Our History...

Formed in Columbus, Ohio in 1995, Frolic consists of the husband and wife duo of Matthew Chinn and Kelly O'Brien, along with the guitarwork and engineering of Jonathan Beard. The music of Frolic consists of serene washes of  atmospheric textures, combined with crystaline guitars and the lofty, angelic vocals of Kelly. 

The band formed in the spring of 1995 in Columbus, Ohio, where an eight month recording session spawned a number of guitar-driven tracks (half of which are on our full-length, Permafrost, available as a digital download here on frolicmusic.net).

In 1997, Matt & Kelly moved to Orlando, Florida, where more atmospheric and synth-oriented tracks were produced, and then sent back to Jon for engineering and additional guitarwork. This led to the 70-minute epical full-length CD Permafrost, on the now defunct, Philedelphia-based record label Velvet Empire. 

In the fall of 1999, we gathered some of our 1995 session tracks and released an EP entitled Fragments of the Past. This 4-track CD is only  available from REALM Digital as a digital download. 

In 2000, we signed to Projekt records, first offering our track "Skin" on the Sireenia female vox compilation, and then later our second full-length CD, To Dream, Perchance to Sleep in March 2001.

In 2005, we created our own little label for our downloadable music called REALM Digital. Many of our releases are available in our downloads section for you to purchase. The future of REALM Digital may or may not offer different artists, but for now its just us :)



The Studio...

Our studio setup is quite simple. Because of the electronic nature of the music we can do most of the work within our home studio. Most all the ambiences are created using software synths with a USB MIDI controller. Although most of our "Permafrost" album was completely conceived on an Ensoniq ASR-10 sampler (which we finally sold).

We currently use the following equipment and software applications for our recordings:

HARDWARE

SOFTWARE

 Cakewalk Sonar



All About Jon...

Jon Beard, our guitarist, is one talented guy who not only plays guitar for us, but a number of other instruments for others. Thus, is also involved in a number of other musical projects.

As his main gig he is currently a sound engineer in Columbus, Ohio but also plays keyboards, guitar, and even accordian for The Velveteens.