Todd Carter is a NYC-based singer, producer and composer. Both his music and voice blend British New Wave and American folk rock influences, creating something uniquely his. As a teen growing up in Carmel, Indiana, Carter was drawn to the sounds of the Smiths, REM and the punks. While a student at Indiana University, he was exposed to Bloomington's fertile jazz and classical scene and the city's many local folk musicians. He played and sang in a number of bands, produced music and picked up the drums. Later, he attended the University of Chicago's Divinity School and playing music offered something real, immediate, outside of semesters spent delving into philosophers and critical theorists.

Todd Carter has always invested his restless intellect into studying music. Throughout school, he threw himself into a wide range of projects: from folk to improv; noise to punk.  Later, in NYC, he enrolled in the Mannes School of Music and also studied with the Metropolitan Opera’s Edna Lind.  He specializes in Wagner, and has put on many recitals.  Along the way, Carter worked with non-verbal autistic adults in a French psychiatric hospital and recently produced a world music album for Vanessa Katz on Astraea Records.  Carter is also an accomplished electronic musician: under the moniker “Parmidian One,” his music is featured on the compilation Chill Room, on Austin’s We Records. The Looking is his solo project.

Todd Carter- vocals and guitar. John Andrews- guitar. Ken Rich- bass and programming. Daniel Mintseris- piano and keyboards. Dan Reiser- drums.

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