Photography

***Photography*** is the third full length album from Owosso based indie pop act, Great Lakes Feather Company. This project differs greatly from previous GLFC with both sound and amount of voices. Miles Winchester, the project's sole member decided to be the only voice on the record other than minor parts from his roommates at the time. This album is also unique from previous Great Lakes Feather Company records with the fact that each individual track had its own cover art. Six out of the eleven tracks also had their own music video, which can be streamed on GLFC's official YouTube channel.

## Background

Winchester moved into "The Palace" of Owosso in October 2014 with Randie Strouse, Dylan Salisbury, and Emily Noel. Strouse suggested to Winchester that he focus on his own strengths for his next project and demonstrate what he can do with as little intervention as possible. This resulted in a very different direction compared to past Great Lakes Feather Company albums where there were many voices on this album, while on *Photography* there was only one track (Love Song 9) that featured a different vocal artist (Emily Noel). Strouse was also implemented as the projects head engineer, providing mixing and mastering for the entire album. This makes *Photography* the first record from Great Lakes Feather Company not mixed or mastered by James Schramm of James and the Solo Projects since *Woods* (2012). Strouse also provided lead guitar on the songs "Void" and "Waterfalls".

On March 30, 2015 the song "Glitter Bomb" was released as the first single from *Photography.* This song sampled local artists Captn Marco, Trevor James, and Pleasant Accidents.A music video was also released on GLFC's official YouTube channel, being based around the surrealism of Winchester's room within The Palace.

Great Lakes Feather Company then released a string of music videos, with "November" on May 16, "Myla Winter" on May 24, "Dystopia" on June 10, and "Love Song 9" on June 14.

## Release and promotion

Photography was released on June 20, 2015. There was a party at The Palace to accommodate the release, but no live performances until the *Odin Release Show* where Great Lakes Feather Company played an hour long set in opening for Captn Marco and Brotha Luke. This was the first show Great Lakes Feather Company was able to perform live in nearly two years since the previous performance was in August 24, 2013 at the *Whitley Benefit Concert*. On October 30, Great Lakes Feather Company released its final/sixth video for Photography for the song "Waterfalls".

## Personnel

* Miles Taylor Winchester - Composition, Lyrics, Instruments
* Randie Strouse - Mixing, Mastering, Lead Guitar on "Void" and "Waterfalls"
* Dylan Salisbury - Lead Guitar on "A Lovable Yet Punchable Face"
* Emily Noel - Vocals on "Love Song 9"

## References

1. ↑ https://greatlakesfeathercompany.bandcamp.com/album/photography
2. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/greatlakesfeathercompany/sets/photography-1
3. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/greatlakesfeathercompany/love-song-9-feat-emily-noel?in=greatlakesfeathercompany/sets/photography-1
4. ↑ https://greatlakesfeathercompany.bandcamp.com/album/woods
5. ↑ https://greatlakesfeathercompany.bandcamp.com/track/void
6. ↑ https://greatlakesfeathercompany.bandcamp.com/track/waterfalls
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuZqiiaQo-w
8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV6pwFPnCr0
9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy8wkQIUuk8
10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnXHvmNm4Hw
11. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh3cOf5yZhI
12. ↑ https://greatlakesfeathercompany.bandcamp.com/album/photography
13. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/events/1496460033998323/
14. ↑ https://www.reverbnation.com/show/11252481
15. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOvCqJ-1XNU