Stone Skipper Sound

Brian Chapman

composer-producer-musician singer-voice actor

“Stoneskipper” was a nickname..

given to me by a good friend during a camping trip in the Sierra Mountains. But I really resonated with the idea of skipping stones, as a metaphor for creative endeavors being cast out into the world. And it stuck.

Today, Stone Skipper Sound has grown from just me (Brian Chapman) composing, singing and playing guitar for hire- into a full scale production house, where we are producing multiple podcasts, audiobooks, indie artists, commercials, movies, and library music.

SSS has also partnered with organizations that we feel are important, such as Kiss the Ground and Tangle, as well as our local community magazine Topanga New Times.

News & Updates

10/28/24 - JURY DUTY! YES! You’ve got to do your part as a citizen! I did mine. Now, I’m off the hook for at least a year. It feels good. And, also, phew.

10/25/24 - Back home from vacay. What a trip. Here’s one of a thousand beautiful pics of Kauai. Anyone who feels like their photo album needs an upgrade, I recommend it.

10/17/24 - Vacation in Kauai. Sorry, ya’ll, me and the mrs. have left the building!

10/9/24 - Produced a voice over session at Beacon Street Studios for a big brand..

10/5/24 - Played a private party in San Diego with Zoo People. Always a gas, and Jason Hann was there to boot.

9/27/24 - Nora Young’s debut release is here! I couldn’t be more thrilled with how this came out. With a little help from Davey Chegwidden on drums and Jesse Olema on violin, I put together the rest here at Stone Skipper Sound. Such a great song! Go Nora!

9/7/24 - The Greenhorn Brothers rocked with some fine people at Rosenthal Wines in Malibu. Thanks to Chester Copperpot & Co!

9/4/24 - Davey Chegwidden and Chris Garcia from The Greenhorn Brothers came over to work on one of our new songs coming out soon.

8/30/24 - Marco’s Pizza voice over recording.

8/23/24 - More voice over for Marco’s Pizza!

8/18/24 - Filmmaker Michelle West and I sat down to put finishing touches on the score for her new short film “Lineage”. It’s been a pleasure working on this heartfelt true story.

8/10/24 - Saturday night in Topanga was HOT! We were joined by longtime ally, Robin Moxey who through down some SOLID moxey with me and my homies, The Greenhorn Brothers. What a night!

8/9/24 - What a blast playing the Penmar Sunset Sessions series, with 3 killer musicians: Pete Griffin (Zappa Plays Zappa/Dethclok), Joel Cummins (Umphrey’s Mcghee), Jason Hann (String Cheese Incident), and me... Still not sure how I wound up in that band, but I’m grateful for the gig!

8/6/24 - The uber talented Jesse Olema graced me (and my microphones) with some absolute magic. Finishing touches for the short film score “Lineage”.

8/1/24 (also)- I recorded more voice over for Marco’s Pizza today. Super grateful to the team at OKRP and Chicago Recording Company for the easy patch through to my own studio. V.O. LIFE! Shoes optional!

8/1/24 - Excited to announce this cool outdoor gig in Venice,CA with ..oh, just a few regular touring rock stars, that’s all..! This will be loads of fun, and space noodles to be sure. At least, I hope for a least a few delicious space noodles. These guys know the drill. AUGUST 9th! Get your tickets on fanimal app, and be sure to buy ‘em for 8/9. Just 11 bucks!

7/18/24 - Framed! Episode 4 is live! Finally! It took awhile, but we got it over the finish line. I’m getting a lot of great positive feedback on the podcast. Thanks to all who subscribe.

7/13/24 - Zoo People rocked the fine folks of La Jolla with some groovy jams at Beaumont’s Eatery.

6/7/24 - I did another voice over session for Marco’s Pizza today. This time, I was able to work from my own studio. I miss seeing my Beacon Street family, but love saving gas! Thanks to Chicago Recording Company for being the pros that they are, and making long distance recording work.

5/31/24 - FAZOW has released a new single, “I GOT HONEY” featuring Mila Colby! Get Sticky!

5/28/24 - Nora Young is in town to work on her debut single with me here in the studio! She’ll be here all week! What a song! CAN’T WAIT to share it with you all!

5/26/24 - SUPER fun day at Topanga Days this year. I played in two bands: Gayle Force with my good friends, Gayle Ellett, Jeff Smith, and Pete Hillman. 50 minutes of improvised, psychedelia.

After that, I hit the stage with The Greenhorn Brothers and had a GREAT crowd hanging with us, even as we competed against Missing Persons playing on the other stage. Thanks everyone who rocked with US!

5/22/24 - More voice over work for Marco’s Pizza. Thanks to Anthony at Beacon Street Studios and Eric on the Chicago remote recording side. Always a pleasure to work with OKRP.

5/21/24 - Worked a lot on Framed today. This next episode will be a little longer. Also, some exciting news on the horizon regarding our friends at Tangle! Stay tuned!

