Jonathan Coulton (Indie/Folk Rock/ Powerpop)

[Carn]

Jonathan Coulton is a unsigned songwriter living in Brooklyn and waiting for a check with many zeros on it. He is the musical director for Little Gray Books and he is the Contributing Troubadour for Popular Science Magazine. He recently wrote a five-song soundtrack to go with their September 2005 issue on The Future of the Body.

For the past year, JoCo has been releasing a new song every week as a podcast called Thing a Week. He's taking a break at song 52 and releasing the whole collection on four CDs - the first, Thing a Week One, is out now. There are plenty of favorites on his earlier CDs Smoking Monkey and Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow.

Bio

I grew up in Colchester CT, a town whose motto is “Where tradition meets tomorrow.” I played snare drum in the high school marching band, which was fun, but did not attract any girls (even when I played my tender snare drum arrangement of “You’ve Got a Friend”). I switched to guitar and wrote a series of sweet and sad songs about being a teenager and having a vague feeling of overwhelming sadness and sweetness. This worked only marginally better.

I studied music in college, and sang with an a cappella group called the Spizzwinks, and another one called the Whiffenpoofs. I spent a lot of time on stage in white tie and tails, showing my “jazz hands” only when absolutely necessary.

I used to write software, but I quit the day job in order to pursue…other things…or something. I am the musical director for Little Gray Books created and hosted by friend John Hodgman, and I wrote a song for a show on MTV. And of course there is the CD Smoking Monkey, and the new EP Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow, both of which everyone should purchase as soon as possible. But I’m still waiting for someone to offer me the standard rich and famous contract. If anyone out there would like to pay me to make music, we should definitely talk.

http://www.myspace.com/jonathancoulton


all we want to do is eat your brains.

[Escapism]

carn die ons folk rock aanprijst

ik vind richard cheese leuker!

[Carn]

Fake schreef op 06-09-2006 @ 09:49 :
ik vind richard cheese leuker!

ander genre en andere insteek!

[Back Door Man]

ik vind het niet zo tof, die computerdrum stoort me ook erg.

[Back Door Man]

oh nu hoor ik wel een drum maar het boeit me niet zo, en hij mag weezer ook wel eens bij zijn invloeden zetten. Al vind ik weezer wel tof.

[Escapism]

ik word er ook niet heel geil van, nee.
wel een leuke bio.

[Carn]

het gaat mij alleen om de tekst ;(