Matt Patrick (producer)


Matt Patrick is a record producer, studio owner, engineer, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He grew up in the small community of North Branch, Minnesota, about an hour north of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Early on Patrick learned how to play piano, electric, acoustic and bass guitars and sing. After high school he began learning other instruments such as mandolin, accordion, dobro, pedal steel, Hammond organ, and various electronic synthesizers.
Patrick was the bass player and co-songwriter for the band pegtop and also gave the group their distinct vocal harmonies. Patrick recorded five albums with pegtop, producing the latest two studio albums.
In 2002, Patrick recorded his first solo CD, titled Change, in several studios in the Twin Cities, including his basement studio, then enlisted Tom Herbers to mix. Some of the musicians on this album were Adam Levy, Randy Broughten on pedal steel, Jeremy Ylvisaker, Bruce Balgaard, Brian Mangum and Chris DeWan, who were regular members of his band at that time. His album received very favorable reviews from national and international press.
2005 brought the release of his second album, Time Flies, which he recorded and mixed entirely in his home studio. In an attempt to search for sonically unique recordings, Patrick stumbled upon the works of Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, and joined their quest for subtlety and beauty in the process of ambient recording. Brian A. Smith from the online publication Phantom Tollbooth gave Time Flies a rating of 4½ out of 5.
Alongside his own original material, Patrick has co-written songs with numerous people and has appeared as a guest musician on two Sara Groves albums.
In 2005, Patrick moved to Bratislava, Slovakia to spend a year teaching English and music. Immediately following his return to the U.S., he started his first commercial recording studio, called Two Pillars. After a year and a half there he upgraded his studio to a much larger commercial space in the arts district of Northeast Minneapolis. He named the studio "The Library," as it has several thousand books that line the walls of each tracking room.
He also plays electric guitar in the band Greycoats. Various songs have been featured on several television shows including Orange is the New Black, Teen Mom, Gossip Girl, and 16 and Pregnant. Patrick has produced, engineered, mixed, and played various instruments on all three albums for Greycoats: Setting Fire to the Great Unknown, World of Tomorrow, Adrift and "Charisma". He is the electric guitarist for the band Fathom Lane, and also produced and mixed their 2017 release, Asilomar. The listeners of Twin Cities radio station 89.3 The Current voted Fathom Lane's song Fingers and Toes the number one local song in their Top 89 of 2017.
Currently, Patrick is a full-time record producer at his recording studio, the Library, in northeast Minneapolis. Some of the artists who have recorded there include Jeremy Messersmith, John Mark Nelson, Jeremy Ylvisaker with "Guitar Party," and Red House Records artists The Pines.
He has been nominated for best record producer for the Independent Music Awards in 2015 for Jourdan Myers "Ruin Me With Love," 2016 for Greycoats "Adrift," and in 2017 for Vicky Emerson "Wake Me When The Wind Dies Down."
ArtistYear releasedAlbumProducerEngineerMixerMusician
Sally Cranham2020Giants and Figs♦♦♦♦
Phoebe Katis2020It's Ok To Cry♦
Temper The Ghost2020Wide Awake ♦♦
Vicky Emerson2020Trouble ♦
Foreign Fields2020The Beauty Of Survival♦
Abigail Campbell2020Dear Girl♦
