Chris Pitman
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Chris Pitman is a Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He is currently the keyboardist and sound designer for the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with which joined in 1998. Prior to working with Guns N' Roses, he was a founding member of the bands Replicants, ZAUM, and Lusk.
Chris Pitman was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He currently writes and records privately with Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose, as they have collaborated on many songs for the upcoming Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy. He is a multi-instrumentalist on the album, contributing keyboards, guitar, bass, vocals, and programming.
Chris was co-founder of Los Angeles-based art coalition 'Priory of the North', which focuses on conceptual/public art, and whose installations have been commissioned in many place around the world, including Rio de Janeiro, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
He studied at the Art Institute of Kansas City, as well as at the University of Missouri-KC. He worked with the controversial and world-renowned artist Les Levine in 1993.
Pitman has also done sound design work for Arturia software synthesizers, A Designs Audio, Waves plug ins, Waldorf Synthesizers, Apple's Logic Audio, Digidesign Plug Ins, Moog Synthesizers, Celemony's Melodyne, Ableton Live, Roland USA , Korg Music, and many other Audio Endorsements.
2007 will mark the release of several records with his current projects:
SexTapesTM- on ToneRiot Records2007. Lead Vocals, multi=instruments, Producer, with Kelly Wheeler(Guitars),Marko Fox (Bass),Ryan Brown (Drums) recorded at The Pass Studios (Hollywood) 2007
Guns N Roses- Chinese Democracy on Interscope Records 2007
Source of Uncertainty- Recording 2007- with Danny Carey (multi=instruments) an Experimental project involving only Devices from pre 1960's. More from TapeOp Magazine
[edit] Collaborations
- Dr. Dre (Aftermath) - 1994
- [[Electric Company] - Played live shows and recorded with this Brad Laner project.
- [[Replicants (band)] (BMG/Zoo) - In 1995, on this band's only release, Pitman did Vocals, synths, piano, and guitars.
- ZAUM - Was guitarist,keys and lead vocalist with Danny Carey of Tool.
- Tool (BMG/Zoo) - In 1994/95 Pitman toured with them and in 1996 played synths on the epic song "Third Eye", from Ænima.
- Failure - Contributed sound effects and sound mixing.
- Lusk (BMG/Zoo) - In 1996/97 Pitman recorded, produced,mixed,mastered, and was the lead singer and multi-instrumentalist in this Grammy-nominated band.
- Sony Panic (DogFight) - In 1997 Pitman worked with this L.A. experimental/improvisational band. He played guitars and managed software live.
- Blinker the Star (A&M & Dreamworks) - In 1996 Pitman contributed keyboards to the album Bourgeois Kitten. In 1998 he co-wrote the single "Below the Sliding Doors".
- Savvy Soviets - In 2003, Pitman was a producer/collaborater in Rio de Janeiro.
- Electric Company (Tigerbeat6) - In 2004, he played synthesizer on the album Creative Playthings and played live with this Brad Laner electronic music project.
- The Source of Uncertainty - In 2005, he played with Danny Carey and others.
- Rock a doodle doo - In 2002 - with Danny Glover and Vigo of Carpathia
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