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Songs I’ve produced and/or engineered for other artists such as Mon Rovia, Bbymutha, Nick Lutsko, Swayyvo, Johnny Balik & More
Spotify || YouTube

How to Sue The Klan

From Ben Crump. An award winning documentary of how five Black women used legal ingenuity to take on the Ku Klux Klan in a case still cited in courtrooms to this day.

Sound Design & Mix || Film Website


Rising Action

I was tasked with scoring an art installation about my neighborhood and all the changes it is going through. So I interviewed my neighbors and set those interviews to music. What came out is a love letter to my neighborhood.

Art by Adam Frelin | Listen to Full Score


Elina Ballerina

A collection of reworked piano and string pieces for a children’s ballet

Shifting EP

A collection of pieces commissioned for ballets and modern dance
Spotify


Whiplash

A ballet about what it takes to survive life’s storms
Full Score, details, and more

Nick Lutsko - Sideshow Remix

Watch Nick Lutsko and Summer Dregs try to sing this song while we get hit with pickles, glitter, coffee, stuffed animals and more.

YouTube || Spotify


One Small Step

A ballet exploring humanity and beauty through 1s and 0s. One small step is how it begins. Commissioned by Kevin Jenkins for Belhaven University.

Stream | Full Score & Details

95 Bars

A collaboration with Chattanooga Ballet
Full Score and Details


Gator

produced by Summer Dregs
Stream || Youtube

Secret - Everywhere

This ad was scored by Summer Dregs and created by Humanaut. It aired during the Grammys and Jeopardy!


Sycamore Tape - Ambient Mixtape

Summer Dregs contributed Untitled 2, which you can listen to above.

Physical tape (SOLD OUT) || Listen digitally

Mon Rovia - Audiotree Live

Live set and songs produced by Summer Dregs
Stream || Youtube


Everyday Charlie

A musical for young people, scored by Summer Dregs.
Performed all over the US.

Music and details.

What You Want

A ballet by Summer Dregs, choreographed by Ariel Rivka Dance in NYC.

Details and music



bbymutha - Sick

I engineered, mixed and mastered this classic Bbymutha song.

Heaven On Earth Remix

Swayyvo x Johnny Balik x Summer Dregs
Spotify || Apple || Youtube


YGTUT - Live in the studio

Shot at Summer Dregs’ studio, engineered by me.

Bad Guys || Living On The Sun

Home: A Refugee’s Journey

A Popup Project Video
Original Score by Summer Dregs
Youtube


The Sound of Clean

A lot of people associate East Lake (my neighborhood) with broken bottles, old tires, loud cars, kids yelling and sirens. I took those sounds and made them sound the way I hear them: beautiful.

YouTube || SoundCloud

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Summer Dregs is music producer Carl Cadwell

bringing stunningly unexpected and unique music to life. From scoring ballets and commercials, to producing and mixing for R&B or lofi artists, Summer Dregs works with collaborators to make art only they together could make.

Carl started off touring with jazz-fusion and old soul outfits. Though the percussion and urgency of those early groups can still be felt in his music, his love for the rhythms of modern R&B and global-pop soon took center stage.

When Carl‘s drive to blend pop and experimentalism could no longer be contained in a single band he started producing and writing songs with a myriad of artists under the name Summer Dregs. His penchant for reckless ecstasy, neon synths and collaboration has led him to produce for many musicians, choreographers, poets, and artists of all types.

Make contact: Carl@SummerDregs.com


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