Arthur Carl "Ace" Enders (born April 19, 1982 in Hammonton, New Jersey) is an American musician. Enders is the former lead singer and guitarist of the defunct band The Early November. He was also the lead musician, songwriter and co-producer in his side project, I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business. He currently releases music under the name Ace Enders and a Million Different People. He is the owner of the independent record label Regular Music.

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Biography

Introduction to music and The Early November

Enders began playing guitar after being inspired by watching his step dad play in a band. Enders taught himself how to play his step dad's old guitar. ^[1]

In February 2001, Enders along with guitarist Jim Sacco, bassist Sergio Anello and drummer Jeff Kummer formed The Early November. In 2003, after the release of their first two EPs For All Of This, and The Acoustic EP, the band released their debut full length album The Room's Too Cold .

In 2004, Enders started his own solo project I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business, releasing the self-titled album on October 26, 2004. Enders has stated that I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business "was a one-album thing". ^[2]

Recording of the third Early November album began in February 2005. The album, titled The Mother, the Mechanic, and the Path , was a triple disc concept album with an entwining plot of a torn family, from the perspective of a growing child. The album took over a year to complete due to a multitude of issues. Before conceptualizing The Mother, the Mechanic, and the Path , Enders contemplated leaving the music business and possibly going into retail or construction.

Ace Enders and a Million Different People

Ace Enders announced in Alternative Press magazine that he planned on recording a solo album, ^[3] and began a new project named Ace Enders and a Million Different People.

In the summer of 2007, Enders took out a loan to build a studio in the basement of a shopping center. After three weeks of work, building finished and Pink Space Recording was created. After the studio was finished, Enders spent two straight days making demos that would later be named "From a Daze" and "Emergency". Enders signed on with manager Lucas Keller to work on Ace Enders and a Million Different People. He opened for the full Angels & Airwaves US tour in early 2008. On June 13 of that year, Enders put out an 8-track album called The Secret Wars available for free download on Fuse TV. ^[4] He recorded them in his own studio.

In December 2008, Ace Enders and a Million Different People released the single "Bitter Sweet Symphony", a cover of The Verve song, on the iTunes Store. The song involves multiple artists including Mark Hoppus, Aaron Marsh, Craig Owens, Alex Gaskarth, Bryce Avary, Kenny Vasoli, Matt Thiessen, and Duane Okun. All of the proceeds from the song went to VH1's Save the Music Foundation.

Ace Enders and a Million Different People released its second album, Enders' third solo album, on 17 March 2009, through Vagrant/Drive-Thru Records. The album is titled When I Hit the Ground . ^[5]

Ace Enders and a Million Different People went on tour with The All-American Rejects on the I Wanna Rock Tour starting in early April 2009.

On 23 June 2009, during a performance in Pontiac, he announced that he was recently diagnosed with Lyme Disease. He nearly fainted several times throughout the performance, and actually passed out on stage before he revealed the illness to the crowd on hand.

Personal Life

In May of 2006, Enders married his long-time girlfriend, Jenn Rock. The couple is expecting their first child September 23, 2009. They are waiting to find out the sex of the child, but if male, he'll take Ace's name (Arthur Carl Enders); if female, she will be named Autumn Coco Enders (which is A.C.E).

Other projects

Enders has plans to continue running and developing his label, Regular Music, with his wife, Jenn, and help from former band mate Jeff Kummer. Enders founded an organization called The Sound of Evolution. It is "devoted to exploring and experimenting with solutions for creating a symbiotic relationship between music and the modern world." It is trying to reconnect the link between artists, their music, and their fans. ^[6]

Discography

The Early November

Albums

• The Room's Too Cold (2003) US #107
• The Mother, the Mechanic, and the Path (2006) US #31

EPs

• The 5 Song EP (2001)
• So is This Fun? (2002)
• For All of This (2002)
• The Acoustic EP (2005)
• The Early November/I Am the Avalanche (2005)

I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business

• I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business (2004)
• Their cover of the song "Positively 4th Street" appears on Listen to Bob Dylan: A Tribute (2005), a tribute album.

Ace Enders and a Million Different People

Studio albums

• The Secret Wars (2008)
• When I Hit the Ground (2009)

EPs

• The Australian EP (2009)

Unreleased

• The Lost Album (2008)

References

1. The Early November Biography
2. Rocker 'Ace' Enders launches solo project
3. http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=241062
4. Fuse.tv's The Worm
5. Ace Enders & a Million Different People - When I Hit The Ground
6. The Sound of Evolution: About