Kirkman Ridd

STUDIO

Vintage analog and digital recording with Trident-24 console, Sony APR-24 recorder, and Pro Tools. Array of outboard gear including Tube-Tech, Urei, dbx, Drawmer, Avalon, and Focusrite. Extensive mic selection including Neumann U87, U47 fet (vintage), AKG C414 TLII (stereo pair), C451, D112, Sennheiser 421, MKH 416, Beyer M88, Shure SM57, and more.

Monitoring: Tannoy SGM-10B, Yamaha NS-10, Auratone 5c, Sony MDR-7506 headphones, Bryston power amps.

CREDITS

In addition to the selected album credits shown here, Kirkman has produced music for films and television shows, with clients including Carolco, Warner Brothers, Motown, and Alimar Prods. His songs are featured on multi-million-selling albums, and have been licensed worldwide. As a member of the roots-rock band The Inheritance, Kirkman toured extensively throughout the United States and Canada, performing live on WVIA-TV, and KRSH, KOTR, KXCI, KDDX, WLNZ, and WYCE Radio Stations, among others. In addition to concerts, he enjoyed performing at such legendary songwriter venues as Kenny's Castaways in Manhattan, Jack's Sugar Shack in Hollywood, and The Bluebird Cafe in Nashvillle, as well as music & arts festivals including the Moro Bay Harbor Festival, the Malibu Arts Festival, the Santa Maria Friendship Festival, and the North by Northwest Music Festival in Toronto, Canada. Have guitar, will travel. Have studio, will make magic.

ABOUT

Kirkman Ridd has been producing musical recordings since he first started ping-ponging between two cassette decks as a teenager. Later, he worked his way from four-track to eight-track to sixteen-track recorders, opening a professional studio along the way, until he purchased his Sony APR-24 which has recorded musicians and singers from around the world, their albums selling millions of copies. Kirkman's vintage Trident 24 console, classic mics, and carefully chosen outboard gear continue to be a source of great analog sound. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Sound + vision.

Just the right mix.