Joe Pisapia (born July 25, 1968) is an American record producer, songwriter, and

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, who was formerly a part of the band

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and

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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

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to release the album ''Look Around''. He was involved with

for the production of '' Keep It Together'' and was pronounced an official member shortly thereafter at a show in

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, as is documented on the

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''. The band released their album, ''

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'', June 20, 2006. He later teamed up with

and the Siss Boom Bang, co-producing and co-writing much of '' Sing It Loud.''

announced, in a letter to their fans, that Pisapia would be amicably leaving their band to join k.d. lang on the road for her upcoming tour. He produced the Ben Folds Five album ''

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,'' released in 2012. He performs

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'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, Tennessee.

Discography

Solo works

*''Daydreams'' (2002) *''Nightvision'' (2015) *''Cosmic Christmas'' (2018) *''Connection'' (2018)

Producer

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- ''s/t'' (2000) *

- ''Look Around'' (2000) *Watercolor - ''Beautiful Mistakes'' (2002) *Joe Pisapia - ''Daydreams'' (2002) * Dan Haas - ''Goodbye Moon'' (2003) *

- ''

'' (2006) *

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- ''Country House City Mouse'' (2007) *

- ''

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'' (2010) *

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- ''While We're Becoming'' (2010)) * k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang - '' Sing It Loud'' (2011) *

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- ''

'' (2012) * Oakhurst - ''Barrel'' (2012) *

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- ''Alaska'' (2014) *Chuck Mead - ''Free State Serenade'' (2014) * William Tyler - ''Lost Colony'' (2014) * Andie Lou - ''Sunset Deer'' (2015) *

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- ''Medicine'' (2015) *Joe Pisapia - ''Nightvision'' (2015) *

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- ''Find Today'' (2016) * Dan Haas - ''Polishing Stones'' (2016) *

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- ''Dandelion Wine'' (2016) *

- ''Souvenir'' (2017)

Podcast

There is a

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available chronicling the making of ''

'' available through

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's website titled "Joe's Place", as they produced the album in Pisapia's attic. Dave Yonkman shot this footage.

References

External links

Official site / Bandcamp
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pisapia, Joe 1968 births Living people American male singers American rock guitarists American male guitarists American people of Italian descent American record producers Guster members 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male musicians