echo
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."
nik day
Nik Day grew up constantly surrounded by music on a small farm in Idaho Falls, ID. Nik was surrounded by several genres of music from classic rock to world music to classical to even show tunes. At the early age of seven, Nik began writing his own piano songs and eventually published a piano book of his own compositions.
After spending time co-writing with other songwriters in Nashville, TN, Nik felt the calling to move to Salt Lake City to further pursue his songwriting career. In 2015 he decided to pick up where he left off with his solo career, but this time he decided to write contemporary Christian songs. In April 2016, he released his first Christian album, “Miracle.” Going forward, he hopes to continue creating media with positive messages that uplifts others and inspires people.