Paul Pritchard

Paul Pritchard from the time of a teenager, played guitar in bands in and around his hometown of Bristol. This introduced him to the art and world of recording. He saved up for a four track cassette recorder and has never looked back. In 2007 Paul joined Abbey Road in a placement scheme from the prestigious Tonmeister course at the University of Surrey. After graduating in 2009, Paul was invited to become a permanent fixture at Abbey Road Studios.

Since then Paul has worked as an assistant / pro tools engineer on a great number of projects across a wide range of genres. His credits include pop and rock sessions with, the Arctic Monkeys, Chas and Dave, Sting, Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, Sigur Ros, Take That, Birdy, Elbow. He has also done live studio sessions with Paolo Nutini, Alt J, Blondie; film music sessions for Harry Potter, The Hobbit, Les Mis, Unbroken, San Andreas; and classical sessions with Villazon/Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra.

Paul is also a sound engineer in his own right, recording the late great Jack Bruce’s album ‘silver Rails’ and Co engineering Kylie’s ‘The Abbey Road sessions’.