5/15/24 - Working on new music from The Greenhorn Brothers today, and soon wrapping up the next single from Mila Colby. So much cool new music! dynamite!

Also, thank you to all the String Cheese Incident fans who have streamed their latest single “Roll Around The Sun”!

I wrote this one with Jason Hann, and I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out.

5/5/24 - Busy day! I mixed live sound for Julia Fordham at Topanga New Times, and then raced down to the center of Topanga to play a marathon Cinco De Mayo party with The Greenhorn Brothers. Great fun day of music!

4/29/24 - Started pre-production on a new single from a brand new artist. Stay tuned!

4/26/24 - The String Cheese Incident released a song written by me and Jason Hann. It’s a nearly 10 minute opus!🤣 Check out “Roll Around The Sun” in all of the places.

4/25/24 - Rocked faces at Killer Yacht Club in MDR with The Greenhorn Brothers.

4/19/24 - Did a guitar and writing session at Beacon Street Studios with John Nau, Charlie Paxson, Colin Wolfe, Dana Nielsen, Charissa Nielsen and Amy Keys. Always easy creating with this crew. It doesn’t matter if it’s jingles or singles, we get it done.

4/15/24 - I got to be voice over guy at Beacon Street Studios. Had a great time with Rommel Molina and the fine folks at OKRP in Chicago via phone patch.

4/3/24 - More scoring on Lineage today, but also some voice over work for a certain pizza dealership.

3/26/24 - starting work on the score for a short film today. I’m really pleased to be a part of this project for Michelle West. Lineage is based on a true story, and it’s beautifully acted, directed and edited.🙌🏻

3/25/24 - I’ve been editing the video for John Nau’s first single. The song is “River Run”, and the video is a low budget fantasy adventure!

3/17/24 - Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Are we taking the day off? Nope! Jimmy P. Morgan is in town, and we are recording for the next SEVERAL episodes of “FRAMED!” Can’t wait to share.

3/11/24 -

New Times Radio podcasts “FRAMED!” and “COASTWATCHERS” are now in their own spaces in the podcast world. When we began producing shows for Topanga New Times, we had no idea how big it would grow so fast. What we originally envisioned was akin to a radio station that would play all of the shows back to back. Our listeners have loved that format, but also we have heard from many who specifically wanted to subscribe to just one or two of the serial podcasts, without having to dig through that radio style feed. Problem solved! Please subscribe to “FRAMED!” and “COASTWATCHERS” on their independent links for easy access. Thanks for all your feedback!

3/8/24 -

“FRAMED!” Episode 3 is now available. This was a fun one in production. Tobey and I had fun voicing the delegates at the Constitutional Convention. Tobey’s a natural for this. He’s a great mimic and practices different voices all the time. He’s a great asset in our studio. Thanks, Tobey!

As usual, Jimmy P. Morgan makes this boring old stuff, super engaging and entertaining. We’ll be back real soon with more in this series. Thanks for all the support, and thanks to our sponsors:

Tanya Starcevich and Tangle!

3/7/24 -

Rocked faces at the Killer Yacht Club in Marina Del Rey, CA with my homies The Greenhorn Brothers!

2/14/24 -

Stoneskipper Records releases “Similarities” by Chloe Joelle! This digital single is available everywhere fine digital music is streamed.

2/13/24 - Rocked more faces with ZOO PEOPLE @ Henry’s Pub in San Diego.

2/10/23 - Rocked faces @ Beaumont’s in La Jolla with ZOO PEOPLE

1/19/24 - FRAMED! Episode 2 is available NOW!

1/15/24 -

Sessions at Beacon Street Studios in Venice, CA for several commercials. Got to work with some of my favorite singers Charissa Nielsen and Chloe Joelle!

12/31/23 - Began pre-production on a new single from Chloe Joelle. Great tune! Coming soon..

11/20/23 - Stoneskipper Records releases “Emily’s Dead” by Mila Colby! This digital single is available everywhere.

10/30/23 - Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood handled all of our mastering needs for John Nau’s - “Four Corners” LP. Thanks to Patricia Sullivan for the digital mastering, and Chris Bellman for cutting our lacquer for vinyl.

10/13/23 - FRAMED! Episode 1 is finally here!

10/1/23 - Pre-production for Mila Colby’s single “Emily’s Dead”. You will love this one! Stay tuned!

6/5/23 - Finishing touches on the XBOX LIVE streaming event. BOOM. Check out this cue for the Dune Flight Simulator game. Chloe Joelle on vocals.

5/23/23 - Recording @ Dragonfly Creek Recording in Malibu for John Nau’s new album of original jazz music. BC producing on this one, and playing acoustic and electric guitars on several cuts. This project is a special one. Beautiful compositions with piano trio, strings, vibraphone and more. I can’t wait to share it!

5/2/23 - Starting compositions for XBOX LIVE streaming event. Some exciting cues in the show. Gonna be EPIC.

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