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