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Ben Karis-Nix

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

About Me


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/30/2006
Band Website: benkarisnix.com
Band Members:
View Ben KN's EPK

Ben Karis-Nix - vox, guitar
Olivia Karis-Nix - bass guitar, keys
Dan Sorensen - drums

"We Are Giants Now" EP features:

Olivia Karis-Nix - backing vocals
Matt Liocano - mandolin, banjo
Bob Buckley - bass

Thanks also to Albie, Frank, Martha, Tara, Jess & Co, Shaun, Mathew, WEXT, WAMC, and everyone else who has offered their time and talents to recent projects!

Part 1: Making Posters for "We Are Giants Now"


Featuring music by Harris , Sugar Cookie

Part 2: Making Posters for "We Are Giants Now"

...watch the the end! Funny stuff
Influences: Bob Dylan, the Flaming Lips, Nick Drake, the Lemonheads, Ben Folds, Rancid, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan, Cake, Thin Lizzy, the Cars, Wilco, John Lennon, Weezer, Kansas, Death Cab for Cuttie, Feist, Lee Perry
Sounds Like: These new songs have been described as, "musically, it's like if Wilco, the Flaming Lips, and the Postal Service got together for a few songs. It's exciting to hear the strength of Ben's songwriting with new tools and ideas to express them".

Newer material currently being recorded brings in live drums, bass, horns and strings for acoustic treatments in addition to electronic sounds and other experimental deviations.
Record Label: Collar City Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

C.P.U. (Chipmunk Processing Unit)

Just a few minutes ago Olivia described to me a piece of child-rearing hardware I was unaware of: the breast-pump. I found myself alarmed at how mechanical the process of pumping milk from a human cou...
Posted by Ben Karis-Nix on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:00:00 PST

Birthday presents - what do I need?!?!

So I had my birthday recently and when questioned by my wife and family members as to what I would enjoy for a present, I hemmed and hawed for quite some time. In 2008, I realized more acutely than ev...
Posted by Ben Karis-Nix on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:27:00 PST

Belated Blog from Feb. "We did it"

Boy, a few days ago I had a daydream of Obama winning the presidency and, I must admit, it was quite amazing. In my dream, people filled the streets and cheered, "we did it!!" like when we landed on t...
Posted by Ben Karis-Nix on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:23:00 PST

Steal Me Video up on YouTube

Here's the link to the Steal Me Video... on behalf of all the members of Jupiter Sunrise, please enjoy!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9NuhgPagNcCommenting on the Steal Me vid ranks it higher, so if y...
Posted by Ben Karis-Nix on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:19:00 PST

Steal Me featured on CWTV’s January 8th season premiere of "One Tree Hill"!!

Any CW fans out there? I recorded a song called Steal Me with my old band Jupiter Sunrise and we got word that it'll be airing next week:One Tree Hill on CWTV Tuesday, January 8that some point on t...
Posted by Ben Karis-Nix on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:43:00 PST

Are We Robots?

So, are we robots? I mean this in a life, the universe, and everything kind of way. Man, the Buddhist Geek in me gets riled up when I think about it and now I'm going to simultaneously bore you and ...
Posted by Ben Karis-Nix on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:11:00 PST

Anybody want to host a living room show?

Hello Comrades, So my hyper-talented friend from San Francisco, Katrina Scalland of the band "Deluxe" [myspace.com/deluxemusic] is heading to New England to play some shows with me, and we were...
Posted by Ben Karis-Nix on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:28:00 PST

About my new CD(s) for November...

Hello! I just answered an email from a kid named Robert who was asking me how he can get a hold of my new CD and what's on it - here's the reply I sent him which kind of explains what it is that I'm ...
Posted by Ben Karis-Nix on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:34:00 PST

Making robots, taking names...

Just posted a few new pictures from a video shoot I did a couple weeks ago - they're pretty funny! For the past few months I've been working on a short film / animation project where I shoot actors i...
Posted by Ben Karis-Nix on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:12:00 PST