Ben Brodin

Ben Brodin is a musician, engineer and producer from Omaha, Nebraska. He is a member of several bands, including , McCarthy Trenching, and The Mynabirds, and has performed both live and in the studio with artists such as Conor Oberst and First Aid Kit. Brodin is a multi-instrumentalist. He currently fronts the band and is a recording engineer at ARC Studios, formerly Presto! Recording Studios. 's debut album, Methods Of The Mad, is carried by Saddle Creek Records webstore.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Discography[]

•Jason Mraz - Yes! (2014, Atlantic Records)

assistant engineer, drums, percussion, piano, organ

•Orenda Fink - Blue Dream (2014, Saddle Creek)

production, recording and mix engineer, guitars, bass, keyboards

•First Aid Kit - Stay Gold (2014, Columbia)

assistant engineer, piano, organ, vibraphone

•Conor Oberst - Upside Down Mountain (2014, Nonesuch Records)

vibraphone

•Katie Burns - Throw The Flowers Down (2014, Self)

production, recording and mix engineer, guitar, piano, vibraphone

•Seahaven (band) - Reverie Lagoon: Music For Escapism Only (2014, Run For Cover Records)

recording and mix engineer, guitar, trumpet, organ, vibraphone, bells

•Brad Hoshaw - Funeral Guns (2014, Self)

mix engineer

•John Davis - Spare Parts (2013, Shrimper Records/Riot Act)

recording engineer

•PRO-MAGNUM - 7" (2013, TBA)

recording and mix engineer

•Savages - TBA (2013, Matador)

recording engineer

•News For Lulu - Circles (2014, Urtovox)

recording and mix engineer, guitars, vibraphone

•Jake Bellows - New Ocean (2013, Saddle Creek)

recording and mix engineer, drums, guitars, mellotron, Hammond B-3,

piano, vocals

•Jake Bellows - Help [EP] (2013, Majestic Litter)

recording and mix engineer, drums, guitars, keyboards, vocals

•Our Fox - Sea Glass (2013, Majestic Litter)

recording and mix engineer, drums, keyboards, guitar, vibraphone, vocals

•Noah’s Ark Was A Spaceship - You Need You (2013, Self)

recording engineer

• - All The Ghosts (2013, TBA)

drums, bass, vibraphone, Hammond B-3, vocals

•Ted Stevens Unknown Project - ‘Singles’ (2013, TBA)

mix engineer, guitars, keyboards

•Ladyfinger (ne) - Errant Forms (2013, Saddle Creek)

Hammond B-3, Wurlitzer

•Big Harp - Chain Letters (2013, Saddle Creek)

recording engineer

• - The Trusted Language (2013, Saddle Creek)

recording engineer

•Chromafrost - The End of Instinct (2013, Death Ray)

recording and mix engineer

•The Fucking Party - The Fucking Party (2013, Self)

recording and mix engineer

•Elizabeth Davis - Latitudes (2013, Self)

recording and mix engineer, production, drums, bass, guitars, vibraphone, keys

•Maria The Mexican - Moon Colored Jade (2013, Self)

mix engineer

•Katie Burns - You’ll Find Your Way (2013, Self)

recording and mix engineer, production, guitars, vibraphone, piano,

percussion

•CatsMelvin - Houston (2013, Self)

mix engineer

•Tilly and the Wall - Heavy Mood (2012, Team Love)

recording engineer

•Azure Ray - As Above So Below (2012, Saddle Creek)

guitar samples

•Simon Joyner - Ghosts (2012, Sing, Eunuchs!, Ba Da Bing)

mix engineer

•McCarthy Trenching - Plays The Piano (2012, Slumber Party)

recording and mix engineer

•Con Dios - There’s a Beat in Your Cold Black Heart (2012, Self)

recording and mix engineer

•The So-So Sailors - Young Hearts (2012, No Dancing)

recording and mix engineer, Hammond B-3

•Conduits - Conduits (2012, Team Love)

recording engineer

•First Aid Kit - The Lion’s Roar (2012, Wichita)

piano

•One Eye White - For Better For Worse (2012, Self)

recording and mix engineer

•Dirty Fluorescents - Cut The Line (2012, Self)

recording and mix engineer, mastering

•Custom Catacombs - Self-Titled (2012, TBA)

recording engineer

•McCarthy Trenching - Fresh Blood (2011, Slumber Party)

recording and mix engineer

•Man Man - Life Fantastic (2011, Anti)

assistant engineer

•Orenda Fink - 7” Mighty Mist (2011, Bocca Lupo)

recording and mix engineer, drums, bass, piano, guitars, vibraphone, samples,

vocals, arrangement

•The Bruces - (TBA)

marimba

•Bright Eyes - The People’s Key (2011, Saddle Creek)

assistant engineer

•Kevin Pike/John Kotchian - Pulse/Flow (2011, Bocca Lupo)

mastering

•Film Streams - Silents in Concert Series (various)

composition and arrangement, piano, guitars, tape loops, sound reinforcement

•Before the Toast and Tea - Methods of the Mad (2010, Bocca Lupo)

composition and arrangement, recording/mixing, mastering, drums, guitars,

keyboards, bass, vocals, vibraphone, percussion

•Orenda Fink - (2009, Saddle Creek)

upright bass, pump organ

• - From The Fingers of Trees (2009, )

drums, organ, vibraphone, feedback

•Pete Yorn - Back and Forth (2009, Columbia)

organs, piano, vibraphone

•Son Ambulance - Someone Else’s Déja Vu (2008, Saddle Creek)

vibraphone

• - The Road is Glue (2007, )

vibraphone, drums

• - Life Among The Animals (2007, )

vibraphone, drums, Rhodes

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