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About Me

Peter Coan continues to be in the process of letting his insides flow out into the world in music and in life. Born in Philadelphia, raised in the stifling suburbs of North Jersey, and now a longtime resident of New York City, Peter was a prodigy of a piano player as a kid. He picked up a guitar, which he describes as "a revelation" at the age of 18 and started writing songs after he realized he couldn't play baseball forever. Influenced by the great songs to come out of the 60's and 70's, as well as the electronic music of today, Peter Coan has combined all of these elements with his attention to lyric and a sense of sweeping romanticism with "the hope of creating something timeless every now and then." Peter's music has been featured in Marie Claire magazine and in the New York Independent. Peter is currently working on his long-awaited follow-up to his most recent record, The Twilight Relays. In addition, he is in the process of writing his first book, which weaves together the themes of creativity, philosophy, desire, spirituality, and consciousness. He hopes to "shine a light on all the gaps" in the new music that he will be releasing in the upcoming months.

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Member Since: 4/23/2006
Band Website: cdbaby.com/coan2
Influences: Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen, Dan Bern, Joseph Campbell, Robbie Robertson and the Band, Johnny Cash, Nick Drake, Munir Bechir, Kenli Mattus, Hafiz, Sandy Koufax, the Buddha, Jesus the Man, Adi Flesher, Henry Miller, Pablo Picasso, Joseph Maurino, Carl Jung, Jackie Hajnal, Rimbaud
Sounds Like: Peter Coan
Type of Label: None

My Blog

We Better Watch Ourselves

We better watch ourselvesWe heard the voices and our ships crashed against the rocksAnd we got seduced by the nightlifeBy Cohen's Boogie StreetBy our own mythical noirish film or smoky chapterBy the t...
Posted by Peter Coan on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 03:09:00 PST

Sweating in the Sistine Chapel

I now trespass into the grounds of the theoretical and epic in scale. I pull back the biggest lens in history to get a full view of the Big Picture.I hit the "rewind" button on the Grand VCR and fly ...
Posted by Peter Coan on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 03:58:00 PST

Hustlin'

A month goes by and you find yourself walking in the same pair of sneakers maybe they are a little dirtierthe white trim showing streaks of tanthe heel burned off some rubbermaybe you have added a fr...
Posted by Peter Coan on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:59:00 PST

Who Are We? (See Sicko!)

I suppose there is always a gap between the actual and the ideal. Between the reality of what is and the potential of what could be. The cynic denies the fact that the ideal even exists in the first...
Posted by Peter Coan on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 11:23:00 PST

Manu Chao's Well-Placed Connections on High

Last night, as the hour approached ten in the Prospect Park Bandshell, the crowd of thousands pushed up to the stage felt something brewing in the air. The temperature, which had been a sweltering, s...
Posted by Peter Coan on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:14:00 PST

Do Not Read Milan Kundera

Do not read Milan Kundera unless you are prepared to oblige the consequences If you truly area hunter of experiencesthen you will find yourselfwith your tail dragging behind youon a rooftophowling at...
Posted by Peter Coan on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:51:00 PST

Fingerprints at the Chelsea Hotel

So I read that the Chelsea Hotel, or as it is properly known, the "Hotel Chelsea" is going to be under new management. A new ownership group of "hoteliers" promises to renovate, restore, and moderniz...
Posted by Peter Coan on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:23:00 PST

An Old Worn Out Letter

If I am guilty of anything in those long fewMonths with youIt was in trying to pull you up higherThan you were comfortable goingIt was in grabbing at your wrist As you flailed wildly in the muck of yo...
Posted by Peter Coan on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:58:00 PST

A Pill to Help Us Forget

If there was a pill to help you erase all the baggage that comes with a bad memory, would you take it? There was a fascinating segment on 60 Minutes last night dealing with this exact question and I ...
Posted by Peter Coan on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:54:00 PST

Salinas at the End of the War

"Good news from afar!" screamed the Captain. "The war is over!"The pub exploded with shouts of joy. Rum and wine flew out of cups as arms were raised up to the smoke-stained ceiling and weary men co...
Posted by Peter Coan on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:08:00 PST