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Kieran Kelly - Studio Owner/ Producer/ Engineer/ Mixer

kieran kelly
Listen to Kieran's Selected works:
(For a complete discography click here)

Julia Stone"My Baby" (The Memory Machine) Produced and Engineered
Madison Square Gardens "My Ex Girlfriend (Is A Bad Lesbian On Drugs) ("Don't Name The Pig") Produced and Engineered
Matt Johnson "Note to Self" ("Cage Fighter")
Engineered
Angus & Julia Stone "Hold On" (Down The Way) Produced, Engineered and Mixed
Sons of the West "Black Blood" Recorded
The Receiver "Corner Pt 2" (Decades) Produced, Engineered and Mixed
Aaron Tashjan "Little Fire Cracker" (Hard Love and Free Luck) Produced and Engineered
Will Stratton "Who WIll" ("No Wonder") Produced, Engineered and Mixed
Elaine LaChica "The Lake" ("I think I can see the Ocean") Produced, Engineered/ Mixed

Bio
Kieran Kelly was born in the French Quarter in New Orleans, raised in Flint, Michigan and deeply influenced by his music-loving parents throughout his childhood. Kieran's mother owned an independent record store, and his musician father regularly allowed six-year old Kieran to fill the drummer position in his at-home band jam sessions. His love of music was born. Kieran moved to New York and opened The Buddy Project Studio in Astoria, Queens. Kieran is an ardent producer and engineer, and also relishes playing the drums and guitar when given the time and opportunity. Some of the albums created at The Buddy Project include Sufjan Steven’s “Illinoise”, Julia Stone’s “The Memory Machine”, Andrew Rose Gregory and The Gregory Brothers' "The Color Red and Other Songs about the Power of Love," and Angus & Julia Stone’s “Down The Way”

Kieran has earned Multi Platinum records in Australia , France (Angus & Julia Stone’s “Down The Way”) and New Zealand (Midnight Youth's "The Brave Don't Run") and a Gold Record in the U.S. (Better Than Ezra's "Friction Baby"). He produced, mixed and engineered original recordings that have appeared on ABC, CBS, FX, MTV, Showtime, The Sundance Channel and NPR. Kieran is also a co-founder of Stunning Models on Display Records and was invited to speak in front of Congress in 2007 to represent independent labels in support of music web-casters with regards to web radio royalties. Kieran loves The Beatles, The Smiths, Chet Baker, Pontificating, Prince, Jimmy Carter, Nina Simone, Gustav Mahler, God, his wife, sushi and frozen burritos. Someday Kieran will also get around to releasing a follow up to his debut solo record “11 Blues and Greens". Upcoming records Kieran will be producing are Skipper (Copenhagen), and Digby & the Lullaby (Cape Town) as well as engineering Fred Nicolaus of Department of Eagles for 4AD Records and DM Stith for Mute/Asthmatic Kitty.

A few of the good people I have had the pleasure to work with

Sufjan Stevens
Matt Johnson (Jeff Buckley)

Angus &Julia Stone
Rhett Miller (Old 97's)
Spring Standards

Better Than Ezra
(Elektra recording artist)
Ari Hest
Jonathan Maron (Groove Collective)
Tony Garnier (Bob Dylan)
Oren Bloedow (The Lounge Lizards)
Mark Stepro (Ben Kweller)
Randy Schrager (Scissor Sisters)
Rob Moose (Antony and the Johnsons)
James Hall (Geffen recording artist)
Rich Vogel, (Galactic)
Peter Holsapple (DB’s, REM, Hootie & The Blowfish)
Vicky Peterson (Bangles)
Susan Cowsill (The Cowsills, Giant Sand)
John Stirratt (Wilco)
Robert Mache (Steve Wynn, The Sparks, Klaus Nomi)
Chris Burn (Seanchai , Black 47)

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