Hullo. You may be looking for information about Eli Crews. If so, you came to the right place, that's me.

NEWS FLASH:
There's an interview with me in this month's Tape Op online magazine.
Also, I interviewed Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards for the print version. Extra stuff that didn't make it into the mag is here.

I spend most of my time these days working as a producer and recording/mix engineer out of New, Improved Recording, a studio I co-own in Oakland, CA. I also love to work at other stellar Bay Area studios like Tiny Telephone, Fantasy Studios, and Decibelle Recording. I work within a wide variety of musical styles, and am quite happy as long as the musicians are passionate and the spirit is adventurous. Bands and people I have had the enormous fortune to work with include tUnE-yArDs, Thao & Mirah, Man/Miracle, Beulah/Miles Kurosky, Deerhoof, Why?, Beep, Port O'Brien, Mike Watt, Rogue Wave, Sean Hayes, Erase Errata, ROVA, Thee More Shallows, Scott Amendola and Jeff Parker (Tortoise), Subtle, Tin Hat, Fred Frith, Joan Jeanrenaud, Greg Cohen (Masada/Tom Waits), Maria Muldaur, and many others. For a discography and some samples of my work as an engineer and producer, go here.

I also do mobile/live multi-track recording, and will travel to your house or studio for consultation, maintenance, or on-site tracking or mixing. Traveling outside of the Bay Area is possible as well. Please email me for details if you're interested in any of these services.

Before I was mostly an engineer I was mostly a musician, primarily on the upright bass and bass guitar. I spent years playing rock and jazz (not at the same time, mind you) in small clubs, and also got to tour the US and Europe and play on Conan O'Brien's old television program. The most well-known band I played in would be Beulah, although I also did time in bands like Optimist International, the Roofies, Spezza Rotto, Shinola, Los Super Elegantes, and the Loins. Sometimes I'm still known to play on a record or onstage with a band here and there, most recently with Pancho-san, Thao & Mirah, Release the Sunbird, Rogue Wave, and Naytronix. For a full list of my musical associations check here.

I also compose music for film and theater. If you'd like a taste of what I can do saunter over here.

In addition, I have a BA from UC Berkeley in Linguistics, an MFA from Mills College in Electronic Music and Recording Media, regularly write product reviews and articles for Electronic Musician and Tape Op magazines, was a four-time panelist at the PotLuckCon/TapeOpCon recording conventions, and taught analog recording and studio maintenance at Ex'pression College in Emeryville for five years. Plus I have an amazing son and wife.

Here are a few links to various press items about me or my cohorts:
tUnE-yArDs' "w h o k i l l" gets stellar review on P-fork.
tUnE-yArDs in the New Yorker.
Nice words about Beep's most recent album, which I recorded, mixed and mastered.
Pitchfork likes Thao & Mirah record.
Hella old article about my old band, the Roofies.
NY Times article about Beth, with an appearance by Hank IV.