Ben Brodin

Ben Brodin is a music producer, recording and mix engineer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist 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 recording engineer at ARC Studios, formerly Presto! Recording Studios, and his own Hand Branch Studio.

Discography

Cat Piss – Cat Piss Rides Again -recording and mix engineer
Simon Joyner – Songs From A Stolen Guitar -recording engineer, B3, Wurlitzer, vibraphone
Little Brazil – Just Leave -production, recording and mix engineer, bassVI, B3
Seahaven – Halo DLX -recording and mix engineer
Megan Siebe – Swaying Steady -production, recording and mix engineer, drums, bass, B3, Wurlitzer, piano, electric guitar, percussion
Dream Regime – Figures In The Clouds -mix engineer
Danni Lee – Truth Teller -production, instrumentation, recording and mix engineer
Noah James Gose – Monowi -recording and mix engineer
Justin Carter – Colossus Drift -recording and mix engineer
Tom Kutilek – Beginner's Luck -recording and mix engineer, B3
Seahaven – Halo of Hurt -recording engineer
Staffers – In The Pigeon Hole -mix engineer
Stavro – Akoma: Songs For Greek America -recording and mix engineer, production
Owen Meany's Batting Stance – Featherweights -mix engineer
Ben Eisenberger – Soloists -mix engineer
Jim Schroeder – Mesa Buoy -recording and mix engineer
John Laughlin – Ten Years, Linked In -recording and mix engineer, B3
The Wandering Hearts – Over Your Body -keyboards
The Bruces – The Bruces -mix engineer
The Lowest Pair – The Perfect Plan -piano, B3, Wurlitzer, Mellotron
Avi Kaplan – I'll Get By -piano, B3, Wurlitzer, Mellotron
InDreama – Poison House -recording engineer
Big Nope – Back To You -recording and mix engineer
Kyler Daron – A Room Of Painted Glass -mix engineer
Field Club – Saint June b/w Another Midnight -recording and mix engineer
Eddy Mink – Open Container Heart Surgery -recording engineer
Ben Sasso – Carousel -recording and mix engineer, production
Stavro – Chances -recording and mix engineer, production
Avi Kaplan – Aberdeen -piano, keyboards
James VanDeuson – Dilation -recording and mix engineer, production, drums, bass, keyboards, guitars
Hussies – Fast -recording and mix engineer
Bazile Mills – Holiday -recording and mix engineer
Taylor Janzen – Shouting Matches -B3, Mellotron, Wurlitzer
Earnhardt – Earnhardt -recording and mix engineer, production, B3, guitar
Bad Self Portraits – Amsterdam -mix engineer
Jack McLaughlin – Covered In Black -recording and mix engineer, bass
Pro Magnum – Knight Speed -recording and mix engineer
Blake Rave – Dreams and Fears -recording and mix engineer, production, drums, bass, keyboards, guitar
The Wildwoods – Across A Midwest Sky -recording and mix engineer, production
Wrong Pets – Fucked Up b/w We Have To -recording and mix engineer
The Bruces – Thieves in the Wick -mix engineer, piano, keyboards
Citizen Electrical – Archive Spinoffs -mix engineer
Wolfie's Just Fine – Perfection, Nevada -piano, B3, Wurlitzer, pump organ
Pile – Odds and Ends -recording and mix engineer
David Nance Group – Placed and Slightly Pulverized -mix engineer
Chy – Atlantica -mix engineer
Audrey Edris – All The Bad Things -recording and mix engineer, drums, bass, keyboards, guitar
Mr. E & The Stringless Kite – Seeds -recording engineer
The Ruralists – The Birth Of Birds -mix engineer
Little Brazil – Send The Wolves -recording and mix engineer
Ben Eisenberger – Three Islands -mix engineer
Staffers – Torn Between Two Loves -mix engineer
Anna McClellan – Yes and No -production, recording and mix engineer, bass, B3, guitar
High Up – You Are Here -B3, Clavinet, piano
Refrigerator – High Desert Lows -mix engineer
The Wildwoods – Birdie and Gose -recording and mix engineer
The Lupines – Mountain of Love -recording and mix engineer
The Wildwoods – Sweet Nostalgia -recording and mix engineer, production, B3, guitar
N.W. Engbers – The Inner World -recording and mix engineer, production, B3, guitars
Bell Mine – Bell Mine -mix engineer
Simon Joyner – Step Into The Earthquake -recording and mix engineer, Mellotron, vocal
David Nance – Do The Negative Boogie -recording and mix engineer, Rhodes
Justin Townes Earle – Kids In The Street -piano, B3, Wurlitzer, Clavinet, vibraphone, percussion
See Through Dresses – Horse Of The Other World -recording engineer
Pile – A Hairshirt of Purpose -recording and mix engineer
Tim Kasher – No Resolution -recording engineer, mix engineer
High Up – High Up -recording and mix engineer
Rake Kash – Rake Kash -mix engineer
Miwi La Lupa – Beginner's Guide -recording engineer, piano, Rhodes, vibraphone
Conor Oberst – Tachycardia b/w Afterthought -recording engineer
Timecat – Through The Roof -recording and mix engineer
Bazile Mills – Where We Are -recording and mix engineer
Conor Oberst – Ruminations -recording engineer
Pro Magnum – Desinfactar -recording and mix engineer, B3
Oquoa – In Oneir -recording and mix engineer
Jump The Tiger – Nightlife -recording and mix engineer
Simon Joyner & The Ghosts – Why Don't You Come Back Around -recording and mix engineer
Joseph – I'm Alone, No You're Not -piano, B3, Mellotron
Ruston Kelly – Halloween -piano, B3
David Nance – More Than Enough -mix engineer
Noah's Ark Was A Spaceship – Three -recording and mix engineer
Miwi La Lupa – Ended Up Making Love -recording engineer, Wurlitzer, B3, piano, Mellotron
Sam Martin – Get With The Programmed -mix engineer
Katie Burns – Weighted Balloon -production, recording and mix engineer, drums, bass, keyboards, guitar
Conor Oberst – Lean On Me, "Life on Normal Street" -production, recording and mix engineer, drums, bass, electric guitar, B3, vocals
McCarthy Trenching – More Like It -recording and mix engineer
High Up – Two Weeks -recording and mix engineer
Oh Lazarus – Good Times -mix engineer
See Through Dresses – End Of Days -mix engineer
Anna McClellan – Fire Flames -recording and mix engineer, drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, vibraphone
Pro Magnum – Pro Magnum -recording and mix engineer, B3
Falls – Omaha -assistant engineer, piano
The Good Life – Everybody's Coming Down -recording engineer
Orenda Fink – 7” Mighty Mist — recording and mix engineer, drums, bass, piano, guitars, vibraphone, samples, vocals, arrangement
Desaparecidos – Payola -recording engineer
Orenda Fink – Ace of Cups -production, recording and mix engineer
The Good Life – Novena On A Nocturn -mix engineer
Icky Blossoms – Mask -assistant engineer, drum editing
Pile – You're Better Than This -recording and mix engineer
Simon Joyner – Grass, Branch and Bone -recording and mix engineer, piano, B3, percussion
Josh Hoyer – Living By The Minute -recording and mix engineer
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
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''