Garron DuPree

Garron DuPree (born December 4, 1989) is a bass guitarist and recording engineer from Texas. 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 Richmond, and Sugar Land, Texas. He is the second of five children from his mother, Parrish DuPree, and father, Wade DuPree. Surrounded by the more rural environments of Texas, Garron grew up in the countryside 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. 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. 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. 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

Year Title Artist Role Record label 2006 Final Noise E.P. Eisley BassistReprise 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 Sheldon2007 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 YearArtistAlbumChart positionsCreditsBillboard 200 Top Christian Albums Released August 14, 2007 Released March 1, 2011 Label: Equal Vision 80 – 15 12 20 -Bass Guitar 2012Anberlin Vital Released October 16, 2012 Released May 28, 2013 Label: Equal Vision 66 - 17 11 22 -Bass Guitar Audio Engineer Audio Editor 2014Say Anything Hebrews Released June 10, 2014 Label: Equal Vision 37 - 7 9 - -Bass Guitar Audio Engineer Audio Editor 2016Say Anything I Don't Think It Is Released February 26, 2016 Label: Equal Vision - - - 22 35 -Bass Guitar 2017Eisley I'm Only Dreaming Released February 17, 2016 Label: Equal Vision 69 - - 8 15 -Bass Guitar Guitar Keyboards