Elva Frye: Meet the guys behind the scenes of Five O'Clock: Danny Donnelly, Louie Teran, Brian Steckler, and Sean Holt.

Elva Frye here. :) I promised behind the scenes, so here's more of it.

Danny Donnelly
Producer
Picture taken from www.dannydonnelly.com.

Danny D. is a worship leader, recording artist, singer songwriter, producer extrodinaire. He has a beautiful family and great church family in Northern California. Danny has also been on tour with other artists playing guitar. He has hosted the School of Worship of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa at THE BARN in NorCal. Danny D. shares his music as a special music guest at churches, retreats, and conferences. If you don't know his music, you must definitely give it a listen.
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I met Danny when I attended Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa School of Worship years ago. Danny doesn't take on many projects, so it was definitely a God-ordained opportunity for him to produce Five O'Clock. I am so grateful for the heart and soul he poured out on Five O'Clock. You'll hear Danny singing backgrounds and most of the instrumentation is him. He even took the keyboard lead on some of the songs... and he is known for his killer guitar... no kidding.


Louie Terran
Mastering Engineer
Excerpt is taken from http://www.marcussenmastering.com/engineers/louie.html.

Louie’s career in the music industry started in 1992 as a staff engineer at Skip Saylor Recording in Los Angeles. During his stay at Skip’s, Louie engineering has been featured on several Gold and Platinum Albums, including artists such as D.J. Quik and Tony, Toni, Tone.

In 1994, Louie became an independent engineer and expanded his client base in the rock and pop world. Louie was now overseeing album projects from start to finish. After the mixing was completed, Louie would attend the mastering session where he was fascinated by the process. This led to Louie’s decision to develop a career in mastering.

Having been with Marcussen Mastering since 1999, Louie masters the entire spectrum of musical styles from popular music to classical scores including “Cold Mountain”, “The Da Vinci Code” and the Academy Award winning score of “Finding Neverland”. Louie strives to bring out a sound dynamic that enhances artist’s musical directions and his fine attention to quality can be heard on artists’ recordings including the Dave Matthews Band, Marcus Miller, Snow Patrol and Lamb of God.

Louie also enjoys applying his mastering talents to independent bands to help bring out the highest sonic quality in their projects.
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I spent a little time with Louie while he mastered Five O'Clock. It was a really cool experience watchin' him master Five O'Clock. He is top notch.

Brian Steckler
Mixing Engineer, in addition, he co-produced "The Savior (Will You Go)"
Picture and bio info pulled from www.stickhouse.com

Brian is a composer for film and television, and classical choir. He mixes, produces, and composes. He also is a guest at worship conferences. This is Danny D's goto man for mixing. While I have never met Brian face to face, I am grateful for his work on Five O'Clock. Thanks Brian!

Sean Holt
Saxophone
Excerpt take from Lopez Show Website.
Sean Holt was born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana surrounded by the blues, gospel, and jazz artists of that region. He was singing by age 3, playing piano at 6, and saxophone at 12 years old. He has performed/recorded on saxophone, vocals and keyboards with artists Carlos Santana, "P. Diddy" Combs, Slash, John Legend, Bruno Mars, Kenny Loggins, Jeffrey Osborne, the Neville Brothers, Charlie Wilson, Michael McDonald, Arturo Sandoval, George Clinton, Carl Anderson, Don Felder Tyreese, Michael Bolton, Jamie Foxx, Michael Buble, Monica, Beth Hart, El Debarge, 50 cent, Sergio Mendes, and numerous others.

You can watch Sean's interview on the Lopez Tonight Show website. Here's the Link: Sean Holt's Interview Video
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Sean recorded all of the sax parts on the CD and they are beautiful. I was not able to hang with Sean either, but SUPER stoked he was able to use his God-given talents on Five O'Clock. It made all the difference.