Studio Manager
Rocky opened Start Together (named after his favourite Sleater-Kinney song) while he still played in Indie-Pop two piece Oppenheimer.
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Since then he has developed & manages Start Together’s facilities for producers, engineers & musicians, while himself continuing to produce, write, record & mix with a wide range of artists from across the world.
He's worked with The Wood Burning Savages, Nathan Connolly (Snow Patrol) The Florentinas, And So I Watch You From Afar, Baby In Vain, General Fiasco, Wheatus, Math The Band, TOUTS, Callum Pitt, Matt Caughthran (The Bronx) Tim Wheeler (Ash), ROE, Queen Zee, Adam WarRock and Dizzy Dustin (Ugly Duckling)
If you would like to work with Rocky, please contact Pip Newby at Brigade Management
Belfast-based Freelance Engineers & Producers on our roster
Michael Bell - Producer, Mixer & Engineer
Michael grew up in Belfast assisting in Start Together, before enrolling at LIPA in Liverpool, studying music production while working in many of the city's leading studios. He has now returned to Belfast and has been working on a range of productions, mixes and live sessions.
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Recent projects include Foreign Mornings, The Girlfriend Complex, Wohn, Taylor Lally, Von Loop, Makeshift Artbar and Thin Lizzy.
Niall Doran - Audio Engineer
Niall is an audio engineer with over a decade of experience working in commercial studios on a wide range of music and professional audio projects. He is equally at home working with folk artists, heavy bands, operatic recordings or jazz ensembles. He enjoys live recording sessions and also records, edits and mixes audiobooks and podcasts for many clients throughout Europe. He's worked with a long list of artists and labels and has a huge passion for community within music, working on projects with Beyond Skin, Urban Affinity and more.
