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Performer, Educator, Songwriter Piano, Organ, Synth, VocalsGrowing up listening to The Beatles, progressive rock, and jazz, Glen Nelson has spent his lifetime dedicated to the pursuit of making music. Glen received his bachelor's degree in Music Education from West-Conn, a Master's Degree in Music Technology from NYU, and a Sixth-Year Degree in Educational Administration from Sacred Heart University in '04. During the 90's, Glen spent five unforgettable summers as a counselor at Camp Encore/Coda in Sweden, Maine. Cranking up his Goff Hammond B3 organ in April 1997 for Flipper Dave, 'Flipper Glen' had written, recorded, and toured with Odyssey, Via Satellite, The Big Organ Trio, Weather Balloon, Mighty Little, and doo-wop group The Five Satins, famous for the 1 smash "In The Still of the Night".In recent years, Glen has written and produced two nationally award-winning CDs, a live concert DVD, and performs regularly with his wife Susan Birk in Spaghetti Cake, an original rock band for the whole family. 'Mr. Nelson' has taught K-5 general classroom music in Watertown, CT for over 10 years. With his students at school he has produced six CDs of original music, raising over $25,000 for local charities. Glen has lived with his family in Nashville, TN, and continues to write and produce stacks of his own songs and teach afterschool songwriting workshops. Currently, Glen is organist and pianist at Immaculate Heart Of Mary Church in his hometown of Harwinton, CT. In addition, Glen is the proud father of three beautiful children named Fox, Vayle, and Aidan.
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Member Since: 3/3/2007
Band Website: spaghetticake.com
Band Members: Glen Nelson
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Influences: The Beatles, The Grateful Dead, Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys, Phish, They Might Be Giants, Barenaked Ladies, Carbon Leaf, Bruce Hornsby, Peter Gabriel, Frank Zappa, Max Creek, Yes, Rush, Asia, Van Halen, Kansas, Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Sounds Like: I'm not quite sure who I sound like. My low range and baritone voice have been likened to John Wetton from Asia or Greg Lake from Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. James Taylor and Frank Zappa both helped mold my on-stage personality and humor. Lately, I've been inspired vocally and lyrically by Barry Privett from Carbon Leaf.My Mom first played me The Beatles. Drummer Neil Peart from Rush was my first musical hero, but keyboard-wise, I was moved by the 70's prog-rock stylings of Rick Wakeman from Yes and Keith Emerson from ELP. After discovering jazz, I was drawn to organist Jimmy Smith and pianist Keith Jarrett. In the classical realm, I prefer Glenn Gould, and in the rock world I have to give props to my main man, Bruce Hornsby.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

"What About Pluto - EP" Now Available on iTunes!

Download Spaghetti Cake's Brand-New Release"What About Pluto - EP" right here on iTunes!Spaghetti Cake "What About Pluto - EP"Features three brand-new studio tracks from Spaghetti Cake recorded in Aug...
Posted by Glen Nelson on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:05:00 PST

Summer 2007 Concert Recap

As if you cared.... here is my Summer 2007 Concert Recap. I was very lucky to see a whole bunch of great live shows this summer with some great friends, and here they are for you, briefly reviewed, i...
Posted by Glen Nelson on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:53:00 PST

Get your FREE copy of "Learn To Swim" now!

CALLING ALL NOODLES! To celebrate Spaghetti Cake's epic return to the recording studio, the band is giving away their brand-new live CD "Learn To Swim" FREE while supplies last. If you want one, all...
Posted by Glen Nelson on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:39:00 PST

Request Spaghetti Cake on SIRIUS 116 Kid's Stuff

Calling All Noodles! We need your help. Click the link below to request Spaghetti Cake on SIRIUS 116 Kid's Stuff. If we get a lot of fan support (that's you) I know that we can get our music on the ai...
Posted by Glen Nelson on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:16:00 PST

Noodle News Update for June 2007

Calling all noodles!Glen again, with your June 2007 Noodle News Update! I've been blogging on MySpace all year long, if you're a regular reader of this blog. (all 3 of you) That said, could you do m...
Posted by Glen Nelson on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:53:00 PST

Spaghetti Cake Summer 2007 Podcast is up!

Hey, all you Noodles out there!We have a new Summer 2007 podcast up with a whole ton of NEW original songs for you to enjoy, mostly all written for the just-released "Polk School Live" CD. Click on t...
Posted by Glen Nelson on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 06:14:00 PST

First impressions of a galaxy far, far away

Given the signifigance of this past weekend, Memorial Day 2007, the 30th anniversary of the release of the original Star Wars (Episode IV, "A New Hope") I thought that I would join all the bloggers ar...
Posted by Glen Nelson on Mon, 28 May 2007 10:26:00 PST

On the closing of "Fine Tunes" record store

(I posted this message on a friend's MySpace who was lamenting the demise of a local record store in Watertown, CT. It was run by my dear friend Larry Fugliese, who had owned and operated it for over...
Posted by Glen Nelson on Fri, 04 May 2007 03:43:00 PST

So what's new with Glen these days?

Gee, thanks for asking!A lot - As you know, my wife Sue & I just gave birth to our third child, a baby boy, Aidan Edward Nelson. He is beautiful. Our first son, Fox, 3 1/2, is already in preschool, ...
Posted by Glen Nelson on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:10:00 PST

What is the deal with Carbon Leaf?

I am currently obsessed with the band Carbon Leaf. Why? I haven't acted this way about a band in a long time. I literally can not get through a day now without at least one listen to their new CD, "Lo...
Posted by Glen Nelson on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:00:00 PST