Aaron Sprinkle
Quick Facts
Biography
Aaron Sprinkle is an American 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. On his solo releases, he plays almost all instruments except drums, and his wife Karina occasionally writes lyrics. He was hired as producer for Tooth & Nail Records in 2001, and works out of Compound Recording Studios in Seattle, Washington. 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
- Three Song Demo
- Star-Studded-Super-Step
- Mindsize
- Split 7″ with Mortal
- Sin
- Straight Six
- A Picture of the Eighth Wonder
- In Their Final Performance
- Chrono [1993-1998]
- The Waiting Room
With Rose Blossom Punch (1997–1999)
- Ephemere
- So Sorry to Disappoint You
- Par Avion
Solo (1999–present)
- Moontraveler
- The Kindest Days
- Really Something EP
- Bareface
- Live: The Boy Who Stopped the World
- Lackluster - Best Of
- Water & Guns
- Real Life
- Escaping Light
With Fair (2006–present)
- The Best Worst-Case Scenario
- "Carelessness"
- Disappearing World
With Blank Books (2017–present)
- EP1
Contributions
Solo
- "A Christmas Song for All Year Round"
- "I Know There's an Answer (Hang On to Your Ego)"
With Rose Blossom Punch
- "Sowing in the Sun"
- "Based on a True Story (Demo)"
- "See It in Me"
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, 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
- 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
- New Found Glory
- Producer of Makes Me Sick (album)
- 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