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Johlen

Bury the hatchet

About Me

..Johlen is a rising Canadian talent who is emerging from his roots in Northwestern Ontario. At the age of twenty, his musical depth and abilities have put him in the spotlight. Known for his dynamic performances, he has been booked to share the stage with great Canadian acts such as Trooper, Bif Naked and the Waking Eyes. A truly rounded musician, he is prolific on many instruments, and has recorded and produced all tracks of all his music himself. He currently resides in Ottawa where he is quickly making an impression on the local music scene.
"Johlen is Ben Folds Five without the Five", Bob Kimberly, SFUO 2004
"A musical performance with sophistication rarely ever seen in such a young act", Dryden Observer, 2005

Feel free to contact Johlen at: [email protected]

Official Merchandise can be found at: www.cafepress.com/Johlen

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/18/2006
Band Members: Johlen Jordens
Influences: Neil Finn, Crowded House, Beatles, Supertramp, Arcade Fire, Billy Joel, David Bowie, Three Dog Night, Flaming Lips, Mr. Terry Dale Pettapiece B.Mus,B.A.,B.Ed.and M.Mus
Sounds Like: Neil Finn, Beatles, Niedermayer Reisen
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New song "The Drink"

Hey all, just thought i'd update the site a little bit, toss up another tune.  "The Drink".  Just a soft tune about life, beauty, peace, and obviously girls.  And also thanks to everyon...
Posted by Johlen on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 08:32:00 PST

Biography

This is a brief biography of Johlen written by his friend and colleague, Steven Gould.  Not to be confused with the evolutionary biologist of the same name. Johlen Douglas Smits Jordens...
Posted by Johlen on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 03:24:00 PST

Recent activity

I just got home from a Gordon Lightfoot concert, and I have to say I'm pretty inpsired.  He's a fantastic songwriter, and he's still given er even after spending a few months in a coma a while ba...
Posted by Johlen on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 08:08:00 PST

Johlen's biggest influence

Crowded House and Neil Finn may be the ones I regularly regard as my biggest influence, however my secretary just handed me a message this morning which expressed the consternation of my ACTUAL bigges...
Posted by Johlen on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 02:09:00 PST

Sasquatch Country

Today I found Sasquatch footprint.  I say sasquatch cause it was like a human footprint with claws, in the middle of nowhere....waaaay out in the middle of nowhere.  No barefooted man walked...
Posted by Johlen on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 11:46:00 PST

Fred Penner vs. www.addicting games.com

www.addictinggames.com is no longer the best games site.  Not even close. I'm sure we all remember Fred Penner.  He was my motivation for playing the guitar.  How kick-ass was it that h...
Posted by Johlen on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:34:00 PST

New Songs

If anybody is a repeat visitor, you may notice that there are some new songs up.  Hopefully you will love and cherish them, and buy my shoddy merchandise.  Hope you like em....new albums sha...
Posted by Johlen on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:56:00 PST

Minute Maid

If you didn't know, I drink Minute Maid juice like it's going out of style, which it isn't.  I used to pronounce it "minute" as in a unit of time.  I thought that it could be 'made' in a min...
Posted by Johlen on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:54:00 PST

Expanding the Demographic

Johlen has finished a number of songs and has posted some of them up on his website.  He has also played a few gigs in the Ottawa and Dryden regions. Now it is time for the next phase of Johlen's...
Posted by Johlen on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 05:52:00 PST

Hey

Hey, it's 5:10, just finished recording two new tracks.  They were too big for the site, so I decreased their quality a lot and put them up....hopefully they're not too bad.  Also, I hit the...
Posted by Johlen on Sat, 21 Jan 2006 02:18:00 PST