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Erik Balkey
Folk / Country / Pop

		Melody and words... PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania United States Profile Views: 6931 Last Login: 11/8/2009
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Erik Balkey: General Info

Member Since	8/18/2008
Band Website	www.erikbalkey.com
Influences	Coffee. Suburbia. Inspiring travel. Pointless travel. Late night songcircles. Late night aching back and shivering feet (camping). Ex-girlfriends. ESPN. Time (not the magazine). Coffeeshop baristas. Imagination (lots of it). Good folk songs. Bad folk songs. Styx. Barry Manilow. Ozzy Osbourne. Paul Simon. James Taylor. Buddy Mondlock. Jonathan Byrd. Eliza Gilkyson. Chuck E. Costa. Terry Bradshaw.
Sounds Like	...a song every once in a while.
Record Label	Unsigned

Upcoming Shows

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Nov 6 2009

8:00P

Studio LuLoo

Oaklyn, New Jersey

Nov 7 2009

8:00P

Barrington Coffeehouse

Barrington, New Jersey

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Custom Songs by Erik - Sampler CD (view more)

B.A.T. ’08 - Day 8: Plainville, Barrington, Philadelphia, Camden, Haddon Heights (view more)

B.A.T. ’08 - Day 7: Plainville, New Britain, Framingham, Plainville (view more)

B.A.T. ’08 - Day 6: Needham, Canton, Plainville (view more)

B.A.T. ’08 - Day 5: Needham, Sudbury, Cambridge, Needham (view more)

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About Erik Balkey

CDs at CDBaby
Downloads at iTunes
Schedule on musi-cal.com

ERIK BALKEY...
He's a moody, humorous, down and out, spirited, deadpan, self-conscious singer-songwriter and sloppy poet who isn't comfortable talking about himself in the third person but expects he'll get used to it.

I writes songs, and I record many of them. I'm also a colorblind housepainter, and a sensitive custom song writer. I write fifty songs a year, and some of them aren't too bad. I'm kind of like Greg Brown except that I edit. Not too much 'tho. I mean I'd like to be Leonard Cohen, but I don't have the patience. Maybe I'm like a hundred monkeys at a hundred typewriters typing randomly forever (which will eventually produce both "War & Peace" and the Yankees-Pirates 1960 Game Seven Box score)... and, it's all I can do to keep the monkeys fed and clean the monkey crap.

I'm a navel-gazing songwriter. And, so are my heroes. I also write songs for other people and songs about important-er stuff... but, mostly these songs are for me, too.

Songs for other people
Custom Songs by Erik
http://www.myspace.com/customsongsbyerik

Songs on topics of social and political relevance
Mission Street Project
http://www.myspace.com/missionstreetproject

Erik Balkey's Friend Space (Top 40)

Erik Balkey has 238 friends.

