Along the way, he has earned a degree in Audio Engineering from the University of Colorado at Denver and a degree in Music Production from the Luleå Institute of Technology in Sweden. His education, coupled with the experience of being a life-long musician and his tremendous passion for recording, have helped make J.P. into a well-respected engineer.

Over the last five years with Colorado sound J.P. has been behind the board for many great national and local artists. He has received a gold record for his work on Matisyahu's album "Youth", engineered a song for the television show "The Office", and worked with other notable artists like Natasha Bedingfield, and TV on The Radio. He has also engineered and produced songs for many great Colorado bands including The Epilogues, Vonnegut, Sofo, Rob Drabkin, Wendy Woo, and Al Hood.

J.P.'s creativity and enthusiasm work their way into the projects that he is part of, and have constantly led to original and successful results for his clients.

Jesse O'Brien, Producer/Engineer

Jesse O'Brien has been with Colorado Sound for four years now and in that time he has worked with a number of major artists and projects including Matisyahu, TV on the Radio, Rocco Deluca, Brad Lidge, and Natasha Bedingfield. He also is working for toybox remote recording as protools op, which has recorded live shows for Nora Jones, Yellow Card, Dierks Bentley, Big Head Todd, Blues Traveler, Black Eyed Peas, and even work for the Democratic National Convention. In 2008, while Jesse was co-engineering a session for artist Todd Fancy, he sang background vocals on one of the songs that ended up playing on screen for the hit series "The Office".

Jesse started with Colorado Sound as an intern doing the busy work and helping out around studio, setting up mics, cleaning up after sessions, rewiring patch bays, fixing gear, headphones and cables, and even installing new ceiling tiles. Very quickly, Jesse started doing his own sessions and is now a full time engineer. Jesse's wonderful production ideas and musical understanding make him a great producer/engineer that any artist in any genre could benefit from.

But wait! It doesn't stop there. If you want loops and beats, Jesse is our go to guy for pop, hip hop, and R&B, beat and loop production. With the extensive Sample, Virtual Instrument, and loop libraries at Colorado Sound, Jesse has free rein to produce beats and songs that will truly BLOW YOUR MIND!

Jesse is very good at adapting to the genre and style of a project and treats every project as if it were his own. He is incredibly easy to work with and loves getting feedback from the band or artist to make sure that the production is heading in the right direction and making the best of the project.

Steve Avedis, Engineer/Producer

Steve Avedis has been a premier Recording Engineer / Producer in Denver since 1980. A native of New York, Steve took the skills that he learned there and went to Denver to launch a recording studio and record label. After such successes as: Air Supply, Rita Coolidge, and Images, the demand for his services rose. He chose to go independent and rise to the call of the other recording studios in town.

Since that time, Steve has Engineered/Produced for: MCA, Capitol, Columbia Records, Arista, Sony, and Jive Records. He's worked with Producers Jimmy Bowen and James Stroud in Nashville. Artists he's worked with include: Kenny Rogers, Tony Bennett (Gold Record Awarded), Edwin McCain and NSYNC, to name just a few. While working with major artists and labels, Steve's songwriting skills strengthened and which earned him a Billboard Songwriting Award.

Over 20 years of experience gives him the expertise to mold new artists and help their projects compete on a national level. With over 100 albums and CD's to his credit, he brings five major record deals worth of experience to your project. His skill, professionalism and experience makes him a top choice for established artists as well. Steve's progressive attitude and knowledge takes projects into the future. He'll bring your project new life with his fresh approach.

And...he's a really nice guy, to boot!

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Tom Capek, MIDI Guru/Producer/Mastering Engineer

Tom Capek has been a resident composer, keyboardist, and engineer at Colorado Sound for over 20 years. A professional musician for over 30 years, Tom has performed and/or recorded with Dotsero, Nelson Rangell, Chris Daniels, Lannie Garrett, Images, Chuck Pyle, Peter Kater, Colorado Springs Symphony, National Repertory Orchestra, and others. He toured nationally with the Henry Paul Band as well.

Tom studied jazz piano with Mike Longo (pianist and arranger for Dizzy Gillespie) in New York City. He attended both Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for Computer & Systems engineering, as well as the Manhattan School of Music in New York.

Tom specializes in original music composition and sound design for film and video, and has done audio post production work for both corporate and non-corporate clients. Some of these production credits include music arrangement for numerous Baby Einstein educational videos for children, and original music composition for the documentary, The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg. In 1993, he and Colorado Sound won an ITVA (International Television & Video Association) award for Best Original Music Production.

As a producer, Tom has worked on a variety of projects, including three projects with classical guitarist, Darren Curtis Skanson. Skanson's Classica (2000), reached #11 on Billboard's Top Classical chart. Tom also co-produced the jazz group Dotsero's Jumpin' Through Hoops album, and has performed with them at numerous jazz festivals including "Genuine Jazz in July" at Breckenridge, Colorado, and the Winter Park Jazz Festival. Tom has also produced several local and regional bands including Exit 232 and Starless.

In addition, Tom has mastered over 200 album projects at Colorado Sound, from jazz to classical and folk to rock, and everything in between.

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Tammy Baretta, Office Manager

Tammy Baretta is the main point of contact for our clients and takes care of many essential responsibilities that keep Colorado Sound running smoothly. She schedules sessions, handles bookkeeping, and is the primary client contact and liaison.