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Lizzy D | Bass Wielder

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About Me


Bassist Lizzy Daymont was born and raised in Hinsdale, IL. Beginning piano studies at age 6, she went on to play alto sax in grade school before picking up the guitar at age 9. After playing guitar in her first band, she then moved to the bass where she has concentrated the most effort ever since. She studied bass performance at Berklee College of Music in Boston, performed in several bands, then moved to Seattle. There Lizzy has been a member of a succession of rock bands playing the Northwest club and festival circuit. Performance highlights include shows at Seattle’s Bumbershoot and Bite of Seattle festivals, Austin, TX South By Southwest showcases, numerous radio and TV appearances with artist Susan Robkin and opening sets for prog rock giants Spock’s Beard and Flower Kings with the band Lyranthe. She has worked in the studio with Steely Dan guitarist Elliott Randall , famed studio bassist Tony Levin , and legendary session drummer Jerry Marotta , among others.
Lizzy is available for hire as a bassist and participates in various recording sessions and live shows around Seattle. She is comfortable in almost any musical setting and plays a variety of instruments including fretless bass, electric or acoustic guitar and keyboards. She is a member of ASCAP and The Recording Academy’s Pacific NW Chapter. She and her husband, drummer Pete Johnston, also write and record at their studio in Seattle. Currently, Lizzy is the bassist for original band Half Zaftig , featuring Seattle guitarist/writer Shawn "Yogi" Farley . She can also be seen performing live with Seattle industrial metal artist Charlie Drown . See the calendar for upcoming live dates.
Click above to buy the new Half Zaftig album, Life Like Luster!
Or click this link to buy it at iTunes:
Click above to buy the new Charlie Drown album, Pieces And Parts!
Please check out the MySpace pages for these bands Lizzy regularly works with:
Half Zaftig
Charlie Drown
See also:
Lizzy Daymont
Pete And Lizzy
Real Drum Tracks

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/2/2005
Band Website: lizzydaymont.com
Band Members: Credits for songs currently on profile:
HALF ZAFTIG "Firefly", "Handbasket", "Right Outside:
Shawn Farley - guitars, vocals, songwriter
Lizzy Daymont - bass, guitars, vocals
Pete Johnston - drums, vocals

CHARLIE DROWN "Paranoid And Nothing", "Echoes":
Charlie Drown - vocals, keyboards, songwriter
Donnie Awesome - guitars
Lizzy Daymont - bass
Pistol F. Pete - drums

SUSAN ROBKIN , "Get Up, Go On":
Susan Robkin - vocals, songwriter
Elliott Randall - guitars, producer
Jerry Marotta - drums
Lizzy Daymont - bass
Chris Palmaro - keyboards

Influences: Musical likes and influences: Prog rock, Classic and pretty much all other forms of rock, Metal and all its offshoots, Jazz and its offshoots, Motown, Baroque, Medieval and Rennaissance music, Sacred choral music, 20th Century Minimalism, Classical era, Ambient electronic, some Rap, some R&B/Soul, some Electronica, Celtic, North Indian Classical. There isn’t a lot of music I don’t like as long as it’s done well. So much music, so little time.
Some of my favorite Bands/Artists: Yes, Rush, Genesis, Spock’s Beard, Dream Theater, Beatles, Kevin Gilbert, Tool, Peter Gabriel, ELP, U2, Heart, Led Zeppelin, Tori Amos, Gentle Giant, Brandi Carlile, Jeff Buckley, David Bowie, Extreme, Queensryche, Radiohead, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, King’s X, Styx, Marillion, Bruce Springsteen, Vangelis, Porcupine Tree, Kitaro, Janis Joplin, Kite, BT, Lacuna Coil, Van Halen, The Who, October Project, Ozric Tentacles, Steve Roach, Cocteau Twins, Rammstein, a billion others I’ll think of later.

Sounds Like: Half Zaftig ’s Handbasket video:

Charlie Drown - Bereft (live)

See more Charlie Drown videos here!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New Charlie Drown live videos

Here's a few, you can watch the rest of them at the Official Charlie Drown YouTube channel. ...
Posted by Lizzy D | Bass Wielder on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:42:00 PST

Charlie Drown CD Release Party - Dec.21 in Seattle


Posted by Lizzy D | Bass Wielder on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:26:00 PST

New Charlie Drown album is DONE!

We have completed mastering and artwork on the new Charlie Drown album which is being released December 22, 2007. The title is "Pieces And Parts" and it will contain 13 songs. Have a listen to some of...
Posted by Lizzy D | Bass Wielder on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:11:00 PST

Pre-order the new Half Zaftig album!

The new Half Zaftig album is done! The discs are on the way and we are offering two pre-order discount deals. Check it out here at the Wonky Mart!A mere $20 gets you the full length disc, the bonus EP...
Posted by Lizzy D | Bass Wielder on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:04:00 PST

Brand new songs from upcoming Half Zaftig album!

At last, we have a master for the album and it is heading off for pressing this week. We have posted 4 of the songs at the Half Zaftig MySpace page for your listening pleasure! I have also posted one ...
Posted by Lizzy D | Bass Wielder on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:22:00 PST

New Half Zaftig podcast interview!

In this one you'll hear three songs from the new album "Life Like Luster" IN THEIR ENTIRETY that you haven't heard yet. Of course, we're talking over them a lot, but you still get the gist. And be sur...
Posted by Lizzy D | Bass Wielder on Sat, 12 May 2007 11:50:00 PST

New Charlie Drown song - sneak preview!

A new song that will be on the upcoming Charlie Drown album has been posted at the official Charlie Drown MySpace. The song is called In Flames. Get it while it's hot! Some other new songs may be rota...
Posted by Lizzy D | Bass Wielder on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:19:00 PST

New HZ studio video documentary is up!

Now that tracking on the new Half Zaftig album is finally finished (gonna start mixing soon), Yogi had some time to work on the Web documentary that we started last year. We've got spiffy purty Quickt...
Posted by Lizzy D | Bass Wielder on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:23:00 PST

More new Half Zaftig music!

In Half Zaftig news (that's my band):We've got a preview sampler of the upcoming album "Life Like Luster" posted at the Half Zaftig page, it has snippets (SNIPPETS!) of all the songs that will be on t...
Posted by Lizzy D | Bass Wielder on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:23:00 PST

The music I have posted here:

Here's some info about the songs playing on my page here, as of November 26, 2006."Firefly" is by my band Half Zaftig. It was written by guitarist/vocalist/main man Shawn Farley who is also known thro...
Posted by Lizzy D | Bass Wielder on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:18:00 PST