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Colin offers his services as a producer, engineer, session musician, publisher and co-writer with many of the artists he works with. Equipped at his home studio THE GREEN ROOM he has the tools, experience, and connections to make your music come to life at a price you can afford. Contact Colin with questions and quotes on anything from a simple one-song demo to a full-length feature album project. Colin does work for hire: jingles, movie soundtracks, background music and more. He frequently provides overdub tracks for clients around the world transferred over the web. PRODUCTION HIGHLIGHTS: Projects in production Winter 2010: Peg Tassey, Nikki Matheson, Possum Haw, The Vincent Flats Blues Band, Uncle Flatty, Audio Journal, JLev4 more... December 2009 Katie Trautz has released Remembering, her latest solo record. Recorded by Colin and featuring some great pickers and singers in the traditional roots music realm. 2009 Tammie award winner! November 2009 The Stone Cold Roosters Anywhere West is out and reviewers are more than kind in their praise. Tammie award for Best Country Album of 2009 -2 fer 2! November 2009 John Gibbons' Small Town Dance is out and showcases John's pure and true singing and songwriting. October 2009: Justin Levinson's new record Predetermined Fate is out. Very catchy Americana/Emo/Indie kinda' stuff. Some great instrumental work by Vergennes native Adam Popick too! June 2009 Colin produced Myra Flynn's first solo record. All originals and lots of soul. Guest appearances by Anais Mitchell, Justin Levinson, Spark, and more. Hear it and see her here. Myra wins a Tammie award for Singer Songwriter of the year. February 2009 Colin produced Karen McFeeter's Here and Now. What a voice! December 2008 Colin produced Carol Hausner's first solo record Still Hear Your Voice. Mountain harmony, bluegrass instrumentation, and great singing by one of Vermont's finest traditional musicians. Carol and Eleanor Ellis finished production on another record with Colin. Their duo Reunion Road plans a release in summer 2009. Sept 2008 Mayfly released their first eponymous record full of amazing mountain singing and great playing by Katie Trautz and Julia Wayne. May 2008 Colin produced Vermont's famous Dr. Burma. Their first CD One Bite Won't Kill You is full of great R&B, Blues, Funk, and Rock and/or Roll. Jan 2008 Colin produced Meg Irish's A Deeper Shade Of Blue. Ukelele is featured heavily! Oct. 2007 Susannah Blachly's 3rd record Come On Home, recorded and produced by Colin, is out and it's a goodie. Check it out at Susannah's site. Oct. 9th 2007 Lewis Franco's 3rd record Swinging In Daddyland, recorded and produced by Colin, is out and on the street. This is a FUN recording: it's classic sounding string swing with the Missing Cats ( Dono Schabner, Will Patton) and other local hepcats. Fall 2007 Colin recorded Sarah Blair's first solo record Flower Of The Red Mill featuring some amazing talent playing traditionoal Irish instrumental music. May 17th 2007: Colin recently finished scoring and recording music for 2 documentary movies about Ethiopian adoption and childhood hunger in VT. May 5 2007: Colin's band the STONE COLD ROOSTERS released their first record OUT OF THE WOODS. This disc is bound to be a classic, 11 originals by the boys in the band and an old Bob Wills style version of Floyd Jenkin's HOME IN SAN ANTONE. Recorded at Charles Eller Studios by Lane Gibson, the sound is clean and the picking superb! Finally our fans get what they've been asking for for years! The record received the TAMMY award for best Country album of 2007! Colin's was given the TAMMY award for song of the year by The Times Argus in 2006 for his version of Pete Sutherland's Wilderness Road from his 3rd solo record TIRED OF TOWN. Spring 2006: Colin released his third solo album TIRED OF TOWN: a collection of old tunes and new originals with stripped down arrangements and a vintage feel. Much of the record consists of live takes of classic Jimmie Rodgers, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, Fats Waller songs with a little seasoning of overdubbed solos. Colin is right at home singing into an old RCA44 Ribbon mic and banging on a 1935 Martin! Colin won a "TAMMY" for 2005 Producer Of The Year by The Times Argus Summer 2005: Colin Produced Susannah Clifford Blachly's 2nd disc Middle Of The Night. Chock full of great songs and fiddle tunes, this 16 track disc shows off Susannah's hard work over the past year. It was chosen by Seven Days as a top-10 Vermont album of the year in 2005. Spring 2005: Colin co-produced and played on Patti Casey's The Edge Of Grace with luminaries like Pat Donahue, Moondie Klein, Taylor Armerding, Steve Light, and Gene White. It was also chosen by Seven Days as a top-10 Vermont album of the year in 2005. Winter 2005: Colin produced Meg Devlin Irish's record Rock Solid Romancing. This disc contains 10 original country/folk/pop songs written and sung by Meg. August 2004: Colin produced Montpelier native Jay Ekis and his band's first official release. With Afro, Latin, Americana, Jazz, and funk elements, this is high energy, positive vibe music with jammin' players and great songs. Rudy Dauth on Bass, Carter Stowell on drums, and Jay Ekis on guitar. Adam Frehm plays Dobro and there are a bunch of local luminaries who make cameos. May 15 2004: Colin produced Susannah Clifford Blachly's first CD release GIRL IN THE PHOTOGRAPH. It was voted in the top 10 VT albums of 2004 by Seven Days This Marshfield songwriter/fiddler is a talented musician whose simple. intense songs and solid fiddle-playing are sure to grab some ears.
