WITF Music: Samaritan Snare

Prog-rock, memories of botched solos and making music in your thirties.

• Joe Ulrich/WITF
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  Joe has been interested in audio and music since he was a kid. What started as a fascination with his parents’ vinyl records and cassette tapes turned into a love of both performing and recording. He grew up in Elizabethtown, Pa. and moved to Pittsburgh in 1999 where he majored in Photography at the University of Pittsburgh.
  
  In 2004, he attended the Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences in Tempe, AZ. He returned to Pittsburgh to work at a recording studio.
  
  In 2008, Joe arrived at WITF, where his skills have found a good home as an on-air host, audio engineer and producer of WITF Music. In 2016, Joe earned a National Edward R. Murrow award for Best Use of Sound.

Lancaster, PA progressive rock band Samaritan Snare stopped by our studio to perform and gave us an in-depth look into their creation process, their inspirations, and the lessons learned from years in the music industry. We cover everything from the origins of their band, the challenges and joys of making music, to the influence of science fiction and horror literature on their lyrics.

A collection of interviews, photos, and music videos, featuring local musicians who have stopped by the WITF performance studio to share a little discussion and sound. Produced by WITF’s Joe Ulrich.

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