Chip Butters

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Certified Engineer - Record Production - Mastering
15 Years of both studio & live experience
Multi Instrument Musician

Current

Owner/Producer of  "The REC Room"  Showcase Venue
& ButterSound Studios, located within "The REC Room"

Large Scale Festival Multitrack Recordings: 
Seattle Hempfest - Mainstage
Summer Meltdown (White Horse Mountain Ampitheater)

Past

Columbia City Theater & Production Studios (C.C.T.)
Chief of Production ~ 2001 - 2010 
Installed the Studio and EAW Soundsystem (with Jay Follette's help!) 
Robert Lang Studios ~ Chief Engineer
Studio A ~ Dearborn, MI  showcased in MIX magazine
Middle Earth Recording Studios ~ Farmington, MI
The Recording Workshop ~ 1996 Top 10% of graduating class

Large Scale Live Sound Engineer:
Seattle Seafair - Mainstage
Issaquah "Concerts on the Green"
City of Tacoma's Downtown New Year's Eve Celebration
Guest Engineer at "The Triple Door" - Upscale Dinner Theater, Seattle

Notable Recording Experience with:

Members of: Soundgarden, Guns ‘n Roses, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains,  The Posies, R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr., The Screaming Trees, Heart, Yes,
The Foo Fighters, B.B. King's Band, Steppenwolf, Yanni, & Candelbox.
Quasi, Sunny Day Realestate, Total Experience Gospel Choir, MXPX
Elliot Smith, Kenny G, The Winans, & Jimi's brother Leon Hendrix.

Producers Jerry Finn (Green Day, Offspring), Steve Berlin (Los Lobos),
John Goodmanson (Death Cab for Cutie, Sepultura, Blondie),
Phil Ek (Built to Spill), John Plum (Mad Season),Geoff Ott (Nickelback)
& Sir-Mix-Alot.

KISW, KEXP, KISS, KNDD, KMTT, KSER
Radio Recording Sessions including:

Smashing Pumpkins, Chris Cornell, Smashmouth,
Indigo Girls, Aimee Mann and Michael Penn,
Bruce Cockburn, Jill Sobule, The KEXP LIVE Room,
and Bob Rivers “Twisted Radio”

Notable Engineering Credits:

Engineer for PBS Music Show "Live From Seattle"
Recorded the theme song for a Nickelodeon TV show
Movie Title Soundtrack featuring The Everett Symphony
Hard Rock Cafe Traveling Road Show TV Pilot Theme Song
An Official Campaign Song used by Barak Obama at Key Arena
Lead Audio Engineer for Seattle Channel’s TV show “Big Night Out”
Mastered the Harmonic Humanity CD for sale/distribution by the
homeless as seen on "KING 5" TV News
Mixed Dan Connolly’s "Compassion Song" for the Dali Lama’s
visit to Quest Field in Seattle 2008

Chris Cornell & friends listening to our recording