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Aaron Zimmer is a songwriter and performer currently living in New York City. He arrived there in January of 2004 from Lincoln, Nebraska where he was born and raised.
His newest record, “Live Wires” was recorded and produced in Brooklyn, NY by Christian Cassan (David Byrne, Passing Strange). Christian is a talented multi-instrumentalist, but his true gifts come as a producer and a mixer. “Live Wires” is 11 terrifically refined pop/rock tunes that will fit comfortably in your iPod shuffle alongside Gavin DeGraw, Switchfoot, or Daughtry.
His story is a tale of any good rising star…In 1999 he had enrolled in college not far from Lincoln the year before, was failing almost all his classes, had just been dumped by his high-school sweetheart and was sort of spinning off the planet. So, he quit school, moved back to Lincoln and recorded his very first record in the bedroom of his North Lincoln apartment. It sounded terrible, but he pressed it anyway and put a band together.
They called themselves The Aaron Zimmer Band and played in Lincoln and Omaha bars with the occasional out-of-town weekend run. Mostly they played to empty houses. One of those shows was at a downtown Lincoln joint called WC’s. A couple of jocks from a popular morning radio show happened to be at the bar while they were playing and took a shining to a tune they had called, “Angel”. They put that song on the radio and had them on their morning show for interviews and acoustic performances. They went from playing to empty houses to filling every club they went to. Before long, they bought a big, old tour bus and set out on tour to take the country by storm one bar at a time. They had grand dreams about the life of a touring band. There would be money and chicks and rock & roll…they had it all wrong. Eventually the tour unraveled and they drove that bus back home to Nebraska with broken spirits and a broken bank account.
The band all parted ways and Aaron got a job as a bartender back in Lincoln. Around then is when he started thinking about recording new stuff and maybe making a move to one of the coasts. So, Aaron worked every shift he could get at the bar, recorded an EP (“Inside My Skin” EP 2004) at Presto! Studios with AJ Mogis. And, when the record was done and he had saved enough money, he packed my stuff and moved to New York City, where he has been ever since.
More than 2 of his 5+ years as a New Yorker were claimed by the writing & recording of “Live Wires”. From the earliest scratch tracks, to punching buttons in Pro-Tools while Christian tracked drums, all the way to executing the photography and graphic design for the album’s artwork, “Live Wires” is a true portrait of who Aaron is as an artist. I say great job Aaron and keep on bringing on the music!!! Check out his site here.
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Aaron Zimmer is a songwriter and performer currently living in New York City. He arrived there in January of 2004 from Lincoln, Nebraska where he was born and raised.
His newest record, “Live Wires” was recorded and produced in Brooklyn, NY by Christian Cassan (David Byrne, Passing Strange). Christian is a talented multi-instrumentalist, but his true gifts come as a producer and a mixer. “Live Wires” is 11 terrifically refined pop/rock tunes that will fit comfortably in your iPod shuffle alongside Gavin DeGraw, Switchfoot, or Daughtry.
His story is a tale of any good rising star…In 1999 he had enrolled in college not far from Lincoln the year before, was failing almost all his classes, had just been dumped by his high-school sweetheart and was sort of spinning off the planet. So, he quit school, moved back to Lincoln and recorded his very first record in the bedroom of his North Lincoln apartment. It sounded terrible, but he pressed it anyway and put a band together.
They called themselves The Aaron Zimmer Band and played in Lincoln and Omaha bars with the occasional out-of-town weekend run. Mostly they played to empty houses. One of those shows was at a downtown Lincoln joint called WC’s. A couple of jocks from a popular morning radio show happened to be at the bar while they were playing and took a shining to a tune they had called, “Angel”. They put that song on the radio and had them on their morning show for interviews and acoustic performances. They went from playing to empty houses to filling every club they went to. Before long, they bought a big, old tour bus and set out on tour to take the country by storm one bar at a time. They had grand dreams about the life of a touring band. There would be money and chicks and rock & roll…they had it all wrong. Eventually the tour unraveled and they drove that bus back home to Nebraska with broken spirits and a broken bank account.
The band all parted ways and Aaron got a job as a bartender back in Lincoln. Around then is when he started thinking about recording new stuff and maybe making a move to one of the coasts. So, Aaron worked every shift he could get at the bar, recorded an EP (“Inside My Skin” EP 2004) at Presto! Studios with AJ Mogis. And, when the record was done and he had saved enough money, he packed my stuff and moved to New York City, where he has been ever since.
More than 2 of his 5+ years as a New Yorker were claimed by the writing & recording of “Live Wires”. From the earliest scratch tracks, to punching buttons in Pro-Tools while Christian tracked drums, all the way to executing the photography and graphic design for the album’s artwork, “Live Wires” is a true portrait of who Aaron is as an artist. I say great job Aaron and keep on bringing on the music!!! Check out his site here.
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