About the Owner
Ryland Talamo is the owner of Fidelity Productions LLC and has over a decade of experience in the production, music, and event industries. He brings excellence and attention to detail to every project, large or small.
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Biography
Based in Southern California, Ryland Talamo is a post-production and recording engineer, live sound engineer, vocalist, keyboardist, drummer, and social media marketing manager. Through his work while at Master Recording Studios, Hybrid Studios, and more, he has worked for Chance the Rapper, Alan Parsons, Tom Brooks, The Social Experiment, Vinnie Colaiuta, Nathan East, Natalie Grant and Bernie Herms, Aline Barros and Israel Houghton, and Marcos Vidal (25 Ańos, Latin Grammy Christian Album of the Year winner, 2016). Ryland was also a writer/contributor for Gear Tech + Recording Magazine alongside Alan Parsons and Tom Brooks.
As one of the engineers for Alan Parsons' master class, Orchestral Maneuvers, Ryland worked closely with Parsons and Brooks and coordinated the orchestra recording setup, logistics, and overall event production which involved CMG Music Recording Hollywood, 45 players, and a band including Vinnie Colaiuta, Nathan East, Jeff Kollman, and Tom Brooks. The session recorded two songs, one for Parsons' upcoming album and one for Chance the Rapper and The Social Experiment.
Ryland has produced and engineered several projects including Steven and Lauren Shaw’s worship album The Shaws. Worship Leader Magazine reviewed The Shaws and described Ryland’s mix as “well produced without overdoing it…[with] well placed vocals” and described his piano solo on Long Expected Jesus as a “smooth piano solo reminiscent of early David Crowder.”
Ryland was the remixing engineer and stems production specialist for Aline Barros’ newest album featuring Israel Houghton. He mixed each song and produced all of the stems available through Multitracks.com. Other collaborators on this project included Abraham Laboriel Sr. and Paul Jackson Jr.
He has also assisted in property/asset valuations, liquidation estimates, and financial planning summaries for Alan Parsons in his quest to find a studio in Santa Barbara. Additionally, Ryland has worked as a keyboard technician for Alan Parsons and Tom Brooks, designing sounds used in Alan’s current tours.
As a live sound engineer, Ryland worked for Power Plus Productions (P3) in San Diego, California. His roles included warehouse audio specialist, audio assist, stage crew, and front of house engineer. He has worked many large corporate events as well as music and sports festivals. Ryland’s clients through P3 included the San Diego Chargers, Cody Simpson, Olivia Holt, Daya, Symon, Megan Nicole, Bonnie McKee, the Brubeck Brothers, the San Diego Youth Symphony, Aaron Carter, Drake Bell, and the San Diego Comic Con.
As a performer, Ryland has toured South Korea, Canada, the western United States and Europe. He performed on Disney Channel for the 2016 Radio Disney Music Awards as a background vocalist for Jordan Smith, the winner of The Voice, 2015 and composer Stephan Moccio. He has also sung for Immediate Music's Yoav Goren as a session vocalist.
Ryland also worked for Belmont Park San Diego as one of their event coordinators, specializing in music event production, contracting, booking, engineering, and producing live music events in the park.
Ryland attained a Bachelors of Music in Commercial Music, Audio Recording from Azusa Pacific University and a Masters of Music degree in Music Business. After obtaining his Masters, Ryland taught as an adjunct faculty member at California Baptist University, helping launch their acclaimed Commercial Music Program, under the direction of Tom Brooks. Courses taught included Music Technology, Worship Technology, and Audio Recording and Studio Techniques.
Ryland now works as the Production Director for Centerpoint Church in Murrieta, CA, and freelances for various companies and bands including Downbeat LA, West Coast Music, Design Sound, Dart DJ, and more. He also works occasionally as big band Phat Cat Swinger's front of house engineer, mixing shows at Downtown Disney, west coast tours, and other concerts and events.
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