Aaron Sprinkle

Aaron Sprinkle (born March 20, 1974) is an American record producer and musician from Seattle, Washington.

Career

His career in music began in high school with a group called BellBangVilla. BellBangVilla became Poor Old Lu and they released a number of albums (see below). Aaron Sprinkle also sang and played lead guitar in Rose Blossom Punch, and has produced albums independently. On his solo releases, he plays almost all instruments except drums. He produced dozens of records for Tooth & Nail Records between 1993 and 2016. In 2005, Sprinkle formed the band Fair with Joey Sanchez, Nick Barber, and Erick Newbill. Fair released its debut album ''The Best Worst-Case Scenario'' on Tooth & Nail Records in June 2006. He is the brother of drummer Jesse Sprinkle. Among others, Jesse played with Aaron in Poor Old Lu, was the most recent drummer of Dead Poetic, and was also an early member of Demon Hunter, whose albums Aaron has produced the majority of.

Discography

Solo (1999–present)

* ''Moontraveler'' (1999)
* ''The Kindest Days'' (2000)
* ''Really Something EP'' (2001)
* ''Bareface'' (2001)
* ''Live: The Boy Who Stopped the World'' (2003)
* ''Lackluster – Best Of'' (2004)
* ''Water & Guns'' (2013)
* ''Real Life'' (2017)
* ''Escaping Light'' (2018)
* ''Instrumentals, Vol. 1: Alexandria'' (2018)
* ''Instrumentals, Vol. 2: Unravel'' (2019)
* ''Instrumentals, Vol. 3: North Coast'' (2019)
* ''Instrumentals, Vol. 4: Feather Falling'' (2021)
* ''Walking Back'' (2021)
* ''Certainty'' (2021)

With Poor Old Lu (1990–2002)

* ''In Love with the Greenery'' (As BellBangVilla) (1990)
* ''Three Song Demo'' (Cassette only) (1991)
* ''Star-Studded-Super-Step'' (1992, 1995 & 1998)
* ''Mindsize'' (1993)
* ''Split 7″ with Mortal'' (1993)
* ''Sin'' (1994)
* ''Straight Six'' (1995)
* ''A Picture of the Eighth Wonder'' (1996)
* ''In Their Final Performance'' (1998)
* ''Chrono 993-1998' (1998)
* ''The Waiting Room'' (2002)

With Rose Blossom Punch (1997–1999)

* ''Ephemere'' (1997)
* ''So Sorry to Disappoint You'' (1999)
* ''Par Avion'' 7″ vinyl

With Fair (2006–present)

* ''The Best Worst-Case Scenario'' (2006)
* "Carelessness" (CD single) (2006)
* ''Disappearing World'' (2010)

With Blank Books (2017–present)

* ''EP1'' (2017)

Contributions

Solo

* "A Christmas Song for All Year Round" (from ''Happy Christmas Volume 3'' – 2001, Tooth & Nail Records)
* "I Know There's an Answer (Hang On to Your Ego)" (from '' Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson'' – 2002, Silent Planet Records)

With Rose Blossom Punch

* "Sowing in the Sun" (from ''Artcore Vol. I'' – 1996, Tooth & Nail Records)
* "Based on a True Story (Demo)" (from ''Music for Meals: Take Time to Listen Vol. III'' – 1997, SaraBellum Records)
* "See It in Me" (from ''Artcore Vol. II'' – Tooth & Nail Records)

Production work

Aaron has production, engineering, or other credits on albums by the following bands:

