HSP Clients

EMILY PATTERSON

My dad got me into music growing up. He was in a band. So, I've heard him play guitar, sing and play drums. I'm generally an emotional person and hearing my dad's original songs made me think maybe I can try songwriting so I can get out my feelings in a productive way. I have a creative mind so I thought it'd be a great outlet for myself. I did musical theater and choir growing up so when I started working on my first song I already knew the basics of piano and songwriting. That's how my song, 'My Fire' started forming. I kept up with piano and songwriting throughout the years and I have a lot of songs written at this point. When I met Shane, he was all in on me from the start. Working with Heavy Sticks Productions has been a great experience for me so far. I got to learn more about the industry and meet some wonderful people in the process. I see great things happening in the upcoming year.

Tim Krogon

I started getting into heavy music when I was about 13, maybe 14 years old. At that point, we had a satellite dish at home, and I discovered SiriusXM liquid metal. The band that popped up was Chimaira and their song Worthless, and I was hooked on metal instantly. My music taste has obviously evolved since then (I recently got more into symphonic metal), but I got even more into the music scene in 2022 when I started a podcast called Hammer Down Volume Up. I started going to multiple live shows, meeting and befriending all kinds of bands in southeast Wisconsin and northeast Illinois, seeing how bands operate (my appreciation for the industry has significantly grown on a different level with going behind the scenes), and promoting their music on my show; not only do I get to enjoy concerts, I get the satisfaction of helping bands get their material out for the world to hear. I got into Heavy Sticks Productions after Shane added me on Facebook one day, and I was interested in the instrumentals package and adding my voice to said instrumental. I thought to myself, hey, it's something I've never done before, so I'll give it a shot and see what happens. I'm looking forward to seeing what this chapter brings with HSP.

DAN PAQUIN

Hey there, my name is Dan Paquin (pronounced PAY-kwin). I'm a songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. My childhood had lots of music in it but things started accelerating when I took 2 years of guitar in high school. I played in bands throughout high school and in college joined a pop punk band called Dirt Bike Annie where I moved to bass. We were active for 9 years and put out 3 full lengths and a slew of 7"s. You can listen HERE We Toured the country in a van, sleeping on floors and making lots of friends along the way. I made my first recording of me playing all the instruments on a 4 track in 1999. From there I progressed to Garageband and then Logic. In February 2021, I participated in the RPM challenge where I wrote and recorded a 10 song record from scratch called "The Incredible True Story." Feeling my limitations in certain areas - drums in particular - I started looking for a session drummer. I found Shane through Vampr where I was immediately impressed by his drumming abilities and the recording quality he was able to achieve. We jumped on a call and I was struck immediately by his passion and go getter attitude. Since then Shane has provided numerous drum tracks for me and a few of the artists I work with including grunge pop band Mia Mera and my own solo material, like "Into the Fire Again" which is about living with bipolar disorder. Shane is also a very good songwriter and producer and we have had lots of long conversations sharing tips and war stories.