Satellite is an American

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band from

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, and

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, formed by Steven McMorran, Josh Dunahoo, and

Mitch Allan Mitchell Allan Scherr is an American record producer, songwriter, and singer. He has worked with artists including Demi Lovato, Third Eye Blind, Miley Cyrus, Carlie Hanson, Jason Derulo, Pitbull, Fifth Harmony, Kelly Clarkson, Simple Plan, Fait ...

in June 2010.

History

Satellite was formed around songs written by lead singer, Steven McMorran and produced by Mitch Allan with Josh Dunahoo. Starting in early 2009, they were eager to invest themselves into music that felt permanent and worked diligently to make a records that would be a worthy reminder of the passion they required. The collaboration project was official announced in June 2010, under the name of Satellite, with band members including McMorran, Allan, Dunahoo and drummer Justin Glasco, who later left the band as a sought after producer. In 2011, Erik Kertes joined the band as the new bassist to allow McMorran to switch to guitar. The band released its first EP ''

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'' on July 24, 2010. The EP being a mix of mellow

and

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, with influences such as

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, and

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. The EP has been critically acclaimed by Radar Online,

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, Kings of A&R, and The LA Examiner. The band supported the release of the EP with a music video for the first single "Say the Words" and some dates performing live around the

area, with their first date as a full band being on August 14, 2010, at the Saint Rocke in

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. Satellite recently completed its forthcoming debut album, Calling-Birds, set to be released February 2013 on Descendant Records/

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. Frontman Steven McMorran has a creative history of collaborating with everyone from

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and

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. McMorran recently collaborated with Cuomo on his English-Japanese self-titled LP called,

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. McMorran co-wrote the first track, "Break Free", stating, "The best part about that experience was seeing how he built this story that we sort of outlined together... and I got to hear the word 'perambulations' fit perfectly into a verse."

Discography

*''

'' (2010) *''Calling-Birds'' (2013)

References

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External links

Official website
Musical groups established in 2010 2010 establishments in the United States