Kevin Steinman

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Wish

Album: Things to Keep in Mind While Balancing

Released: Oct 25, 2006

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Genre: Folk Rock / Indie / Pop
Location MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, US
Profile Views: 180198
Last Login: 1/20/2012
Member Since 10/24/2006
Website www.kevinsteinman.com
Record Label Brilliant Records
Type of Label Indie
Bio
.. ........ .... .... Music is my first memory: 2 ½ years old at the organ, playing harmony notes over my Mom's piano renditions of show tunes and hymns. If a note didn't sound right, I'd fiddle around with it until it did. That remains to this day my idea for harmony: experimenting until it sounds beautiful to my ear. .... In high school, I found myself fascinated by romantic poets like Keats, Wordsworth, Blake, and other great lyric writers like Shakespeare and Dickinson. Their words struck me as passionate and beautiful. There I was, admiring their works long after they were gone, and it dawned on me that immortality could be achieved through art. .... I wrote my first songs as English class projects, and when I played them for my classmates, I knew I had found a very fun thing to do for the rest of my life. I received my first guitar as a high school graduation gift, and with it I began to write what would eventually become my first album. .... For the next decade I earned my living singing harmonies, arranging songs and driving across the country in a beaten, old Ford van. My voice developed, I became comfortable on stage and I learned how to sleep in the most awkward of positions. .... Two guitars and three van engines later, I’m working on my first full-length album. I’m lucky enough to be working with some wonderfully talented musicians, who inspire me to do better. I spend my days in the studio or at the piano, chasing chords and words. If I’m stuck, I make some eggs, read some Schopenhauer or ride my bike around the lake until I see the Minneapolis skyline in the distance. .... And then I remember that feeling I had in high school; the feeling of knowing that I was meant to do music. I still have it now, when I wake up at 3am with a song in my head, or when I tinker at the piano and stumble across those notes that go together like peanut butter and jelly. .... I’m no Emily Dickinson, and certainly no Shakespeare. My only hope is that some of my thoughts and dreams and loves will outlive me through my music, and that years from now, a 2-year-old might be fiddling around to find the perfect harmonies to go with my songs. .... ..RECENT PRESS:.. .... I just think he’s the most likable singer/songwriter I have ever listened to. He’s not violating the power of the guitar and voice to put out cookie-cutter crap. I imagine his music was written in a quiet room in his cottage in the middle of, say, a forest. His lyrics are sweet and honest; his music is not boastful or showy, yet it holds your attention ransom until its demands are met. .... ..The Bang Project,.. ..Syracuse, NY.. .. .... .. ........ .... .. ........ .. .. .. ........ .. .... .... .. "Wish" music video - produced by The Brilliant Factory.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .... ..Showcase Minnesota featuring Kevin Steinman Band.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .... .. Playing at the Fine Line in Minneapolis with Josh Kelley, Keaton Simons and Alexa Wilkinson, April 2007 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .... .. Live at the Half Moon in London, January 14, 2007 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .............. ......Live at the Cobden Club in London, October 2, 2006:.. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .............. .. .. .. .. .. ..Music Videos.. ..|.. ..Directory.. ..|.. ..Search.. ..|.. ..Top Artists.. ..|.. ..Shows.. ..|.. ..Music Forums.. ..|.. ..Music Ads.. ..|.. ..Artist Signup.. .. .. ..
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Influences
Shel Silverstein, William Blake, William Wordsworth, Beverly Cleary, Quincy Jones, Mom and Dad, Grandmas and Grandpas, Beetlejuice, Lionel Ritchie, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Indigo Girls, and Bob Costas .... .. .. .. .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .. ..
Sounds Like
Rufus Wainright, trying to articulate his consonants. John Mayer, having finally cleared his throat. Bonnie Raitt, having had a sex change, and having degraded her guitar skills considerably. ...... ......