Andy LeMaster


Andy LeMaster is an American musician, songwriter, engineer, and producer from Athens, Georgia. Now It's Overhead is the primary project for his own songwriting, while he also releases music under his own name and contributes as a co-writer on various projects. LeMaster has engineered, produced, and performed on many albums since he began recording in the late 1990s, including releases by Bright Eyes, Now It's Overhead, Azure Ray, Conor Oberst, Maria Taylor, Orenda Fink, Better Oblivion Community Center, and Michael Stipe. He has been a frequent touring member of Bright Eyes since the late 90's, and has performed live as a band member with several other artists including Azure Ray, Fischerspooner, and Michael Stipe.
LeMaster is co-owner of Chase Park Transduction recording studio in Athens with fellow producer/engineer/musician, David Barbe. He is also a visual artist, and has done all the covers for Now It's Overhead's records. He made a guest appearance on Late Night with David Letterman in 2007 playing bass as a rotating member of the band Bright Eyes.
LeMaster is gay.

Album Appearances

''See also Now It's Overhead''

1998

  • Bright Eyes – Letting off the Happiness – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Performance
  • Drive-By Truckers – Gangstabilly – Soul Dump Records/New West Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing
  • Macha – Self-titled – Jetset Records – Engineering, Mixing
  • Drip – Inside Job – Ghostmeat Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance, Writing

    1999

  • Macha – See It Another Way – Jetset Records – Engineering, Mixing
  • Drive-By Truckers – Pizza Deliverance – Ghostmeat Records/New West Records – Mixing
  • David Dondero – Pity Party – Ghostmeat Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

    2000

  • Bright Eyes – Fevers and Mirrors – Saddle Creek Records – Engineering, Performance
  • Lona – To the Nth – Ghostmeat Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

    2001

  • Now It's Overhead – Self-titled – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance, Writing
  • Bright Eyes – Oh Holy Fools: The Music of Son, Ambulance and Bright Eyes – Saddle Creek Records – Performance
  • David Barbe – Comet of the Season – Backburner Records – Production, Assistant Engineering, Performance
  • Seaworthy – Ride – Jetset Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

    2002

  • Bright Eyes – Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground – Saddle Creek Records – Engineering, String and Horn Arrangements, Performance
  • Bright Eyes – There Is No Beginning to the Story – Saddle Creek Records – Engineering, Horn Arrangements, Performance
  • Azure Ray – November EP – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • R.E.M. – R.E.M.I.X. – Warner Bros. Records – Production, Mixing, Performance
  • Lovers – Starlit Sunken Ship – Orange Twin Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • Mayday – Old Blood – Saddle Creek Records – Performance

    2003

  • Azure Ray – Hold On Love – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • Azure Ray – The Drinks We Drank Last Night – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing
  • Various Artists – Saddle Creek 50 – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance, Writing
  • Pacific UV – Self-titled – Warm Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • The Few – Self-titled – PSB Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

    2004

  • Now It's Overhead – Fall Back Open – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance, Writing
  • Now It's Overhead – Wait In a Line – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance, Writing
  • Macha – Forget Tomorrow – Jetset Records – Engineering, Mixing
  • Azure Ray – New Resolution – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing
  • Bright Eyes – Take It Easy – Saddle Creek Records – Engineering
  • Lovers – Gutter and the Garden – Orange Twin Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • The Good Life – Lovers Need Lawyers – Saddle Creek Records – Mixing

    2005

  • Bright Eyes – I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning · Saddle Creek Records – Performance
  • Bright Eyes – Digital Ash in a Digital Urn – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Performance
  • Maria Taylor – 11:11 – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • Orenda Fink – Invisible Ones – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • Mayday – Bushido Karaoke – Saddle Creek Records – Mixing
  • Various Artists – Lagniappe: A Saddle Creek Benefit for Hurricane Katrina – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance, Writing

