Aaron Sprinkle

American record producer
Aaron Sprinkle
Background information
Born (1974-03-20) March 20, 1974 (age 50)[1]
OriginSeattle, Washington, U.S.
GenresAlternative rock
Occupation(s)Record producer, recording engineer, musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)Guitar, vocals, keyboards, percussion
Years active1990–present
LabelsTooth & Nail, Silent Planet, Organic
Websiteaaronsprinklemusic.com
Musical artist

Aaron Sprinkle (born March 20, 1974) is an American record producer and musician from Seattle, Washington.

Career

His career in music began in high school with a group called BellBangVilla. BellBangVilla became Poor Old Lu and they released a number of albums (see below). Aaron Sprinkle also sang and played lead guitar in Rose Blossom Punch, and has produced albums independently.[2] On his solo releases, he plays almost all instruments except drums.[2] He produced dozens of records for Tooth & Nail Records between 1993 and 2016.[3] In 2005, Sprinkle formed the band Fair with Joey Sanchez, Nick Barber, and Erick Newbill. Fair released its debut album The Best Worst-Case Scenario on Tooth & Nail Records in June 2006. He is the brother of drummer Jesse Sprinkle. Among others, Jesse played with Aaron in Poor Old Lu, was the most recent drummer of Dead Poetic, and was also an early member of Demon Hunter, whose albums Aaron has produced the majority of.

Discography

Solo (1999–present)

  • Moontraveler (1999)
  • The Kindest Days (2000)
  • Really Something EP (2001)
  • Bareface (2001)
  • Live: The Boy Who Stopped the World (2003)
  • Lackluster – Best Of (2004)
  • Water & Guns (2013)
  • Real Life (2017)
  • Escaping Light (2018)
  • Instrumentals, Vol. 1: Alexandria (2018)
  • Instrumentals, Vol. 2: Unravel (2019)
  • Instrumentals, Vol. 3: North Coast (2019)
  • Instrumentals, Vol. 4: Feather Falling (2021)
  • Walking Back (2021)
  • Certainty (2021)

With Poor Old Lu (1990–2002)

  • In Love with the Greenery (As BellBangVilla) (1990)
  • Three Song Demo (Cassette only) (1991)
  • Star-Studded-Super-Step (1992, 1995 & 1998)
  • Mindsize (1993)
  • Split 7″ with Mortal (1993)
  • Sin (1994)
  • Straight Six (1995)
  • A Picture of the Eighth Wonder (1996)
  • In Their Final Performance (1998)
  • Chrono [1993-1998] (1998)
  • The Waiting Room (2002)

With Rose Blossom Punch (1997–1999)

  • Ephemere (1997)
  • So Sorry to Disappoint You (1999)
  • Par Avion 7″ vinyl

With Fair (2006–present)

With Blank Books (2017–present)

  • EP1 (2017)

Contributions

Solo

  • "A Christmas Song for All Year Round" (from Happy Christmas Volume 3 – 2001, Tooth & Nail Records)
  • "I Know There's an Answer (Hang On to Your Ego)" (from Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson – 2002, Silent Planet Records)

With Rose Blossom Punch

  • "Sowing in the Sun" (from Artcore Vol. I – 1996, Tooth & Nail Records)
  • "Based on a True Story (Demo)" (from Music for Meals: Take Time to Listen Vol. III – 1997, SaraBellum Records)
  • "See It in Me" (from Artcore Vol. II – Tooth & Nail Records)

Production work

Aaron has production, engineering, or other credits on albums by the following bands:

References

  1. ^ "Aaron Sprinkle". Facebook.com. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (First printing ed.). Hendrickson Publishers. p. 858. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.
  3. ^ Dodd, Jason (January–February 2002). "Aaron Sprinkle". HM Magazine (93): 15. ISSN 1066-6923.

External links

  • Official website
  • Poor Old Lu
  • Fair
  • Interview @ Christianity Today from early 2004
  • Aaron Sprinkle on Pure Volume
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