Eli Janney (musician)

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Eli Janney is an American record producer and engineer born in Washington, D.C. Janney played bass and keyboards as well as sang backing vocals in indie rock/post-hardcore band Girls Against Boys. He currently plays keyboard in and is associate music director of the 8G band on the Late Night with Seth Meyers show on NBC. [1] He is also the co-host of SonicScoop's InputOutput Podcast, along with Geoff Sanoff of the band Edsel. [2] [3]

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Biography

Janney was born in Washington, D.C., and started recording with bands, including Jawbox. [4] During this period he was active as a musician for Girls Against Boys, and produced recordings with artists like Brainiac, Enon, Skeleton Key, Hooverphonic, Melissa Auf der Maur, Ryan Adams, The Nation of Ulysses, Every Move A Picture, The Rapture. When Girls Against Boys became inactive after 2003, he became a full-time recording and remixing artist for musical artists like James Blunt, Voicst, Nicole Atkins, Satellite Party, Future Kings of Spain and others.

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References

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