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Amber Dust
12+ albums
Alt-countryalternativepost folk corepost hitching postamericana
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Amber Dust is a duo from southern New Hampshire. official website: www.amberdustmusic.com myspace: www.myspace.com/amberdustmusic Band Members: Jesse Nickerson - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, and Mandolin Shayne Greene - Bass, Banjo, Electric Guitar previous contributors: Mike Harvey - piano, keyboards, synthesizers ( on "Without Windows") A.J Piga - pedal steel guitar (on "Good Things, Bad Timing") Amber Dust was formed in April of 2005. For the next several months, the band rehearsed and worked on bits of songs, in hopes of understanding the direction that was to be taken. A few drummers were present occasionally, but it never really worked out. The same could be said for the few other musicians that were to sit in on rehearsal over the next few months. In the end, the best fit, and best musical communication was between the three original members. The recording sessions for what would later become "without windows" began in December of 2005. Due to the fact that there were only 3 members of Amber Dust, rehearsing the songs with all possible instruments was completely impossible. Most of the songs only contained a handful of ideas before they were put to tape. It was only through dilligent retracking that most of the tracks began to take shape. Each member would contribute a track on their primary instrument at first, and then 2-4 tracks after that. Recording was put on hold in April of 2005, when Amber Dust played their first and
