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Daniel Kresco

About Me

Record Producer
Mix Engineer
Programmer
Songwriter
Guitarist

I create broadcast quality master recordings for songwriters and artists.

The above songs were played, programmed, produced and mixed by me in my studio.

I also have a network of session musicians and studios I use for recording - in L.A and Nashville - for when the budget allows.

My fees range from a few hundred dollars per mix - or for the creation of a sparsely arranged vocal/acoustic track, for example, through to approximately $30,000 for full length mastered albums ready for major release. It all depends on the kind of recording you need, the number of musicians involved and the perimeters of your budget. If you'd like to know more let's talk!

To hear better quality versions of the songs, please go to my website .

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I started my career in music in 1995 as an ass-istant engineer for producer Chuck Howard at Curb Records in Nashville. My first day on the job we were recording vocals for legendary country artist Eddy Arnold. That same week I began recording vocals for an unknown 13 year old named LeAnn Rimes. Chuck was always doing at least 3 or more projects at a time, so he and his main engineer Bob Campbell-Smith, went off to another session while I stayed and recorded and comped the vocals for Leann's soon to-be first Billboard number 1 single "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)".

In 2001 I moved to L.A to work at the famed Record Plant Recording Studios where I engineered sessions for Nas, Limp Bizket, J-Lo, Macy Gray, and others. Overall I've been involved in engineering records from genres ranging from country to rock to pop and a few things in between with the likes of Lee Ann Womack, more LeAnn Rimes, Rodney Atkins, Garth Brooks, Reba, Brandy, The Format, Luis Miguel, Boys II Men, Barenaked Ladies, Guster, Alejandro Sanz, Wynton Marsalis, Michael Jackson and many, many more.

I've also had the pleasure of working with some of the best engineers and producers in the world including Roy Thomas Baker, Mike Shipley, Patrick Leonard, and Kevin Killen. I was extremely lucky to get the opportunities I did back then and I hope to give a bit back now by helping artists realize their full potential and vision.

I produced, engineered and mixed the album, "Higher Ground", for Australian singer and TV personality Tania Kernaghan. It went on to be the top selling independent album of her genre for 2006. After 2 years, it's still producing top 10 singles, including "Life Don't Get Much Better Than This" (written by my beautiful wife, Fiona - as were all of the songs on that record.) "Life" stayed at number 1 for 4 weeks on Australia's country chart.

I went on to produce, mix and play most of the instruments on Fiona's pop singer songwriter album "Shadow Wine and Truth Lilies" . You can hear samples of the album above and on her website. If you go there and sign up for her newsletter, you get a FREE mp3 of the song "The World Inside".

Recently Fiona and I wrote and recorded Tania Kernaghan's new album, "Livin' The Dream". Recorded in Nashville with Craig White navigating the SSL and Nashville's best musicians behind the glass playing spectacularly, we created one of Tania's best and hopefully best selling albums to date. We'll see where it lands on the charts in a few weeks!

I'm always looking to help and develop new talent so drop me a line if you'd like to chat at [email protected].

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/1/2007
Band Website: danielkresco.com
Band Members: Various albums I've had the pleasure of working on...



Influences: Mutt Lange, J.S. Bach, Mike Shipley, Kevin Killen, Roy Thomas Baker.
Sounds Like: Most recent projects:



Chase Emery - New cover song from Chase - Mixed song.

Mark B. Buys -Score mixer for composer Mark Buys on the movie "Shadows Of The Past"
Tania Kernaghan - Livin' The Dream-(Contemporary Country) Produced, Engineered, Mixed full album. Co-wrote 1 song.
Fiona Kernaghan -Shadow Wine and Truth Lilies-(Pop/Rock) Produced,Engineered, Mixed, all guitars, bass and programming for full album
Troy MacCubbin - Never Walk Away- (Rock) Mixed Single
Chase Emery - Definition- (Pop/Rock) Mixed album
Feeling Fiona - Various Artists-(Pop/Rock) Produced, and mixed 3 tracks
Tania Kernaghan - Higher Ground-(Contemporary Country) Produced,Engineered,Mixed, all guitars, bass and programming for album. Co-wrote 5 songs.
Cherie Lucas - Title to be announced- (Pop/Rock) Produced,Mixed, guitars and programming for album. Co-wrote 3 songs.
Natalie D-Napoleon - After The Flood- (AAA) Mixed single

Record Label: Major, Indie and unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New website!

Please check out my new website at www.danielkresco.comI'll be blogging, writing about the recording & mixing process, updating you on my new projects and putting up pictures from my sessions.Thanks f...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:54:00 GMT

TK's album up to #5!

Tania's album continues it's climb to the top.Thanks to all for your support!Daniel
Posted by on Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:57:00 GMT

Movin' on up! #14 to #9 this week!

Tania's record is up to #9 this week for it's 2nd week on the ARIA country charts!
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:26:00 GMT

Tania's album debut's at #14 on the ARIA charts!

Tania Kernaghan's album "Livin' The Dream" has debuted at #14 on the ARIA chart (Australia's Billboard chart). I produced and mixed the album last fall. The first single "Second Time Around" writ...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:07:00 GMT

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!I watched the history of Christmas on the History channel last week and it made me realize that there are no new traditions. So Fiona and I are trying out s...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:26:00 GMT

Tanias Kernaghans record is finished!

Hello all,I finished up mastering today on Tania Kernaghan's new record. Check out her website for release date details.In case you don't know, mastering is the process, where you listen to all the so...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:16:00 GMT

Hell Yeah!!!

Well needless to say, I'm a very happy camper tonight. Fiona and I celebrated with a bottle of Champagne and chocolate. Obama has a shit load of work ahead of him, but we feel if anyone can do it, he ...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:56:00 GMT

Recording Vocals

Hi all,Had a good day today. Recorded vocals with Stephen Rowe for his new album due to be released early next year. Recorded 9 of 12 songs. Drank lots of red wine along the way. I started him off wit...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:44:00 GMT

Recording in Nashville, Weddings and Mixing

Hey all!Sorry for the long absence. Been busy since getting back to LA. Went to Nashville and recorded the new Tania Kernaghan record. Just about done mixing that one now. Just waiting for her Dad to ...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:56:00 GMT

1/2 way through the year already?

Hello one and all! Happy August!I can't believe the year is half over already! The first half was pretty great. Wrote heaps of songs with some great artists, mixed a little of this and a little of tha...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:31:00 GMT