Tony Berg

Phoebe Bridgers
sombr
boygenius
Taylor Swift
Lizzy McAlpine
Andrew Bird

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Nov 23 - Nov 27, 2026

Five-Day Seminar in Paris

Join producer and A&R veteran Tony Berg for a five-day production seminar in Paris from November 23 to 27, 2026.

Producer of Phoebe Bridgers’ *Stranger in the Alps* and *Punisher*, Tony has also worked with boygenius, Fiona Apple, Andrew Bird, and sombr, and mentored producers including Shawn Everett, Blake Mills, and Ethan Gruska.

At Rue Boyer Studios, he will work through his process from song and arrangement to tracking and performance, showing how a record takes shape, decision by decision. Over five days, explore how to serve the song, choose the right players and instruments, and create a room where great performances happen, with ideas you can take into your own studio.

Bio

"Tony Berg is an American record producer, musician, and A&R executive based in Los Angeles. Born in 1954, he began his career as a musical director at the Mark Taper Forum and later as a guitarist for the American debut of The Rocky Horror Show. He began producing records in the 1980s from his home studio, Zeitgeist, where he gained a reputation for his work with Michael Penn, Aimee Mann, Edie Brickell, the Replacements, and Andrew Bird. In the 1990s he worked as an A&R executive at Geffen Records, where he was involved in signing Beck, At the Drive-In, and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

In addition to his acclaimed discography, Tony has mentored a generation of producers and engineers including Shawn Everett, Blake Mills, and Ethan Gruska. He continues to produce records for a wide range of talented artists, such as Phoebe Bridgers, boygenius, Fiona Apple, sombr, Sarah McLachlan, and Molly Tuttle. He currently works out of Sound City Studios in Van Nuys alongside Blake Mills."