{"id":25238,"date":"2022-10-14T15:31:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T19:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=25238"},"modified":"2022-10-14T15:31:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T19:31:55","slug":"alumni-profile-dewey-boyd-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/alumni-profile-dewey-boyd-08\/","title":{"rendered":"Dewey Boyd \u201908"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id='fullscreen_slider_1'  class='avia-fullscreen-slider main_color   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><a href='#next-section' title='' class='scroll-down-link av-control-minimal' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue877' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><div   data-size='no scaling'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids='25239'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='true'  data-bg_slider='true'  data-slide_height='100'  data-handle='av_fullscreen'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-el_id=''  data-css_id='fullscreen_slider_1'  data-scroll_down='aviaTBscroll_down'  data-control_layout='av-control-minimal'  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment='scroll'  data-min_height='0px'  data-stretch=''  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1 av-slider-scroll-down-active av-control-minimal av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-no scaling av_fullscreen   avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 66.6666666667%;' ><li style='background-position:top center;' data-img-url='https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/Dewey-Boyd.jpg' class=' av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-25238'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_fullscreen  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='font-size:33px; color:#000000; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"color: #f26834;font-size: 16px;text-align: center\"><b>Dewey Boyd \u201908<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 84px;text-align: center;line-height: 120%;margin-top: -10px\"><b>Grammy Guy<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='height:25px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_fifth '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_three_fifth  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  \" style='border-radius:0px; 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color:#85817f; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;line-height: 130%\">Boyd now belongs to one of the music industry\u2019s most prestigious award-giving groups<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_hr  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='font-size:19px; color:#000000; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI was thrilled,\u201d <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Dewey Boyd says, reflecting on his acceptance to the Recording Academy, the organization that presents the Grammy awards. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of bizarre to read the qualifications and to realize I am actually qualified now to do this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Boyd is the producer, engineer and owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/fortyonefifteen.com\">Forty-One Fifteen<\/a>, a recording studio in Nashville. He joined the Recording Academy last year, and for the first time, he had the chance to vote on the recording industry\u2019s most high-profile awards, which were announced on April 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">But Boyd\u2019s path to the academy wasn\u2019t a straight one.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">As a Clemson undergraduate, he studied mechanical engineering \u2014 but continued to gravitate toward his longstanding passion for music. He would spend hours in the Brooks Center practice rooms, \u201calways banging on a piano.\u201d When a friend connected him with Professor Bruce Whisler in the Department of Performing Arts, Boyd discovered Clemson\u2019s audio technology classes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cI more or less begged my way into one of the entry-level courses that someone who wasn\u2019t in the major shouldn\u2019t have been able to get into,\u201d Boyd says.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Those classes exposed him to Pro Tools editing software and multitrack mixing, and he was able to find a way into more advanced audio technology courses, eventually completing the capstone project, a 45-minute CD. And his Honors College thesis focused on analog-to-digital signal converters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">After graduating, Boyd began a master\u2019s in mechanical engineering but soon realized he needed a change. He and his wife, Natalie, took a leap of faith and moved to Nashville, where he says he floundered for a couple of months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cMy first paid gig in Nashville was cleaning out Charlie Peacock\u2019s attic, so I stumbled into the making of the Civil Wars\u2019 first EP, \u2018Poison &amp; Wine,\u2019 that sort of launched their career,\u201d he says.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Soon after, a chance to help producer Paul Moak move his equipment turned into a job that had him mixing for Country Music Hall of Fame legend Ricky Skaggs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cI found that it was advisable to do manual labor for people in the industry,\u201d he quips.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">In 2012, Boyd purchased a historic home in east Nashville that he converted into a recording studio: Forty-One Fifteen. The studio promises \u201ca safe haven for musicians, bands and songwriters who seek to push boundaries and create honest, genuine, out-of-the-box content, unconstrained by clinical atmosphere or oppressive rates.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Grammy-winning Shani Gandhi, an engineer who rents space at the studio, prompted Boyd to apply for the Recording Academy. Boyd submitted his application along with recommendations from Gandhi and fellow engineer Russ Long. As a member, he\u2019s now considered among the ranks of the world\u2019s top musical professionals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Boyd\u2019s success in the music industry has come full circle; he regularly returns to Clemson to work with audio technology students and encourage them. And he lends them some advice: \u201cFirst of all, practice. Keep trying. 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