Ben Brodin


Ben Brodin is a musician, engineer and producer from Omaha, Nebraska. He is a member of several bands, including Mal Madrigal, McCarthy Trenching, Our Fox 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 Before the Toast and Tea and is a recording engineer at ARC Studios, formerly Presto! Recording Studios. Before the Toast and Tea's debut album, Methods Of The Mad, is carried by Saddle Creek Records webstore.

Discography

•Jason Mraz - Yes!
assistant engineer, drums, percussion, piano, organ
•Orenda Fink - Blue Dream
production, recording and mix engineer, guitars, bass, keyboards
•First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
assistant engineer, piano, organ, vibraphone
•Conor Oberst - Upside Down Mountain
vibraphone
•Katie Burns - Throw The Flowers Down
production, recording and mix engineer, guitar, piano, vibraphone
•Seahaven - Reverie Lagoon: Music For Escapism Only
recording and mix engineer, guitar, trumpet, organ, vibraphone, bells
•Brad Hoshaw - Funeral Guns
mix engineer
•John Davis - Spare Parts
recording engineer
•PRO-MAGNUM - 7"
recording and mix engineer
•Savages - TBA
recording engineer
•News For Lulu - Circles
recording and mix engineer, guitars, vibraphone
•Jake Bellows - New Ocean
recording and mix engineer, drums, guitars, mellotron, Hammond B-3,
piano, vocals
•Jake Bellows - Help
recording and mix engineer, drums, guitars, keyboards, vocals
•Our Fox - Sea Glass
recording and mix engineer, drums, keyboards, guitar, vibraphone, vocals
•Noah’s Ark Was A Spaceship - You Need You
recording engineer
•Mal Madrigal - All The Ghosts
drums, bass, vibraphone, Hammond B-3, vocals
•Ted Stevens Unknown Project - ‘Singles’
mix engineer, guitars, keyboards
•Ladyfinger - Errant Forms
Hammond B-3, Wurlitzer
•Big Harp - Chain Letters
recording engineer
•UUVVWWZ - The Trusted Language
recording engineer
•Chromafrost - The End of Instinct
recording and mix engineer
•The Fucking Party - The Fucking Party
recording and mix engineer
•Elizabeth Davis - Latitudes
recording and mix engineer, production, drums, bass, guitars, vibraphone, keys
•Maria The Mexican - Moon Colored Jade
mix engineer
•Katie Burns - You’ll Find Your Way
recording and mix engineer, production, guitars, vibraphone, piano,
percussion
•CatsMelvin - Houston
mix engineer
•Tilly and the Wall - Heavy Mood
recording engineer
•Azure Ray - As Above So Below
guitar samples
•Simon Joyner - Ghosts
mix engineer
•McCarthy Trenching - Plays The Piano
recording and mix engineer
•Con Dios - There’s a Beat in Your Cold Black Heart
recording and mix engineer
•The So-So Sailors - Young Hearts
recording and mix engineer, Hammond B-3
•Conduits - Conduits
recording engineer
•First Aid Kit - The Lion’s Roar
piano
•One Eye White - For Better For Worse
recording and mix engineer
•Dirty Fluorescents - Cut The Line
recording and mix engineer, mastering
•Custom Catacombs - Self-Titled
recording engineer
•McCarthy Trenching - Fresh Blood
recording and mix engineer
•Man Man - Life Fantastic
assistant engineer
•Orenda Fink - 7” Mighty Mist
recording and mix engineer, drums, bass, piano, guitars, vibraphone, samples,
vocals, arrangement
•The Bruces -
marimba
•Bright Eyes - The People’s Key
assistant engineer
•Kevin Pike/John Kotchian - Pulse/Flow
mastering
•Film Streams - Silents in Concert Series
composition and arrangement, piano, guitars, tape loops, sound reinforcement
•Before the Toast and Tea - Methods of the Mad
composition and arrangement, recording/mixing, mastering, drums, guitars,
keyboards, bass, vocals, vibraphone, percussion
•Orenda Fink - Ask The Night
upright bass, pump organ
•Mal Madrigal - From The Fingers of Trees
drums, organ, vibraphone, feedback
•Pete Yorn - Back and Forth
organs, piano, vibraphone
•Son Ambulance - Someone Else’s Déja Vu
vibraphone
•Mal Madrigal - The Road is Glue
vibraphone, drums
•Mal Madrigal - Life Among The Animals
vibraphone, drums, Rhodes