Daytrotter Explained

Daytrotter
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Type:Music
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Owner:Wolfgang's[1]
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Launch Date:March 2006

Daytrotter was a recording studio, music venue and subscription-based music discovery website[2] located in Atlanta, United States. It hosted recording sessions with indie music acts.

The original studio in Rock Island, Illinois, was founded in 2006 by Sean Moeller. It later moved to Davenport, Iowa and in 2019 moved to Atlanta, Georgia.

The sessions can be compared to that of a radio station's lounge recordings, where musicians passing through the town can record live in the studio. Given their tendency to offer an eclectic sampling of music as well as their production style the sessions have been compared to that of the Peel Sessions.[3] [4]

Currently, the Daytrotter website is owned by Paste, and redirects to the magazine's website. Daytrotter is no longer actively recording sessions with the last Daytrotter music session released on March 6, 2019.[5]

Content

The site typically hosted around 60 songs by 17 bands per week. Almost all are available as downloads. From 2011 to 2018, access to streaming or downloading music from Daytrotter was by paid membership only[1] but on March 1, 2018, Daytrotter returned to free streaming.[6] There is an archives section of past performers, each illustrated by a staff of illustrators. In addition to music, there are sections of reviews and commentaries of musicians and their releases.

The site won the Nielsen Online and Billboard.com "Music Blog of the Year" (2007) award,[7] and The Morning News 2007 Editor's Award for Online Excellence.

Studio

The original studio in Rock Island, Illinois, was founded in 2006 by Sean Moeller.[1] It later moved to Horseshack, in Davenport, Iowa. From 2011 through 2016 over 300 remote sessions were recorded in Austin, Texas by Danny Reisch at Good Danny's studio. In April 2019 it moved to Atlanta.[8] [9]

A minimalist recording process is used to record the visiting bands; the recording process is analog, with no editing, and no overdubbing.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: June 26, 2019. Daytrotter At 10: A Midwestern Rite Of Passage. NPR.org.
  2. Web site: June 26, 2019. Deerhoof Disavow Daytrotter Over Unauthorized LPs, Outline Years of Conflict. Pitchfork.
  3. News: DayTrotter: Somewhat Like the Peel Sessions . Wired . December 24, 2007 . Eliot . Van Buskirk . September 27, 2007.
  4. Web site: 2007 Editor's Awards for Online Excellence . . January 24, 2008.
  5. Web site: Sugaray Rayford - Full Session . 2024-01-20 . Paste Magazine . en-US.
  6. Web site: Daytrotter Returns to Free Streaming. pastemagazine.com. Wolfgang's.
  7. Web site: Best Music Blog Winners . Nielsen . December 25, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071217012715/http://www.heynielsen.com/blog/2007/12/best-music-blog-winners.html . December 17, 2007 . dead .
  8. June 26, 2019. Daytrotter Closes Iowa Recording Studio, Moves to Atlanta. Billboard.
  9. Web site: June 26, 2019. Industry-spanning recording studio Daytrotter leaving Iowa after more than a decade. Des Moines Register.
  10. Web site: Joe. Fassler. June 26, 2019. Daytrotter: Where Good Music Gets Saved. August 12, 2010. The Atlantic.

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