Thomas "Thom" Russo is an American record producer, composer, mixer and songwriter.
[4] He first worked at River North Studios in Chicago mentoring under many composers and arrangers in the advertising industry, and then moved on to Larrabee Sound, recording studios in Los Angeles, and later on his own under the Nettwerk Producer Management.
[4] As one of the first projects at Larrabee, Russo produced vocals for Michael Jackson's album Dangerous,[4] Bobby Brown's album Bobby, Cher's Greatest Hits 1965–1992, Diana Ross's Take Me Higher and Paula Abdul's Head Over Heels.
Over the years he has worked with a variety of musicians, in addition to the ones named above, and others; full listings are available.
[3] Russo's mixing techniques include the commonly used audio filtering with different microphones and equalizers, reduction and amplification by DRC, sound fading, and a range of more unconventional approaches.