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Andy LeMaster is an American singer-songwriter and producer/engineer from Athens, Georgia. His primary band is Now It's Overhead. LeMaster has engineered, produced, and performed in many of the releases on the Saddle Creek label, including records by Bright Eyes, Now It's Overhead, Azure Ray, Maria Taylor, Orenda Fink, Beep Beep, The Good Life, and Mayday.

In addition to his association with Saddle Creek, LeMaster has recorded and contributed to many other albums since he began producing in the late 90's. He is co-owner of Chase Park Transduction studio in Athens with fellow producer/engineer, David Barbe.

LeMaster, who is gay,^[1] is also a talented visual artist, and has done all the covers for Now It's Overhead's records.

Album appearances

see also albums by Now It's Overhead

1998

• Bright Eyes - Letting off the Happiness (1998) - Saddle Creek Records - Production, Engineering, Performance
• Drive-By Truckers - Gangstabilly (1998) - Soul Dump Records/New West Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing
• Macha - Self-titled (1998) - Jetset Records - Engineering, Mixing
• Drip - Inside Job (1998) - Ghostmeat Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

1999

• Macha - See It Another Way (1999) - Jetset Records - Engineering, Mixing
• Drive-By Truckers - Pizza Deliverance (1999) - Ghostmeat Records/New West Records - Mixing
• David Dondero - Pity Party (1999) - Ghostmeat Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

2000

• Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors (2000) - Saddle Creek Records - Engineering, Performance
• Lona - To the Nth (2000) - Ghostmeat Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

2001

• Now It's Overhead - Self-titled (2001) - Saddle Creek Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Bright Eyes - Oh Holy Fools: The Music of Son, Ambulance and Bright Eyes (2001) - Saddle Creek Records - Performance
• David Barbe - Comet of the Season (2001) - Backburner Records - Production, Assistant Engineering, Performance
• Seaworthy - Ride (2001) - Jetset Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

2002

• Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002) - Saddle Creek Records - Engineering, String and Horn Arrangements, Performance
• Bright Eyes - There Is No Beginning to the Story (2002) - Saddle Creek Records - Engineering, Horn Arrangements, Performance
• Azure Ray - November EP (2002) - Saddle Creek Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• R.E.M. - R.E.M.I.X. (2002) - Warner Bros. Records - Production, Mixing, Performance
• Lovers - Starlit Sunken Ship (2002) - Orange Twin Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Mayday - Old Blood (2002) - Saddle Creek Records - Performance

2003

• Azure Ray - Hold On Love (2003) - Saddle Creek Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Azure Ray - The Drinks We Drank Last Night (2003) - Saddle Creek Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing
• Various Artists - Saddle Creek 50 (2003) - Saddle Creek Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Pacific UV - Self-titled (2003) - Warm Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

2004

• Now It's Overhead - Fall Back Open (2004) - Saddle Creek Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Now It's Overhead - Wait In a Line (2004) - Saddle Creek Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Macha - Forget Tomorrow (2004) - Jetset Records - Engineering, Mixing
• Azure Ray - New Resolution (2004) - Saddle Creek Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing
• Bright Eyes - Take It Easy (Love Nothing)) (2004) - Saddle Creek Records - Engineering
• Lovers - Gutter and the Garden (2004) - Orange Twin Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• The Good Life - Lovers Need Lawyers (2004) - Saddle Creek Records - Mixing

2005

• Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005) · Saddle Creek Records - Performance
• Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital Urn (2005) - Saddle Creek Records - Production, Engineering, Performance
• Maria Taylor - 11:11 (2005) - Saddle Creek Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Orenda Fink - Invisible Ones (2005) - Saddle Creek Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Mayday - Bushido Karaoke (2005) - Saddle Creek Records - Mixing
• Various Artists - Lagniappe: A Saddle Creek Benefit for Hurricane Katrina (2005) - Saddle Creek Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

2006

• Now It's Overhead - Dark Light Daybreak (2006) - Saddle Creek Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Michael Stipe Featuring Chris Martin - In the Sun EP (2006) - Warner Bros. Records - Engineering, Mixing
• Bright Eyes - Noise Floor (Rarities 1998-2005 (2006) - Saddle Creek Records - Performance

2007

• Maria Taylor - Lynn Teeter Flower (2007) - Saddle Creek Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Now It's Overhead - Dark Light Daybreak (Live in the Studio EP (2007) - Saddle Creek Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Bright Eyes - Four Winds (2007) - Saddle Creek Records - Performance
• Bright Eyes - Cassadaga (2007) - Saddle Creek Records - Performance
• Art In Manilla - Set the Woods On Fire (2007) - Saddle Creek Records - Mixing
• Mezzanine Owls - Slingshot Echoes (2007) - Mezzanine Owls Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Summerbirds In the Cellar - With the Hands of the Hunter It All Becomes Dead (2007) - Slow January Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

2008

• Conor Oberst - Self-titled (2008) - Merge Records - Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Magnetic Morning - A.M. (2008) - Friend Or Faux Records - Engineering, Mixing
• Rig 1 - Above the Tree Line West of the Periodic (2008) - Team Love Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• The Fatales - Great Surround (2008) - Monopsone Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing

2009

• Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band - Outer South (2009) - Merge Records - Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Orenda Fink - Ask the Night (2009) - Saddle Creek Records - Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Taylor Hollingsworth - Life With a Slow Ear (2009) - Team Love Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Maria Taylor - LadyLuck (2009) - Nettwerk Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Maria Taylor with Andy LeMaster - Savannah Drive (2009) - Nettwerk Records - Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
• Har Mar Superstar - Dark Touches (2009) - Dilettante - Mixing

External links

• Saddle Creek Records
• Now It's Overhead MySpace
• Chase Park Transduction Studio
• Official Now It's Overhead Website
• Wonderful Scar live video

References