Joe Pisapia

Joe Pisapia (born July 25, 1968^[1]) is a producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist^[2] who was formerly a part of the band Guster and k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang. In the past he has also released albums with his band Joe, Marc's Brother, his side project Watercolor, and the solo albums Daydreams (2002) and Nightvision (2015).

Albums

Pisapia released his first solo album Daydreams in 2002. He and Liz Hodder collaborated to produce Beautiful Mistakes under the band name Watercolor. With his band Joe, Marc's Brother, he has released Around The Year With Joe, Marc's Brother, The Pennsylvania Sessions, Autumnninetyeight EP, and 'The Debut Of Joe, Marc's Brother. In 2000, he worked with Anthony Rapp to release the album Look Around. He was involved with Guster for the production of Keep It Together and was pronounced an official member shortly thereafter at a show in Portland, Maine, as is documented on the DVD Guster on Ice. The band released their album, Ganging Up on the Sun, June 20, 2006. He later teamed up with k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang, co-producing and co-writing much of Sing It Loud.^[3] He produced the Ben Folds Five album "The Sound of the Life of the Mind," released in 2012. He performs pedal steel guitar on Jennifer Knapp's 2014 album Set Me Free.

On March 19, 2015, he released his second solo album, "Nightvision," along with three singles: "Burned Out," "Suitcase and Guitar," and "Wake My Heart." The release of "Nightvision" coincided with an installment of an ongoing live performance series "The Pisapia Love-In" in Nashville, TN.

Discography

Solo works

• Watercolor - Beautiful Mistakes (2002)
• Joe Pisapia - Daydreams (2002)
• Joe Pisapia - Nightvision (2015)

Producer

• The Pierces - s/t (2000)
• Anthony Rapp - Look Around (2000)
• Watercolor - Beautiful Mistakes (2002)
• Joe Pisapia - Daydreams (2002)
• Guster - Ganging Up on the Sun (2006)
• Guster - Easy Wonderful (2010)
• Matt Wertz - While We're Becoming (2010))
• k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang - Sing It Loud (2011)
• Ben Folds Five - The Sound of the Life of the Mind (2012)
• Oakhurst - Barrel (2012)
• The Silver Seas - Alaska (2014)
• Chuck Mead - Free State Serenade (2014)
• William Tyler - Lost Colony (2014)
• Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors - Medicine (2015)
• Joe Pisapia - Nightvision (2015)

Podcast

There is a podcast available chronicling the making of Ganging Up on the Sun available through iTunes or Guster's website titled "Joe's Place", as they produced the album in Joe's attic. Dave Yonkman shot this footage.

References

1. ↑ http://www.vividgreen.net/guster/faq.html#41
2. ↑ Joe Pisapia
3. ↑ "k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang on Jay Leno + "I Confess" video - 2011 tour". bandweblogs. 

External links

• Official site / Bandcamp