Ben Brodin is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...

. He is a member of several bands, including Mal Madrigal

Mal Madrigal

Mal Madrigal is band from Omaha, Nebraska and consists of a rotating list of local musicians from Azure Ray, The Good Life, McCarthy Trenching, and others. They have two full-length releases on Bocca Lupo Records and are working on a third . Stephen Bartolomei writes the songs...

, McCarthy Trenching

McCarthy Trenching

McCarthy Trenching is a band from Omaha, Nebraska led by Dan McCarthy. It is currently signed to Conor Oberst's Team Love record label.-Discography:*Old Habits *It's Got Nothing to Do with the Drinking...

, Our Fox and The Mynabirds. He currently fronts the band Before the Toast and Tea and is a recording engineer at ARC Studios, formerly Presto! Recording Studios

Presto! Recording Studios

Presto! Recording Studios is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and run by brothers Mike Mogis and A.J. Mogis. The studio began in the brothers' North Platte, Nebraska basement and around 1995 moved to the basement of a Lincoln home. First known as Whoopass Recording Studio, the name was later changed...

. Before the Toast and Tea's debut album, Methods Of The Mad, is carried by Saddle Creek Records

Saddle Creek Records

Saddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...

 webstore.

Discography

Mal Madrigal

• Life Among The Animals (2007)
• The Road Is Glue (2007)
• From The Fingers Of Trees (2009)

McCarthy Trenching

• Calamity Drenching
  Calamity Drenching
  Calamity Drenching is the second full-length album by Omaha, Nebraska band McCarthy Trenching. The songs were originally recorded on 8-track tape.- Track listing :# To an Aesthete Dying Young – 2:20# Cassette Tape Massacre – 2:52...
  
  (2008)

Other Recording Credits

• Son, Ambulance
  Son, Ambulance
  Son, Ambulance is an American band based in Omaha, Nebraska. They are signed to the Saddle Creek label.Singer/songwriter Joe Knapp appeared on albums of other bands, such as Fevers and Mirrors by Bright Eyes, before releasing Son, Ambulance's debut album—a split with Bright Eyes called Oh Holy...
  
  , Someone Else's Deja Vu
  Someone Else's Deja Vu
  -Personnel:Musicians*Joe Knapp - Snare, Whistle, Vocal Cuica, Classical Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Drum Kit, Analog Synth, Broom, Snare, Cymbal, Wood Block, Piano, Electric Bass, Glockenspiel, Acoustic Guitar, Tarpaulin, 12-String, Cabasa, Knee-Slaps, Mellotron, Hand Claps, Mouth Noises,...
  
  (2008)
• Orenda Fink
  Orenda Fink
  Orenda Fink is a musician on Saddle Creek Records.Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Fink was half of the Southern dream pop duo Azure Ray from 2001 to 2004. Fink is also a former member of Now It's Overhead, another Saddle Creek band. She released her first full-length solo album Invisible Ones on...
  
  , Ask The Night (2009)
• Pete Yorn
  Pete Yorn
  Peter Joseph Yorn is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who first gained international recognition after his debut record, Musicforthemorningafter, was released to critical acclaim in 2001.-Early history:Yorn's father is a dentist and his mother is a former concert pianist who worked as a...
  
  , Back and Forth (2009)
• Jake Bellows, unreleased (2010)
• Bright Eyes
  Bright Eyes
  Bright Eyes is an American indie rock band founded by singer-songwriter and guitarist Conor Oberst. It consists of Oberst, multi-instrumentalist and producer Mike Mogis, trumpet and piano player Nate Walcott, and a rotating lineup of collaborators drawn primarily from Omaha's indie music...
  
  , The People's Key (2010)
• Man Man
  Man Man
  Man Man is an experimental band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Man Man is known for their exuberant live performances. When performing, the members of the band sometimes coordinate their outfits, often seen in white outfits and, more commonly, war paint....
  
  , Life Fantastic (2010)

Engineering Credits
-The So-So Sailors
-Conduits
-Con Dios
-McCarthy Trenching
-Our Fox
-The Fucking Party