Custom Songs by Erik

Mission Street Project

Hudson Harding Music

Kate Graves

tom prasada-rao

Cary Cooper

Pat Wictor

chuck e. costa

Trif

Jud Caswell

We’re About 9

Jonathan Byrd

Genevieve

Chris Rosser

beth wood

Dave Potts

Sarah Sample

Tom Kimmel

Robby Hecht

Amy

Caleb Hawley

Russ Edwards

Raining Jane

Phil Roy

John Shaughnessy

Buddy Mondlock

Joe Jencks

Tricia

Dan Flury

.::Bianca::. ♥

Terry Rivel

Miles Thompson

Danny Schmidt

Amos Lee

The Brilliant Inventions

Ray Naylor

Steve Goldstein

Jacob Graff

leah l'orange

yearlongday

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Trif	Nov 3 2009 7:53 PM Talking'bout Hometown Advantage... The Barrington Coffeehouse Proudly Presents ERIK BALKEY * This Saturday, Nov.7th @ 8pm with Chris Rosser, The Sweater Set and Bianca Flury * 856.573.7800 for ticket reservations www.barringtoncoffeehouse.com
April Monet	Oct 23 2009 8:29 PM Hey Erik!!! :) As you can see I'm pretty slow lol but thank you for adding me :)
David	Oct 2 2009 7:52 PM Thanks!
yearlongday	May 29 2009 3:57 AM erik & friends, we're happy to tell you that our new album, "best excuses", is available to hear on our myspace player in advance of the cd release. we're sure that you'll dig our neo-retro lo-fi hipster dream-pop sound. love on ya! ... jonathan t marlowe
Kate Graves	Apr 19 2009 8:28 AM oh loveee...i love you.
Rachel	Apr 18 2009 12:42 PM Erik ......love your myspace comment........made me laugh!! x
sarah donner	Apr 18 2009 4:08 AM Why hello Erik. Now we are friends.
Michele at Java Jam Open Mic	Feb 14 2009 6:33 PM Spread the love!
The Brilliant Inventions	Feb 18 2009 6:03 PM great bio, EB. EB
Tom Westgrove	Feb 19 2009 11:04 PM Love your music, man it's the best! You have a sweet natured dilivery of vocal style, fine lyrics, great chord changes and arrangements!
Kate Graves	Jan 7 2009 10:08 AM life is sublime...on exit 9. life is like port...dance with girls who are short. lifes like a club...when a waitress takes off her shirt right in front of you. :) i miss you. xok lifes like a bronco...
1 american beauty	Dec 18 2008 4:47 PM your a dork!
Kate Graves	Nov 10 2008 4:52 AM p.s. let's go talk to those guys and get them to buy us a drink.
Kate Graves	Nov 10 2008 4:51 AM i miss you!!! what's goin on...no updates..you don't call...you don't write...what does a girl have to do to get a status update from mr. balkey?
Miles Thompson	Oct 27 2008 2:25 AM Hey Erik, Heard Anne Hills sing "My America" tonight on Gene Shay's Show. Congrats! Sang the "Born in U.S.A..." riff along with it. Good Job! ~Miles
Kate Graves	Oct 26 2008 4:45 PM HAPPY BIRTHDAY BALKEY!!! In honor of you...I wrote a little ditty.... "It was october...I remember the year...All the costumes...and the holiday cheer...All the cocaine...and the mirrors we saw...all the strippers...who weren't wearing a bra..." :) Good bad advice tour my friend. Love you. xok
Jes Raymond	Oct 23 2008 6:34 PM come on Erik, I could give you some advice...mouth assault no matter what. Ask Kate. She'll agree.
Tom Smith	Oct 17 2008 1:28 PM Hello Erik, It was great to intersect on your Boston area tour. I have been playing your CD's today and am completely drawn in to your songwriting and understated presentation. You paint pictures of real people, believable in every respect... often giving voice to a point of view that resonates in this unbalanced world. Wishing you great musical success and a growing collection of listeners. With admiration, ~Tom
Caleb Hawley	Oct 14 2008 8:31 PM Hey man, I'm playing at your favorite spot in Barrington on Friday. If you're not busy, it'd be cool to see you there. I see you're playing there as well pretty soon. Rock on!
Lost Art Vintage	Oct 12 2008 8:19 PM saw you at the auction house and really like your stuff! al
Kate Graves	Oct 7 2008 9:19 PM read my blog!
Jes Raymond	Oct 2 2008 4:27 PM I heard that boots were made for walking... but the really hot ones are really not that fun to walk in.
Rachel	Oct 1 2008 11:16 PM Hey Erik, I've been meaning to drop you a line for a while to say hi .....your songs are really fantastic...loving it ....I have Planet Bluegrass blues....missing the states and all the wonderful people I met out there so planning my next trip back! Rach x
Kate Graves	Oct 1 2008 4:55 PM please note: Kate Graves and Erik Balkey are NOT responsible for any predicaments you may find yourself in after taking said bad advice. signature_________________________
Max Cohen	Sep 30 2008 1:11 PM Hey Erik! Loving the music!

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