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Darren is the owner and chief engineer at CCM Studios as well as producer and artist in his own right. Darren has been recording, writing, and producing for 25 years. Establishing the studio in 1995, Darren’s credits now include 2 Billboard charting CD’s that he wrote, produced, and engineered, a Coalition Of Visionary Retailers Award for his music Acoustitherapy, and hundreds of sessions and projects.
Darren has a Bachelor’s Degree in Music with concentrations in recording, composition, and guitar performance from The University Of Minnesota, Moorhead and spent several years touring nationally with progressive band Mata Hari as well as classical guitar and violin duo Watson & Company.
As a producer and engineer, Darren has recorded projects as diverse as classical to hip hop, metal to jazz as well as corporate work like music for video and voice over. Darren’s most recent work as an artist can be found at www.skanson.com.
Mike Warkentin (Greensleeves) is our Hip-Hop chef at CCM Studios. Mike has a Bachelor's Degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is the co-founder of the Denver based, live hip-hop band, Broken Tongues. Mike is an MC/turntablist/producer/engineer with loads of experience in the writing, recording, mixing and performing aspects of music and has worked professionally in solo and full band applications for nearly a decade. Comfortable behind the boards or behind the mic, he can certainly provide beneficial feedback and forethought to take your project to another level. Mike has mixed for So You Think You Can Dance and numerous artists in the world of hip-hop including Papoose, Yah Yah, Naeem Oba and Q Burse.
Looking for beats? Mike sells and leases beats ranging from southern slap to East coast boom bap; West Coast hyphy to Lady Gaga-esque dance-hop. Contact Mike @ 303.501.7888 for more info.
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he wrote, produced, and engineered, a Coalition Of Visionary Retailers Award for his music 
Mike Warkentin (Greensleeves) is our Hip-Hop chef at CCM Studios. Mike has a Bachelor's Degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is the co-founder of the Denver based, live hip-hop band, Broken Tongues. Mike is an MC/turntablist/producer/engineer with loads of experience in the writing, recording, mixing and performing aspects of music and has worked professionally in solo and full band applications for nearly a decade. Comfortable behind the boards or behind the mic, he can certainly provide beneficial feedback and forethought to take your project to another level. Mike has mixed for So You Think You Can Dance and numerous artists in the world of hip-hop including Papoose, Yah Yah, Naeem Oba and Q Burse.
