Wing committee in New York. Each April and October he runs a mentorship program for minority and queer voices in audio.

Recent
Oct 2026 · Mixed Memory Lame, Hope Is a Cemetery (out Oct 30)
2026 · Nominee, Studio Engineer of the Year, Boston Music Awards

Selected credits
Memory Lame · Miss Bones · Le Couteau · Couch Crash · Natan Arielle · Dalton Moon · Roser · Twilight Dial · Crippling Alcoholism · Imogen Heap· Dolly Sods· See You At Rogers · Sidewave

Also
Recording Academy voting member · P&E Wing committee, New York · Co-founder, Audio Builders Workshop · Audio Engineering Society Boston Section Treasurer (2024-2026)