Louden Kliehr

Name: Louden Kliehr ( pronounced "LOUDen Kleer) aka Told But Not Listening

 

Lives: Concord, California, USA

 

Position:  Chimp at a Typewriter/Hollerin'/Words; co-founder/ co-collaborator/ co-creator; Guy in the day glo vest drinking coffee while watching others (Phil) do the work 

 

Location:  East of Oakland &  Berkeley CA USA 

 

Musical Journey:

 

Fave band:  The Clash

 

Top Ten fave albums:  London Calling (Clash); Imperial Bedroom (Elvis Costello); Mona Lisa's Sister (Graham Parker); The Gift (The Jam); Quadrophenia (the WHO), Joshua Tree (U2); Darkness at the Edge of Town (Springsteen & E St Band); Music From the Big Pink (the Band); Blood on the Tracks (Bob Dylan);  Let It Bleed (Stones)

 

Fave song:  Don't Dream It's Over (Crowded House) 

 

Sound, Voice, Words Influences: Elvis Costello, Graham Parker; The Clash/Joe Strummer; Pete Townsend; Springsteen, Phil Calland, Screwed Up Love History; Deep physical pain 

 

Fave musician: Joe Strummer  

 

Fave singer(s):  Graham Parker, Elvis Costello, Otis Redding, Roy Orbison, Patsy Kline, Fur Dixon, Beki Stranghan 

 

TMI: After a decade of doing nothing creatively, started writing and playing guitar again in Spring 2013. Have created 4 recorded songs with Phil Calland with another dozen or so in a holding pattern. Goal is to create and release one song, with video, per quarter. 

 

Musical ethos: 

"It's all six strings or none". Joe Strummer 

"I only know 6 chords but I know 'em cold." George Thorogood 

"I'm not a writer nor a musician nor a punk rocker." Me

 

Phil Calland

Name: Phil Calland

 

Lives: Southport, UK

 

Born: Liverpool, UK

 

Musical Journey: Started playing guitar in 1972 at 12 having heard The Beatles' "Red Album" owned by my mate', Ken Percival's Dad. I learned on a cheap classical guitar at St Thomas, Lydiate Church Youth Club, tutored by the fantastic, Frank Cook.

 

My parents quickly realised I had a real passion for the guitar and took me down to the famous Hessys in Liverpool where we were wowed by the fabulous Jim Gretty who made it sing & they bought me an expensive Yamaha acoustic guitar. This was 1972 and I still play it today as it sounds great!

 

To move my playing on quicker, I had lessons with Allan Mayes, who it turned out had played with Elvis Costello in his first band, a folk-rock outfit called Rusty, before Elvis's career took off in '76. Here is Allan & Elvis re-uniting in 2017:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS8_BMQ7P1c

 

Allan was inspiring & helped take me to the next level in my playing in 1974 and helped cement my passion for music-making. It was great re-connecting with Allan on Facebook and in person in 2016

 

Hearing Eddie & The Hot Rods being played on Radio 1 as everyone's "next big thing in 1977" in that Glorious summer of 1976 blew me away with the power & aggression compared to the tame & bland music at the time with bands having 20 minute drum solos in their live shows. This was the pre-cursor to the punk & new wave explosion. An early Hot Rods track I bought, "Teenage Depression" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Moe4DkZy5Ds inspired me to start writing songs . A passion I have continued to develop to this day. With the incredible power of Facebook, I am not only friends with the band, but also produce videos for them including the 40th Anniversary show at London's 229 Venue

 

I have my own unlimited-Channel digital Loft recording studio and have been producing & recording since 1983

 

Instruments: Guitar, Bass, Keys, a myriad of Hard & Software Music Technology including Cubase, Komplete & Absolute 

 

Video Production Journey: I have produced 830 videos since 2012, had 548,802 views on my YouTube channel with 1,745 subscribers & between 4-6,000 views per month and 1000’s on my Facebook pages which secure more hits than YouTube these days with it’s one-click accessibility!

 

I use 4 No pro Sony HD/4K video cameras for ultimate results & ‘am known as the FX King for my passion for the innovative use of FX!

 

Musical ethos: Punk taught me a life lesson in 76-77, you don't have to be a virtuoso at anything in life, you just need to get up, have a go, learn from everyone & everything, learn on the job & Do Anything You Wanna Do to achieve success and your objectives in life