Through a storied career of over thirty years in music recording and production, Dan Rudin has built a team and methodology that have evolved into a full service, global music production company.
The primary services we offer include music production and recording, musician contracting, creative consulting, music composition, sound design, venue mixing and adaptive audio implementation. These services are supported by world class studio facilities and in-house technical and musical staff.
We use all of our skills to support Broadway and West-End theatre companies and composers, world class attractions and amusement parks, international recording artists, theatrical licensing companies, video game developers and feature film producers.
No matter the assignment, DRRP’s holistic, multi-discipline abilities provide a significant advantage in collaborative project development from inception through to the applause of your audience. Treating each and every project as unique, DRRP delivers an extraordinary level of service and product quality that keeps clients like Disney, MTI, Cameron Mackintosh, iTheatrics, Blizzard, and SeaWorld coming back time and again.
Dan Rudin and the team at DRRP are expert in oversight, development and execution of recorded and print music for any project.
Our role differs depending on client needs, but may include any or all of the following skills and responsibilities:
Together, the DRRP team have composed original music for films, theme park shows and attractions, video games and theatrical events.
While we are a small company at the core, we maintain close working relationships with an extensive network of the most accomplished talent. This enables us to custom assemble exactly the right team for every project, allowing our clients to enjoy the benefits of an expansible primary project company.
The composition services and process include:
Led by Grammy and G.A.N.G award winning engineer Dan Rudin, the engineering staff at DRRP has recorded and mixed music for countless albums, shows, films, attractions and games.
Our local and remote engineering services and process include:
Our role differs depending on client needs, but may include any or all of the following skills and responsibilities:
• Timeline development and management
• Music selection
• Composer/Arranger assignment
• Casting
• Musician Contracting
• Recording and mix facility hiring
• Music preparation
• Recording session oversight
• Mix review and approval
• QA
• Venue install/mixing
• Archival master delivery
Click to close
Dan Rudin and the team at DRRP are expert in oversight, development and execution of recorded and print music for any project.
While we are a small company at the core, we maintain close working relationships with an extensive network of the most accomplished talent. Their wide variety of individual experience enables us to custom assemble exactly the right team for every project, allowing our clients to enjoy the benefits of an expansible primary project company.
The composition services and process include:
• Project review and analysis
• Music design spec creation
• Composer assignment
• Demo/writing phase
• In-house review/revision
• Client review/revision
• Orchestration
Click to close
DRRP and it’s team have composed original music for films, theme park shows and attractions, parades, video games and theatrical events.
Our engineering services and process include:
Orchestral recording specialists
Recording session planning and execution
Conceptual design and implementation
World-class recording and mix facilities
Surround mixing
Immersive audio mixing
Venue mix and implementation
Click to close
Led by Grammy and G.A.N.G award winning score mixer and engineer Dan Rudin, the engineering staff at DRR&P has recorded and mixed music for countless albums, shows, films, attractions and games.
Dan Rudin
Over the last thirty plus years, producer, recording and mix engineer Dan Rudin has amassed thousands of hours in studios around the world, receiving many awards and nominations, including two Grammys, and gold and platinum records in the process.
In addition to his extensive record and film work, where his client list includes Riders In The Sky, Pixar, High School Musical 2, Chayenne, Matt Belsante, Tommy Torres, Billy Dean, Wynonna, Flick, The Newsboys, Puffy, Alberto Plaza and Disney, Dan produces and engineers audio for pretty much anything you can think of. Producing and recording dozens of Broadway cast albums and licensing tracks, hundreds of TV and radio commercials, more than 50 theme park shows, parades and spectaculars, over 4000 songs for educational curricula, and scoring mixer and score editor roles on original scores for video games like Monster Hunter World and films such as Boundin’, Sioux City and The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything have proven him a diverse and musical studio veteran.
His own composition work has earned him international acclaim, with his score for the Deutsche Bahn (Germany’s Rail System) commercial The Early Boss winning 6 international awards for best score. Together with his core team and network of composers and orchestrators, his company Dan Rudin Recording and Production has created custom music for global clients since 2004.
On top of his musical ability, Dan has a keenness with technology that is unmatched, whether finding just the right signal chain for each performer or managing complex setups in the control room. He was one of the first engineers to adopt the now dominant Pro Tools platform. This technical edge also extends to working under the hood. Dan maintains all of his own equipment for the best sound and reliability, and also actively contributes his own pro audio circuit designs and modifications to the community.
Above all, Dan is a passionate and articulate team leader who strives to exceed all client expectations. Dan and his team will bring exactly what is needed to your project in an interactive, engaging way that no one else can.
Chris McDonald
Emmy-Award winning composer and orchestrator Chris McDonald is the backbone of DRRP’s creative team. His experience spans every genre and period of music including big band jazz, salsa, pop, country and rock. With more than 6,000 recording sessions to his credit, his stylistic versatility, while retaining a unique voice, consistently adds to every project he undertakes.
