Garron DuPree

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Garron DuPree
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Garron DuPree Live with Say Anything, Summer 2014
Background information
Born (1989-12-04) December 4, 1989 (age 34)
Houston, Texas
Genres Indie rock, indie pop
Occupation(s) Musician, bassist, guitarist, songwriter, recording engineer, session musician
Instrument(s) Bass guitar, guitar
Years active2005–present
Labels Equal Vision, Reprise, Record Collection, Warner Bros., Sire, Doghouse, J, RCA Records
Website www.garrondupree.com

Garron DuPree (born December 4, 1989) is a bass guitarist and recording engineer from Texas. [1] DuPree began his career as a professional musician in 2005 at the age of 15 as the bassist for the group Eisley, and became the bassist for Say Anything in 2013. DuPree is also a recording engineer as well as a session musician.

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Personal life

Garron was born in Houston, TX. and was raised in the surrounding cities of Richmond, and Sugar Land, Texas. He is the 2nd of 5 children from his mother, Parrish DuPree, and father, Wade DuPree. Surrounded by the more rural environments of Texas, Garron grew up in the country side owning several horses. He is a self-proclaimed Christian, along with the majority of his family, and grew up participating and playing music at his church in Texas. He married his girlfriend of nearly 10 years, Madeline DuPree, in July, 2014.

Career

Garron DuPree joined the group Eisley in 2005 at the age of 15, following the departure of their former bassist Jonathan Wilson. He is the cousin of the group's remaining members Chauntelle DuPree, Stacy DuPree, Weston DuPree, and Sherri DuPree. At the time of Garron's arrival with the Texas-based indie-pop band, they were entering a phase of heavy touring in support of their debut album Room Noises . Garron toured as Eisley's bassist beginning with the group's 2005 Yahoo sponsored "Who's Next?" tour, followed closely by 2005's Austin City Limits festival and closing out the year with Switchfoot's Nothing Is Sound tour. Eisley continued touring throughout 2006, visiting Australia in support of Taking Back Sunday, touring the United States with supporting band Dawes for their first major headlining tour, as well as touring Europe. Garron's bass work with Eisley began on their second full-length record, Combinations, and has remained the sole bassist on the remainder of Eisley's recordings to date. In 2013, Garron expanded his repertoire when he joined Say Anything as their bassist, replacing touring bassist Adam Siska. His bass work has been said to be inspired by Radiohead, Kent, Pink Floyd, the Beatles, and Matt Rubano, among others.

DuPree has additionally become known as a recording engineer in more recent years, beginning commercially with his work on Eisley's fourth studio LP, Currents . Most notably, he is known for his engineering work on that album, as well as Merriment's debut album, Sway, and Say Anything's sixth studio album Hebrews.

Currents 2012-2013

DuPree began work alongside Eisley band member Weston DuPree and technician Mark Schwartzkopf in the design and building of Eisley's own studio after the group's departure from Warner Brothers Records in 2011. The studio was designed, in early 2012, and construction began that April. Upon its completion, the group immediately began the production and recording of their fourth full-length record.

Production continued throughout the remainder of the year, marking Eisley's most extensive length of time spent recording a single album since their inception. Production was paused once, to accommodate the group's Mid-Summer Tour in June–July 2012. [2] The recording process was finished by late October 2012, and final arrangements were completed before mix engineer and multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Larson mixed and mastered the album. Currents was released on May 28, 2013 to almost unanimously positive reviews - peaking at #66 on the Billboard 200 charts, making it the group's highest charting album to date.

Sway 2013

Following the recording of Currents , Garron was brought in to engineer the debut album by the group Merriment. The record was produced by Charlie Brand, front-man for the indie-pop group Miniature Tigers. Production of the record was completed within two weeks, and was recorded at Eisley's studio in Tyler, TX. DuPree was credited as Engineer for the album, and also contributed his bass guitar skills on the track "Patterns." He also performed the strings on the track "Right Again."

Sway was released on April 8, 2014. The record reached #3 on the iTunes singer-songwriter charts, and received generally positive reviews for the band's debut release.

Hebrews 2013-2014

Hebrews , the sixth studio album by American pop-punk band Say Anything, was recorded and engineered by DuPree in Tyler, TX throughout late 2013 and early 2014. [3] DuPree also is credited for all of the bass work on the album. DuPree officially joined Say Anything as a bassist in 2013 and quickly adapted to a more punk-rock influenced role. DuPree also embarked on tour with the group in summer 2014 in support of Hebrews. The tour was included openers The Front Bottoms, the So-So Glo's, and You Blew It!, and was said to be among the group's most successful tours to date.

