Jim McIntyre is a musician best known as the man behind the

Elephant 6 The Elephant 6 Recording Company is a loosely defined musical collective from the United States. Notable bands associated with the collective include The Apples in Stereo, Beulah, Circulatory System, Elf Power, The Minders, Neutral Milk Hotel, ...

band Von Hemmling. He was also the original bassist for

The Apples in Stereo The Apples in Stereo are an American indie rock band associated with The Elephant 6 Recording Company, Elephant 6 Collective. The band is largely the project of lead vocalist/guitarist/producer Robert Schneider, who writes the majority of the ba ...

before leaving in 1993. He has written or co-written many early songs for the band, including "Stop Along the Way", "Touch The Water", "To Love The Vibration Of The Bulb" and "Dots 1-2-3". He also plays bass on several tracks that appear on the debut album '' Fun Trick Noisemaker'', as well as engineering and performing on other Apples in Stereo albums. An incarnation of

Robert Schneider Robert Peter Schneider (born March 9, 1971) is an American musician and mathematician. He is the lead singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer of rock/pop band the Apples in Stereo and has produced and performed on albums by Neutral Milk ...

's Pet Sounds Studio was located at McIntyre's residence,The Curator of Pet Sounds – Page 1 – Music – Denver – Westword
/ref> where influential albums such as '' In the Aeroplane Over the Sea'' by

Neutral Milk Hotel Neutral Milk Hotel was an American band formed by Jeff Mangum in Ruston, Louisiana, in 1989. They were active until 1998, and then from 2013 to 2015. The band's music featured a deliberately low-quality sound, influenced by indie rock and psy ...

were recorded.

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Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American rock bass guitarists The Apples in Stereo members Place of birth missing (living people) American male bass guitarists {{US-bass-guitarist-stub