Andrew Horowitz

Tally Hall (sometimes stylized as tallyhall) is an American rock band formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in December 2002, and publicly active until the conclusion of their Good & Evil tour in 2011.

The band is known for its upbeat melodies and whimsical lyrics.

The members originally described their musical style as "wonky rock", later redefining their sound as "fabloo", in an effort to not let their music be defined by any particular genres after critics began defining the characteristics of "wonky rock".

Tally Hall has five members, each of them distinguished by the color of their neckties: guitarist Rob Cantor (yellow), guitarist Joe Hawley (red), drummer Ross Federman (gray), keyboardist Andrew Horowitz (green), and bassist Zubin Sedghi (blue).

Touring partner Casey Shea and producer and roadie Bora Karaca also had dedicated colors for their neckties (black and orange respectively).

All five members have provided vocals for the band.

Once under the Atlantic Records recording label, Tally Hall was, again, signed to indie label Quack!

Tally Hall's original drummer, Steve Gallagher, left the band in May 2004.

Ross Federman, who Joe knew from high school, took his place shortly thereafter.

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On October 24, 2005, the band released their debut studio album, Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum, with violinist Jeremy Kittel contributing strings.

They re-released the album on September 12, 2006, on the local label Quack!

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Tally Hall went on to receive national media attention, performing their song "Good Day" on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on August 2, 2006, as well as appearing in MTV's segment "You Hear It First" in September 2006.

The band appeared at the 2007 South by Southwest Music Festival.

They signed to Atlantic Records in March 2007 and re-recorded their first album, releasing it on April 1, 2008.

In August 2008, Tally Hall was a performer on the BMI stage at Lollapalooza.

Tally Hall was invited back by The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on September 16, 2008, to help promote the launch of Tally Hall's Internet Show.

They performed "Welcome to Tally Hall" in newly donned black vests on top of their traditional colored ties, white shirts, and black pants.

The band worked on several projects after the completion of Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum, including covering the song "Smile Like You Mean It" by The Killers for the sixth The O.C. soundtrack: Music from the OC: Mix 6.

On September 9, 2009, Tally Hall released the song "Light & Night", featuring Nellie McKay, as a free download when customers of Walmart purchased The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo, published the same day.

In the band's 2010 March tour with Jukebox the Ghost and Skybox, Joe Hawley backed out of the tour and was subsequently replaced with Casey Shea, who wore a black tie, and filled in for him for the rest of their live shows that year.

They released their second album, Good & Evil, on June 24, 2011.

Some Tally Hall members (Cantor, Hawley, and Sedghi) also provided the vocals and music for all of the songs in Happy Monster Band, a children's television series that aired on Playhouse Disney.

Andrew Horowitz, born in Warren, New Jersey, began writing songs when he was eight years old, and studied composition at the University of Michigan.

There he met Rob Cantor, who had both attended high school with Zubin Sedghi and joined Joe Hawley's film production group, AnonyMous.

On March 25, 2011, the band announced that all six original band members were still together.

Later in the year, the band changed their management from The Hornblow Group, who also manages They Might Be Giants, OK Go, and Oppenheimer, to Stiletto Entertainment, who manages solo performance acts such as Barry Manilow.

Their second album, Good & Evil, was released in 2011 under their original label, Quack!

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To promote the album, the band held a contest where the winner would be awarded a song written about them.

The winner was a high school student named Nathan Naimark, whose self-titled theme song would be released soon after.

Around the same time, the band released a cover of the Flo Rida song "Club Can't Handle Me", with Casey Shea on guest vocals.

After the release of Good & Evil and its tour, Tally Hall became inactive with all band members going on to independent endeavors, though some of the projects had multiple members collaborate once again.

Andrew Horowitz, under the moniker "edu", released the solo album sketches (later re-released as sketches 3d) in 2012.

He additionally provided production and piano on John Legend's Love in the Future.

In 2018, Horowitz released etudes, a studio album of piano compositions written in 2003.

A sequel titled etudes II was released in April 2019, featuring compositions written in 2005 while he attended the University of Michigan.

In May 2020, he started a weekly Instagram livestream series titled Keep Up The Good Work, featuring interchanging guests such as Federman and Sedghi.

Ross Federman has made occasional appearances as a producer, percussionist, and DJ under the pseudonym "Mr. F", although has primarily focused on school.