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Kenny Monroe

About Me

i'm kenny. i grew up on the snow-covered plains of northern wisconsin, and learned to play and love music in upper michigan. the winters were cold and the summers were hot and over and again. such is life.that was high school. my band was called welcome to the woods.now, i live in madison, wisconsin, a power pop city.i play in a couple groups here:blackwell beauties - power pop / rock - pretty fun stuff.crane your swan neck - orchestral indie rock/pop - epic often.hopefully soon a new incarnation of welcome to the woods will come into being.

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Member Since: 08/06/2007
Band Members: kenny monroe
Influences: Neil Young, Chris Bathgate, Matt Jones, Dan Haefs and Kate Pote, Chad Lueck, Randall Luecke, Elliot Kozel
Record Label: future sailor
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

finally a potential new band

i think something is finally going to come together to reincarnate welcome to the woods here in madison.my friend randall (who sings and writes for a band i'm in called crane your swan neck) and i hav...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:24:00 GMT

new song up - "labor day"

new song is up.it's called labor day.i posted the lyrics in my last blog entry.the song was recorded in my friend's basement with an old mac computer and one mic that connects to usb.my friend hart re...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:10:00 GMT

new song "labor day" will be up soon - lyrics here.

LABOR DAYi've been feeling so lowi don't know where to goeven my jeans smell of smokeeven my friends want to know what time i'll be homeeven the summer's feeling longeven the brightest friday nights d...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:33:00 GMT

New Songs Up - B-sides/Rarities!

Hey. what up?I posted some music that nobody's heard before."hennessy and whipped cream" is a song i recorded on garage after i was inspired by a dangerous concoction of shitty r&b and autotune.  enjo...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:02:00 GMT

welcome to the woods is dead.

welcome to the woods in its past form is officially dead.  i realized its time to quit dwelling on something that clearly is not going to work out.  by chance, we've all seemed to go our separate ways...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:53:00 GMT

debut EP "twenty(one)" done & new songs up

the album is done...and we actually have it!if you want one, let us know and we'll send you one after you send us $7. or else catch us at a show! i hope that in the near future the album will be ava...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:29:00 GMT

CD Release Party!

Hey. Album's done (or almost - it will be by Feb 28th at least). Come to our CD release party. It will be a rockin' time. Matt Jones and Water, Water Everywhere will be there, too. Come check out...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:20:00 GMT

our recording fees are paid off finally

hey everyone,step one to finishing our album is over: paying off our recording fees. so that means an album will be out soon. plus: watch out for new demos being posted. I"m working on a bunch of new...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:18:00 GMT

i swear to god our cd will be done someday soon

hey.things have been going slowly with me in madison and the other members spread across other parts of wisconsin and upper michigan. the cd's really good though, and i hope you haven't lost interest...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:50:00 GMT

mixing/album plans

mixing will be done very soon, and so will paying off our recording debt. i'm looking into artwork right now for cd jackets, t-shirts, stickers, etc. we will also be taking some press photos soon as...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:24:00 GMT