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Felix Klaemont

A has-been that never was. 237 demos and counting.

About Me

Felix Klaemont: (pronounced Clay-mont)
high hopes, low talent
WHO:
A self-taught guitar player / one man show from NW Washington (Bellingham). Now working on a Ph.d. with too little time to do enough with music.
WHAT:
- 15 albums (working on No. 16 and 17)
- A few hundred songs recorded at home
- Lots of sore throats, broken strings, selfpity and small house concerts
WHERE:
1980-1998 - Bellingham, Washington
1998-1999 - Provo, Utah
1999-2001 - Romania and the Republic of Moldova
2001-2003 - Provo, Utah
Summer 2002 - Orange County, California
Summer 2003 - Tempe, Arizona
Winter/Spring/Summer 2004 - Tempe, Arizona
2004-2008 - Lincoln, Nebraska
Discography
Full Length LPs
1999 - Lame
1999 - Psuedo Psuede
1999 - Please
1999 - At a Snail's Pace
2002 - Trivialize the Pain
2002 - The Setup for a Letdown
2002 - Relief and Wonderment
2002 - Southbound
2002 - Never Return to the Scene of the Crime
2003 - Captured, Enraptured
2003 - Breakthrough: Nowhere to Run
2003 - So close, So close
2003 - Pigtails and Bobbypins
2004 - Coming to Fruition
Unreleased - Memoirs
EPs
2003 - Felix Klaemont and the Middleside Mafia

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/4/2005
Band Website: this is it!
Band Members: Felix Klaemont
Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, bass, piano, drums, whining, singing off key, computer noise etc...

Occasional guest mucisians:
K. (Leonard) Snider - Trumpet and disapproving criticism
Julianne - Cello

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Influences: I don't know if these are necessarily "influences". probably just bands that i like...... Rocky votolato, The New Amsterdams, rogue wave, owen, onelinedrawing, Jack Johnson, Elliot Smith, Iron and Wine, Mark Kozelek, Sun Kil Moon, Beck, Evan Brubaker, Ani Difranco, Kalai, Matt Pond PA, Andrew Bird, RadioheadThe Decemberists, The Thrills, Fruit Bats, cake, Death Cab fo Cutie, Ben Gibbard, The Get Up Kids, Ben Harper, Death Cab for Cutie, Built to Spill, Kalai, the Letterpress, the Player piano, saves the day, R.E.M., Ben folds, Ben kweller, american football, Ashton Allen, the beatles. simon and garfunkel, pre-disco bee gees, bright eyes, the promise ring, the owls, minus the bear, blankface, dashboard confessional, dave matthews band, for squirrels, g love and special sauce, The Go Reflex, Before Braille, The Format, Hudson River School, Domo, The Sugarland Run, Micah Dahl Anderson, Drew Danburry, Steven Dolmatz, Guster, Rogue Wave, Sufjan Stevens, Jimmy Eat World, led zepplin, less than jake, reel big fish, ten foot pole, me first and the gimme gimme's, the letter press, soul coughing, m. doughty, marvin gaye, mojave 3, mxpx, the mr. t experience, pedro the lion, pele, pollen, the postal service, rufus wainwright, the straylight run, ted leo and the pharmacists, they might be giants, the weakerthans, weezer, black star, Blackalicious, Blue Scholars, Common Market, haiku d'Etat, jurassic 5, the LifesavasS, Maroons (lateef and the chief), saul williams..........plus lots of other punk and indie rock

I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V3.6 !

Here is what I'm listening to at the moment

Sounds Like: Hmmm. Sounds like a guy with an acoustic guitar.
In other words a lower quality version of Iron and Wine, Nick Drake, Elliot Smith, Bright Eyes, Owen, The New Amsterdams, Onelinedrawing / Jonah Matranga, Dashboard Confessional, Jack Johnson, Evan Brubaker, Rocky Votolato, Pedro the Lion, The Decmeberists, Ben Harper, Ashton Allen, etc . . .
Not as good as these fabulous bands, but in one way or another similar.

I just found some old mp3s that I put up on the web about 4 years ago - and they are still there. Heres the links:

Next to You

Unlikely to be Tried

When she Pulls me In
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Check out this event: Felix K. Live at the Box Awesome

Hosted By: Felix Klaemont When: Tuesday Mar 18, 2008 at 7:00 PMWhere: Box Awesome815 O St.Lincoln, NE 68503United StatesDescription:Felix Klaemont Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Felix Klaemont on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:19:00 PST

Hold the Handrail, Hold my Hand

I wrote, recorded and posted a new song.  Imagine that - writing a song and then recording it right away instead of waiting 2.5 years.  I should do this more often.  I was dinking aroun...
Posted by Felix Klaemont on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 06:57:00 PST

NEW (old) SONG!!!

Left By You is a song I wrote back in 2005 but never recorded until this summer.  I'm not completely happy with how the final mixing turned out, but I'm too lazy to re-tackle that project . . . s...
Posted by Felix Klaemont on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:22:00 PST

Recording tonight

Tonight I have 2.5 hours with an empty house - that means I'm going to record.  I think I have been so lazy lately because I still haven't figured out how to use all of my new recording software....
Posted by Felix Klaemont on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:20:00 PST

Selling my music??? Feedback Needed!

Hey everyone!    Myspace is now offering a service for artists in which we can sell our music via myspace.  The service costs the artist however.  It would bea  great w...
Posted by Felix Klaemont on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:04:00 PST

Yarg!

Yarg!!!  I have so many new melodies and ideas running through my head, but absolutely NO time to sit down and hash them out with a guitar or piano.  Yarg!  It looks like simultaenously...
Posted by Felix Klaemont on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:48:00 PST

Muchas Gracias para los recommendations

Wow - thanks to everyone that responded to my call for recommendations for new music.  I must say, that I now have quite a list now - and it will take me a while to work my way through it. ...
Posted by Felix Klaemont on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:58:00 PST

Why so quiet?

Well - anyone who occasionaly stops by this page has probably noticed a veritable dearth of band-related Felix Klaemont activity.  The reason is, simply put, there has been a veritable dearth of ...
Posted by Felix Klaemont on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:07:00 PST

Last.fm anyone?

Hola all!Well - I'm now back at school full-time, pounding out my Ph.d.  But, I have started tracking some new songs - and I am still patiently awaiting the purchase of a new guitar.  BUT - ...
Posted by Felix Klaemont on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:46:00 PST

Guitar or Scooter or Moped ???

Such tough decisions! I have recently been tempted to buy a scooter or moped with the money that I had been saving for a new guitar. ACK! I can't decide. Right now I'm still leaning towards buying...
Posted by Felix Klaemont on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:01:00 PST