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Professional trombone, low brass, and complete horn section recordings from Nashville. Hire me for a single part, a stacked low brass section, or a full horn section with additional Nashville session musicians.

I'm a Nashville low brass specialist with more than 20 years of professional experience. I record trombone, bass trombone, contrabass trombone, euphonium, tuba, and sousaphone, from individual overdubs to complete multi-tracked low brass sections.

Need a larger horn section? I work with an extensive network of Nashville session and touring musicians and can coordinate additional players for trumpet, saxophone, and other instrumentation. I can handle the process from arranging and personnel through recording and delivery, giving you a cohesive section without requiring you to hire and coordinate every musician separately.

My professional work includes artists and organizations such as Jon Pardi, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Marcus King, Melinda Doolittle, Trisha Yearwood, and the Grand Ole Opry. I also work as a composer, arranger, orchestrator, and recording engineer.

Whether you already have finished charts or need the horn parts written, I can provide individual overdubs, stacked sections, custom arrangements, or a complete horn-section package tailored to your production.

Send me an email through 'Contact' button above and I'll get back to you asap.

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Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: My studio is optimized for overdub recording, with space for horns, strings, percussion, vocals, and other session work. I use a combination of ribbon and condenser microphones with clean and character preamps, allowing me to tailor the recording chain to the instrument and production.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: My strongest skill is low brass doubling. I can move between trombone, bass trombone, contrabass trombone, euphonium, and tuba while maintaining consistent style and articulation across an arrangement. That makes it possible to build cohesive multi-tracked sections efficiently.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I'm always acutely aware of leaving space for the main focus of the song. My role is frequently to add that extra flavor to make the song pop, but still be a component rather than a feature. Pepper makes a dish taste great, but too much makes it hard to enjoy.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: I love a hybrid approach. Analog gear on the way in, digital for post production. If you get an awesome sound from the start, the rest goes much smoother.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: If you're multitracking the same player on the same instrument, change something between takes. Retune, different mouthpiece, take a step back from the mic, etc. This helps get rid of the "phasey" sound that can come from stacking the same source.