Chris has arranged for 19 Grammy winning albums for recording artists including Carrie Underwood, Ricardo Arjona, Louis Fonsi, Jennifer Holliday, Gaby Moreno, Martina McBride, Amy Grant, Kirk Franklin, Sara Evans, and Patti Austin. His arrangements have been recorded by orchestras all over the world, and he is frequently called upon to conduct large studio orchestras, including the 80 piece orchestra on Matchbox 20’s “Mad Season” project.
Chris' latest album, "It's About Time," with his Chris McDonald Jazz Orchestra has garnered international aclaim. Pris-Move called it "indespensible"
Chris has orchestrated scores for several major motion pictures, among them All The Pretty Horses (which was nominated for a Golden Globe for best musical score), An Unfinished Life, Seabiscuit and Sioux City.
Chris and Dan have collaborated on countless projects since 1989. With DRRP, Chris has composed many projects including cues for SeaWorld’s POP and Shamu’s Christmas, orchestrations for SeaWorld’s IGNITE nighttime spectacular, Tokyo Disneyland’s Spooky Boo Halloween Parade, Disney Theatrical’s Freaky Friday and countless others. Chris also serves as DRRP’s musician contractor.
Mikey Allred
Recording Engineer Mikey Allred has been with DRRP for over 10 years, bringing to the team his unique blend of keen technical abilities, musicianship and indefatigable good humor. In addition to his work at DRRP, where he has contributed to most every project and is Chief Engineer in charge of all video post-production mixing, Mikey also maintains a client base of Rock and Heavy Metal bands like Glossary, All Them Witches, and Inter Arma that he produces, records and mixes.
Mikey is responsible for maintaining and updating DRRP’s server system, which provides secure, high speed access to projects from all the studios in the facility.
A skilled musician, Mikey has played keyboards, bass, drum set, theremin and trombone in bands that have toured widely throughout the U.S.
Kurt Goebel
An award-winning composer and arranger, Kurt combines a mastery of orchestral music with his deep vocabulary in EDM and pop music. Kurt studied piano at the University of Illinois and Media Writing and Production in that prestigious program at the University of Miami. His production experience with pop and rock artists gives him a unique voice in the theatrical and theme park worlds, earning him lead composer status for DRRP’s Electric Ocean and Ignite projects for SeaWorld in 2017. Kurt’s fusion of pop-orchestral composition is also highlighted in several cues in DRRP’s score for SeaWorld’s bubble show, POP.
Kurt has also worked extensively in the brand space. He’s created music and songs for brands such as Mercedes, BMW, Toyota, Ford, Samsung, Olay, and Opal. He’s also had countless songs placed in network trailers for ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX, and has has his music placed in national commercials and theatrical campaigns.
As an artist in his own right, Kurt is one half of the electronica duo Worldwide Groove Corporation. Their music has been heard, as well as licensed, around the world and remixes of their work have been licensed into film and TV.
Shane Burgess
Shane is an all-around musical force. A gifted trombonist and percussionist, Shane recently graduated with a BFA in music performance from Middle Tennessee State University. Combining a love of music technology with his skills as a performer, Shane is not only a valuable part of our engineering team, he's also a copyist in training here with formidable Finale skills as well as a promising young arranger.
In addition to increased time as first engineer behind our consoles (Shane has engineered string sessions for Blizzard, Ricardo Arjona and others), he has taken on project management for us on a grand level - including helping us deliver over 11 hours of music composition and production for Sea World Abu Dhabi.
Gina Graham
Gina is a freelance corporate management specialist with more than 30 years of experience as an accountant, HR manager and project coordinator. She has been with DRRP since 2008 (and with iV music since 2000) as accountant and served as project coordinator for Dan Rudin’s video game audio company, Music Game Studio, from 2009-2011.
While Gina divides her time between DRRP and clients in the health care industry, her love of music and creative teamwork is the reason her responsibilities at DRRP have grown to make her more and more indispensible.
“Dan Rudin is a wizard. Plain and simple. All he needs is a pointy hat and a wand. He is an expert at everything you throw at him – every style of music, and every aspect of those styles. I love working with him. Dan Rudin is one in a million, I say. And he’s an awesome guy too!”
“An excellent technician as well as an accomplished musician, Dan has delivered superb results on over twenty high-profile projects. He’s always smart, reliable, responsive, and budget-conscious. Great process, great product.”
“Thank you for making the recording of JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH an absolutely joyous, remarkable and professional experience. I am blown away by each of your many talents. These tracks sound stunning. Beautifully arranged, orchestrated, rehearsed, prepared, conducted and captured...a songwriter's dream come true.”
“Your dedication to every project I’ve worked with you on is... well I have no words. I've worked with many engineers around the world and you are definitely one of the best. And you are not just an amazing audio engineer but also an amazing audio producer."
“SeaWorld Orlando has presented the new Orca Encounter show. Your score is perfect. The music is a perfect balance of energy, fun, under scoring and power. Your talent to capture the spirit and intent of this presentation is amazing. We are truly fortunate to have you as a partner. Thank you for all of your time and support."
622 Hamilton Ave
Nashville, TN 37203
United States
