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Kris

artistkrisestep

About Me


Current:

It’s OFFICIAL my band Minnesota Sex Junkies is set to release an album August 15th. Many of the details hasn’t been decided just yet. But as they become finalized I’ll be posting it. As of right now, it’s a single disc release with 18 tracks that will span a number of genres inclucing (pop, rock, jazz, country and more) but mainly it will be a Rock album. I just posted 6 Demos of the songs that WILL be on it here on this page. There is also 6 different Demos on the MSJ MySpace page. The final versions may be a little different. Just more time taken and attention to little flaws and details. We’ve only reached deals with a few suppliers right now. Amazon.com, Amazon Music, CD Baby, Yahoo Music, and iTunes WILL be carying this album either as a physical CD and/or song downloads. This list will grow as we reach more deals with more suppliers. We’re hiring artists right now to design the artwork/website. I’m not going to mention who yet as negotiations and samples are still underway. Add MSJ and check back for updates.


About Me:

I’m a devoted musician. I never care if I’m on MTV or not. I do this because it’s what makes ME happy. Everyone elses expectations of me are not my own. I just want to do what I love. The day it doesn’t make me happy, I’ll go back to what most refer to as a "Real Job". I grew up and live in Hurley, Virginia. I’ve been to plenty of other places but in my opinion I live in one of the last few places that modern society hasn’t totally tainted (although that’s changing every day) I’m 28 and not scared of my 30th birthday.


Accomplishments:
Played my Highschool.,
Record an album.
Sell every copy.
Had songs played on the radio.
Been in newspapers.
Been on Television.
Jumped on DAW recording in it’s infancy.
Started using dance lighting in band applications ahead of the bell curve.
Writing multigenre music before everyone made it cliché.
Had an album critiqued by someone famous.
Made music I’ll never be unproud of.
Offered a record contract from Capitol.
Was confident enough in the music to turn it down.
Co-Owned am independent record label.
Made great music in a band I didn’t fit.
Built my own studio.
Never let anything or anyone detour me.
Realized it was about making me happy, the rest will follow.
Did everything on my own.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/13/2007
Band Website: krisestep.com
Band Members: Kris Estep

Instruments: Many.

Favorites:

Musical: Tom Waits, White Stripes, U2, Nine Inch Nails, Meat Loaf, Iron Maiden, Limp Bizkit (with Wes), Bruce Springsteen, Audioslave, Manowar, Jerry Lee Lewis, Guns 'N' Roses, Elton John, Townes Van Zandt Aerosmith, Johnny Cash, Prince, Green Day, Queen, Ottis Redding, Mozart, just to name a few.

Books: Robert E. Howard, Charles Dickens, Terry Goodkind, Max Brooks, J.K. Rowling, J. R. R. Tolkien, Fred Saberhegan, Christopher Paolini to name a few authors. Love Fantasy, Greek Mythology, History, Self-Help, Text Books and Biographies.

TV: Nip/Tuck, The Venture Brothers, Malto Mario, Coupling, Reno 911, Charmed, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, How It's Made, Viva La Bam, Jack Ass, Smallville, Holmes on Homes, Mr.Bean, A&E Classroom, Little People Big World, Family Guy, & Robot Chicken.

Movies: Fight Club, Vanilla Sky, Se7en, Moulin Rouge, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Pi, Punchdrunck Love, Chasing Amy, Magnolia, Legends of the Fall, Night of the Living Dead, Pink Flamingos, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Saving Silverman, Gone With the Wind, Casablanca, Hidden Fortress, Zatoichi (the old ones), Unleashed, Amelie, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Made, American History X, Apt Pupil, Bubble Boy, Drop Dead Georgeous, The Exorcist, The Goonies, I could go on with a billion of them.

Sports Teams: Dallas Stars, Manchester United, Cleveland Cavs, Juan Pablo Montoya (1st F1 then Nascar), San Fransisco 49ers (even though I stopped watching football when Montana retired).
Influences: Nearly everything influences you in some way. A stranger's glance from the beach 12 years ago, to the machanical grinding of everyday life.
All the good . . . All the bad . . . makes you who you are.
Sounds Like: I hope you can pick little pieces of all kinds of things from my music. Remember, it's all been done under the sun. How you fit them together with yourself is what can make it unique.
Record Label: Kryz Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Books read in 2007

    What can I say, I'm usually a movie nut who reads books moderately. This year I've been a book nut who watches movies moderately. I've discovered many classics, modern tak...
Posted by Kris on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:06:00 PST

How To Survive A Haunted House

How To Survive A Haunted House from the book - "How To Survive A Scary Movie" In the old days, spotting a haunted house was a piece of cake. I was always the creepy Victorian with the unmowed lawn and...
Posted by Kris on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:28:00 PST

Ghosts???

   I would like to know everyone's opinion about this. I've been in a real delima with one of my beliefs over the last few months. This is dealing with ghosts. I know my writing tends to ju...
Posted by Kris on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 02:01:00 PST

Movie Review - Rob Zombies: Halloween

Movie Review - Rob Zombie's: "Halloween"   There are no spoilers in this. Just a long drawn out rant.   First off let me say, I HATE SLASHER FILMS!!       Idiots runni...
Posted by Kris on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:43:00 PST

The Tides of Change. (The Fall of the Hurley Rebels)

!! WARNING !! Below is written from my limited knowledge, feelings, and SOLE OPINIONS         I've read the recent posts about my high school. Hurley High School of Hurley ...
Posted by Kris on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:52:00 PST

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Have you ever seen the movie the "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"? It's about a couple who meet, fall in love and break up bitterly. Only thing is, when they are about to reunite they go throug...
Posted by Kris on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:54:00 PST