Casey Bates

Casey Bates
Origin	Seattle, Washington
Genres	Indie, pop punk, post-hardcore
Occupation(s)	Record producer, musician
Associated acts	Gatsbys American Dream
Website	caseybates.com

Casey Bates is a Seattle based music producer, mixer, and musician. He has recorded his own music and worked with several artists on record labels such as Fearless, Fueled by Ramen, Equal Vision Records, and Eyeball Records.^[1] He also took part in the formation of Gatsbys American Dream, the song writing in their first album,^[2] and contribution to songs in their later works.

Gatsbys American Dream

The formation of Gatsbys American Dream began shortly after members of One Point Two (Casey Bates, Bobby Darling, Dustin McGhie, and Josh Berg) met up with Nic Newsham and Ryan. According to Bobby, the music on their first album, Why We Fight, was written with Casey Bates and himself in One Point Two. Bates has also constantly been a part of Gatsbys's recording process, he produced and mixed both of the albums the band released on Fearless Records, their DVD, and has contributed vocals and instrumentation to their songs.

Discography

Year	Artist	Title	Label	Role	Achievements
2014	Northern Faces	Upcoming LP	Equal Vision Records	Producer, Mixer, engineer	N/A
2013	Portugal. The Man	Evil Friends	Atlantic Records	Producer, engineer	N/A
2011	Portugal. The Man	In the Mountain in the Cloud	Atlantic Records	Producer, engineer	N/A
2011	Lions!Tigers!Bears!	Shallow Waters, Endless Depth	Tragic Hero Records	Producer, engineer, Mixing[3]	N/A
2010	INXS	Original Sin	Atco Records	Vocal Engineer	N/A
2010	He Is We	My Forever	Universal Motown	Producer, Vocal Producer	N/A
2010	What Happened in Vegas	The Anatomy of a Boy's Mind	Unsigned	Producer	N/A
2010	The Body Rampant	Transient Years	Unsigned	Producer, engineer, Mixing	First single premiered on mtvU
2010	Isles & Glaciers	The Hearts of Lonely People	Equal Vision Records	Producer	*#104 on Billboard 200 *#1 on Top Top Heatseekers
2009	A Skylit Drive	Adelphia	Fearless Records	Producer	*#64 on Billboard 200 *#11 on Top Independent Albums
2009	Dr Manhattan	Jam Dreams	Cassette Deck Media Conglomerate	Engineer, Mixer	N/A
2006	Fear Before The March of Flames	The Always Open Mouth	Equal Vision Records	Producer, mixer	N/A
2008	Man Without Wax	Anchor	Eyeball Records	Producer, mixer	N/A
2007	Chiodos	Bone Palace Ballet	Equal Vision Records, Warner Bros. Records	Producer	*#5 on US Billboard 200 *#1 on Top Independent Albums 39,000 copies sold in first week.
2007	Portugal. The Man	Church Mouth	Fearless Records	Producer, mixer	N/A
2008	Dr Manhattan	Dr Manhattan	Vagrant Records	Mixer	First song premiered on MTVu
2006	Heavy Heavy Low Low	Everything's Watched, Everyone's Watching	Ferret Music, New Weatherman Records	Producer, mixer	N/A
2008	Fear Before	Fear Before	Equal Vision Records	Producer, mixer	N/A
2007	Pierce the Veil	A Flair for the Dramatic	Equal Vision Records	Producer, mixer	N/A
2006	Gatsbys American Dream	Gatsbys American Dream	Fearless Records	Producer, mixer	N/A
2008	Jamie's Elsewhere	Guidebook for Sinners Turned Saints	Victory Records	Producer, mixer	N/A
2004	Gatsbys American Dream	In the Land of Lost Monsters	LLR	Producer, mixer	N/A
2008	Foxy Shazam	Introducing	Ferret Music; New Weatherman records	Producer, mixer	N/A
2007	The Number Twelve Looks Like You	Mongrel	Eyeball Records	Producer, mixer	N/A
2009	MxPx	On the Cover II	Tooth & Nail Records	Mixer	N/A
2005	Daphne Loves Derby	On the Strength of All Convinced	Outlook Records	Producer, mixer	N/A
2004	This Providence	Our Worlds Divorce	Rocketstar Records	Producer, mixer	N/A
2008	The Fall of Troy	Phantom on the Horizon	Equal Vision Records	Producer, mixer	N/A
2006	This Providence	This Providence	Fueled by Ramen	Producer, mixer	N/A
2008	Forgive Durden	Razia's Shadow: A Musical	Fueled by Ramen	Producer, mixer	N/A
2005	Gatsbys American Dream	Volcano	Fearless Records	Producer, mixer, additional vocals and instrumentation	Track 1 appears on NHL 2007
2006	Portugal. The Man	Waiter: "You Vultures!"	Fearless Records	Producer, mixer	N/A
2004	Forgive Durden	When You're Alone, You're Not Alone	Independent	Producer, mixer	N/A
2006	Forgive Durden	Wonderland	Fueled by Ramen	Producer, mixer	N/A
2003	Gatsbys American Dream	A Year in the Gulch	Independent	Producer, mixer, footage	N/A

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References

1. "Artist Management". KMGMT. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
2. "Snicker at the Swine / former band members". Snickerattheswine.com. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
3. "Casey Bates". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
4. "In the discography". Caseybates.com. Retrieved 2012-06-11.