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June 1st 2003: Colin McCaffrey's second album Make Your Way Home is out and on the street. Tracked at home by Colin, this 14 song disc features Patti Casey, Jim Pitman, Phil Carr, Jeremiah McLane and Jason Bergman. Voted in the top-10 VT albums of 2003 by both Seven Days and The Burlington Free Press, it's good homemade music by a Vermont-made boy! Jan 25th 2004: Colin produced Allison Mann's The Right Time, a jazz and swing record with Vermont's finest pros playing old standards and new tunes by Colin and Allison. August 8 2003: Colin co-produced What Is It? for Rebop Records. Based on National Educational Standards, this Math and Science related album covers the usual diversity of styles and keeps the kids actively listening. Already garnering awards and 4-star reviews, this album stars Sandra Wright, Father Goose (aka Rankin' Dan), Patti Casey and many more. Colin produced Lewis Franco's CD ZIP CODE PLEASE. Lewis is a singer/songwriter from Maple Corners in Calais, VT. Colin also produced Lewis' first CD Your Own True Song Both these discs can be purchased online at CD Freedom. Mother Goose's Never-Ending Tea Party a children's record with Rebop Records and the Vermont Center For The Book. The project features old folk songs, Mother Goose Rhymes put to new music, as well as new songs by Colin and his daughters. The album features Sandra Wright, Pam Manning, Diana Winn, Michael Sucher, Glendon Ingalls, Phil Carr, Jeremiah McLane, Jimmy McLaughin, Ace Leonard and many more.
December 18-23, 2000 Colin went into the famous Masterlink Studios on Music Row in Nashville to cut his solo debut album "What We've Got" with the expert help of Grammy winning producer Bil Vorndick (Alison Krauss, Bela Fleck, Ralph Stanley, Dana Robinson, and many more). The project features 10 original songs sung by Colin with backing vocal help from Patty Mitchell - one time member of the Dixie Chicks. The CD and select mp3's are available here.
In the winter of 2002-2003 Colin produced Dan Fallon's Hello, It's Me featuring the amazing singing and songwriting of Danny. Check out the DEFMAX site for sound clips, pics, and record sales.
PRODUCTION CLIENTS include: Danny Fallon Amy Floyd Mayfly Paula Gills Marianne Donahue Perchlik
Green Room Equipment list: CONDENSER MICS: (2) Neumann TLM103 Large diaphragm condensers (2) Rode NT5 Small diaphragm condensers (2) Crown CM700 Small diaphragm condensers (1) AudioTechnica Pro7A lavalier condenser RIBBON MICS: (1) Beyer M160 Ribbon Mic DYNAMIC MICS: (3) Shure Beta 58 (4) Shure SM57 PREAMPLIFIERS: (1) True Systems P2 Analog 2-channel (2) A.R.T. TubePac (1) Focusrite Octopre Platinum RECORDING EQUIPMENT: Roland VS880EX Hard disc recorder Protools 003 Rack Protools LE 7.3.1 Sweetwater Creation Station Dual Processor PC Allen and Heath Mixwizard3 16 channel board PLUGINS: Waves Mastering Bundle Sony Oxford EQ and Reverb Amplitube Fender Amplitube 2 Ampeg SVX INSTRUMENTS: Yamaha S08 Synth weighted action synth Taylor 514CE Acoustic Guitar Fender Telecaster (52 reissue specs) ESP Sunrise Strat copy Fender 5-string Jazz Bass Active w/pickup VARIOUS:Violin, Viola, Resonator Guitar, Mandolin, Mt. Dulcimer, Ukeleles, shakers, what-have-you...
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