PureVolume

Members: betsy bissell

I've recorded 90% of these songs with the sound recorder feature that came with windows xp, a microphone attached to a cheap digital camera, an acoustic guitar i bought at costco, occasionally my fender strat or my telecaster. lately, i've upgrade my recording techniques, but not by much.

my main influences for this project have been,
elliott smith, the raveonettes, the pixies, neutral milk hotel, kimya dawson,
cat power, pavement, built to spill, bush (hey, you can't forget about the one band you fell in love with back in 1996), mirah, daniel johnston, the beatles (particularly john lennon's lo-fi home recorded demos), drugs, spirits, rehabs, street art, good friends, love, ex-loves, loss, insanity, meditation, boston, new york city, new haven, the underdogs of the world and way too many cigarettes and late nights.

I started this music project in 2003 because i wanted to record my thoughts and stories in a unique way. Before my mother passed away in May of 2004, i was a high school student at an alternative school in New Haven, CT who always had to play & sing quietly when i drove home to practice since my mom was sick in the next room. after she passed i gradually starting singing and playing all the time. As i've gotten older my music has gotten a bit louder and faster and i've started reaching out to other musicans in order to collaborate on songs and ideas. i don't think i'll ever stop writing and recording music. it's just something that i do.


listen, read the lyrics. If you click on the 4 home-crafted albums you can hear all 30 songs I have uploaded. i have about 200 more but there are limitations on these sorts of sites ;)

email me
lofibuzz@hotmail.com

best way to get in touch with me is through my facebook: betsy-alanna bissell

comment on any songs up on this site.

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Right now i'm involved in a new music project with Jaime Sargent, a vocalist with incredible stage presence and a sick voice. We have a set worth of material we are constantly working on and we are looking for:
ÙƒDrummer/percussionist/beatmaker
Ù‚Guitarists/bassist
ضSynth/keyboards/recording button presser
ظViolinist/Cellist/strings (I'm thinking maybe electric at times who is good with effects/delay/looping)
so if you're in the southern Connecticut area get in touch with me on facebook or by email at lofibuzz@hotmail.com
for this band/project/whatever, i.m interested in a sound sort of in the direction of early modest mouse, pixies, pavement, yeah yeah yeahs, the ravonettes, tapes 'n tapes, wolf parade, sonic youth, deerhunter, beatles, elliott smith, helio sequence, velvet underground, runaways, built to spill.. and though i'm open to creating a sound with these musicians in mind, i expect nothing but originality from myself and everyone else.
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