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Engineer, producer, and sound manipulator....
A little history....
Ryan Freeland is a 3-time Grammy winning engineer whose credits include Ray LaMontagne, Tanita Tikaram, Hugh Laurie, Aimee Mann, Joe Henry, Grant-Lee Phillips, Ingrid Michaelson, Amy Correia, Brett Dennen, Son Volt, Chuck Prophet, Ian Axel, The Weepies, Jim White, Loudon Wainwright III, Alana Davis, Jonatha Brooke, & Christina Aguilera.
2011 brought Ryan two additional Grammy wins: “Best Contemporary Folk Album” for Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs - God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise & “Best Traditional Folk Album” for Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig.
In 2010, Ryan received a Grammy in the "Best Traditional Blues Recording" category for recording & mixing Ramblin' Jack Elliot's album A Stranger Here.
Ryan opened the newest incarnation of his Stampede Origin Studio in 2008. It has a large control room, a drum room with 15’ ceilings, 2 smaller iso booths, 2 amp closets, and an impressive list of outboard gear.
Ryan recorded and mixed Joe Henry’s critically acclaimed albums Blood From Stars & Civilians.
Other project with Joe Henry producing include Mose Allison’s Let It Come Down, the Carolina Chocolate Drops’ Genuine Negro Jig, Loudon Wainwright III’s Recovery, Mary Gauthier’s Between Daylight and Dark, Rodney Crowell’s Sex & Gasoline, and three tracks from Salif Keita’s La Difference.
Ryan has also recorded and mixed Aimee Mann’s @#%&*! Smilers, The Forgotten Arm, One More Drifter in the Snow, & Live At St. Anne’s. Ryan also recorded & co-produced Aimee’s Lost In Space - mixing three of the tracks as well.
In 2001 Ryan was part of the team responsible for creating the sound of the movie Moulin Rouge. Mixing for the soundtrack, creating the massive musical cues, and playing piano, were some highlights of that project.
Please peruse the above links for more info and feel free to write:
What folks are saying about Ryan:
“Ryan is just... amazing”
- Ray LaMontagne
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Ryan Freeland is a brilliant engineer because he is a musician first. He approaches a project with few preconceived ideals, but rather responds in service to a song the way you hope any musician in the room will. I always begin from a point of performance when working -many people in the same room, much bleed with which to contend- and Ryan has never allowed me to feel I was sacrificing any control because of it. He is an endlessly creative problem solver, and there is soul in his every captured sound. He allows me the freedom to be fearless, which is the greatest gift any collaborator can offer.
-- Joe Henry
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Whether working on the fly during tracking sessions or providing his distinctive point of view during a mixdown, Ryan's skills have been indispensable to me as a producer and arranger. During the recording of Aimee Mann's last two albums, @#%&*! Smilers and One More Drifter In The Snow , Ryan's attention to detail and his respect for a performance was always a given. His ability to balance the sometimes comfort-driven needs of an artist, producer and musicians while simultaneously keeping the quest for a fresh sonic environment alive was equally inspiring.
I value that restless quality in an artist above all others, that rare ability to be comfortable with a seeming paradox and be brave enough to reach for the new, untested solution. It's where the fun part of recording begins and Ryan lives there. Always a pleasure.
-- Paul Bryan, producer Grant-Lee Phillips, Tanita Tikaram, Aimee Mann
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Ryan Freeland has recorded and mixed my last 2 albums and my hope is to have him work on many more.He always gets it right sonically and the young man is a pleasure to work with.
-- Loudon Wainwright III
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I was delighted to work with Ryan Freeland, not just because his sounds are big, crisp and warm but because his presence in the studio is so positive and his instincts are always bang on.
Oh and he's really fast too !
-- Neil Finn
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Ryan Freeland is a force to be reckoned with. As a musician he has an amazing ear. As a Producer/Engineer he is technically advanced while still retaining what a lot of people have lost in the studio and that is "What is best for the song". I learned so much from him & can not wait to work on another project with him.
In a word "Genius".
-- Michael Lockwood (producer: Aimee Mann / Lisa Marie Presley)
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Ryan Freeland is a true professional on every level.
-- Gavin Lurssen (Lurssen Mastering)
310.259.0380
12.02.2011
Recording Natalie Duncan at Real World Studios in England with Joe Henry
11.21.2011
Mixing Aimee Mann at Stampede Origin with Paul Bryan
11.06.2011
Recording with Jarrod Dickenson at Stampede Origin Studio
11.08.2011
Nice article about the new Meshell Ndegeocello album out today: Meshell Ndegeocello Interview | EM Interviews Meshell Ndegeocello on Audio Production Techniques for Weather 2011 Album*
11.04.2011
Finishing vocals with Aimee Mann & Paul Bryan at Stampede Origin Studio
10.27.2011
Finishing mixing for Assembly Of Dust at Stampede Origin.
10.17.2011
Mixing tracks for Mick Flannery at Stampede Origin Studio
10.04.2011
Mixing Hugh Laurie bonus tracks at Stampede Origin Studio.
