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 Kenli's Profile |
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| Last Login: | May 22, 2009 (223 days back) |
About Me |
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| Kenli Mattus started recording professionally when he was 10 years old when his music teacher (such a nice lady) noticed his talent and love of singing (he sang all the damn time) and introduced him to a local New Jersey studio owner who produced childrens records. Kenli, who was named after Jazz great Stan Kenton, dove head first into music when he was diagnosed with a rare joint illness at 15 that forced him to give up high-school sports and wear a back-brace throughout his teen years. He made a full recovery, but the time usually spent playing ice hockey and baseball was spent learning how to write songs, record, produce and play several instruments. (thus resulting is an undefeated record in the ultimate(!) teen competitions Battle of the Bands.) Kenli then went on to tour the country acoustically and with his band. He won the 2001 Steve Madden Rock and Sole Contest that brought him and his band to play The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Denver Area Two Tour with David Bowie and Moby, Irving Plaza, NBCs July 4th celebration, Universal Studios in Orlando and several other cities in 2001-2002. His first CD Blue Dot had four songs that won awards in the John Lennon Songwriting contest. While finishing up his second solo CD which includes songs co-written and produced by Eric Bazilian (Hooters, Joan Osborne) and Randy Cantor (Ricky Martin) and mixed by Ryan Hewitt (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blink 182) Kenli started a new band called Heres Johnny with his good friend MTV TRL host Damien Fahey. Heres Johnny has become a creative force in Kenlis musical life and they finished a 4-song EP and have garnered much attention. Theyre thinkingcover of Rolling Stone, or at least finding their audience they know is out there. All the while, Kenli found time be the founding musician of Musicians On Call, a non-profit organization that brings the healing power of music to hospital patients bedsides. Kenlis volunteer work been featured recently on ABC News, on the NY1 New Yorker of the Week segment and has brought him to Gracie Mansion to meet Mayor Bloomberg as a Volunteer of the Year nominee. Oh yeah, Kenli also has found himself opening for Lynyrd Skynyrd, Joseph Arthur, Styx, Kansas, Ben Lee, Joan Rivers, Product G&P and many more and no, he did not yell out Freebird. .. width="425" height="350" .... | |
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Music:Member Since: 3/9/2005Band Website: www.KenliMusic.com Influences: CLASSIC Prince, Queen, Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Radiohead, The Police, Aretha, U2, Mr. Rogers SPIRIT Eckhart Tolle, Ghandi, Don Miguel Ruiz, Thich Nhat Hanh, Daniela Torres, Gary Zukav CURRENT MUSICA John Vanderslice, Tegan and Sara, LCD Soundsystem, Keane, The Bird and The Bee, Dan Lubell, Flaming Lips Sounds Like: White boy who saw the light after hearing Prince and Eckhart Tolle Record Label: Residential Limbo Recordings Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Rock / Pop / Soul) |
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| Just got finished doing a session with my good friend H...he's amazing in so many ways, but the coolest way by far is that he is not putting on any sort of act.That's hard to do.We all do it for whate... Posted by on Thu, 11 May 2006 22:59:00 GMT |
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Early (for me) and recording |
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| I think I must have woken up at, at least, 5 am (it was kind of dark and I couldn't see the clock) but all I could think was "should I borrow my friends baritone guitar to double that guitar part?" I'... Posted by on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 05:59:00 GMT |
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