Braun was born in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was drawn to music at an early age, picking up the drums at 12 years old. While in school at
Lakeville North High School, Braun was the captain of the drumline. He also joined a band where he performed in acts sharing the stage with bands such as
Cartel,
Gym Class Heroes and
Quietdrive; as well as playing on the
Vans Warped Tour. At age 18, Braun started recording and mixing local bands. After high school, Braun attended
Middle Tennessee State University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Audio Production. His studio was involved in the AES recording competition in the "Traditional Studio" category. He also represented
MTSU in
Shure's 8th annual Fantastic Scholastic recording competition in which he won for the university over $11,000 in microphones. After graduation, he co-founded Forty-One Fifteen, a multi room studio facility located in
East Nashville, Tennessee. After a few years of tracking he transitioned into mixing full time. Braun currently works out of his private mix room, "Anthem House". In May 2018, Jeff celebrated his first #1 song with
Jason Aldean's song "
You Make It Easy". He was also nominated for his first
CMA Award for "Single of the Year", with Aldean's song "
Drowns the Whiskey (featuring
Miranda Lambert)". Shortly after, he was able to achieve another #1 with
Mitchell Tenpenny's song "
Drunk Me" followed by two more #1's with Aldean for his songs "
Drowns the Whiskey (featuring
Miranda Lambert)" and "
Girl Like You". As of September 2023 Braun has mixed eighteen #1 songs on country radio and was recently nominated for
CMA Single of the Year with
Jelly Roll's "
NEED A FAVOR." Braun's mixes have also been used in movies and trailers such as
The Emoji Movie, Pitch Perfect 3, The Walking Dead, Pretty Little Liars, Parenthood, Nashville, Shameless, and amongst many others. == Mixing Discography ==