Aaron Beaumont - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Aaron Beaumont completed degrees in Economics, Spanish, and Literature before concluding that, at least for the moment, what the world really needed was neither: A) a well-read bilingual economist, nor B) an economically savvy Spanish novelist, but rather C) yet another singer-songwriter. His lush, melodic piano music, however, is anything but typical singer-songwriter fare. This is thanks largely to Aaron's rich and eclectic musical upbringing, which ranged from performing piano concertos with an orchestra to playing trumpet in a jazz quartet to touring the U.S. and Europe as the bassist in a rock band. And that was just the first 20 years. Based on the results of his recent stint as a songwriter, the next 20 look just as promising. Aaron is currently in the post-production phase of his freshman release, "Nothing's Forever, Not Even Goodbye." A synthesis of early 20th century piano-roll influences and melodic lines reminiscent of the Beatles, along with nods to Tom Waits and Elliott Smith in works like "Julia" and "The Park Bench Song," this superb 10-track release represents a piano-centered aesthetic that is at once daring and refreshing.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/16/2007
Band Members: On the upcoming release, Nothing's Forever (Not Even Goodbye): Aaron Beaumont: vocals, piano, Hammond B3 organ, wurlitzer, trumpet, bass guitar, double bass, percussion, and of course, reindeer bells (I got a feva') Mike Odmark: glockenspiel, percussion, guitar Dan Burns: drums Aaron Roche: trumpet, trombone Justin Saunders: cello
Influences: The Beatles, Tom Waits, Jon Brion, Elliott Smith, Bob Dylan, George Gershwin, Scriabin, Ravel, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Cummings, Collins, Rilke, Lorca, Neruda, Issa, Borges, um, -a, and to some extent, pretty much everything else I've ever heard. Like birds. And leaves. And waterfalls. And other happy sounds.
Record Label: Um, yes please...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Can it get any better?! Technically, yes.

But not by much, really. For those of you unfortunate enough to miss the last Hotel Cafe set, it was smashing... but don't take MY word for it, 'cause let's be honest, I'm a compulsive liar (or AM I.....
Posted by Aaron Beaumont on Fri, 09 May 2008 11:09:00 PST

$5? On a Friday?! For charity?!! Utterly preposterous.

Well well well, for those of you unluckies who missed the last one... which was variously described as "magnificent," "stunning," "glorious," and "revelatory" (thanks mom)... your suerte's about to ta...
Posted by Aaron Beaumont on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:38:00 PST

Did you know that your kneecap can fall asleep?

Neither did I. But mine just did. The right one. True story. No no, NOT the foot, or the shin, or the femur, I’m saying the kneecap, right smack on the patella. What does this mean? Am I dying? ...
Posted by Aaron Beaumont on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:21:00 PST

3.12.08--This week on The Hub: me!

Oh hey and one more thing, while I have your ear, er, eyes (?): the hippest site on myspace, officially, is featuring ME as their artist of the week this week! How brilliant. Erin and the other stella...
Posted by Aaron Beaumont on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:23:00 PST

To the Hoho we go...

Hey kids!Ahh, so it's finally arrived... well, almost... we're precisely 70-something hours away from my first official show as a Los Angeleno! So pumped. And there is NO better place for this than th...
Posted by Aaron Beaumont on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:59:00 PST

Oh my. I’m so sorry.

No no, sillies, for those of you wondering about those smutty bulletins, I was NOT hacked, obviously... no, quite the contrary, I was just sitting here online thinking to myself, "well now, Aaron, wha...
Posted by Aaron Beaumont on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:51:00 PST

Father-son, Barry, covalent, bail, my left index and middle fingers&

Hello hello my lovelies!So aside from an impromptu weekend viaje to a Mexican orphanage (which will be addressed in a forthcoming blog. Suffice it to say, I always wanted to adopt. "Wanted", past tens...
Posted by Aaron Beaumont on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:42:00 PST

True. But at least its nonsense thats organized in a user-friendly five-paragraph format.

Hey kids! Been awhile, eh? Sincerest apologies for the inexplicable 10-month blogging sabbatical. What can I say? My dog ate my laptop, I got the twenty-four-hundred-hour flu bug, I was abducted by Am...
Posted by Aaron Beaumont on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:35:00 PST

At long last, Los Angeles...

Hello my lovelies,Good evening to you all. How are you? What's that? Oh really? Well fantastic. Glad to hear it. I for one am absolutely exhausted. Therefore this bulletin will be thankfully quite dev...
Posted by Aaron Beaumont on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:13:00 PST

Sorry to disappoint, but I'm not selling ringtones, Playstations, or Wiis...

I'm sorry guys. It was bound to happen sometime. My profile was apparently hacked. Or phished, or whatever the appropriate e-jargon would be. Thanks for looking out for me, all of you who gave me the ...
Posted by Aaron Beaumont on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:40:00 PST