
Dakota Girton is a professional songwriter, recording artist, and guitarist. One-half of country duo "Hunter & Girton," Dakota does production work on the side with focus in country, folk, & rock, and some organic pop.
Professional musician, songwriter, and producer from Indianapolis, IN. I'm a signed artist to MC1/Sony Music in Nashville, TN. I split my time between Indy, which is where I live, and Nashville, TN.
Services Include: mixing, mastering, songwriting, vocal comping, and session guitar work. I also enjoy building songs for people!
I will take the time to discuss your project thoroughly before taking it to the studio to ensure your satisfaction with the final product. I want to meet your needs and am easy to work with.
Contact me through the green button above and let's get to work.
23 Reviews - 1 Repeat Client
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Another awesome job with Dakota!! Stoked for the next one!!
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Dakota provided a great song with clear direction, was quick to respond to messages, and was awesome to work with!! Hope to get to work together again sometime soon! I feel very lucky to have been involved in this project!
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Working with Dakota is easy and super fun. Great communication and most important, great musician. Thanks a lot for trusting me for this project! %100 recommended.
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Dakota is a very talented musician and it was a pleasure to work on his track. The music is really good and the communication was perfect. I would definitely work with him again anytime.
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It has been a true pleasure working with Dakota on several of his songs. He is a great communicator and is always open to my musical interpretation. Fantastic experience as always! Thank you so much, Dakota!
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Great song, as always. It's just a pleasure to work with these guys!
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Tunes you will be humming for hours, loved working with Dakota
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Working with Girton was great.
I've just added a color to a beautiful paint, awesome tune and lyrics. - check_circleVerified (Client)
This is now my 3rd time working with Dakota and it has been a pleasure getting to know his music. He is a constant professional and knows how to foster a great working relationship. I always look forward to working with Dakota on any project.
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This was my second time working with Dakota. I had a blast coming up with a drum part for his music. He always gives great feedback and is very enthusiastic. I’m already looking forward to the next project together! Thanks so much, Dakota!
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Beautiful music, it was a pleasure to work for Dakota!
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Dakota was super easy and inspiring to work with! Great communication.
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Awesome experience working with Dakota! Highly recommend!
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Great experience with Dakota! Always nice when people value good communication leading up to a great product. Dakota did exactly that.
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Total pro...thank you!
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Dakota was a treat to work with. Gave me everything I needed to produce my best work. Super professional and incredibly polite. I am super excited for the next project with Dakota! Thanks so much my friend. 5 ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Dakota has a great ear for mixing/mastering, have hired him multiple times for jobs and will continue to hire for production and guitar work in the future. Highly recommend.
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It was great to work with Dakota as a producer. He was very patient with my trial-and-error changes, very skilled, and has a good ear. Would work with him again!
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Easy to work with, very customer service oriented! I provided lyrics for a country-rock style song (titled "Alibi") and Dakota put a lot of effort into adding melody, guitar, and production. He captured the mood of the song on the first try. Would definitely work with him again.
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Great experience working with Dakota. Files were clean and easy to work with, communication was a breeze, and the music was good too! Hope to work more with Dakota in the future!
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Great communication, quick turnaround! Would recommend working with Dakota!
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Dakota was awesome to work with! His music was really great, and I enjoyed the project. Look forward to more!
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Quick and easy to work with, Dakota is a talented songwriter and gave me exactly what I needed to start recording for his song.

I was the Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Guitarist, percussionist, back-up vocalist, and songwriter in this production
- Acoustic GuitarAverage price - $70 per song
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $150 per song
- Mastering EngineerAverage price - $70 per song
- ProducerAverage price - $300 per song
- Vocal compingAverage price - $40 per track
- Songwriter - LyricAverage price - $100 per song
- Electric GuitarContact for pricing
- Taylor 114e
- Taylor DN3
- Washburn
- Epiphone Les Paul
- Takamine
- Fender Strat
- Newl Cajon
- Washburn Mandolin
- Mackie pro FX12v2
- Presonus Studio One 2
- Sonar LE Roland
- Presonus USB interface audiobox
- Tracktion 5