Michael J. Clouse (sometimes credited as Michael J. Clouse III), an American record producer and songwriter was born in Boston, Massachusetts.

He graduated from Framingham North High School in Framingham, Massachusetts and received a degree from the American College of Greece while playing basketball in Europe.

This afforded Clouse the opportunity while traveling, to be exposed to many different styles of music.

Upon returning to the States in the mid-1980s, Clouse began his music career in Los Angeles, working with the likes of the late Jeff Buckley, David Morgan (The Association, Three Dog Night), Marco Mendoza (Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy, The Dead Daisies), Nicky Hopkins (The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who), Shawn Lee (musician) (Monkeyboy), Jamie Carter (Jon Butcher (band)), Carl Young (Michael Franti & Spearhead (band)), Blues Traveler, and seminal LA band The Coma-Tones, to name a few.

In the early 1990s, Clouse started working in film and television as a music supervisor and songwriter.

In the mid-1990s, Clouse relocated to NYC and opened a recording studio on W.26th St., where he continued his work with the late Jeff Buckley, and numerous young artists, as well as continuing his work in film.

In the late 1990s – early 2000s, Clouse was enlisted by the Jeff Buckley Estate to be involved in many of Buckley's posthumous releases beginning with Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk, collaborating with the late Chris Cornell, Buckley's mother, Mary Guibert and various band members of Jeff's band.

In addition to continuing to produce artists, Clouse has written numerous songs for film and television.

Michael Clouse presently resides in Nashville, TN, with his wife, Terri.

Selected albums

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(as Producer, Engineer, Mix Engineer, and/or Songwriter)

Year Title Release Date
1992 No One Believes Me - Dingo Dr. Giggles (Soundtrack album) Universal 1992
1994 Quo (album)|Quo MJJ Records, 1994
1998 Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk - Jeff Buckley Columbia May 26, 1998
2000 My Muse The Monkey - Sandy Bell GSI Records, 2000
2000 Monkey Boy - Shawn Lee (musician) July, 2000
2001 Live at L'Olympia - Jeff Buckley Columbia July 3, 2001
2002 Songs to No One 1991-1992, - Jeff Buckley Columbia October 15, 2002
2004 (Legacy Edition) - Jeff Buckley Columbia August 24, 2004
2005 The Good Daughter - Sandy Bell Storm UK, 2005
2007 So Real: Songs From Jeff Buckley - Jeff Buckley Columbia May 22, 2007
2008 Live For Tomorrow - Marco Mendoza Frontier 2008
2010 SiCK Monkee Hollow Nov.1, 2010
2011 Boyfriend - New Hollow Monkee Hollow Jan. 23, 2011
2011 Airplanes - New Hollow Monkee Hollow May 23, 2011
2013 She Ain't You - New Hollow Monkee Hollow / 614 Music

July 3, 2013

2014 She Ain't You - New Hollow 614/ Black Magnetic/Epic

Feb 23, 2014

2015 Jiffy Jane - New Hollow 614/ Black Magnetic/Epic

Mar 20, 2015

2015 Jackie's Baby - Blues Traveler w/ New Hollow Loud & Proud

April 7, 2015

2015 Why Don't You Love Me - New Hollow 614/ Bee & El/SME

July 8, 2015

2016 Popstar (Is This What The Girls Like?) - New Hollow 614/ Bee & El/SME

June 10, 2016

2017 Pocket Change - Mookie & Evan 614 Records

October 27, 2017

Documentaries

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  • (appeared in as Michael J. Clouse III)
  • Goodbye and Hello (2000) from Netherlands TV
  • Fall in Light (1999) from French TV

References

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  • Apter, Jeff. A Pure Drop: The Life of Jeff Buckley Omnibus Press 2009 ISBN 978-1-84772-107-5
  • David Bret, "Trailblazers: The Tragic Lives of Gram Parsons, Nick Drake and Jeff Buckley" - JR Books Ltd 2009 ISBN 1-906779-32-5
  • Browne, David. Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley. Harper Entertainment. 2001, 2002. ISBN 0-380-80624-X
  • Lovell, Joel. GQ Magazine (July 2000) "Smells Like Team Spirit"
  • Hail Caesar (1994 film)