Ed Donnelly
Lead Engineer
Barber's Basement Producer and Lead Engineer - specializing Roots, Folk, Americana and Country Music.
Making Timeless Music is the Goal.
Recording at Barbers Basement is a chilled out experience that brings out your best performances and brings your songs to life. Vintage guitars, drums, amps and keyboards combined with our world class Dolby Certified Atmos Studio allow you to make the best sounding recordings of your career.
We specialize in Americana, Country, Folk and Roots Music.
Continuing the West Coast traditions of The Maddox Brothers and Rose, Spade Cooley, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Chris Hillman, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Dwight Yoakam, and Emmylou Harris
We Serve The Song.
Great recordings start with great songs. We focus on making sure your tunes create an emotional connection with the listener.
Full Service Recording
From simple accompaniments to full on band + horn section recordings, we can handle anything you need.
The Team You Need
We have a roster of top notch session players to fill out your sound and deliver radio ready results.
Independent Americana Music in Atmos
Down home and Digital state of the art sit side by side in our 11.1.4 Dolby Atmos Mix room featuring PMC speakers is the most creative place in on the West Coast to mix your music for Apple's Spatial Audio.
Listen to our Work
Working with Ed Donnelly
Producer, Engineer and Multi-Instrumentalist Ed Donnelly has worked with Willie Nelson, Zac Brown, Del McCoury, Shooter Jennings, Marc Cohn, Nathan Jacques, The Dround Hounds, DrunkHungry, Little Silver Hearts, Matchbox 20, The Cult, Leland Sklar, Smashing Pumpkins, Greg Bissonette, Bernard Purdie, and dozens of up and coming new acts.
Make the next Americana Masterpiece in a state of the art studio with vintage analog gear and cutting edge Dolby Atmos mixing.
Trent Summar
Country Singer/Songwriter
Ed is one of the hippest, most talented, soulful, knowledgeable cats I be have had the pleasure of working with. He produced and played on my first West Coast country EP and you would be hard pressed to find a better producer/ally for your next project.
Nathan Jacques
Award Winning Americana Artist
Imaginative, encouraging, inspired, and simply a fun, seasoned veteran with a bottomless armory of weapons to take any musical project. From pre-production to mastering, Ed Donnelly is an ace producer through every step of the process. Would recommend to any artist of any level no matter the grandness of their designs.
Jeff Brick
Folk Songwriter, DrunkHungry
Recording with Ed Donnelly at Barber’s Basement Studio is artistic paradise. Comfortable, welcoming, and incisive, Donnelly helped to shepherd me to my best work, while allowing each track to discover its true form organically in the process. As a collaborator, musician, and producer he is simply exceptional. And the underground vibe and feel of recording in the hipster haven of Highland Park only ups the coolness of the experience. I highly recommend Ed and Barber’s Basement to anyone seeking a producer, engineer, or studio.
Sean Lowenthal
Country Singer
"From my experiences, I would highly recommend to work with Ed Donnelly for any audio production work that you have planned. I have worked with Ed on many different recordings and it always exceeded my expectations. He understands and contributes to the vision and the results are astounding. From the recording and production work to musicianship and instrumentation, Ed was beyond helpful and professional."
Chris LaCagnina
Americana Bassist - Little Silver Hearts, Cole Gallagher
"You want to get a call from Ed Donnelly. When you get the call you will say ‘Yes!’, no questions asked. You won’t ask what style of music, or how much it pays, or if it is any good. You will say yes because Ed called. And you know that means musical artistry will happen, you know that means unique vision will come into focus. You want to be there to see and hear it, to be a part of it. You know good people will be doing great work and having fun in the process. You already know Ed understands the process required to take a musical idea and turn it into an auditory gem."
Julia Albert
Americana Artist
"Ed Donnelly makes music happen. If you have a project, Ed is the guy to get it done right. I have personally worked with Ed for many years recording different projects in different styles of music and each and every time I worked with him I got better than expected results and had a blast doing it. Ed is so easy to work with. I always feel safe and open to be vulnerable and let the music come out and Ed captures the magic and then takes the song to a new level. Ed has an amazing ear and is a multi instrumentalist and songwriter so he can offer what many producers can’t."
Keith Plutchok
Folk Singer
"Ed is the perfect producer and the best I’ve ever worked with. He’s super professional and sets everything up to bring out the artist’s sound. Ed serves the music and the musician. He’s emotionally supportive and a great musician to boot. I can’t ever repay Ed for what he has given me, my musical voice and a platform to express."
Plasmic
Independent Artist
"I love working with Ed not only because of his incredible work ethic, but because of the artistry he brings to a project. He is an incredible musician, audio engineer, writer, and can even master the song for you. He will do whatever it takes to make the song sound how you imagine it. All around great person, hard worker and very skilled at his craft."
Michael James
Producer/Engineer/Artist
"Working with Ed Donnelly is always a pleasure! He always brings a great attitude and tremendous talent into the recording studio, and he is equally at home running the show or supporting someone else’s artistic vision. Ed and I have been working together for 28 years so far, and he’s been on point 100%. If you have the opportunity to work with him, I highly recommend it!” Michael James, Producer/Mixer (New Radicals, Hole, L7, Edwin McCain, Robben Ford, Kalimba)"
Garret Smith
Drummer
"I got a chance to work with Ed Donnelly a few years ago on a studio project and it was a fantastic experience. He's an absolute professional and has a great ear for detail. He's super knowledgeable in the finding the right tones and sonics for whatever musical type project he is producing. I highly recommend working with him. You will love the outcome. - Garrett Smith, Drummer"
Keith Chagnon
Artist Manager
"Going into our project with John Wicks, Ed and I spent a good amount of time discussing the direction we wanted the sessions to take. It wasn’t a typical band-The Records-sound we we wanted. We truly wanted it to be a John Wicks solo session. Ed understood from the beginning about getting a different type of vocal performance from John. Ed, as always, made contributions to not only the technical aspect of the session but also the arrangement and the overall vibe and feel of the song. John expressed to us more than once that it was the best experience he had ever had in the studio."
Contact
Call or Email to learn more about how we can make a great Americana Record together.
Find us in the Basement
5717 North Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90042