Elliot Mazer Teaches Music Course

Legendary producer Elliot Mazer.

Staff Reports

Renowned record producer Elliot Mazer has joined the faculty at UNC Asheville this spring to teach an upper-level course on record production. Some 21 students are currently enrolled in the course, which is examining musical creativity, musicianship, musical expression and recording engineering and producing.

The class is designed as a tour through the recording process from a raw song to a finished recorded product. It is the first university course anywhere taught by Mazer.

“Students have been awe-struck to be studying with someone of
such fame and artistic accomplishment,” said Wayne Kirby, UNC Asheville
Music Department chair and co-instructor for the course. “Everyone
without exception that is enrolled in the class has told me how much
they are learning.”

Mazer has a long, varied career as a record producer, studio
owner and engineer, entertainment technology company executive, and
audio consultant.

Primarily known for his 30-year association with Neil Young,
Mazer has also worked on albums by Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Leonard
Bernstein, and Linda Ronstadt. In addition, he recorded The Band’s The
Last Waltz concert recording for the film and albums. Mazer is also
known for the development of the AirCheck monitoring system, which
automates the discovery of music and commercials on radio and
television.