Great Lakes Feather Company

GLFC performing live at Odin Release Show (10-10-15) with Billie Enforcie (pictured right)

## Other attributes

### Fourth

Associated Acts - Captn Marco, Young Linners, Randie Strouse, James and the Solo Projects, Trevor James, White Chocolate, Kenaniah North, Emily Noel, Billie Enforcie

### Fifth

Website - https://greatlakesfeathercompany.bandcamp.com/

**Great Lakes Feather Company** (sometimes shortened to **GLFC**) is an indie pop act formed in Owosso, Michigan, in 2011, currently consisting of its sole member, Miles Taylor Winchester. Great Lakes Feather Company has released three albums, *Woods* (2012), *Pluto* (2013), and *Photography* (2015), as well as one EP, *Atlantis* (2014). Winchester's sound has been described as eclectic, ranging from a number of genres such as synth-rock , alternative hip hop , electronic , and pop.

## History

### Formation and *Woods* (2011-2012)

###### ***main article: Woods***

Great Lakes Feather Company is a group initiated from, then 17 year old, Miles Taylor Winchester when he started writing songs for his senior project back when he was about to enter his senior year of high school. Quoted at the time "I fell in love with making pop and hip hop music."

Officially, the writing directly for *Woods* began in late July of 2011, many ideas, songs, and lyrics have been modified from older work he recorded, dating back to 2008. Recording took place from September 2011 - October 2011 for the "rough drafts". Lyrics were written and melodies were composed in November of the same year, and the final demo EP was complete in December of 2011. Between January and March 2012, many young musicians from the Owosso-Corunna area recorded their contributions. *Woods* was released on March 6, 2012.

During the promotion of *Woods*, Great Lakes Feather Company released a music video for the song "Scrambled Eggs" on June 5, 2012. Scrambled Eggs featured Captn Marco and Nate Hall rapping on the verses, with Winchester on the hook. Additionally, Winchester promoted the album by playing shows at The Clearing.

Winchester met James Schramm of James And The Solo Projects in college in 2012. Schramm agreed to remaster the songs "Scrambled Eggs", "This Night, and "Escape Me" from *Woods*.

### *Pluto* (2012-2013)

###### ***main article: Pluto***

*Pluto* started the process of recording in late 2012. Captn Marco (known then as 'The Perezident'), Jon Gibbs, Trevor James, Young Linners, and Kenaniah North had a much heavier hand on how the album sounded, providing most the vocals for the instrumentals that Winchester created. To date this album is GLFC's longest and most involved project, having over 10 different individual voices on the record. Pluto was released on May 24, 2013. Schramm assisted Winchester in the mixing and mastering of Pluto.

   During the promotion of *Pluto*, the song "Classic Night" was made into a music video. The video was directed by EddieRod and starred Winchester, Young Linners, and White Chocolate (the alter-ego of Trevor James). A few live shows were performed in promotion of the album including *Kenfest,* *Jaefest 2013*, *Clearingfest* and the *Whitley Benefit Concert.*

*Pluto* was described as being notably more comedic than *Woods,* as well as a marketed improvement in general. *Two Guys Metal Reviews* noted, "The generally progressive nature of a lot of the longer songs...". Nathan Gitchell on *Ultimate-Guitar.com* noted, "[Great Lakes Feather Company] is still finding its sound, and it shows. At its anchor, Miles Winchester tries to provide a center for the band. His beats and his music lead this eclectic, behemoth of an album to its goals, whether they succeed or fail."

### Atlantis EP (2013-2014)

###### ***main article: Atlantis***

After the release of *Pluto*, Great Lakes Feather Company quickly decided to record the next project, entitled *Atlantis*. After months of issues trying to establish an identity of the album, the project was redesigned as an EP. The intention was to focus on the sound of the song "Crayola" from *Pluto* and expand upon it. This led the sound of the project to be much more emotional, and focused on the "experimental pop" sound. Schramm once again assisted Winchester with the mixing and mastering of this EP.

*Atlantis* was promoted with a trailer on the GLFC official youtube channel on December 7, 2013. *Atlantis* was released with a relatively low fanfare on July 30, 2014. This also happened to be Winchester's 20th birthday.

### Glitter Bomb and Photography (2014-2015)

###### ***main article: Photography***

Winchester moved into "The Palace" with Randie Strouse, Emily Noel, and Dylan Salisbury in late 2014. Strouse suggested that Winchester focus on creating a Great Lakes Feather Company album that focused on himself rather than the voices of others. *Photography* only contains credits from his roommates at the time, other than himself. Strouse assisted Winchester in mixing and mastering, making *Photography* the first Great Lakes Feather Company project since *Woods* to not be done by James Schramm. The sound of the album was intended to be expansive, and eclectic compared to all other GLFC releases.

Before the release of *Photography*, Great Lakes Feather Company released the single "Glitter Bomb" on March 30, 2015. This song sampled local artists Captn Marco, Trevor James, and Pleasant Accidents. A music video was released in promotion of the song. Glitter Bomb appeared on *Photography* as a bonus track.

Photography was released on June 20, 2015. Five music videos were released in promotion for the songs November, Myla Winter, Dystopia, Love Song 9, and Waterfalls. Photography was also promoted with a live performance at the *Odin Release Show*.

## Other Work

Winchester has provided recording for Trevor James on his EP, *Ink*. Winchester is also recording Trevor James' latest full length album "Denali Highway". Winchester also provided vocals and writing credit on the Pleasant Accidents song "City Lights". Great Lakes Feather Company also has confirmed to be working on a collaboration EP with Young Linners. This collaboration has grown to become a full fledged project entitled "I Confess". Winchester also put together the shows, *Summer At The Palace 2014*, *Summer At The Palace 2015*, and the *Odin Release Show* during his time living at The Palace. Winchester is also part of the duo Liz and the Lionheart with Elizabeth Keeler. They released the song "Any Of You" in March 2015 Winchester is also a member of Blue Man Love, playing bass guitar as part of Ellie Kenealy's backing band. They also released a cover of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' "Alone On The Rope".

## Discography

##### **Full Length Albums**

* Woods (2012)
* Pluto (2013)
* Photography (2015)

## References

1. ↑ https://greatlakesfeathercompany.bandcamp.com/album/woods
2. ↑ https://greatlakesfeathercompany.bandcamp.com/album/pluto
3. ↑ https://greatlakesfeathercompany.bandcamp.com/album/photography
4. ↑ https://greatlakesfeathercompany.bandcamp.com/album/atlantis
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