Matt Patrick (producer)
Matt Patrick (born June 15, 1974, St. Paul, Minnesota) is a record producer, studio owner, engineer, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Patrick grew up in the small community of North Branch, Minnesota, about an hour north of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Early on Patrick learned how to play piano, electric, acoustic and bass guitars and sing. After high school he began learning other instruments such as mandolin, accordion, dobro, pedal steel, Hammond organ, and various electronic synthesizers.
Patrick was the bass player and co-songwriter for the band pegtop (from 1995–2002) and also gave the group their distinct vocal harmonies. Patrick recorded five albums with pegtop producing the latest two studio albums (Run, Run & The Counting Tree).
In 2002, Patrick recorded his first solo CD titled Change in several studios in the Twin Cities, including his basement studio, then enlisted Tom Herbers to mix. Some of the musicians on this album were: Adam Levy (The Honeydogs), Randy Broughten (Gear Daddies, Trailer Trash, Cactus Blossoms) on pedal steel, Jeremy Ylvisaker, Bruce Balgaard, Brian Mangum and Chris DeWan who were regular members of his band at that time. His album had received very favorable reviews from national and international press.
2005 brought the release of his second album Time Flies',' which he recorded and mixed entirely in his home studio. In an attempt to search for sonically unique recordings, Patrick stumbled upon the works of Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois and has joined their quest for subtlety and beauty in the process of ambient recording. Brian A. Smith from the online publication Phantom Tollbooth gave Time Flies a rating of 4½ out of 5.
Alongside his own original material, Patrick has co-written songs with numerous people and has appeared as a guest musician on two Sara Groves albums (All Right Here and The Other Side of Something).
In 2005, Patrick moved to Bratislava, Slovakia to spend a year teaching English and music. Immediately following his return to the States, he started his first commercial recording studio called Two Pillars. After a year and a half there he upgraded his studio to a much larger commercial space in the arts district of Northeast Minneapolis. He named the studio "The Library," which has several thousand books that line the walls of each tracking room.
He also plays electric guitar in the band, Greycoats. Various songs have been featured on several television shows including Orange is the New Black, Teen Mom, Gossip Girl, 16 and Pregnant. Matt has produced/engineered/mixed and played various instruments on all three albums for Greycoats: "Setting Fire to the Great Unknown" (2009) "World of Tomorrow" (2013) and "Adrift" (2015)
In 2013 Matt was listed as one of Minnesota's top producers by CBS Minnesota *[1] He was also nominated for producer of the year in 2015 for the Independent Music Awards for his work on Jourdan Myer's "Ruin Me With Love" *[2] and then again in 2016 for his work on Greycoats "Adrift" *[3] Also in 2016 Vicky Emerson's "Wake Me When the Wind Dies Down" reached number 58 nationally on the Americana Music Association charts and number 5 on the Americana EU charts.
Currently, Matt is a full-time record producer at his recording studio, the Library, in Northeast Minneapolis. Some of the artists who have recorded at the Library include Jeremy Messersmith, John Mark Nelson, Jeremy Ylvisaker with "Guitar Party," and Red House Records artists The Pines.
| Artist | Year Released | Album | Producer | Engineer | Mixer | Musician |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Hannah | 2016 | Dreamland | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Aly Aleigha | 2016 | The Labyrinth | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |
| Holly Henry | 2016 | King Paten | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Karen Choi | 2016 | Through Our Veins | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Vicky Emerson | 2016 | Wake Me When The Wind Dies Down | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Preston Gunderson | 2016 | Face Yourself, Then The World | ♦ | |||
| Brian Lenz | 2016 | Short Stories | ♦ | ♦ | ||
| The Paper Days | 2016 | Falling Is Easy | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Sarah Kallies | 2016 | North | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Greycoats | 2015 | Adrift | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| John Mark Nelson | 2015 | I Am Not Afraid | ♦ | |||
| MaSSs | 2015 | How I Killed A Bear | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Holly Henry | 2015 | The Orchard | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Kara Laudon | 2015 | I Wasn't Made | ♦ | |||
| Clementine | 2015 | Crooked Brain | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |
| John Mark Nelson | 2014 | Sings the Moon | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Elizabeth Hunnicutt | 2014 | The Arrival | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Jourdan Myers | 2014 | Ruin Me With Love | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Jonathan Rundman | 2014 | Look Up | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Hope Hymns | 2014 | Volume 2 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Put Down the Muffin | 2014 | Charged Particles | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Josh Cleveland | 2014 | The Root of a Man | ♦ | ♦ | ||
| Jake Armerding | 2013 | Cosmos in the Chaos | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |
| Greycoats | 2013 | World of Tomorrow | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Vicky Emerson | 2013 | Dust and Echoes | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Rachel Kurtz | 2013 | Broken and Lowdown | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Ben Rosenbush and The Brighton | 2012 | A Wild Hunger | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |
| The New Standards | 2012 | Sunday Morning Coming Down | ♦ | |||
| Soul Rumination | 2012 | Fear & Love | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Deb Carlson | 2012 | Tresses of Green | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Surrounded by Werewolves | 2012 | Stranger Dance | ♦ | ♦ | ||
| Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge | 2012 | I Am New | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Mark Keating | 2012 | One in the Same | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Hope Hymns | 2012 | Volume 1 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Heatherlyn | 2011 | Storydwelling | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| The Rock | 2011 | Born to Die | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |
| Clocks and Clouds | 2011 | Life Beyond Reason | ♦ | |||
| A Thousand Falls | 2011 | Midnight | ♦ | |||
| Annie Fitzgerald | 2010 | In Good Time | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Danielle Thrush | 2010 | The Waiting | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Jason Gray | 2010 | All the Lovely Losers | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |
| Six Pack Heart Attacks | 2010 | Road of Love Forgotten | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Norah Long | 2010 | View from Violet Hill | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Vicky Emerson | 2009 | Long Ride | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| The Brighton | 2009 | self-titled | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |
| Elizabeth Hunnicutt | 2009 | On the Way | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Brett Tyler | 2009 | Bittersweet | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Roger Flyer | 2009 | Songs Hidden In Eggs | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |
| Greycoats | 2009 | Setting Fire to the Great Unknown | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Tim Lemmens | 2009 | Even if | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| Caitlyn Smith | 2007 | Face Over Heels | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
Discography
- Change, 2002
- Time Flies, 2005
- "The Rest of Right Now", (Put Down the Muffin) 2005
- "Setting Fire to the Great Unknown", (Greycoats) 2008
- "World of Tomorrow", (Greycoats) 2013
- "Charged Particles", (Put Down the Muffin) 2014
- "How I Killed A Bear", (MaSSs) 2015
- "Adrift", (Greycoats) 2015