Ken Christianson
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Ken Christianson, May 2013 at a WNYC's Soundcheck
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| Background information | |
| Genres | Classical, electro-acoustic, contemporary dance, funk, rock, alternative rock, indie rock, jazz, country, folk |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, arranger, musician, sound designer, visual artist, performance artist, graphic designer, singer, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Piano, violin, electric bass, viola, keyboards, drums |
| Years active | 2000-present |
| Associated acts | Rogue Wave, Three Trees, Pink Fuzzy Animals, Jimmy Lifton Band, The Hawaii Show, The Half Ton Club, Carleton Singing Knights, Straight River Mud Dogs, The Menstruators with Nadia G |
| Website | www |
Ken Christianson is an American musician and artist living in Los Angeles, California, U.S, and co-founder of Père Music. He is the composer of the score to the short film Better Left Alone (2005), resident composer for the Samantha Giron Dance Project, bass player for the Los Angeles funk-jam band The Three Trees, violinist for The Jimmy Lifton Group, and former keyboard player for the indie rock band, Rogue Wave.
Ken earned his BFA in Sculpture from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and his MFA in Music Composition from CalArts. Christianson also completed portions of his undergraduate studies at Carleton College and Parsons Paris.
He is the younger sibling of Masanori Mark Christianson, bass-player and multi-instrumentalist of the California indie rock bands Rogue Wave, Release The Sunbird, and The Heavenly States.
Christianson performed the Jeff Buckley and Elizabeth Fraser cover "All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun" at the 2008 Annual Jeff Buckley Tribute in Los Angeles, CA under the pseudonym Scott Mead.
Christianson released a self-produced 26-track double album set on January 15, 2010 entitled Sunshine/Shadow.
On February 11, 2010, Christianson performed at the "To Haiti With Love" all-star musical jam at Boulevard 3 in Hollywood, CA, sharing the bill with other artists such as Common, Daniel Bedingfield, and Judith Hill.
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