Meet the Spring 2025 Team
Brendan Bodin
Brendan Bodin is Minnesota born musician pursing degrees in psychology and catholic studies. He has released two solo albums in the past and is passionate about mentoring, writing, and producing music for other artists. Brendan's instrument of choice is the guitar and his favorite band is the killers. His original music is singer-songwriter with a hint of pop-rock.
Rachel Clement
Meet Rachel, a current Junior double majoring in Music Business and Psychology. As a board member in the 480 Collective, Rachel stands as our Video Production lead, is a part of the Distribution and Strategy team.
Rachel’s primary instruments are voice and piano, alongside that she plays drums. At the University of St. Thomas she sings in the all women's choir Donne Unite as well as performs the national anthem at various sports games. Music wise, Rachel loves anything and everything oldies. Specifically, 70’s Funk, 90's country, and Yacht Rock (aka dad music). Rachel and the rest of the 480 Collective team can’t wait to hear what music UST artists have to share with the world.
Ian Erickson
Ian Erickson is currently a senior at the University of St. Thomas studying Music Business and minoring in Business Administration. Ian helps with Marketing & Promotion and is excited to promote our artists and the collective.
Ian is also an intern at Elephants & Flowers Media, a publicist company based in Bloomington MN, and worked as an even specialist at the Rochaus in West Dundee IL. Ian is also a guitarist, and is entering his third semester as a member of both the Guitar Ensemble and Pop Music Collective at St. Thomas.
Joseph Gerlach
My name is Joseph Gerlach and I am a Music Business Major. This is my second semester at Saint Thomas as a transfer student and my first semester in the 480 collective. The reason I wanted to join 480 is because I want to be more involved with the UST music community and collaborate focus on collaboration. I will be focusing on the production and artist relation area and hope to contribute anything I can to this label.
Joe Haske
Joe is a musician, beat maker, and creative who's been working in the music industry for years. Thanks to his passion for pop, R&B and hip-hop, he's made a name for himself connecting with artists to transcribe song lyrics and help them achieve their ideal vision with how their music is perceived.