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Ellis

About Me

I have provided audio engineering services for Hammerstein Ballroom, Irving Plaza, The Fillmore, The New School for Drama, Counts Media, Mercury Lounge, Knitting Factory, Canal Room, Pete's Candy Store as well as 17 countries abroad to audiences from 2000 to 40,000. I play a lot of instruments... some of them pretty well. When I am in New York I make music as much as I can. I work with bands and individual performers in my quirky and productive recording studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I am always interested in working with musicians that are committed to making great music... great recordings. I don't ever want to forget to do what I love.

My Interests

most music - travel - sounds - physics - getaways - classic motorcycles/cars - numbers - writing - moments - getting the most out of the time we have

I'd like to meet:

positive, forward-thinking people who love life and are passionate about something...

Music:

vintage synthesizers, great beats, laptop + turntable, old tele thru a classic amp, pedal steel, bass in the right place, voices + harmonies, fiddle + mandolin, knobs + sliders...

Movies:

brazil, lost in translation, russian ark, eternal sunshine, fantastic planet, scanner darkly, metropolis and a bunch of others I have not seen or cannot think of right now

Television:

no thanks.

Books:

How about authors: Murakami, Auster, McMurtry, Hesse, Ishiguro, Feynman, Franzen, Everest, Krakauer and a bunch of others I have not read or cannot think of right now.

My Blog

Thank You!

After much deliberation, I have decided to close (loiter). This space has been a lifelong dream of mine and it is both amazing and bittersweet to see it develop to a conclusion. This has been a shoc...
Posted by Ellis on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:59:00 PST

Notes from 022507

Okay, back on the road... I drove up to Boston, arrived around 1:00am. We circled the block and arrived at the RV + trailer that would be our means for the tour. After a few hours of sleep, we tumbl...
Posted by Ellis on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:47:00 PST

The latest...

Okay, in keeping with the fast-paced New York lifestyle - I am going on tour with The Slip as tour manager and front-of-house engineer. We leave in two hours. I found out about it 4 hours ago.I will...
Posted by Ellis on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:40:00 PST

Much More Fun

Last night was great. Much more fun than getting yelled at by junkie-burnout-roadies or getting ditched by hustler-tour-managers - just much more fun than I expected. Really great to hear the room l...
Posted by Ellis on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:35:00 PST

memories/instincts (1)

I remember a voicemail. A man's voice - friendly - yelling across the room into a speaker phone. My initial feeling was, 'now here's a hustler.'I remember putting a face to that voice when he blew i...
Posted by Ellis on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 04:37:00 PST

notes on a day off

Here is a schedule of I am up to with Sean:Oct 29 - The Living Room:New YorkOct 30 - Travel:ParisOct 31 - Vivement Dimanche:ParisNov 01 - Oran Mor:GlasgowNov 02 - The Village:DublinNov 03 - Travel:Man...
Posted by Ellis on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:29:00 PST

where to begin

lots of planes, lots of work, not much sleep, guitar amp & snare drum as carry-on, taking a spill on the edge of the stage... it is all worth it. putting on a show and seeing how much people love the...
Posted by Ellis on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:57:00 PST

Summer was good.

Fall is better. I leave on Monday for an eight month world tour with ____. Guess I'm going to have get writing again.
Posted by Ellis on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:39:00 PST

I did what this weekend?

So I have been slacking on the blogs. I know you have been checking in now and then, biting your nails in hopes of a tasty morsel of wisdom or an adventure nugget.Wednesday I sweated a lot. Then I g...
Posted by Ellis on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:22:00 PST

Santiago... Buenos Aries... Irving Plaza

Ah, crappy grey coldness... my cats are huddled together in the control room for warmth... and they hate each other! Seems like a long weekend in South America couldn't have come at a better time. ...
Posted by Ellis on Wed, 26 Oct 2005 05:20:00 PST