Garron DuPree

Garron DuPree
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.

Personal life

Garron was born in Houston, TX. and was raised in the surrounding cities of

. 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

, 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.

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Discography

Year	Title	Artist	Role	Record 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
2014	Sway	Merriment	Recording Engineer, Add. Bassist, Add. Strings	Rory Records
2012	Vital	Anberlin	Add. Recording Engineer (uncredited)	Universal Republic
2012	Knock Out (Single)	Perma	Recording Engineer, Mixing, Mastering	Rory Records
2014	(Don't Ever) Let Me Go"	Tolmé	Bassist	Independent
2014	David Upp	David Upp	Recording Engineer	Independent
2014	Crimson Arrow	Crimson Arrow	Recording Engineer	Independent
2014	Hebrews	Say Anything	Recording Engineer, Editing	Equal Vision
2014	...Is A Real Boy Acoustic	Say Anything	Recording Engineer, Mixing, Mastering	Equal Vision
2015	Sidewalk Portals	Ella Nightingale	Producer, Mixing, Mastering, Bass, Add. Instrumentation	Independent
2015	Live	MUMC	Editor	Independent
2015	TBA	Andrew Ross	Engineer, Mix Engineer	Independent
2016		Merriment	Engineer, Mix Engineer	Independent
2016	I Don't Think It Is	Say Anything	Bassist	Equal Vision
2017	I'm Only Dreaming	Eisley	Bassist, Guitarist, Keyboards, Add.	Equal Vision
2018	Rooster	Karate Chop	Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixing, Mastering	Independent

Music Videos

Year	Title	Artist	Director
2005	I Wasn't Prepared (Feat. Amber Heard)	Eisley	Marvin Jarrett
2007	Memories	Eisley	Cory Sheldon
2007	Invasion	Eisley	Miranda Penn Turin
2011	Smarter	Eisley	Chris Phelps
2011	The Valley	Eisley	Cory Sheldon
2013	Currents	Eisley	Darren King
2016	Give a Damn	Say Anything	Israel Anthem
2017	Louder Than A Lion	Eisley	Israel Anthem
2017	Always Wrong	Eisley	Israel Anthem

Charting Album Positions and Credits

Year	Artist	Album	Chart positions						Credits
			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	70	–	23	-	23	10	Bass Guitar
2011	Eisley	The Valley[7] Released March 1, 2011 Label: Equal Vision	80	–	15	12	20	-	Bass Guitar
2012	Anberlin	Vital Released October 16, 2012 Label: Universal Republic	16	1	3	-	6	22	Additional Audio Engineering (uncredited)
2013	Eisley	Currents Released May 28, 2013 Label: Equal Vision	66	-	17	11	22	-	Bass Guitar Audio Engineer Audio Editor
2014	Say Anything	Hebrews Released June 10, 2014 Label: Equal Vision	37	-	7	9	-	-	Bass Guitar Audio Engineer Audio Editor
2016	Say Anything	I Don't Think It Is Released February 26, 2016 Label: Equal Vision	-	-	-	22	35	-	Bass Guitar
2017	Eisley	I'm Only Dreaming Released February 17, 2016 Label: Equal Vision	69	-	-	8	15	-	Bass Guitar Guitar Keyboards

References

External links

• Garron DuPree's official website
• Eisley official website
• Official Eisley MySpace page