Background
Shoemaker was born in Joliet, Illinois and attended Joliet Central High School.
Shoemaker was born in Joliet, Illinois and attended Joliet Central High School.
After graduating in 1983, she moved to Los Angeles and got a job working as a secretary at Capitol Records. She then briefly moved to London where she worked with Hugh Harris of The Kooks. On her return to the United States, she began working for producer Daniel Lanois at Kingsway Studios in New Orleans.
In 1992 she became the studio"s house engineer
Her break came in 1995 when Sheryl Crow fired her producer and hired Shoemaker to produce her debut album Tuesday Night Music Club. In addition to Crow, Shoemaker went on to work with artists such as Blues Traveller, Emmylou Harris, the Indigo Girls and the Dixie Chicks.
Grammy Award winner: 2004 Best People’s/Contemporary Gospel Album: Steven Curtis Chapman, All Things New 1998 Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical): Sheryl Crow, The Globe Sessions 1998 Best Rock Album Engineer: Sheryl Crow, The Globe Sessions Grammy Award nominee: 2002 Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical): Sheryl Crow, C"Mon C"Mon 2014 Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical): Andrew Duhon, The Moorings T.E.C. Award winner: 2003 Technical Excellence: Sheryl Crow, C"Mon C"Montana (U.S.)