Josh Ostrander
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Josh Ostrander is an American singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 best known for being the front man of Eastern Conference Champions
Eastern Conference Champions
Eastern Conference Champions is an American Indie rock band originally from Philadelphia now residing in Los Angeles, CA, consisting of Joshua Ostrander, Greg Lyons, and Melissa Dougherty...

 (ECC), a band started with his long time friend and collaborator Greg Lyons. ECC came about when the two members, formally of Laguardia, left their first major label record deal with Universal Republic
Universal Republic
Universal Republic Records is a record label, owned by Universal Music Group. It is based on the now-defunct Republic Records label founded by brothers Monte and Avery Lipman...

 only to sign back to the Universal family via Geffen Records
Geffen Records
Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...

 after the two released a self produced EP called The Southampton Collection under the ECC moniker. Ostrander has released four albums to date, one under Laguardia and three through Eastern Conference Champions. Along with producing their own releases, Joshua has been asked to act as producer for such bands as Voxhaul Broadcast (LA) and EX-Happy Mondays member Kavin Sandhu (London). He has worked on projects with such producers as Brendan O'brien (Pearl Jam, Springsteen), Owen Morris (Oasis, Verve), Brad Wood (Smashing Pumpkins), Thom Panunzio, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Ostrander works out of his downtown LA studio called Santa Fe Studios, he is best known for inventing the 'GrassWall' sound, combining an organic feel with the compressive 'Brickwalling' that he and Oasis producer Owen Morris
Owen Morris
Owen Morris is a music producer who has worked with rock bands such as Oasis, The Fratellis, The View and The Verve.He started working in the music industry as a sound engineer at Spaceward Studio in Cambridge when he was 16. He continued as an engineer until 1994 when he started producing some...

discovered in the summer of 2006 while working together in Woodstock, NY. Beyond music Joshua is an avid visual artist, and human rights advocate.

Credits

Ostrander Credits- 2004- "Welcome To The Middle" , Laguardia - Universal Republic - Singer/Songwriter Co-Production 2005- "The Southampton Collection", Eastern Conference Champions - Geffen Records - Singer/Songwriter-Producer 2007- "Ameritown", Eastern Conference Champions - Interscope Records - Singer/Songwriter - Co-Production 2009- "Santa Fe", Eastern Conference Champions - RockHampton Records - Singer/Songwriter- Production 2010- "Twilight Eclipse" Soundtrack - ECC "Million Miles An Hour" 2010- "SPEAK-AHH", Eastern Conference Champion - RockHampton Records - Singer/Songwriter - Production
Additional Producer Credits- 2010 - "Untitled", KAV - 2010 - Producer/Engineer/Mixer - UK 2009 - "Blaggers and Liars", KAV - 2009 - Producer/Engineer/Mixer - UK 2009 - "Fact, Fiction and Turquoise", Voxhaul Broadcast - Producer/Engineer/Mixer - LA 2009 - "Mios", Corband - Producer/Engineer/Mixer - Ecuador 2009 - "Untitled", Two Years Before The Mast - Producer/Engineer/Mixer - LA 2009 - "Lay Alone" single, The Brothers Movement - Mixer - Dublin, Ireland
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