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News/Updates:
03/ 1/10 : I'll be in Portland at Jackpot! mid-August through mid-September and there are some open studio days. Drop me a line if you'd like to knock out a quick session or would like to do some mixing. 

01/21/10 : My new instrumental (and older vocal) mix of Elliott Smith's "Angel in the Snow" was featured in the film Up in the Air. The song (as it appeared on the album New Moon) is also on the soundtrack CD, though of course I don't get credited in the liner notes. 

01/10/10 : My mix of Elliott Smith's unreleased track "Cecelia/Amanda" has been posted for free download by Kill Rock Stars Records. Elliott and I tracked this in 1997 at Jackpot! and I mixed it there in 2009. Enjoy. 
  Jackpot! Recording Studio

I am the owner of Jackpot! Recording Studio, Inc., which began operations in 1997. In 2007 it moved into its current location in SE Portland, Oregon, next door to our pals at Hamptone. All audio wiring, audio treatment and studio design and layout was overseen by myself. The studio has been managed by Kendra Lynn since 2004, and is specifically designed to be friendly for freelance engineers. Jackpot! features a large, high ceilinged live room, three iso booths, 2-, 16- and 24-track analog tape decks, Pro Tools HD, a Rupert Neve Designs 5088 console, many outboard devices, instruments and a wide selection of microphones.

From 1994 to 1997 I ran Laundry Rules Recording from my home, which essentially morphed into Jackpot! in 1997.
  Freelance Producer/Engineer

Since 1994 I've worked on recordings for hundreds of artists, including Elliott Smith, Sleater-Kinney, Jenny Lewis, M. Ward, The Go-Betweens, Stephen Malkmus, The Decemberists, Quasi, Richmond Fontaine, Cat Power, Portland Cello Project, The Walkabouts, Viva Voce, Death Cab For Cutie, System and Station and Nels Cline Singers. These projects have been on labels like Capitol, Dreamworks, Kill Rock Stars, Sub Pop, Merge, K, Domino, Jetset, Bong Load, Hush, Cavity Search, Virgin, Matador, Rough Trade and Team Love. I have worked out of my Jackpot! Recording Studio in Portland, OR, as well as other studios in California, Arizona, New York, Washington, Oregon, Louisiana and Quebec. I've also worked on live remote recordings in Arizona, Nevada and Oregon.

As a producer I like to get very involved in the songs being recorded, working on the arrangements, choosing instruments and guiding the recordings along in more of an "old school" fashion. Engineering is second nature to me at this point. I'm comfortable with calibrating and running any sort of analog tape decks, tracking in Pro Tools, and have had a range of experiences in many types of studios. I'm also happy to take on mixing jobs, and have recently had quite a few sessions arrive from overseas via FTP - and all my clients have been very happy with the results. I recently acquired an apartment in Portland and plan to be working out of Jackpot! a bit more than the last couple of years. I'm excited!

Incomplete discographies: AllMusic  Discogs
  Interviews with Larry