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Dave Brainard is an American country music songwriter and producer. He is best know for his work with Jerrod Niemann, Brandy Clark, and Ray Scott. After spending five years as a guitarist in the Air Force Band at Offutt Air Force Base, NE, Dave Brainard moved to Nashville in 1999 to pursue a career as a songwriter. Soon after moving to Nashville he worked with then no-name writers like Chris Tompkins, Dierks Bentley, Chris Wallin, and even produced an independent album with Jamey Johnson, which helped Johnson early on to turn some ears around music row. In 2006, Brainard teamed up with his good friend, Brian Kolb, to open up Mix Dream Studios, located off Music Row. In 2008, longtime friend Jerrod Niemann approached Brainard to help him record the independent record, Judge Jerrod and the Hung Jury. The album was signed to Arista Records and went on to debut at Number One on the Country Albums chart. “Lover Lover” is Brainard’s first Number One single as a producer and engineer.

Production Style
Brainard takes a modern approach to analog recording by using a CLASP (Closed Loop Analog Signal Processor) system from Nashville-based Endless Analog, which sends digitally-recorded audio to analog tape and back to a DAW in order to achieve the sonic qualities of tape-based recording. Brainard and Kolb work on Pro Tools systems in separate control rooms at Mix Dream Studios. When overdubs are finished, they begin to run individual tracks, up to four at a time, to a vintage Studer A807 MkII ?-inch 4-track deck via CLASP.