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Client Samples


Here are some favorite selections of songs I’ve produced here at Basecamp with different artists from around the country.
I love the process of taking a song and bringing it to life — adding the right parts and mixing until it feels and sounds alive. 
Enjoy listening!


Ben Evans & Crazy Honey - Hard to Be Free
"Hard to be Free" © 2016
Ben Evans & Crazy Honey ~ Riverton, WY

  • Recorded live at "The Shed" (Bozeman, MT) with Jake Fleming, co-engineer
  • High-energy rock album filled with insightful, spiritual messages - many from a Buddhist perspective
  • Band features Ben Evans (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Brian Hensien (lead guitar), Devin King (drums) and Donnie Steele (bass)

Matt Strachan - Tickets
"Tickets" © 2016
Matt Strachan ~ Helena, MT

  • Acoustic roots / rock album of well-written songs with great hooks and weight
  • Features amazing players: Dean Wakerlin, Rick Winking, John Sanders, Trevor Krieger, Chris Cundy and Marty Muse (steel player for Robert Earl Keen)

The Two Tracks
 "The Two Tracks" © 2016
The Two Tracks ~ Sheridan, WY
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  • Acoustic roots album with a country flavor and highly memorable, meaningful song writing - with Julie's sweet / soulful vocals
  • Features David Huebner on upright cello

Honest - Ira Wolf
"Honest" © 2016 
Ira Wolf ~ Nashville, TN

  • Over 10 million plays on Spotify since it's release 
  • Finalist in 2015 Folk Fest Songwriter's Competition in Lyons, CO​​

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"Short Dream" © 2014
Wes Kirkpatrick ~ Nashville, TN

  • Placed as main feature on Noisetrade with over 21,000 downloads in two weeks
  • The song Remember When was chosen by Nashville Songwriter Association International to be considered for placement
  • Selected as one of "Five Singer-Songwriters you need to hear in 2014" but Ear to the Ground Music
  • Surpassed Kickstarter goal to fund the Short Dream EP

"Chris has such a great ear for what will serve the song the best and does a great job executing what needs to be done. 
I knew that's exactly the environment I wanted to be in to record this batch of songs. 
The entire experience exceeded my lofty expectations. I loved every minute of it.”
~ Wes Kirkpatrick

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"Songs from a Small Town" © 2008
Aaron Espe ~ Nashville, TN
  • Drums / percussion by Ben Wysocki of The Fray (courtesy of Epic Records)
  • "Small Town" placed in Yellowstone Goes, a documentary
  • "You've Caught Me Now" placed in MTV's Caged
  • Regular rotation on The Current and Heartland Radio
  • Featured in National Geographic's Highway Junkie

"Chris is a master of knowing what a song needs and, often more importantly, what it doesn’t. 
He could help (anyone) shape a song into something really beautiful. 
And with fine recording studio overlooking the mountains in Bozeman, Montana … it’s hard not to get creative."
~ Aaron Espe, http://aaronespe.com

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"Lionheart Love" © 2013
Shannon Wurst ~ Fayetteville, AR
(Co-produced with Connor Garvey)
  • "Don't Let Me Die (in the city)" featured in the film Gordon Family Tree (Amazon)
  • "Montana" featured in Wild Scenic Montana, Ep 5: South Fork of Birch Creek (American Whitewater)
  • "Edith Opal" featured in the film Shift

"Lionheart Love is my best album yet and Chris Cunningham and Basecamp Recording were certainly responsible for the quality of the art. If you are thinking about working with Chris, do yourself a favor and reserve studio time. Your songs deserve it."
~ Shannon Wurst, http://www.shannonwurst.com

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"So Sang The Crow" © 2013
Chad Elliott ~ Des Moines, IA
  • 2013 Top 25 Albums on broken jukebox.com for "So Sang the Crow"
  • 2013 Iowa Blues Challenge winner
  • 2013 Rising Star finalist

"I have the utmost respect and admiration for Chris as a producer, performer and, more importantly, as a person of integrity. 
His years of experience as a touring songwriter are priceless as it makes his understanding of how a song lives and breathes 
differently on stage than in the studio. His advice and guidance are sensitive to the artist's needs, always augments the song 
and more often than not, the artist. I went to Basecamp Recording because I wanted to work with a true master of the craft of music...
and now I have an album that represents me at my best."
~ Chad Elliot

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"Before the Meteors LIVE in Bozeman, Montana" © 2014
Connor Garvey ~ Portland, ME
  • 2014 Rocky Mountain Folks Fest Singer-Songwriter Showcase Winner
  • 2014 Kerrville Folks Fest New Folk Winner
  • 2014 Solarfest Songwriter Showcase Winner
  • 2014 Falcon Ridge Folk Fest "Most Wanted" Artist

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"Music is Magic" © 2009
Jim Averitt ~ Gallatin Gateway, MT
  • harmonies
  • accordion
  • auxiliary guitar
  • cardboard box
  • dulcimer

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"Ponderosa Skies" © 2013
John Adam Smith ~ Missoula, MT
  • recorded, mixed, mastered

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"Heart on Fire" © 2014
Aaron Howard ~ Phoenix, AZ
  • Surpassed Kickstarter goal to fund the full length CD
  • Kerrville Folk Fest New Folk Finalist

"Chris has the ears for harmony, and an intuitive sense of what works in an arrangement. 
He’s always finding ways to give a recording more emotional depth without taking away from the raw essence of the song. 
I’m thrilled with the end result."
~ Aaron Howard

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"Painted Glass" © 2010
John Mieras ~ Boulder, CO
  • pre-production / arranging
  • recorded, mixed, mastered
  • auxiliary acoustic guitar
  • electric tremolo guitar
  • harmonies

"Chris is a producer who provides a songwriter’s craft, a musician’s ear, and an engineer’s attention to nuance and detail.  
Most importantly he sincerely cared about and was invested in my project to make it the best we could.
I’m thoroughly pleased with how it turned out."
~ John Mieras, http://www.johnmierasmusic.com 

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"Sounds Like Music" © 2011
Kyle Shobe & The Walk 'Em Boys ~ Lewiston, MT
  • "Sounds Like Music" was featured on RFD-TV's broadcast of the 2011 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship
  • "Born to Buck" was featured during the tribute to world champion bucking horse "Slippery" at the Casey Tibbs Rodeo Center, Ft. Pierre, SD, 2011
  • Sounds Like Music has been featured on a number of radio shows including: Jim Thompson's Country Cafe of the Airwaves, Spearfish, SD and the Calling All Cowboys radio show, Bend, OR

"Our first studio experience was a bit of a learning curve for our band, but Chris’ musicianship, professionalism and 
expertise at the controls proved to be an excellent combination.  We are very pleased with the product 
and would recommend “Basecamp” to any musician or group who’s focus is on making their music sound “right.”  
You’ll like the atmosphere and you’ll love the quality of the product."
~ Kyle Shobe & the Walk 'Em Boys - Montana Country Music Dance Band

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"The Fight Left in Me" © 2011
Steve Parry ~ Stillwater, MN
  • Top 5 albums of MN Roots Report for Americana
  • Songs in rotation on US, Canada, Europe and Australia

"Chris has a knack for looking at the song not only from a producer's standpoint, but also from that of a singer/songwriter.    
He is extremely creative and brought ideas to the music that only a person with his experience as a writer and performer could."
~ Steve Parry - Stillwater, MN

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