Ryan Freeland is a 5-time Grammy winning engineer whose credits include Bonnie Raitt, Ray LaMontagne, Hugh Laurie, Aimee Mann, Joe Henry, Meshell Ndegeocello, Grant-Lee Phillips, Tanita Tikaram, Ingrid Michaelson, Amy Correia, Brett Dennen, Son Volt, Chuck Prophet, The Weepies, Jim White, Loudon Wainwright III, Rodney Crowell, Alana Davis, & Jonatha Brooke.

 

4-time Grammy award winning mixer and engineer Ryan Freeland is known for his work with Bonnie Raitt, Ray LaMontagne, Hugh Laurie, Aimee Mann, Joe Henry, Grant-Lee Phillips, Ingrid Michaelson, Loudon Wainwright III, Rodney Crowell, Alana Davis, and Jonatha Brooke. In 2008, Freeland opened the newest incarnation of his “Stampede Origin Studio” in Los Angeles, a custom-built studio featuring a large control room, 15-foot ceiling drum room, three isolation booths and an impressive list of outboard gear and vintage microphones.

 

Freeland recorded and mixed Joe Henry’s critically acclaimed albums Blood From Stars & Civilians, and received a Grammy in the "Best Traditional Blues Recording" category for recording & mixing Ramblin' Jack Elliot's album A Stranger Here (Anti/Epitaph). 2011 brought Ryan two additional Grammy wins: “Best Contemporary Folk Album” for Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise (RCA) and “Best Traditional Folk Album” for Carolina Chocolate Drops Genuine Negro Jig (Nonesuch). The late Allen Toussaint’s album “American Tunes” (Nonesuch), mixed and engineered by Freeland, was voted the #1 album “Beyond Category” in the Downbeat International Critics Poll 2017.

 

Recently Freeland recorded Sons of the Velvet Rat's new album Dorado (Fluff and Gravy), Aimee Mann's March 2017 release Mental Illness (SuperEgo), Rose Cousins' new album Natural Conclusions (Old Farm Pony), and a forthcoming album from Joe Henry.

 

Freeland's current work includes new material for Joan Baez, Michel Polnareff, The Barr Brothers, and Guy Pearce. He recently finished mixing and engineering jazz and gospel singer Lizz Wright's sixth studio album Grace (Concord Records).

 

 

WHAT FOLKS ARE SAYING ABOUT RYAN...

“Ryan is just... amazing”

- Ray LaMontagne

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Ryan Freeland is a brilliant engineer because he is a musician first. He approaches a project with few preconceived ideals, but rather responds in service to a song the way you hope any musician in the room will. I always begin from a point of performance when working -many people in the same room, much bleed with which to contend- and Ryan has never allowed me to feel I was sacrificing any control because of it. He is an endlessly creative problem solver, and there is soul in his every captured sound. He allows me the freedom to be fearless, which is the greatest gift any collaborator can offer.

-- Joe Henry

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Whether working on the fly during tracking sessions or providing his distinctive point of view during a mixdown, Ryan's skills have been indispensable to me as a producer and arranger. During the recording of Aimee Mann's last two albums,  @#%&*! Smilers  and  One More Drifter In The Snow , Ryan's attention to detail and his respect for a performance was always a given. His ability to balance the sometimes comfort-driven needs of an artist, producer and musicians while simultaneously keeping the quest for a fresh sonic environment alive was equally inspiring.

 

I value that restless quality in an artist above all others, that rare ability to be comfortable with a seeming paradox and be brave enough to reach for the new, untested solution. It's where the fun part of recording begins and Ryan lives there. Always a pleasure.

-- Paul Bryan, producer Grant-Lee Phillips, Tanita Tikaram, Aimee Mann

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Ryan Freeland  has recorded and mixed my last 2 albums and my hope is to have him work on many more.He always gets it right sonically and the young man is a pleasure to work with.

-- Loudon Wainwright III

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I was delighted to work with Ryan Freeland, not just because his sounds are big, crisp and warm but because his presence in the studio is so positive and his instincts are always bang on.

Oh and he's really fast too !

-- Neil Finn

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Ryan Freeland is a force to be reckoned with. As a musician he has an amazing ear. As a Producer/Engineer he is technically advanced while still retaining what a lot of people have lost in the studio and that is "What is best for the song". I learned so much from him & can not wait to work on another project with him. In a word "Genius".

-- Michael Lockwood (producer: Aimee Mann / Lisa Marie Presley)

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Ryan Freeland is a true professional on every level.

-- Gavin Lurssen (Lurssen Mastering)

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I’ll fart in your mouth Freeland. You know I will.

-- Mick Flannery

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