Doris Cellar (born October 10, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist.

Career

Doris Cellar was the front woman in the band the

Freelance Whales Freelance Whales was an American indie rock band which formed in Queens, New York, United States, in 2008. The band consists of frontman Judah Dadone and bandmates Chuck Criss, Jacob Hyman and Kevin Read. History 2008–2011: Formation and deb ...

who gained popularity in 2010 when Twitter selected Freelance Whales' music as the background for a video introducing a major rework of the service's user experience. This was followed by dozens of TV commercials and syncs, and the band toured both internationally and nationally. In 2011 Cellar created and wrote an animal rights video for Peta and in 2012, Cellar wrote and sang lead for their sophomore single "Spitting image", which was featured on

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as well ''The Inbetweeners'' of episode 10 '' The Dance''. One reviewer said her vocals were "almost sweet enough to make us skip down the halls" while another mentioned them as an example of why the band "may red-line the Cute-O-Meter".

Solo

Cellar is a

multi-instrumentalist A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays two or more musical instruments at a professional level of proficiency. Also known as doubling, the practice allows greater ensemble flexibility and more efficient employment of musicians, where ...

. She can switch musically between

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

, bass,

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

harmonium The pump organ is a type of free-reed organ that generates sound as air flows past a vibrating piece of thin metal in a frame. The piece of metal is called a reed. Specific types of pump organ include the reed organ, harmonium, and melodeon. T ...

glockenspiel The glockenspiel ( or , : bells and : set) or bells is a percussion instrument consisting of pitched aluminum or steel bars arranged in a keyboard layout. This makes the glockenspiel a type of metallophone, similar to the vibraphone. The glo ...

. She produces all of her own beats and performs without a backing band. Cellar as a live performer has been described as "a wizard with all the instruments she manages to play all while smiling and dancing".

Discography

Freelance Whales Studio Albums and Singles

* Freelance Whales - '' Weathervanes'' (April 13, 2010) * Freelance Whales - ''

Diluvia ''Diluvia'' is the second studio album by the American indie pop group Freelance Whales Freelance Whales was an American indie rock band which formed in Queens, New York, United States, in 2008. The band consists of frontman Judah Dadone and ...

'' (October 9, 2012) * Freelance Whales - "Hannah" (April 27, 2010) * Freelance Whales - "Enzymes" (October 2010) * Freelance Whales - "Day Off" * Freelance Whales - "Generator ^ First Floor" (March 2011) * Freelance Whales - "Spitting Image" (October 2012)

Solo extended plays

* Doris Cellar -
Windows
' (April 26, 2012) * Doris Cellar -
Up On the Roof
' (June 10, 2013) * Doris Cellar -
Double Vision
' (March 12, 2017)

Solo singles

* Doris Cellar -
Big Kiss
* Doris Cellar -
Inside your Groove
(May 12, 2014) * Doris Cellar -
Chemistry
(February 3, 2017) * Doris Cellar -
Tissues
(August 4, 2020)

References

External links

* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cellar, Doris Living people 1984 births American women pop singers 21st-century American women singers Place of birth missing (living people) City College of New York alumni 21st-century American singers