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loiter

recording+production+music

About Me

loiter is a residential musician's workshop
loiter is a collection of musicians who perform original music
studio+performances-
people who have recorded, performed, donated art or otherwise lived/partied at loiter:
clap your hands say yeah, glenn branca, fischerspooner, akron/family, the holy ghost, hula, the relief society, erik wayne patterson, randi russo, gloria deluxe, trixie whitley, gold streets, matt bauer, the bluffs, the art of shooting, sean mccabe, andy friedman & the other failures, blue state band, andrew hunt, blue vipers, automatic duo w/ dj burnout, valeze, the animators, jeff london, reverend bob & the darkness, nicolai dunger, rhett miller, nell bryden, jug addicts, speedbuggy, leah siegel, freeters, lenny molotov, andrew amelinckx, dawn landes, todd deathrage, micheal gomez (greta gertler & the extroverts), dennis ho, david hurwitz (the boy bathing), jennifer burbank, david golden, jarad krywicki, leslie dinicola, holy trinity river band, pete list and a bunch of other great people whose names I can't recall - no, that doesn't mean I don't love you!
labels I have worked with at somepoint:
keep recordings, petry records & heating, clearly records, split 7, 157 records, 202 records, hollywood, capitol, java.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/9/2004
Band Members: ellis traver - voice+guitar
greg mcmullen - pedal steel
jeff hudgins - sax+clarinet
karl meyer - violin
sam kearney - guitar
jay foote - upright bass
angela webster - drums

Influences: brian eno, willie nelson, jp4+rhythm ace, sigur ros, daniel lanios, my morning jacket, protools, stereolab, tape+tape+razors, nigel godrich, low, bob moog, iron & wine, david bowie, tortoise, albert king, malcolm burn, the flatlanders, the cure, rick rubin, kraftwerk, bill putnam, the arcade fire, boards of canada, damon albarn, lefty frizzell, tom dowd, giorgio moroder, bjork, tony visconti...
Sounds Like: Studio:

A bunch of microphones placed in a very strange space that has loads of instruments and kooks who play them.

This is a partial list, to be continued as I have time.
Keys: 1957 Hammond M3, 1979 Jupiter 4, 1981 MG-1, Waldorf Micro-Q, Roland XP-50, Korg Trinity, Novation X-Station and 'The Worst Piano in New York City.'
Amps: 1966 Fender Vibro Champ, 1964 Ampeg Reverborocket, Ampeg Super Jet, Fender Super, Bedrock.
Drum Kits: Premier, Sonor, Ludwig
Microphones: AKG, Blue, Audio Technica, Shure, Beyer Dynamic, Electro Voice.
Preamps: Universal Audio, Langavin, Trident, Vintech, Focusrite, FMR.
Dynamics: DBX, HHB, FMR, Aphex.

Band:

Life in New York... without heat.
Type of Label: None