* Aaron Gillespie
** Producer, engineering, co-writer, and additional instruments and vocals on ''Anthem Song''
* Acceptance
** Producer on ''Black Lines to Battlefields'', ''Phantoms'', and ''Colliding By Design''
* Adie
** Producer on '' Don't Wait''
* The Almost
** Producer and additional vocals on ''Southern Weather''
** Producer on ''Monster Monster''
* Anberlin
** Producer, engineering, and mixing on ''Blueprints for the Black Market''
** Producer and engineering on ''Never Take Friendship Personal''
** Producer on ''Godspeed EP'' and ''Cities (Anberlin album), Cities''
** Producer and engineering on ''Vital (Anberlin album), Vital''
** Vocal production and engineering on ''Lowborn''
* Beth Orton
* Blenderhead
** Producer on ''Prime Candidate for Burnout''
* Brooke Barrettsmith
** Producer on ''Brooke Barrettsmith (album), Brooke Barrettsmith''
* Bugs in Amber
** Mixing and instruments on ''Rocketship Letters''
* Capital Lights
** Producer of ''This Is an Outrage!''
* Calibretto 13
** Producer on ''Adventures in Tokyo''
* Copeland (band), Copeland
** Co-producer of ''You Are My Sunshine (Copeland album), You Are My Sunshine''
* Damien Jurado
** Mixer on ''I Break Chairs''
* Dead Poetic
** Producer of ''New Medicines'', ''Vices (Dead Poetic album), Vices'' and ''The Finest (Dead Poetic album), The Finest''
* Demon Hunter
** Producer on all albums (except ''Live in Nashville (Demon Hunter album), Live in Nashville'', ''45 Days'', ''War (Demon Hunter album), War'', and ''Exile''.)
** Co-producer, programming, and keyboards on ''Storm the Gates of Hell''
** Co-producer on ''Extremist (album), Extremist''
** Keyboards on ''The Triptych''
* Disciple (band), Disciple
** Producer on ''Long Live the Rebels''
* Dolour
** Co-producer of ''Suburbiac''
* Eisley
** Co-producer of ''Marvelous Things E.P.'' and ''Room Noises''
* Emery (band), Emery
** Producer on ''The Question (Emery album), The Question'' and ''...In Shallow Seas We Sail''
** Additional vocals for ''...In Shallow Seas We Sail''
** Additional instruments and vocals on ''We Do What We Want''
* Every Avenue
** Producer on ''Bad Habits (Every Avenue album), Bad Habits''
* Falling Up (band), Falling Up
** Producer on ''Crashings''
** Co-writer and producer on ''Captiva (album), Captiva''
* FM Static
** Producer of ''What Are You Waiting For? (FM Static album), What Are You Waiting For?''
** Co-producer of ''Dear Diary (FM Static album), Dear Diary'' and ''My Brain Says Stop, But My Heart Says Go!''
* Gatsbys American Dream
** Producer of ''Why We Fight (Gatsbys American Dream album), Why We Fight''
* Grammatrain
** Producer of ''Lonely House''
* Hawk Nelson
** Co-producer of ''Letters to the President''
** Producer of ''Smile, It's the End of the World''
* He Is We
** Producer of ''My Forever (album), My Forever''
* Hyland (band), Hyland
** Producer of ''Weights & Measures (Hyland album), Weights & Measures''
* Icon for Hire
** Co-producer on ''Scripted''
* Ivoryline
** Producer of ''There Came a Lion'' and ''Vessels (Ivoryline album), Vessels''
* Jeremy Camp
** Producer and instruments on ''Restored''
** Co-producer on ''Beyond Measure (Jeremy Camp album), Beyond Measure''
* Jonezetta
** Producer of ''Cruel to Be Young''
* Joy Electric
** Mixer on ''The Tick Tock Treasury''
** Co-mixer on ''Hello, Mannequin''
* KJ-52
** Producer on ''Behind the Musik (A Boy Named Jonah)''
** Co-producer on ''Dangerous''
* Kutless
** Producer on ''Kutless (album), Kutless'', ''Sea of Faces'', ''Strong Tower'', ''Hearts of the Innocent'', and ''Surrender (Kutless album), Surrender''
** Co-writer of ''Sea of Faces''
* Little Champions
** Audio Mixer on ''Pillow''
* Mae
** Co-producer on ''Destination: B-Sides''
* MxPx
** Producer on ''Pokinatcha'' and ''Secret Weapon (album), Secret Weapon''
* The Museum (band), The Museum
** Producer on ''Let Love Win''
* New Found Glory
** Producer of ''Makes Me Sick (album), Makes Me Sick''
* Nine Lashes
** Co-producer of ''World We View'' and ''From Water to War''
* Number One Gun
** Producer of ''The North Pole Project'' and ''Promises for the Imperfect''
* Pedro the Lion
** Co-writer on ''Control (Pedro the Lion album), Control''
* Poema (musical group), Poema
** Producer of ''Sing It Now''
* Project 86
** Co-producer on ''Songs to Burn Your Bridges By''
* Relient K
** Co-producer on ''Collapsible Lung''
* Rocky Votolato
** Audio mixer on ''Makers (album), Makers''
* Ruth (band), Ruth
** Producer of ''Secondhand Dreaming''
** Co-producer of ''Anorak (album), Anorak''
* The Send
** Producer, additional vocals and instruments from ''Cosmos (The Send album), Cosmos''
* Sent By Ravens
** Producer of ''Our Graceful Words''
* Seven Places
** Producer of ''Lonely for the Last Time'' and ''Hear Us Say Jesus''
* Seventh Day Slumber
** Producer of ''Once Upon a Shattered Life''
* Sherri Youngward
** Producer of ''Six Inches of Sky''
* Sometime Sunday
** Mixing and instruments on ''Drain''
* Soulfood 76
** Engineering on ''Velour''
* Squad Five-O
** Solo guitar on 2 tracks on ''Fight The System''
* Starflyer 59
** Producer, engineering, and mixing on ''Old (Starflyer 59 album), Old''
* States (band), States
** Producer on ''Room To Run'' re-release
* Stavesacre
** Producer, engineering, and instruments on ''Collective (Stavesacre album), Collective''
* Swimming With Dolphins (band), Swimming With Dolphins
** Co-producer of ''Water Colours''
* Time to Fly (band), Time to Fly
** Producer on ''Birth. Work. Death''
* The Divorce
** Engineering on ''The Divorce EP''
* Thousand Foot Krutch
** Producer on ''Phenomenon (Thousand Foot Krutch album), Phenomenon'', ''Welcome to the Masquerade'', ''The End Is Where We Begin (Thousand Foot Krutch album), The End Is Where We Begin'', ''Oxygen: Inhale'', and ''Exhale (Thousand Foot Krutch album), Exhale''
* Wes Dando
** Producer and co-engineer on ''The Tired Hours''
* Zao (American band), Zao
** Co-producer on ''Legendary (Zao album), Legendary''

References

External links

*

Poor Old Lu

Fair


from early 2004

Aaron Sprinkle on Pure Volume

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1974 births
Living people
American male singer-songwriters
Record producers from Washington (state)
American performers of Christian music
Tooth & Nail Records artists
Musicians from Seattle
Singer-songwriters from Washington (state)