Gowns2020The Hollows♦♦♦♦
Ben Noble2020Where The Light Comes In♦♦♦
Gambler's Daughter2020Serotinous Skin♦♦♦♦
Luke Spehar2019O Holy Night ♦♦♦♦
Louis and Dan and the Invisible Band2019Let's Imagine♦♦♦♦
Reina del Cid2019Morse Code♦♦♦♦
Dan Parotti2019Self Titled♦♦♦♦
Cory Wong2019Motivational Music for The Syncopated Soul♦
The Jolly Pops2019Bad Bad Dinosaur♦♦♦♦
Jillian Rae2019I Can't Be The One You Want Me To Be♦♦♦♦
Ami Andersen2019Wayfaring♦♦♦♦
Sam Cassidy2019Running Blind♦
Louis & Dan2019and the Invisible Band♦♦♦♦
Fathom Lane2019The Lookout ♦♦♦♦
The Minor Fall2018Candle Bright♦♦♦♦
Lynn O'Brien2018Rising♦♦♦♦
Ponderosa2018Ponderosa♦♦♦♦
Larry Long2018Slow Night♦
Greycoats2018Charisma♦♦♦♦
JØUR2018Chiaroscuro♦♦♦♦
Fathom Lane2018Laurelee ♦♦♦♦
Cory Wong2018The Optimist♦
Jillian Rae2018Medication ♦♦♦♦
JØUR2018Black Hole ♦♦♦
Rachel Kurtz2018Love, Rachel Kurtz♦♦
Interlake2018Waiting For The Ocean♦♦♦♦
Ben Rosenbush and The Brighton2018Disparate Spheres♦♦♦♦
JØUR2018American Nightmare ♦♦♦
The Jolly Pops2018We Are Happy Dads♦♦♦♦
Fathom Lane2018The Queen Of All Hearts ♦♦♦♦
Luke Spehar2018The Pilgrim♦♦♦♦
When We Land2018Introvert's Plight♦♦♦♦
The Fold2017From the Dust♦♦♦♦
Interlake2017The City Without You♦♦♦♦
JØUR2017Danger Game ♦♦♦
Jillian Rae2017When Doves Cry ♦♦♦♦
Sarah Monson2017The Apple Tree♦♦♦♦
Greycoats2017Hypersleep♦♦♦♦
Fathom Lane2017Asilomar♦♦♦♦
Matt Hannah2016Dreamland♦♦♦♦
Aly Aleigha2016The Labyrinth♦♦♦
Holly Henry2016King Paten♦♦♦♦
Karen Choi2016Through Our Veins♦♦♦♦
Vicky Emerson2016Wake Me When The Wind Dies Down♦♦♦♦
Preston Gunderson2016Face Yourself, Then The World♦
Brian Lenz2016Short Stories♦♦
The Paper Days2016Falling Is Easy♦♦♦♦
Sarah Kallies2016North♦♦♦♦
Eyedea2015The Many Faces of Mikey♦
Foreign Fields2015What I Kept In Hiding♦
Greycoats2015Adrift♦♦♦♦
John Mark Nelson2015I Am Not Afraid♦
MaSSs2015How I Killed A Bear♦♦♦♦
Holly Henry2015The Orchard♦♦♦♦
Kara Laudon2015I Wasn't Made♦
Clementine2015Crooked Brain♦♦♦
John Mark Nelson2014Sings the Moon♦♦♦♦
Elizabeth Hunnicutt2014The Arrival♦♦♦♦
Jourdan Myers2014Ruin Me With Love♦♦♦♦
Jonathan Rundman2014Look Up♦♦♦♦
Hope Hymns2014Volume 2♦♦♦♦
Put Down the Muffin2014Charged Particles♦♦♦♦
Josh Cleveland2014The Root of a Man♦♦
Jake Armerding2013Cosmos in the Chaos♦♦♦
Greycoats2013World of Tomorrow♦♦♦♦
Vicky Emerson2013Dust and Echoes♦♦♦♦
Rachel Kurtz2013Broken and Lowdown♦♦♦♦
Ben Rosenbush and The Brighton2012A Wild Hunger♦♦♦
The New Standards2012Sunday Morning Coming Down♦
Sarah Monson2012Dragonflies♦♦♦♦
Brynn Andre2012Let It Snow♦♦♦♦
Soul Rumination2012Fear & Love♦♦♦♦
Deb Carlson2012Tresses of Green♦♦♦♦
Surrounded by Werewolves2012Stranger Dance♦♦
Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge2012I Am New♦♦♦♦
Mark Keating2012One in the Same♦♦♦♦
Hope Hymns2012Volume 1♦♦♦♦
Heatherlyn2011Storydwelling♦♦♦♦
The Rock2011Born to Die♦♦♦
Clocks and Clouds2011Life Beyond Reason♦
A Thousand Falls2011Midnight♦
Annie Fitzgerald2010In Good Time♦♦♦♦
Danielle Thrush2010The Waiting♦♦♦♦
Jason Gray2010All the Lovely Losers♦♦♦
Six Pack Heart Attacks2010Road of Love Forgotten♦♦♦♦
Norah Long2010View from Violet Hill♦♦♦♦
Vicky Emerson2009Long Ride♦♦♦♦
The Brighton2009self-titled♦♦♦
Elizabeth Hunnicutt2009On the Way♦♦♦♦
Brett Tyler2009Bittersweet♦♦♦♦
Roger Flyer2009Songs Hidden In Eggs♦♦♦
Greycoats2009Setting Fire to the Great Unknown♦♦♦♦
Tim Lemmens2009Even if♦♦♦♦
Caitlyn Smith2007Face Over Heels♦♦♦♦
Sarah Notley2005Broken Down Angel♦♦♦
Precious Red2005Closer♦♦♦♦
Jason Gray2003Hoping; Live Vol.1♦♦♦♦
Matt Patrick2002Change♦♦♦♦
Pegtop2002Counting Tree♦♦♦
Nic Johnson2002Weightless♦♦♦♦
Pegtop1998Run, Run♦♦

Discography