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band

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. He currently plays keyboard in and is associate music director of the 8G band on the ''

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'' show on NBC. He is also the co-host of SonicScoop's InputOutput Podcast, along with Geoff Sanoff of the band

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Biography

Janney was born in Washington, D.C., and started recording with bands, including

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. During this period he was active as a musician for Girls Against Boys he produced recording artists like

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, Enon,

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, The Rapture. When Girls Against Boys became inactive after 2003, he became a full-time recording and remixing artist for musical artists like

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and others.

References

External links

Official site
The 8G Band members American multi-instrumentalists Record producers from Washington, D.C. Post-hardcore musicians Living people Musicians from Washington, D.C. Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-musician-stub