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Daniel is an award-winning poet and the lead singer/lyricist of the indie rock band, Mining for Rain.

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I am a musician (guitars, synths, samples, vocals) who has dabbled in everything from alt country to indie rock to electronic music. Lately, I've been interested in what I call psychedelic folk music - mostly acoustic with little flourishes of effects and synths - and have done some demos to that effect. Maybe its just my version of alt country.

There are lots of collaborators on this page - and the songs range in quality from Lofi demos and home recordings to studio recordings. There is about ten years worth of music on here - some of the older stuff is pretty amateurish.

If you like what you hear, I'd like to find a singer/musician to collaborate with up here in the DFWA-Z area - maybe work on originals together and play out some.

Some of my favorite bands are Radiohead, the Pixies, Wilco, Grizzly Bear, Moby, Gang of Four, LCD Soundsystem, U2, 1980s new wave, the Beatles, Stones, etc., and you'll hear a lot of those influences in my music.

Equipment: My primary instruments are a Gibson Hummingbird, Gibson J45, Takamine EF341sc and a Korg Microsynth - and any 52 style Telecaster and Gibson Les Paul Special with P90s I can get my hands on. There are tons of guitars, amps, and effects used on these songs - everything from a Gibson RD to Fender Strats to a Takamine Glenn Frey. For amps, I stick with Vox AC15s and 30s, and Fender Deluxe Reverbs, Champs, and Blues Juniors. In the studio (The Storms songs) the recording is done with ProTools. At home, I mostly use Sony Acid Pro for the more electronic stuff and Audacity for the demos. I'm also a big fan of the POD 2.0 by Line 6, and you'll hear a ton of its amp modeling sounds on here.

Enjoy!

Spencer LaJoye makes queer indie folk music for everyone. With a coy smile, a wink to the back row, and carefree expertise, they spin their crystalline vocals through a loop pedal while strumming the weathered acoustic guitar they acquired for leading worship in high school. “I don’t believe in much anymore,” they announce to teary-eyed audiences, “except a little bit of everything. And you. And me. And that art can change the world simply by making us feel something.” 

LaJoye is an East Coast singer/songwriter with Midwest roots, a classically-trained violinist with a proclivity for Broadway vocals, and a student of Americana music with a theology degree hanging in their studio. They’ve been writing and touring their own autobiographical folk/pop music for over a decade, but the virality of their 2021 anthem “Plowshare Prayer” secured them a permanent place in hearts and households across the world, as well as a peculiar career as a veracious songsmith with an unshakeable pastoral presence. Charming and banter-heavy, Spencer’s live performances at theaters, listening rooms, church sanctuaries, backyards, folk festivals, spiritual conferences, and queer clubs keep diverse audiences laughing one moment and weeping the next. 

Spencer has a lengthy catalog of recorded music documenting their journey from Christianity through disillusionment, the earliest EP of which won the 2014 WYCE Jammie Award for Listener’s Choice in Grand Rapids, MI. However, after coming out as gender nonbinary and finding peace as a post-Christian, Spencer changed their name and released Remember the Oxygen, a 4-song EP featuring the Denver String Machine with arrangements by China Kent. The collection includes two songs that won Spencer a place among the winners of the 2021 Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Competition. 

After appearing as an official showcase artist at Folk Alliance International 2023, Spencer released Plant a Piano, a solo EP of vocally theatrical piano ballads about decay, change, and beauty. As LaJoye’s first effort following the highly-anticipated and mammoth studio recording of “Plowshare Prayer,” this stark piano EP was an invitation for eager listeners to get up close and personal with Spencer and the craft of one song by one voice.

On February 16, 2024, Spencer is set to release Shadow Puppets, their first full-length album under their new name. Childhood memories, family patterns, shame, and desire form a cast of colorful characters in this 12-track, indie-folk tale of a formerly closeted queer kid from Southwest Michigan. The album was produced by Chris DuPont in Ypsilanti, MI, and is a clever synth-guided and lyric-driven departure from some of LaJoye’s more universally anthemic offerings.

Get your demos sent to Monstercat: https://monarchmastering.com/index.php/get-signed/

Expanding mind and body from the borough of churches to the furthest reaches of the multiverse. Trying to exist and contribute to life for as long as humanly possible. Always questioning and open to that which we do not understand....

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