Aaron Sprinkle
Aaron Sprinkle is an American singer, songwriter and record producer from Seattle, Washington.
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Background information | |
Born | [1] | March 20, 1974
Origin | Seattle, Washington |
Genres | Alternative rock |
Occupation(s) | Record producer, musician, recording engineer, songwriter |
Instruments | Guitar, piano |
Years active | 1990–present |
Labels | Tooth & Nail, Silent Planet, Organic |
Associated acts | Fair, Rose Blossom Punch, Poor Old Lu |
Website | aaronsprinklemusic |
Career
His career in music began in high school with a group called BellBangVilla. BellBangVilla became Poor Old Lu and they released a number of albums (see below). Aaron Sprinkle also sang and played lead guitar in Rose Blossom Punch, and has produced albums independently.[2] On his solo releases, he plays almost all instruments except drums, and his wife Karina occasionally writes lyrics.[2] He was hired as producer for Tooth & Nail Records in 2001, and works out of Compound Recording Studios in Seattle, Washington.[3] In 2005, Sprinkle formed the band Fair with Joey Sanchez, Nick Barber, and Erick Newbill. Fair released its debut album The Best Worst-Case Scenario on Tooth & Nail Records in June 2006. He is the brother of Jesse Sprinkle.
Discography
With Poor Old Lu (1990–2002)
- In Love with the Greenery (As BellBangVilla) (1990)
- Three Song Demo (Cassette only) (1991)
- Star-Studded-Super-Step (1992, 1995 & 1998)
- Mindsize (1993)
- Split 7″ with Mortal (1993)
- Sin (1994)
- Straight Six (1995)
- A Picture of the Eighth Wonder (1996)
- In Their Final Performance (1998)
- Chrono [1993-1998] (1998)
- The Waiting Room (2002)
With Rose Blossom Punch (1997–1999)
- Ephemere (1997)
- So Sorry to Disappoint You (1999)
- Par Avion 7″ vinyl
Solo (1999–present)
- Moontraveler (1999)
- The Kindest Days (2000)
- Really Something EP (2001)
- Bareface (2001)
- Live: The Boy Who Stopped the World (2003)
- Lackluster - Best Of (2004)
- Water & Guns (2013)
- Real Life (2017)
- Escaping Light (2018)
With Fair (2006–present)
- The Best Worst-Case Scenario (2006)
- "Carelessness" (CD single) (2006)
- Disappearing World (2010)
With Blank Books (2017–present)
- EP1 (2017)
Contributions
Solo
- "A Christmas Song for All Year Round" (from Happy Christmas Volume 3 – 2001, Tooth & Nail Records)
- "I Know There's an Answer (Hang On to Your Ego)" (from Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson – 2002, Silent Planet Records)
With Rose Blossom Punch
- "Sowing in the Sun" (from Artcore Vol. I – 1996, Tooth & Nail Records)
- "Based on a True Story (Demo)" (from Music for Meals: Take Time to Listen Vol. III – 1997, SaraBellum Records)
- "See It in Me" (from Artcore Vol. II – Tooth & Nail Records)
Album credits
Aaron has production, engineering, or other credits on albums by the following bands:
- Aaron Gillespie
- Producer, engineering, co-writer, and additional instruments and vocals on Anthem Song
- Acceptance
- Producer on Black Lines to Battlefields, Phantoms, and Colliding By Design
- Adie
- Producer on Don't Wait
- The Almost
- Producer and additional vocals on Southern Weather
- Producer on Monster Monster
- Anberlin
- Producer, engineering, and mixing on Blueprints for the Black Market
- Producer and engineering on Never Take Friendship Personal
- Producer on Godspeed EP and Cities
- Producer and engineering on Vital
- Vocal production and engineering on Lowborn
- Beth Orton
- Blenderhead
- Producer on Prime Candidate for Burnout
- Brooke Barrettsmith
- Producer on Brooke Barrettsmith
- Bugs in Amber
- Mixing and instruments on Rocketship Letters
- Capital Lights
- Producer of This Is an Outrage!
