Johann Scheerer

Background

About Johann Scheerer

Born 1982, Johann Scheerer, the founder and sole owner of Clouds Hill Group, brought his dream to life in 2005. Being an artist in his own right, he is a musician, songwriter, producer, engineer and author of two best-selling books. Johann first started to write music at the age of 14. After signing a record deal with Sony Music at the age of 17, he decided to start producing using an 8-track mini disc recorder. Back then he found it quite challenging working in analog: “8-track mini disc was a very strange format for me. It was terrible to handle & it marked the major transition from analog to digital recording. However I’d spend sleepless nights working around the difficulties. In my opinion analog tape offers the best chance and sound for recordings to survive in the future. While it‘s not just about “the sound” the analog workflow forces you to make decisions. Which is think is very important.” Nowadays, Johann often compares producing music to mountaineering: “You study it a lot, you’re maybe interested in special techniques and you start the journey well equipped. But when it comes down to face reality, you have to improvise to achieve the results you want.” Johann is a skillful and effective counterbalance to strong-minded artists and designs parameters in which to work efficiently. On the one hand he loves to evolve songs from scratch with raw talented writers or musicians and is always conscious of developing their talent and their songs and on the other hand also well-established artists and bands reach outto him to produce their albums. This way of working is further supported by making full use of the abundant resources at Clouds Hill Recordings. Further insights in Johann‘s production blog: