Ron Banks is an experienced Sound Engineer, Producer and Songwriter associated with projects that have garnered 2 Grammy Awards, 21 Platinum and Gold albums, and 1 American Music Award Nomination.
Ron’s many years of experience in the music business has been instrumental in building his career with a roster of well known artists. It has also provided him with the ability to discover some new acts with enormous potential.
ABOUT
AWARDS
Grammy Award
Destiny’s Child, Sony Music
AMA Nominee
Keith Washington, Elektra Records
Grammy Award
Billy Ocean, Jive Records
Do the Right Thing
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Children of the Corn
New World Pictures
Sophie’s Choice
ITC Entertainment
Pumping Iron – The Women
White Mountain Films
SOUNDTRACKS
DISCOGRAPHY
Luther Vandross Give Me The Reason
Role: R/M | Epic
Sisqo The Return of the Dragon
Role: R/M | Def Jam
Jay-Z The Blueprint
Role: R | Def Jam
Missy Elliott …So Addictive
Role: R | Elektra
Ashanti Ashanti
Role: R | Murder Inc/Def Jam
Mya Fear of Flying
Role: R | Interscope
Destiny’s Child Bills, Bills, Bills
Role: M | Sony Music
Montell Jordan Get It On Tonite
Role: R/M | Def Jam
Whitney Houston The Preacher’s Wife
Role: R | Arista Records
Groove Theory Tell Me
Role: R/M/P | Epic Records
Michael Jackson History
Role: M | Sony Music
Keith Washington Make Time For Love
Role: R/M/P | Elektra Records
Stephanie Mills If I Were Your Woman
Role: R/M/P | MCA
Whitney Houston Whitney Houston
Role: R/M | Arista Records
Jonathan Butler More Than Friends
Role: R/M | Jive Records
Andre Cymone Andre Cymone
Jive Records
Samantha Fox Samantha Fox
Role: R/M | Jive Records
Freddie Jackson Do Me Again
Role: Co-Pro/R/M | Capitol Records
Freddie Jackson Rock Me Tonight
Role: R/M | EMI Records
Billy Ocean Suddenly
Role: R/M | Jive Records
DISCOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
“My studio philosophy is simple: I strive to get the best sound possible. I work until the song and the performance are as good as they can be and if we get a hit record along the way then that’s a home run. Either way we work hard and always have a good time doing it.”
~ Ron Banks (V.J.)
Ron Banks completed his engineering apprenticeship at several New York City Studios, including A&R Studio, The Hit Factory and Celestial Sound. Ron’s first independent engineering project was with the hit maker Freddie Jackson for Capitol Records. They subsequently collaborated on four more albums together. Since that first project, Ron has had the pleasure of working on many records with some of the best musicians and producers in the business, including Anthony Jackson, David Sanborn, Andy Newmark, Marcus Miller, John Hall, Phil Ramone, Dave Grusin, Paul Laurence, Barry Eastmond, David Foster, Gene McFadden, Michael Jackson and many more.
