In 1997, Pat Kearns opened a small, 16-track recording studio in Portland named Studio 13, recorded tons of punk/garage bands as well as singer/songwriters. In the fall of 2006, he expanded operations by opening The Color Lab in Portland, OR. After 6 months, the Lab had run its course and Pat moved operations to SE Portland and named the new studio PermaPress Recording. A short list of Pat's credits include releases by:
Lovvers, The Exploding Hearts, Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons, Pat mAcDonald (Timbuck 3), The Soda Pop Kids, The Nice Boys, The Clorox Girls, The Observers, Defiance, The Revisions, The Red Dons, The Goddamn Gentlemen, The Spider Babies, The Jolenes, Autistic Youth, The Neat, Absolute Rulers, and his own band; Blue Skies For Black Hearts.
PermaPress Recording's goal is to provide professional recording at reasonable rates for both official releases as well as demos. Freelance engineers are welcome. Owner producer/engineer Pat Kearns is often requested to provide musical arrangements, novel percussion, harmony arrangements, and even his own voice to projects that he is producing. His recording heroes are Sir George Martin, Phil Spector, Nick Lowe, Jeff Barry, Joey Levine, and Geoff Emerick. Mr. Kearns has also toured as a live-sound engineer for John Vanderslice, Spoon, and Death Cab for Cutie.
PermaPress Recording - 2833 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR 97232
(503) 962.0321
We are located in the same building as Centaur Guitar
Since 2002 Pat Kearns has also been freelancing at Jackpot! in Portland, OR.