    2006

  • Now It's Overhead – Dark Light Daybreak – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance, Writing
  • Michael Stipe Featuring Chris Martin – In the Sun – EP – Warner Bros. Records – Engineering, Mixing
  • Bright Eyes – ''Noise Floor – Saddle Creek Records – Performance

    2007

  • Maria Taylor – Lynn Teeter Flower – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • Now It's Overhead – Dark Light Daybreak – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance, Writing
  • Bright Eyes – Four Winds – Saddle Creek Records – Performance
  • Bright Eyes – Cassadaga – Saddle Creek Records – Performance
  • Art In Manilla – Set the Woods On Fire – Saddle Creek Records – Mixing
  • Mezzanine Owls – Slingshot Echoes – Mezzanine Owls Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • Summerbirds In the Cellar – With the Hands of the Hunter It All Becomes Dead'' – Slow January Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

    2008

  • Conor Oberst – Self-titled – Merge Records – Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • Magnetic Morning – A.M. – Friend Or Faux Records – Engineering, Mixing
  • Rig 1 – Above the Tree Line West of the Periodic – Team Love Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • The Fatales – Great Surround – Monopsone Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing
  • Mezzanine Owls – Snowglobe – 7 Inch – Jaxart Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing

    2009

  • Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band – Outer South – Merge Records – Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • Orenda Fink – Ask the Night – Saddle Creek Records – Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • Taylor Hollingsworth – Life With a Slow Ear – Team Love Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • Maria Taylor – LadyLuck – Nettwerk Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance, Writing
  • Maria Taylor with Andy LeMaster – Savannah Drive – Nettwerk Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance, Writing
  • Har Mar Superstar – Dark Touches – Dilettante – Mixing
  • James Husband – A Parallax I – Polyvinyl Record Co. – Mixing

    2010

  • Elf Power – Elf Power – Orange Twin Records – Engineering, Mastering
  • Azure Ray – Drawing Down the Moon – Saddle Creek Records – Performance, Additional Engineering
  • Various Artists – Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine – Oh Boy Records – Engineering, Mixing
  • Venice Is Sinking – Sand & Lines – One Percent Press Records – Engineering
  • New Idea Society – Somehow Disappearing – SHYE Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

    2011

  • Bright Eyes – The People's Key – Saddle Creek Records – Engineering, Performance
  • Drive-By Truckers – Ugly Buildings, Whores, and Politicians: Greatest Hits 1998-2009 – New West Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing
  • Haroula Rose – These Open Roads – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance

    2012

  • Conor Oberst – One of My Kind – Team Love Records – Engineering, Performance
  • Whispertown – Parallel – Acony Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • Conduits – Self-titled – Team Love Records – Mixing
  • Azure Ray – As Above So Below – Saddle Creek Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • White Violet – Hiding, Mingling – Normaltown Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • The Casket Girls – Sleepwalking – Graveface Records – Mixing
  • Patterson Hood – Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance – ATO Records – Engineering

    2013

  • Western Lows – Glacial – Jaxart Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • Alessi's Ark – The Still Life – Bella Union – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • Amanda Shires – Down Fell The Doves – Lightning Rod Records – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • Pacific UV – After the Dream You Are Awake – Mazarine Records – Mixing, Writing
  • Lovers – A Friend in the World – Badman Recording Co. – Mixing
  • Maria Taylor – Something About Knowing – Saddle Creek Records – Mixing
  • Yip Deceiver – Medallius – New West Records – Mixing
  • Shonna Tucker and Eye Candy – A Tell All – Sweet Nectar Records – Mixing
  • Dead Confederate – In the Marrow – Spiderbomb Records – Engineering

    2014

  • The Casket Girls – True Love Kills the Fairy Tale – Graveface Records – Engineering, Mixing
  • Conor Oberst – Upside Down Mountain – Nonesuch Records – Engineering, Performance
  • Michael Stipe – The Cold Lands Soundtrack – Production, Engineering, Mixing, Performance
  • Young Statues – The Flatlands Are Your Friend – Run for Cover Records – Production, Engineering, Performance