Shane Tutmarc

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Shane Tutmarc (born September 25, 1981) is a Seattle-born musician and producer. He is a great-grandson of Paul Tutmarc, inventor of the electric guitar [1]. His Grandfather was Bud Tutmarc, the well known Hawaiian Steel Guitarist. Shane is the leader of Seattle indie rock band, Dolour, since 1997. He was one of the founding members of Seattle dance-rock group United State of Electronica. He's produced and arranged records by Ian McGlynn and Sameer Shukla.

In addition to music Tutmarc shows interest in drawing, painting and film. He has contributed to each of his album's artwork.

[edit] Tutmarc's film

Tutmarc wrote and directed a short subject titled Yes, No, Maybe?; it was shot in six days in December 2005 by Tutmarc's brother Brandon. It has yet to be released in any form, although an online trailer was briefly distributed in early 2006.

[edit] Collaborations

Over the years Shane has contributed to many different musical projects including...

Gatsby's American Dream - Shane co-wrote and sang the chorus to "Fable", on the band's "Volcano" album in 2005.
U.S.E. - Shane was a collaborator on their self-titled debut, supplying most of the albums bass grooves, and additional background vocal parts.
Ian McGlynn - Shane produced, arranged, engineered, and performed much of the music (including guitar, bass, drums, and additional keys) on Ian McGlynn's debut full-length, "Tomorrow's Taken" in 2004.
Sameer Shukla - Shane also produced, arranged, engineered and performed much of the music (including lead guitar, piano, bass, and background vocals) on Sameer's debut full-length, "There's Only One Side Tonight" in 2005.
Crosstide - While visiting the band recording their first full-length, he ended up adding vocal harmonies to two of their songs.
Izabelle - Shane contributed choir-esque vocal harmonies to Izabelle's A Pleasant Fiction (2005).
Bending Bus - Shane contributed lead vocals to "Interstellar Cattle Baron" from Bending Bus' EP (2002).