Kevin Clock
is the owner, Studio Manager, and Chief Engineer at Colorado Sound. The studio was established in 1977, and Kevin has been there every step of the way. Colorado Sound is the top music recording studio in the Rocky Mountain region, and has hosted national artists such as D'angelo, 'NSYNC, Ginger Baker, eminem, Gladys Knight, Styx, Steve Miller, Method Man, Redman and The Fugees, as well as thousands of local and regional artists and bands.
Kevin initially broke into the business by recording local high school bands on a 2-track TEAC 1/4" machine. He went on to get an Electrical Engineering degree, and began interning at many studios...anywhere he could to get more experience. Today, Colorado Sound's prominence in the region is in large part a result of Kevin's talent, skill, and experience.
To date, Kevin has hundreds of projects under his belt as engineer and/or producer--everything from bluegrass to jazz and R&B to Reggae, with everything in between. He engineered two Grammy-nominated albums (Hot Rize's Take It Home, and Tim O'Brien's Red On Blonde) and was awarded a Platinum CD for D'angelo's Voodoo CD. Awarded a Grammy (for best vocal performance) and a Gold Record for work on Gladys Knight & The Pips' All Our Love album. He received an Emmy Award for Audio Engineering in the category Outstanding Entertainment Program for High Country Hits, and he won an ITVA (International Television & Video Association) award for Best Original Music Production for VMTV.
Many Colorado favorites have returned again and again to work with Kevin at Colorado Sound. Some of these notables include: Hazel Miller, The Samples, Dotsero, Yo Flaco!, Wendy Woo, Taylor Mesple', Hot Rize, Tim & Mollie O'Brien, Arrival, Darrin Curtis Skanson, and many more.
Recently, Kevin has had the pleasure of mixing a surround sound recording of The Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Blues Traveler Live at Red Rocks, DSO recordings, The String Cheese Incident's series of New Year's Eve concerts, and a surround sound studio jazz recording for Vancouver-based Songlines Recordings artist, Mark Nodwell.
Kevin and the crew of toybox remote recording has also had the pleasure of engineering many live performances for recordings and broadcasts all over the U.S. Among these are Stevie Ray Vaughn live at Red Rocks in Colorado, several MTV and VH1 live broadcasts of artists including YES, Collective Soul, INXS, and Jewel, as well as a "Live to the Internet" worldwide broadcast of Hootie & The Blowfish. He also recorded and mixed a three-year series of Reggae on the Rocks concerts, (Red Rocks), for Boulder-based What Are Records?. Pulse magazine says RORX: The Tenth Annual Reggae on the Rocks "...rates as one of the top-rankin' live reggae recordings to date."
Kevin can help you organize your next project, whether it's a soundtrack or a straight-ahead CD music project, starting with booking great musicians all the way through your project's final stages.
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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 15
years. A professional musician for over 25 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.
Tammy's experience working as an Operations Manager for a major music retailer, and a family of musicians shows she can't get it out of her blood. She understands the importance of each step along the way to making a great recording, from concept to finished master. She has a great attitude and perspective that makes speaking with her a pleasant experience. Give her a call, and introduce yourself! She would love to discuss any details about your upcoming project!
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Lorne Bregitzer, Engineer
Lorne Bregitzer earned his Bachelor of Music Degree
from Berklee College of Music, with honors, majoring in
Music Production, Engineering and Music Synthesis.
He has been working at Colorado Sound since 1997.
In that time he has recorded such artists as Eminem,
NSYNC, Henry Rollins, The Samples, Yonder Mountain
String Band, Jill Scott, and Talib Kweli. One highlight of
his tenure here was recording vocals for Method Man
and Redman which were included on D'Angelo's Grammy
winning "Voodoo" album (Virgin Urban Records). Both
he and Colorado Sound have been awarded Platinum
Records for work on this million-selling album.
Lorne has also worked with various local artists such
as Tinker's Punishment, Hazel Miller, Mere, Starless, and
Inferno. He has also produced or co-produced recordings
for The Samples, Tinkers Punishment, and Suburbia's Finest.
In addition to his studio work, he performs around town
playing trumpet and keyboards with various artists, such
as The Samples and the Hate Fu** Trio and others.
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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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J.P. Manza, Engineer/Producer
J.P. Manza is a self-described "recording junkie": he has a full-fledged Mac addiction and a Pro Tools dependency that will require the help of a 12-step support group. He first stepped into a recording studio at the age of 14, and has been working in music production ever since.
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.
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.
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Ian Hlatky, Engineer/Producer
The newest member of the Colorado Sound production team, Ian Hlatky has been recording and producing projects for artists in the Rocky Mountain region for the past 11 years. With a discography of over 30 albums to his credit, Ian's resume includes working with many of the more established artists in Denver's indie music scene, specializing in the genres of rock, indie-rock, alt-country, folk, new-folk, singer-songwriter, and many sub-genres and gradations in between. A Digidesign certified Protools Operator and detail-obsessed engineer, Ian still considers himself to be a musician and producer first. He uses his experience on the other side of the glass as a recording artist and multi-instrumentalist to help demystify the recording process for artists, as well as to create an environment for the clear and effective communication of musical and technical concepts in the studio. As an engineer with much producing experience, Ian often works closely with artists to help them further develop and refine their material, working on song structures and arrangements, and enhancing their performances in order to reach the next level of their musical potential. Ian studied music theory and composition at the University of Vermont with a focus on jazz percussion and classical voice. Ian came to Denver by way of Los Angeles, where he began his studio career working as an assistant to producer Kim Fowley (The Modern Lovers, The Runaways, KISS, The Germs).
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Jesse O'Brien, Engineer/Producer
Jesse O'Brien is a passionate producer, recording engineer, and musician. He decided to become an engineer while in high school. His punk band needed a CD, so they bought a used PC and Cakewalk and in their garage recorded their very first album. He fell in love with the recording process and decided to make a career out of it. He soon enrolled at Full Sail Real World Education, graduated with an Associates Degree in Recording Arts. There he found himself working in Full Sail's tech and repair department, which entailed everything from making different kinds of audio cables to testing SSL and Amek channel strips. He received a Pro Tools certification at Full Sail in version 6.X and now is very fluent in PT 7.X. Colorado Sound Studios hired him on in 2005 and he has been working here ever since. He engineers everything from books on tape, to piano and vocal sessions, to full rock bands as well as some mastering. Jesse also produces professional quality rap/R&B beats and loops which he can customize just for you!
Colorado Sound Studios remote truck, toybox remote recording, also hired him on as Pro Tools operator for many live recordings. Just recently he shared engineering duties mixing a live DVD in stereo and 5.1 surround. Recording is his passion and he is always excited to see what new technologies unearth as time moves on and where the industry will go from here.
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