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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."
meghan linsey
Meghan Linsey was one half of the very successful country duo Steel Magnolia who catapulted to fame in 2009 when they won CMT's hit reality show "Can You Duet". The duo were signed to Big Machine Records and had three Top 25 Billboard hits including the #4 smash "Keep On Lovin You". As part of the duo, Meghan has ben nominated for 16 major awards, including ACM's CMA's Teen Choice, and CMT Awards. She also appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, CBS Early Show, E! News, and multiple others.
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In July 2014, Meghan released her first solo single, "Try Harder Than That". The single jumped to the #22 spot on Sirius XM's The Highway Top 45 Countdown and quickly became a critic and fan favorite. Rolling Stone named it one of the top 10 signs that Bro Country is on the decline, calling it a "'Hey Girl' antidote playfully voicing repentance." As a solo act Meghan has appeared on E! News (multiple times in recent months), CMT, People Magazine, Rolling Stone, Billboard and Country Weekly, among others.