09.28.2011
Recording with Aimee Mann & Paul Bryan at Stampede Origin Studio
09.06.2011
Recording & mixing for legacy artists to be named later at Stampede Origin Studio
08.30.2011
Mixing for Susie Wilkins at Stampede Origin Studio
08.23.2011
Recording with Glen Hansard at The Garfield House. Jay Bellerose, David Piltch, Greg Leisz, & Patrick Warren with Joe Henry producing.
08.09.2011
Mixing songs for Mick Flannery at Stampede Orgin Studio
08.03.2011
Mixing The Liars’ Club Songs by Rodney Crowell & Mary Karr
07.27.2011
Recording with John Legend and Patrick Warren at Henson Studio D
07.22.2011
More mixing of Me’shell Nedegeocello at Stampede ORigin Studio
07.08.2011
Recording Assembly Of Dust in New York
06.26.2011
Recording at Oceanway Studio B
06.20.2011
Mixing Me’shell Ndegeocello at Stampede Origin Studio
06.06.2011
Recording with Rodney Crowell at the Garfield House with Joe Henry
05.20.2011
Mixing Ray LaMontagne’s live Storytellers sessions for VH1
05.16.2011
Mixing Lindsay Fuller’s new album with Paul Bryan at Stampede Origin Studio
05.05.2011
Mixing Catie Curtis’ new album at Stampede Origin Studio
04.18.2011
Recording Me'shell Ndegeocello’s new album at the Garfield House studio
04.07.2011
Mixing Joe Henry’s new album at the Garfield House.
03.28.2011
Recording & Mixing Shira Myrow at Stampede Origin
03.19.2011
Recording Hugh Laurie Live in New Orleans with Tom Jones, Irma Thomas & Allen Toussaint
03.14.2011
Recording Lindsay Fuller with Paul Bryan at Stampede Origin
03.10.2011
Recording Joe Henry with Marc Ribot at Garfield House Studio
03.01.2011
Recording The Jayhawks at Oceanway Studio A
02.28.2011
Mixing Lisa Hannigan at Stampede Origin
02.12.2011
Recording Lisa Hannigan in Wales with Joe Henry producing
01.31.2011
Recording Joe Henry’s new album at the Garfield House Studio
01.24.2011
Mixing Susie Wilkins at Stampede Origin
01.19.2011
Mixing Jeffrey Foucault at Stampede Origin
01.13.2011
Recording & mixing John Doe singing Buddy Holly’s “Peggy Sue Got Married”
01.10.2011
Recording & mixing Michael Parks for the Kevin Smith film Red State.
01.05.2011
Recording Catie Curtis at Stampede Origin Studio
12.27.102010
Mixing Gaby Moreno at Stampede Origin Studio
12.13.2010
Mixing Andy Lund at Stampede Origin Studio
12.1.2010
2010 Grammy nominated for best Engineered Album - Ray LaMontagne
11.29.2010
Recording Gaby Moreno at Stampede Origin Studio
10.20.2010
Mixing Hugh Laurie at Stampede Origin
10.18.2010
Recording horns for Hugh Laurie with Allen Toussaint and Joe Henry in New Orleans
10.12.2010
Recording Jeffrey Foucault with Eric Heywood at Stampede Origin Studio
10.04.2010
Recording Hugh Laurie with Joe Henry at Oceanway Studio B
09.30.2010
Recording a new record with Old Stone Maria at Stampede Origin
09.01.2010
Recording Hugh Laurie with Dr. John and Joe Henry at Oceanway Studio A
08.25.2010
Mixing Old Stone Maria at Stampede Origin
08.24.2010
Mixing Danny Cope at Stampede Origin
08.04.2010
Mixing Tanita Tikaram at Stampede Origin Studio
07.26.2010
Recording Hugh Laurie with producer Joe Henry at Oceanway Studio A
07.12.2010
Recording Tanita Tikaram with producer Paul Bryan at The Sound Factory Studio A
06.14.2010
Recording and Mixing Kira Fontana at Stampede Origin Studio
05.25.2010
Mixing Over The Rhine
05.17.2010
Recording Over The Rhine at the Garfield House Studio with Joe Henry producing
05.14.2010
Mixing The Swell Season “Young Heart’s Run Free”
04.19.2010
Recording Aaron Neville at the Garfield House Studio with Joe Henry producing.
04.02.2010
Mixing Ray LaMontagne at Stampede Origin Studio
03.12.2010
Recording with Ray LaMontagne, Jay Bellerose, Jen Condos, Eric Heywood, & Greg Leisz in Ray’s great room Ashfield, MA.
02.23.2010
Recording & mixing for Cristina Harris at Stampede Origin Studio.
02.08.2010
Recording vocals with Aimee Mann for a Marc Cohn cover of the song No Matter What by Badfinger at Stampede Origin.
02.02.2010
Recording Kip Boardman with Eric Heywood, Jay Bellerose, & Jennifer Condos at Stampede Origin Studio.
01.25.2010
Recording Aaron Neville & Allen Toussaint with producer Joe Henry at Avatar Studio B, New York City
01.13.2010
Recording Rachael Yamagata with Producer Mike Viola and the Section Quartet at Stampede Origin Studio.