DuPree's work on Hebrews represents his first recorded venture into the indie-punk/pop-punk style characterized by Say Anything. Previously Garron's work was focused on the more whimsical style of his primary work in Eisley, featuring slower, more melodically focused bass rhythms working in tandem with the accent-rich drumming of the group.

Touring

According to Garron's official website, he played "over 600 live shows, in over 340 venues, across 166 different cities, in 4 different countries" as of 2015. [4] In 2014, DuPree embarked on a headlining tour with Say Anything in support of their album Hebrews . Joining Say Anything on stage as touring members were ex-Taking Back Sunday member Fred Mascherino, Moneen frontman Kenny Bridges, and Moving Mountains frontman Greg Dunn. Coincidentally, Garron had toured with each of these additional musicians separately during his extensive touring with Eisley.

Discography

YearTitleArtistRoleRecord Label
2006 Final Noise E.P. Eisley Bassist Reprise Records
2007 Combinations Eisley Bassist Reprise Records
2007 Like the Actors E.P. Eisley Bassist Reprise Records
2009 Fire Kite E.P. Eisley Bassist Sire Records
2011 The Valley Eisley Bassist Equal Vision
2012 Deep Space E.P. Eisley Bassist Equal Vision
2013 Currents Eisley Bassist, Recording Engineer Equal Vision
2014 Hebrews Say Anything Bassist, Recording Engineer Equal Vision
2014SwayMerrimentRecording Engineer, Add. Bassist, Add. Strings Rory Records
2012 Vital Anberlin Add. Recording Engineer (uncredited) Universal Republic
2012Knock Out (Single)PermaRecording Engineer, Mixing, Mastering Rory Records
2014(Don't Ever) Let Me Go"TolméBassist Independent
2014David UppDavid UppRecording Engineer Independent
2014Crimson ArrowCrimson ArrowRecording Engineer Independent
2014Hebrews Say Anything Recording Engineer, Editing Equal Vision
2014...Is A Real Boy Acoustic Say Anything Recording Engineer, Mixing, Mastering Equal Vision
2015Sidewalk PortalsElla NightingaleProducer, Mixing, Mastering, Bass, Add. Instrumentation Independent
2015LiveMUMCEditor Independent
2015TBAAndrew RossEngineer, Mix Engineer Independent
2016MerrimentEngineer, Mix Engineer Independent
2016I Don't Think It Is Say Anything Bassist Equal Vision
2017I'm Only DreamingEisleyBassist, Guitarist, Keyboards, Add. Equal Vision
2018RoosterKarate ChopProducer, Recording Engineer, Mixing, Mastering Independent
Music Videos
YearTitleArtistDirector
2005I Wasn't Prepared (Feat. Amber Heard) Eisley Marvin Jarrett
2007Memories Eisley Cory Sheldon
2007Invasion Eisley Miranda Penn Turin
2011Smarter Eisley Chris Phelps
2011The Valley Eisley Cory Sheldon
2013Currents Eisley Darren King
2016Give a Damn Say Anything Israel Anthem
2017Louder Than A Lion Eisley Israel Anthem
2017Always Wrong Eisley Israel Anthem
Charting Album Positions and Credits
YearArtistAlbumChart positionsCredits
Billboard 200
[5]
Top Christian Albums
[5]
US Alternative Albums
[5]
US Indie
[5]
US Rock Albums
[5]
Tastemakers
[5]
2007 Eisley Combinations [6]
  • Released August 14, 2007
  • Label: Reprise
7023-2310
  • Bass Guitar
2011 Eisley The Valley [7] 80151220-
  • Bass Guitar
2012 Anberlin Vital 1613-622
  • Additional Audio Engineering (uncredited)
2013 Eisley Currents 66-171122-
  • Bass Guitar
  • Audio Engineer
  • Audio Editor
2014 Say Anything Hebrews 37-79--
  • Bass Guitar
  • Audio Engineer
  • Audio Editor
2016 Say Anything I Don't Think It Is---2235-
  • Bass Guitar
2017 Eisley I'm Only Dreaming69--815-
  • Bass Guitar
  • Guitar
  • Keyboards

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