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Jake Johns

About Me

After spending several years in Washington D.C. and most recently, Cleveland Ohio, in early 2007 I reunited with the city of my youth: Erie Pennsylvania. Recently, I've been directing most of my energy to my band, The Arden Room. With this band, I'm attempting to present my songs as they were intended to be heard as well as include the many ideas, musicianship and improvisation of the other members of The Arden Room (Todd Bodenmiller on bass and Mike Robertshaw on drums). Please visit www.myspace.com/TheArdenRoom and befriend us. I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4"Hour of Rest" - The Arden Room"Unless a Vagrant Comes Up From Below"

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 05/06/2007
Influences: wilco, bob dylan, iron & wine, elliott smith, califone, spoon, the band, joseph arthur, rem, beck, sufjan stevens, m. ward, mason jennings, nick drake, fiona apple, tom waits, the smiths, neil young, yo la tengo, belle & sebastian, elvis costello, the rolling stones, the beatles, blur, nirvana, badly drawn boy, u2, david bowie, uncle tupelo, sigur ros, the police, radiohead, the cure, van morrison's astral weeks, six parts seven, the velvet underground, duran duran, soul coughing, supergrass, bright eyes, kings of leon, probably about a few hundred or so more.
Record Label: none

My Blog

My Priorities

Recently, I've been directing most of my energy to my band, The Arden Room. With this band, I'm attempting to present my songs as they were intended to be heard as well as include the many ideas, musi...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:21:00 GMT

The Arden Room is in the studio

My band, The Arden Room is currently in the studio working on a four-song EP.  It's being recorded by Shawn Hammer at Midtown Studios and should be completed by the end of February 2009.  Songs includ...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:08:00 GMT

RockErie Music Awards 2008

I'm excited to be a 2008 nominee in the category "Erie's Favorite Acoustic Act."  If you are so inclined, you are cordially invited to visit www.rockeriemusicawards.com and vote for me and a...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:13:00 GMT

The Arden Room...the sound just got bigger...a lot bigger

I've been playing with a bassist and drummer for the past month or so.  The band is called "The Arden Room."  Todd Bodenmiller plays bass and Mike Robertshaw (Hello Kitty Death Squad, N...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:39:00 GMT