- Calibretto 13
- Producer on Adventures in Tokyo
- Copeland
- Co-producer of You Are My Sunshine
- Damien Jurado
- Mixer on I Break Chairs
- Dead Poetic
- Producer of New Medicines, Vices and The Finest
- Demon Hunter
- Producer on all albums (except Live in Nashville and 45 Days)
- Co-producer, programming, and keyboards on Storm the Gates of Hell
- Co-producer on Extremist
- Keyboards on The Triptych
- Dolour
- Co-producer of Suburbiac
- Eisley
- Co-producer of Marvelous Things E.P. and Room Noises
- Emery
- Producer on The Question and ...In Shallow Seas We Sail
- Additional vocals for ...In Shallow Seas We Sail
- Additional instruments and vocals on We Do What We Want
- Every Avenue
- Producer on Bad Habits
- Falling Up
- FM Static
- Producer of What Are You Waiting For?
- Co-producer of Dear Diary and My Brain Says Stop, But My Heart Says Go!
- Gatsbys American Dream
- Producer of Why We Fight
- Grammatrain
- Producer of Lonely House
- Hawk Nelson
- Co-producer of Letters to the President
- Producer of Smile, It's the End of the World
- He Is We
- Producer of My Forever
- Hyland
- Producer of Weights & Measures
- Icon for Hire
- Co-producer on Scripted
- Ivoryline
- Producer of There Came a Lion and Vessels
- Jeremy Camp
- Producer and instruments on Restored
- Co-producer on Beyond Measure
- Jonezetta
- Producer of Cruel to Be Young
- Joy Electric
- Mixer on The Tick Tock Treasury
- Co-mixer on Hello, Mannequin
- KJ-52
- Producer on Behind the Musik (A Boy Named Jonah)
- Co-producer on "Dangerous"
- Kutless
- Producer (of all albums except To Know That You're Alive, Live from Portland and It Is Well)
- Co-writer of Sea of Faces
- Little Champions
- Audio Mixer on Pillow
- Mae
- Co-producer on Destination: B-Sides
- MxPx
- Producer of Pokinatcha and Secret Weapon
- The Museum
- Producer on Let Love Win
- New Found Glory
- Producer of Makes Me Sick (album)
- Nine Lashes
- Co-producer of World We View
- Number One Gun
- Producer of The North Pole Project and Promises for the Imperfect
- Pedro the Lion
- Co-writer on Control
- Poema
- Producer of Sing It Now
- Project 86
- Co-producer on Songs to Burn Your Bridges By
- Relient K
- Co-producer on Collapsible Lung
- Rocky Votolato
- Audio mixer on Makers
- Ruth
- Producer of Secondhand Dreaming
- Co-producer of Anorak
- The Send
- Producer, additional vocals and instruments from Cosmos
- Sent By Ravens
- Producer of Our Graceful Words
- Seven Places
- Producer of Lonely for the Last Time and Hear Us Say Jesus
- Seventh Day Slumber
- Producer of Once Upon a Shattered Life
- Sherri Youngward
- Producer of Six Inches of Sky
- Sometime Sunday
- Mixing and instruments on Drain
- Soulfood 76
- Engineering on Velour
- Squad Five-O
- Solo guitar on 2 tracks on Fight The System
- Starflyer 59
- Producer, engineering, and mixing on Old
- States
- Producer on "Room To Run" re-release
- Stavesacre
- Producer, engineering, and instruments on Collective
- Swimming With Dolphins
- Co-producer of Water Colours
- Time to Fly
- Producer on Birth. Work. Death
- The Divorce
- Engineering on The Divorce EP
- Thousand Foot Krutch
- Producer of Welcome to the Masquerade, Phenomenon and The End Is Where We Begin
- Wes Dando
- Producer and co-engineer on The Tired Hours
- Zao
- Co-producer on Legendary
References
- "Aaron Sprinkle". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (First printing ed.). Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. p. 858. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.
- Dodd, Jason (January–February 2002). "Aaron Sprinkle". HM Magazine (93): 15. ISSN 1066-6923.