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Claus Nielsen

Debut album out now, direct web-shop link in here!

About Me

Hi fellow music-loversI'm hoping to spread my music through this forum, to a wider audience, and maybe get some connections. My debut album "In The Mood For Mellow" featuring 16 of my own songs has just been released by Gateway Music. (You can get it via the web-shop link in here, it's also available for download on iTunes). You can hear 2 songs from the album: the title track & "Just So You Know" + 4 other songs which will be released some time in the future...all the songs were recorded at my own homestudio, and I play all instruments and do the vocals myself. My sound is like a cross between Beatles/Clapton and a slight jazz/lounge feeling. Aside form having my own music released, I'd like to perform on other peoples records as well.In 1996 I won the danish version of "Shooting Star", a sing-look-a-like contest, as John Lennon performing "Imagine". (You can see a video clip by clicking on the 'video' link). My interest in music started when John Lennon was killed in dec.1980. I got hooked on The Beatles and started playing guitar and singing when I was 8, and writing songs. In time I've learned to play piano, drums, keyboards and bass.I used to be in a cover band, where we played lots of Beatles, Eric Clapton and 50's/60's rock'n'roll, both hits and more obscure choices...now I perform solo, or as part of a guitar-duo

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Member Since: 7/19/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/clausnielsen1974
Band Members: Claus Nielsen
Influences: The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, Herbie Hancock, Norah Jones, Kiss, Steve Miller, Eagles, Crowded House, Niel Finn, Cliff Richard, Lee Ritenour, Pat Metheny (and many others)
Sounds Like: Beatles/Lennon inspired sound with a slight lounge-jazzy feeling
Record Label: Gateway Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

A direct iTunes link to my album

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum? id=277915579&s=143458...
Posted by Claus Nielsen on Sun, 04 May 2008 11:58:00 PST

Beatles site entry about my album, thanx Steve!

Claus Nielsen tells us his first album, a collection of home-studio recordings of songs, is now available through iTunes (note: link in separate blog-entry) He says it was very much inspired by The Be...
Posted by Claus Nielsen on Sun, 04 May 2008 11:51:00 PST

By my record here

http://www.gdc.dk/enduser/shop.aml?shop=4001901...
Posted by Claus Nielsen on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:43:00 PST

coming-home thoughts

Hello to you all :-) Had a great night at Portalen, Greve, performing at open mic-night, and for the first time playing one of my own songs with a live backing band. We peformed the song "Just So You ...
Posted by Claus Nielsen on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PST