Matt Patrick (producer)

Matt Patrick (born June 15, 1974, St. Paul, Minnesota) is a producer, 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 which was mixed by Tom Herbers. Some of the musicians on this album were: Adam Levy (The Honeydogs), Randy Broughten (Gear Daddies, Trailer Trash) 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. 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.

He also plays bass in the band, Greycoats. Their song "Watchman, What is Left of the Night?" was featured on the television show "Gossip Girl" in 2009 and has produced/engineered/mixed two albums for Greycoats: "Setting Fire to the Great Unknown" (2009) and "World of Tomorrow" (2013).

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
John Mark Nelson 2014 Sings the Moon
Jourdan Myers 2014 Ruin Me With Love
Jonathan Rundman 2014 Look Up
Put Down the Muffin 2014 Charged Particles
Josh Cleveland 2014 The Root of a Man
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
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
Greycoats 2009 Setting Fire to the Great Unknown
Tim Lemmens 2009 Even if
Caitlyn Smith 2007 Face Over Heels

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