Aaron Sprinkle

Aaron Sprinkle
Background information
Born	March 20, 1974[1]
Origin	Seattle, Washington
Genres	Alternative rock
Occupation(s)	Record producer, musician, recording engineer, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, Piano
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Tooth & Nail, Silent Planet, Organic
Associated acts	Fair, Rose Blossom Punch, Poor Old Lu
Website	aaronsprinklemusic.com

Aaron Sprinkle is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer 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.^[2] On his solo releases, he plays almost all instruments except drums, and his wife Karina occasionally writes lyrics.^[2] He was hired as producer for Tooth & Nail Records in 2001, and works out of Compound Recording Studios in Seattle, Washington.^[3] 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 Jesse Sprinkle.

Discography

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 [1993-1998] (1998)
• The Waiting Room (2002)

With Rose Blossom Punch (1997-1999)

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

Solo (1999-present)

• Moontraveler (1999)
• The Kindest Days (2000)
• Really Something EP (2001)
• Bareface (2001)
• Live: The Boy Who Stopped the World (2003)
• Lackluster (2004)
• Water & Guns (2013)

With Fair (2006-present)

• The Best Worst-Case Scenario (2006)
• Carelessness (CD Single) (2006)
• Disappearing World (2010)

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)

Album credits

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 and Phantoms 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 Producer and engineering on Vital Vocal production and engineering on Lowborn Beth Orton Blenderhead Producer on Prime Candidate for Burnout Brooke Barrettsmith Producer on 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 Co-producer of You Are My Sunshine Damien Jurado Mixer on I Break Chairs Dead Poetic Producer of New Medicines, Vices and The Finest Demon Hunter Producer on all albums (except Live in Nashville and 45 Days) Co-producer, programming, and keyboards on Storm the Gates of Hell Co-producer on Extremist Keyboards on The Triptych Dolour Co-producer of Suburbiac Eisley Co-producer of Marvelous Things E.P. and Room Noises Emery Producer on 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

Falling Up Producer on Crashings Co-writer and producer on Captiva FM Static Producer of What Are You Waiting For? Co-producer of Dear Diary and My Brain Says Stop, But My Heart Says Go! Gatsbys American Dream Producer of 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 Hyland Producer of Weights & Measures Icon for Hire Co-producer on Scripted Ivoryline Producer of There Came a Lion and Vessels Jeremy Camp Producer and instruments on Restored Co-producer on 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 (of all albums except To Know That You're Alive, Live from Portland and It Is Well) Co-writer of Sea of Faces Little Champions Audio Mixer on Pillow Mae Co-producer on Destination: B-Sides MxPx Producer of Pokinatcha and Secret Weapon The Museum Producer on Let Love Win Nine Lashes Co-producer of World We View Number One Gun Producer of The North Pole Project and Promises for the Imperfect Pedro the Lion Co-writer on Control 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 Ruth Producer of Secondhand Dreaming Co-producer of Anorak The Send Producer, additional vocals and instruments from 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 States Producer on "Room To Run" re-release Stavesacre Producer, engineering, and instruments on Collective Swimming with Dolphins Co-producer of Water Colours Time to Fly Producer on Birth. Work. Death The Divorce Engineering on The Divorce EP Thousand Foot Krutch Producer of Welcome to the Masquerade, Phenomenon and The End Is Where We Begin Wes Dando Producer and co-engineer on The Tired Hours Zao Co-producer on Legendary

References

1. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002429863780
2. Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (First printing ed.). Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. p. 858. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.
3. Dodd, Jason (January–February 2002). "Aaron Sprinkle". HM Magazine (93): 15. ISSN 1066-6923.

External links

• Official website
• Poor Old Lu
• Fair
• Interview @ Christianity Today from early 2004
• Aaron Sprinkle on Pure Volume