01.05.2010
Recording Solomon Burke & Jimmy Scott with trumpet player Christian Scott for the movie Passion Play at The Garfield House Studio with Joe Henry.
01.04.2010
Recording & mixing Margaret Cho & Grant Lee Phillips at Stampede Origin Studio.
12.29.09
Recording Mike Viola with Victor Indrizzo & Sean Hurley at Stampede Origin Studio.
12.17.09
Recording Canadian artist Petunia at the Sound Factory.
11.10.09
Recording the Australian band WIM at Berkeley St. Studio.
10.09.09
Mixing for bass player extraordinaire Derek Frank at Stampede Origin Studio
09.28.09
Mixing the The Weepies at Stampede Origin Studio
09.25.09
Mastering Amy Correia with Gavin Lurssen and producer Paul Bryan
09.18.09
Mastering Mose Allison with Gavin Lurssen a and producer Joe Henry
09.07.09
Mixing Amy Correia with producer Paul Bryan at Stampede Origin Studio
09.02.09
Recording for bass player extraordinaire Derek Frank at Stampede Origin Studio
08.28.09
Recording Grant-Lee Phillips live with band in Jay’s living room
08.24.09
Starting mixes for The Weepies at Stampede Origin Studio
08.11.09
Recording Kristy Hanson at Stampede Origin Studio with producer/guitar player Tim Young, Mike Chiaburu on bass, & Aaron Sterling on drums
08.03.09
Mixing Mose Allison at Stampede Origin Studio.
07.27.09
Recording Mose Allison with Joe Henry at the Garfield House Studio.
07.02.09
Starting to mix Gaby Moreno’s next record.
06.29.09
Recording basic tracks for Amy Correia with producer Paul Bryan & Jay Bellerose.
06.22.09
Recording basic tracks for Kristy Hanson with soon to be thirty year old Mike Chiaburu.
06.10.09
Mixing Ian Axel’s record for producer Dan Romer.
05.18.09
Overdubbing & mixing Chuck Prophet’s new record with producer Greg Leisz.
05.04.09
Recording Grant Lee Phillips’ new record with producer Paul Bryan at Stampede Origin Studios.
04.21.09
Watching Gavin Lurssen master Joe Henry’s new record Blood From Stars.
04.16.09
Mixing Lamar Holley’s Confessions of a College Student.
04.01.09
Mixing Ingrid Michaelson’s new record with Producer Dan Romer at Stampede Origin Studio.
03.16.09
Recording & mixing Joe Henry’s new record with Jay Bellerose, Marc Ribot, David Piltch, Patrick Warren, Keefus Green, & Levon Henry at Garfield House Studio.
02.26.09
Recording basic tracks for Colbie Caillat with producer Ken Caillat at Record Plant.
02.17.09
Mixing African-American string band Carolina Chocolate Drops with Producer Joe Henry at Garfield House Studio.
02.09.09
Recording with Bill Frisell & Van Dyke Parks for a possible upcoming record.
01.26.09
Mixing piano rocker Jake O’Neal with producer Matthew Libman at Stampede Origin Studio.
01.09.09
Recording basic tracks for Carolina Chocolate Drops with Producer Joe Henry at Garfield House Studio.
12.09.08
Mixing the new Son Volt record with Joe Henry at Garfield House Studio.
12.01.08
Mixing North To Glory for David Hallgren at Stampede Origin Studio.
11.16.09
Recording & mixing jazz artist Levon Henry at Stampede Origin.
11.10.08
Mixing Michael Miller with producer Brendan Buckley at Stampede Origin Studio.
10.29.08
Recording with John Fogerty for his upcoming album at Stampede Origin and Berkeley Street Studios.
10.28.08
Recording basic tracks for Jake O’Neal with producer Matthew Libman at Stampede Origin Studio.
09.23.08
Mixing Jenny Owen Youngs with Dan Romer at Stampede Origin Studio.
08.25.08
Mixing Greg Copeland’s new record Diana & James with Greg Leisz at Stampede Origin Studio.
07.21.08
Recording and mixing Ramblin’ Jack Elliot’s new record A Stranger Here with Joe Henry at Garfield House Studio.
08.06.08
Recording Allan Toussaint with Joe Henry at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California.
06.12.08
Recording and mixing with Miss Willie Brown at Stampede Origin Studio.
04.28.08
Mixing Salif Keita with producer Joe Henry at Garfield House Studio.
03.24.08
Recording Salif Keita with producer Joe Henry at La Frette Studio just outside of Paris, France.
03.16.08
Mixing Clarence Bucaro at Stampede Origin Studio.
02.04.08
Mixing Gaby Moreno for producer Jay Bellerose at Stampede Origin Studio.
01.08.08
Mixing Chris Garneau at Stampede Origin Studio.
11.26.07
Mixing Rodney Crowell for Joe Henry at Stampede Origin Studio.
10.09.07
Recording Rodney Crowell for Joe Henry at Garfield House Studio.
09.20.07
Mixing Aimee Mann’s @#%&*! Smilers with producer Paul Bryan at Stampede Origin Studio.
06.12.07
Recording Aimee Mann’s @#%&*! Smilers with producer Paul Bryan at Stampede Origin Studio.
