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Dan Reeder is a self-sufficient artist in every aspect of his work. The cover of each one of his albums bears artwork he created himself. He’s built a majority of the instruments you hear. From guitar pickups to microphones, preamps and mixers. He’s built steel string guitars, electric guitars, banjos, drums, basses, cellos, violins, clarinets, and even a saxophone (note from Dan: “I’ll never do that again”). He constructed his own recording computers with fanless power supplies and solid-state drives to keep them quiet -- and before those were around, stored the computer in an old refrigerator. Each note you hear was carefully crafted and individually manifested -- the melodies, the harmonies, the instrumentation, the recording and mixing process (with the exception of a few minor mastering adjustments). The New Yorker’s Ben Greenman coined him as “one of the foremost outsider artists in modern folk”. He’s been featured on the Emmy award-winning show Weeds (“Work Song”). In 2020, Reeder released his 20-song album every which way on Oh Boy Records, followed by a deluxe version. Reeder was featured in Dijon's song "The Stranger", alongside artists John C. Reilly and others. In 2022, Dan Reeder was featured artist on musician / comedian Whitmer Thomas ' song "South Florida".