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Chris Bjerken

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About Me

Fall in love and hold nothing back. Dream like a kid watching the olympics. Go on when you don't feel like it or else you're robbing yourself from a better you. Never laugh at anyone's dream. People who don't have dreams don't have much.
What's up kids, I'm Chris; I enjoy sitting by my deck window and eating frosted flakes several times a day, I sleep in my clothes and brush my teeth in the shower. I make up lots of words all the time accidentally and somehow people think that they are real words that make sense to them. I like living, but I can't wait to go home. I am a person with high integrity and I enjoy the company of successful people. Don't be surprised if you get weird random messages from me. Okay, bio time.
"Singer makes mark with original style" - Frontiersman
Trusting the wrong people brings broken hearts, and the demands of the world are much. But where fear and faith coincide, Alaskan singer/songwriter Chris Bjerken constantly finds himself trapped somewhere between reality and the dream world. His goal remains that he should only aim to steer people to the few realities he has run into, aspiring for positivism while still being real enough to make you stop in thought and question where you stand.
From the humble beginnings of local coffee shops in a small town in the middle of nowhere, Bjerken has direct marketed his music only as hard as someone who with a big enough dream to the point of being unsure of another day of living if it werent for music. At times afraid that destiny was a threat, he found himself composing sounds connected to his feelings that produced such lines meant to be imprinted on your brain like "theres a hole in my heart where you used to be, but I still believe in destiny." His clever mix of familiarity and originality delivers a refreshing passionate twist to a virtually unknown place amongst the chilly skyscapes of beautiful Alaska.
In fall 2005 under the band name "The Common Thread," Chris released his first studio recording, a five song EP affectionately titled "Learning to Let Go," which includes the signature track "You Still Have My Heart." Continuing in the writing process, he switched major influences so many times throughout the next year that the diversity made it difficult to organize into a 12-song album.
Chris is currently touring his home state of Alaska while planning a future tour of the Northwest United States after the finish and release of his new album coming out early 2007 with a tentative title of "All the Things I Wish I'd Left Behind."

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Music:

Member Since: 9/1/2005
Band Website: chrisbjerken.com
Band Members: mostly Chris Bjerken.

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Influences:

Albums:



Learning to Let Go EP
NOW ON SALE FOR ONLY $5.99 !!!
1. Dedication
2. You Still Have My Heart
3. Paradigms
4. Save This Life
5. Picking Up the Pieces

The Bitter November: Live at Cyrano's
Online download: $7.99
1. Tell Me
2. Me Versus Myself and I
3. Until You're Okay (I Miss You)
4. Lullaby
5. Safe
6. Destiny
7. Would You Still Love Me?
8. Striving For Mediocrity
9. You Still Have My Heart

Sounds Like: I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell
Record Label: Devotion Productions / The Common Thread Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Maybe's.

Maybe one day a girl I'll meet and call her my own on a blank city street. Maybe I'll write a song sitting on my car in the middle of the night and call it "the jealous stars." Maybe I will run into y...
Posted by Chris Bjerken on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:34:00 PST

Two children & flight. A poem.

Two children & flight.   "Shh&" Kiss, kiss Sing of sweet things Or the fires underneath the eyelids Souls and sandboxes Children all alike Coming back to days of old To remember why we came. ...
Posted by Chris Bjerken on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:14:00 PST

Contemplating consistency in good performances

I was watching a portion of a live show of a big rock band today when my roommate commenting that by opinion the vocals were way off and the band sounded horrible.  Then this person commented tha...
Posted by Chris Bjerken on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:30:00 PST

new cd...

Alright kiddies, October is finally the time that we get to go back in the studio and tear up some sweet sweet tracks.  So stay tuned, we got a ton of work to do this weekend taking care of all o...
Posted by Chris Bjerken on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 07:41:00 PST

check out this new song

I thought I would share this song I wrote a couple nights ago with you guys cuz I like the lyrics.  I wrote this in the back of a car on the way back from Anchorage with some friends the other ni...
Posted by Chris Bjerken on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:01:00 PST

review the new demos round .3

One Step Closer to Completeview lyrics I hope this song makes you question the status quo through my expression of experience, not of the world around you, but just of you. Love Songview lyrics I...
Posted by Chris Bjerken on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 02:41:00 PST

review the new demos round .2

okay kids, four new unmixed unmastered one-channel live living room recordings: But There She Goeslyrics Long story.  But I really think I am finally over my fear of intimacy (maybe you've heard ...
Posted by Chris Bjerken on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 06:29:00 PST

review the new demos round .1

Okay first things first, if you don't know what's going on, I am trying to turn dozens of songs into..a dozen, which will be the songs to make it onto my new CD that I will be recording this summ...
Posted by Chris Bjerken on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 03:27:00 PST

I saw you in a dream.

I don't know how to fall in love, so why do I try so hard? I'm simply a man confused by the luxury tax of America, also referred to as your comfort zone. I'm a fighter with nothing to fight for. ...
Posted by Chris Bjerken on Tue, 16 May 2006 10:28:00 PST

the three kinds of people in this world

There are three kinds of people in this world.  When you stare someone straight in the eye for a good while and directly say the word "fart" out loud, they will either take it as one of three thi...
Posted by Chris Bjerken on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:24:00 PST