Before "selling out"  to work on commercial music in actual studios, I made great-sounding records with uncommon artists at makeshift studios in basements, lofts, garages, and converted living rooms all over the tri-state area.

Here are some tracks from that era. They came out pretty well, and I'm happy for you to listen to them right alongside your favorite studio tracks. Audiences seemed to like them. I hope you do too!

These days, I write for a few music production magazines, and after a brief hiatus, I'm back to producing fun and interesting records with distinctive artists at studios all over the city. To book me for your own project, just say hi via http://justincolletti.com

For additional tracks see "Guerilla Song Samples" to your right.

A.C. Unit: "Jump Monk" [Post-Apocalyptic Jazz Trio]

"Matter Of Science" by Baby Copperhead

This is the theme song for the new online music magazine "Trust Me, I'm a Scientist" 

Recorded by the artist and mixed by cellist/producer Brent Arnold.

More at: http://trustmeimascientist.com

Matter of Science

"Reminiscent of French pop via Air or Stereolab... fine dream-pop..."
—Pitchfork

"For fans of ethereal, densely layered noise pop, Soundpool demand attention."
—Nick Fulton, Einstein Music Journal

Soundpool: "Kite Of Love" [Dancepop, Shoegaze, Electronic]

"At times rocking the Casbah ("La Serena"), sometimes channeling David Byrne ("Almond Trees"), and sometimes just wonderfully weird ("La Vida Do Por El Raki"), this is one band to behold." 
- Toph One, XLR8R

"A genuinely novel record, full of intriguing concoctions and diverse instrumentation, and is a breath of fresh air" 
- Adi Anand, Austinist

"Time to put on your sombrero...Deleon combines the intrigue of older, 15th century Spanish music with the flare of modern independent rock." - I Guess I'm Floating

DeLeon: "Rahelika Baila"

DeLeon: "Porke Yorach"

DeLeon: "Sa Dawi"

Hotels: "The Maudlin"

Josh Dion Band: "Walkin On Stilts" [Funky Soul, Classic R&B]

My aim is to make great-sounding music with uncompromising artists on restricted budgets. I hope you'll agree these samples prove that with a little know-how, guerilla recordings can yield excellent results.


To produce these songs, the artists and I worked together, using a blend of affordable studios and proven home-recording techniques to create engaging, professional-sounding commercial recordings and pre-production demos at a reasonable rate. Listeners seem to like them. I hope you do too!



Team Genius: "ABC"

General Miggs "Back Porch" LIVE on BreakThru Radio [Indie Rock]

Guerilla recordings can yield excellent results: Here are some sound samples from unusual records that I've made with uncommon artists, on unrealistic budgets. Listeners seem to like them. I hope you do too!

Josh Dion Band: "Line Em Up"

Josh Dion Band: "Heartache" [Roots Rock, Classic R&B]

Justin Colletti is a Producer/Engineer and a Journalist who writes about music production.

As a recording and mixing engineer, he’s lucky to have worked with amajor and indie artists like Hotels, DeLeon, Josh Dion, Soundpool, Rebecca Pronsky, Team Genius, Dead Leaf Echo, Monocle, Jadakiss, Chrisette Michele, Flight of the Conchords, Jimmy Webb, Wynton Marsalis, and Willie Nelson.

As a live sound professional, Justin has provided support to RZA, Battles, Fiery Furnaces, Brent Green, Bryce Dessner of The National, Glenn Koetche of Wilco, Dead Leaf Echo, Mahogany, and others at venues as diverse as Bowery Ballroom, Mercury Lounge, Highline Ballroom, The Kitchen, Studio B and Pianos.

In addition to his studio work, Justin is a music journalist whose articles appear in the magazines SonicScoop, TapeOp, SPARS, and The Deli.

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