→ David Kellogg
David Kellogg is the owner of Droptone Studio, located in beautiful Excelsior, MN. Kellogg is a songwriter, producer, and musician. He started composing and performing music at age 9 and has never relented in his obsession with the construction of great songs.
→ Stephen Helvig
Stephen Helvig is a songwriter, producer, musician, vocal coach, and engineer. He is the studio manager. Helvig started his musical education at the age of 15, studying voice and teaching himself guitar. After 8 years of vocal study, Helvig graduated summa cum laude with Honors from Hamline University, with a major in Vocal Performance.
→ Nick Schmidt
Nick Schmidt is one of the more recent additions to Droptone. He is an engineer and guitarist.
Schmidt started out at Droptone Studio after attending Full Sail University and earning his Recording Arts A.A.S. He received the most prestigious individual award that his degree program offers, the Mix Competition Award, on his individual graduate project. Schmidt has been playing guitar for 10 years and has assisted on recent projects such as Vision The Kid and Culture Cry Wolf, as well as producing his own clients Drew Churchill, Johana James, and promotional videos for Traditional Fisheries. Nick also does live engineering and has worked with 3M, AVEX, and The Rockin’ Hollywoods.
→ Jai Bowie
Jai Bowie is a studio representative and musician. Bowie is highly skilled on the bass guitar and is also a songwriter and entrepreneur. With a street degree in business and a profound education in musicianship, Bowie scouts for talented artists and contributes creatively for many Droptone projects.
→ Dax Young
Dax Young is a studio representative, IT specialist and vocal musician/songwriter. He manages the website and helps with studio technology. He also sings at random, including work on Droptone projects.