Alan Lastufka

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Alan Lastufka
Alan Lastufka in 2009
Genre(s) Indie rock
Occupation(s) Songwriter
Producer
Instrument(s) Guitar
Bass
Years active 2005-present
Label(s) DFTBA Records
Associated Acts Tom Milsom
Luke Conard
ALL CAPS
Website alanlastufka.com

Alan Lastufka (b. May 24, 1983 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American author, videographer, songwriter and producer, known on YouTube as fallofautumndistro. Lastufka co-founded DFTBA Records with Hank Green in November of 2008.

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Founding of DFTBA Records

Main article: DFTBA Records

In fall 2008, Lastufka signed YouTube musicians Chameleon Circuit and Dave Days to his new production start-up which, at the time, was called Blue Tape Media. A few weeks later, Lastufka shared his plans for the project with Hank Green who offered to financially back the project in exchange for a share of the company, and a name change to DFTBA Records. A deal was made and on November 24, 2008, DFTBA Records was announced via YouTube videos by both Hank Green on the vlogbrothers channel[1] and Alan Lastufka on the fiveawesomeguys channel[2].

Lastufka runs the daily operations of DFTBA Records in addition to signing and developing new bands for the label.

Critical reception

Shortly after recording his debut single, Roses and Overturned Ashtrays, Lastufka emailed an mp3 version to Chris Walla, guitarist and producer for indie rock band Death Cab For Cutie. The next day, Lastufka received an email back with the following message:

"I think this is great, Alan - I get so many scrappy / lousy demos these days. I like that it's a big study in texture as focus, or style as substance, or something like that. Really cool. Send more, if there's more! Thanks for sharing." -Chris Walla

Discography

Albums

Spring 2010 Erase This (with Luke Conard)

EPs

July 2009 Taking Leave (with Tom Milsom)
July 2009 Pieces of the Mirror: The Taking Leave B-Sides (with Tom Milsom)

Singles

October 2008 Roses and Overturned Ashtrays (with Robert Randolph)
December 2009 Winter's Song (with Luke Conard)
February 2010 C4N'7 R3M1X35 (Maxi-Single)
February 2010 Summer of '09 (with ALL CAPS)

Also Appears On

June 2009 DFTBA Records, Volume One (with Tom Milsom) (Compilation album)
November 2009 This Machine Pwns n00bs (co-writer)
January 2010 DFTBA Lullabies (Compilation album)

Music Videos

July 2009 Can't (producer, co-writer)
December 2009 Winter's Song (producer, co-director)

Production Discography

Albums on which Lastufka is listed as Producer or Co-Producer.

June 2009 DFTBA Records, Volume One

Bibliography

Non-fiction works

November 2008 YouTube: An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts (with Michael W. Dean)

References

  1. ↑ Hank Green announces DFTBA Records on YouTube
  2. ↑ Alan Lastufka announces DFTBA Records on YouTube

External Links

Retrieved from "http://wiki.dftba.com/index.php/Alan_Lastufka"
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