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Velvet
Velvet Echo is the production duo of Mike McClellan and Stephen Newman. Longtime friends and collaborators, they formed their own studio while finishing college. They played and performed with multiple bands, all the while honing their skills as producers and engineers. Their friends would ask them to record and produce them, which would lead to meeting new musicians meeting talent they wanted to work with. During this time their love and appreciation for multiple styles of music deepened, which encourage them to branch out in their own writing. This created a snowball effect which lead to them moving away from running a recording studio and focusing on producing. Mike and Steve enjoy talking about music, movies, and spending time playing old video games.
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Velvet Echo has produced music for ESPN, The NBA, MTV, the Today Show, as well as created promotional music for Major League Baseball, the NFL, The Olympic Games, Amazon.com. They produced releases for Amy Whitcomb of NBC's "The Voice" and "The Sing Off."
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Henderson
Jay William Henderson is a singer, songwriter, producer, and recording engineer from Salt Lake City, UT. After his successes as front man and primary songwriter for 'Band Of Annuals’, Henderson launched his solo career with the release of 'The Sun Will Burn Our Eyes’, which was nominated by Magnet Magazine as one of the best Indie Folk albums of 2012. Known for his sparse arrangements and haunting melodies, his songs are reminiscent of the beauty and solitude one experiences in the expanses of the West. Henderson has lived in Nashville, where he performed as well as recorded and produced a handful of records. He is currently based in New York City.