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samanthalien

About Me

After transplanting myself from Australia, to Sweden, to San Francisco, I've only recently started following my bliss. I have an acoustic project, plus I'm the vocalist for the electrop band, Bass Kittens. Bass Kittens has recently released the album 'End of Days,' which is available on iTunes, Amazon and CDBaby. Right now I'm interested in exploring further, going farther, and connecting with others who are interested in journeying together.If you wanna play, just let me know.


Butterflies from San Francisco House Concerts


Blackbird Fly from San Francisco House Concerts

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Member Since: 22/08/2006
Band Members: Current lineup: Samantha Lien (acoustic guitar, vocals), Rado (acoustic and electric guitars)Alumni: Jon Dakin (electric guitar), Trevor Wilson (bass), and Victor Rosales (drums). Recordings were made with Danny West (electric guitar), Garrin Benfield (bass and electric guitar), Ryan Auffenberg (keys), Tommy Rickard (drums)
Influences: Fiona Apple, Garbage, Noe Venable, Driveblind, Little Birdy, Stabbing Westward, VAST, Elixir, George, Inga Liljestrom
Sounds Like: ..
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

in the studio drum tracking!

We just did a bunch of drum tracking and it was awesome! I'm working with Laura Dean, who is such an amazing producer. I swear, I don't know how she manages to keep everything organised inside her hea...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:26:00 GMT

American Songwriter show taping

Rado and I had THE BEST time this week. The lovely folks at the MidPen Media Centre invited us down to do an episode of their show (American Songwriter). We felt like total stars and everyone was wond...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:16:00 GMT

Holy guacamole!

If you're a member of Ourstage, please come on over and join our fan club. It'd be nice to do even better next round!
Posted by on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:48:00 GMT

End of Days now available on iTunes, Amazon, CDBaby!

Woohoo! I might have mentioned that I'm now a member of Bass Kittens. I've probably also talked your ear off about the fact that we finished recording a while back, had the photoshoot, etc. Well now t...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:27:00 GMT

I am a bass kitten!

Excitement! The synth-pop album I'm releasing with Jon Drukman is in its final stages. We got the tracks back from mastering yesterday and they sound awesome! We're releasing the album under his band ...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:55:00 GMT

new album with Bass Kittens!

Very exciting times! Over the past few months I've been collaborating on a synth-pop album with the incredibly talented Jon Drukman of Bass Kittens. It's very different from the stuff that I write, al...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:09:00 GMT

house concert series

This is a little late, since the first concert already happened, but I’m now organising a house concert series at our little abode. The first concert was a pretty amazing evening, if I do say so...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:33:00 GMT

Undone electronica version

I've added a new version of Undone to the player. I recorded it recently with Jon Drukman, of Bass Kittens and had a blast. With any luck, Jon and I will be releasing some more stuff shortly. I'll kee...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:38:00 GMT

Billboard song contest honourable mention

Wheehoo! I just found out yesterday that I got an honourable mention in the Billboard Song contest. Plus, they mailed me a couple of sets of guitar strings!
Posted by on Tue, 01 May 2007 13:37:00 GMT

Fantastic new guitar player!

I'm so excited to welcome Jon as the permanent lead guitarist for the band. Trevor, Victor and I searched for ages before finding him. We can't wait to play out together! Look for Jon at our next show...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:46:00 GMT