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Pete Weiss is a New England-based producer/engineer/mixer/musician. Through his innovative, organic work with artists such as Kingsley Flood, Willard Grant Conspiracy, Two Dollar Pistols, Charlie Chesterman, Bow Thayer & Levon Helm, and Don Lennon, Weiss has developed a reputation as an outstanding producer who can adapt to many musical genres and is unafraid to ignore stylistic convention. Other notable artists Weiss has worked with include Chris Brokaw, Kustomized, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Doug Yule, Moe Tucker, The Upper Crust, Princeton, Peter Zaremba, Aimee Mann, Lee Ranaldo, Bell X1, Reverend Glasseye, Drive By Wire, One Happy Island, and Mittens.

In 1989 he co-founded Zippah Studio in Boston. After selling his share of Zippah in 2004, he built and opened Verdant Studio, an "open room" retreat-style studio with artist lodging in rural Vermont which he now uses as a home base.

When not in the studio, Weiss fronts the instrumental band The Weisstronauts and is a member of the experimental pop collective known as Sool. He released a solo album in 1996 and two albums while fronting the subversive Pete Weiss & the Rock Band from 1995-2000. He has scored four independent films, "Methods" (1998), "Metal" (2001), "Bad Gravity" (with Sool 2006), and "The Arcadian Ideal" (2007).

He is a Senior Contributor for Tape Op Magazine, writing reviews of audio equipment as well as conducting interviews with recording industry figures. Over the years he has served on many panels & workshops at Tape Op's and Potluck Audio's conferences. Some of his microphone reviews from Tape Op are archived at the Recording Hacks site. In the early 1990's Weiss authored two books on baseball, "Baseball's All Time Goats" and "Longshots!", both published by Adams Media. Used copies are occasionally available on Ebay or Amazon.

Artists interested in working with Pete are encouraged to email him directly.

News & press:

Interview (with Rafi Sofer of the Invisible Rays), discussing instrumental rock for Jonathan Donaldson's blog.

Interviews with Mojo Flucke for Popdose, with C.C. DiGuardia in Northeast Performer magazine, and with John Clarkson in the U.K. webzine Pennyblackmusic.

The Weisstronauts have released an anthology of their best songs, "Control Is In Your Command: The Best Of The Weisstronauts" in the form of a deluxe vinyl LP/CD pairing.

In October of 2012 Pete Weiss & the Rock Band reunited in the studio and created a new 10-song album. The entire album will be released in April 2013. A teaser track, a semi-instrumental called "Ermahgerd!" can be heard/purchased, and a video was created by Sool's Neal Spaulding.

Some of Pete's photography can be seen at Nerker.com.