Chris Kudela
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
I just added another track from my debut EP. It's called TKO Chicago, and it features a duet vocal with my friend and singer/songwriter Jodelle--I hope you dig it!
Check back soon for more new songs. Hope you're all doing great!
Rock on,
Chris
TKO Chicago03:32
Write It Over, my brand new 6-song debut EP, is available now! It was a true labor of love, and I'm so excited to finally be able to share it with all of you! It's 6.99 for the whole thing, and 1.29 per song--please consider purchasing, as it allows me to keep on making music and sharing with you guys on N1M…I literally can't do it without you! Write It Over is available on my official website: link. Thanks so much for your continued support, and I look forward to bringing you more music and sharing more great news in the near future!
Greenroom04:15
Write It Over, my brand new 6-song debut EP, is available now at link!! It was a true labor of love, and I'm so excited to finally be able to share it with all of you! It's 6.99 for the whole thing, and 1.29 per song--please consider purchasing, as it allows me to keep on making music and sharing with you guys on N1M…I literally can't do it without you! Thanks so much for your continued support, and I look forward to bringing you more music and sharing more great news in the near future!
Read moreGreenroom04:15
Hey everyone, hope you all had a great end to 2015! I've been crazy busy lately working on a couple of new projects I'm so psyched about: a new CD called "Write It Over", and a live concert video that we shot on Black Friday last year. The CD will be out VERY soon (within the next week or so on), with the video to follow hopefully in the early spring. To celebrate, I've uploaded "Greenroom", the first track from Write It Over, for all of you to enjoy--I hope you guys dig it!!! Thanks as always for all your support--it makes such a huge difference to an independent artist like me, and you all keep me going and give me plenty of inspiration to keep making music. So please keep in touch and let me know what you think about the new stuff--I look forward to hearing from all of you in the future! Hope you're having a great 2016 so far!!
Rock on!!!
Chris
Greenroom04:15
Just wanted to send a HUGE THANKS to all of you for helping to make "State Pen" the #1 Alternative Rock song on N1M's chart for Pennsylvania!! It's also sitting at #8 in the US and #20 in the world--pretty dang cool for an indie solo artist from the Philly suburbs! Couldn't have happened without you guys & gals, and as always, I'm so grateful for all your support!
In case anyone's interested, I just made a bunch of tunes available for download on my ReverbNation page, link, and half of the proceeds go to one of my favorite charities, Love Hope Strength, which focuses on building and supporting cancer centers around the world & boosting awareness of global cancer needs, so please check it out!
Thanks SO MUCH to all of you again--I hope it's nice & warm wherever you are (it's -2 degrees here in Pennsylvania), and that you're enjoying some great music!
Sincerely,
Chris Kudela
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About Chris Kudela
Chris grew up in a small blue-collar town in central New Jersey, the youngest of 3 children who all loved music. He and his brother used to put on lip-sync concerts in their house with other kids from the neighborhood: "We used to geek out to Destroyer and Zeppelin II—we stuck one of those old neon green fish-tank algae scrapers in the door jamb of our closet, and that was our mic stand. We’d turn the top bunk of our bunk beds into a makeshift drum set, and tennis rackets and baseball bats were our guitars. I got to sing Love Gun once, and I remember thinking how cool it was! I couldn’t have been more than 6 at the time, and I didn’t even know what the lyrics meant—I just knew our parents were suspicious, and that made it feel even cooler. We had so much fun doing that stuff—we were true fanatics, and it really jump-started my love of rock and music in general."
Chris didn’t start thinking about making his own music, however, until college. While studying dramatic writing in New York City, he was given an odd one-off assignment by a visiting professor: write and perform an original song. He borrowed a friend’s old electric guitar, booked some time in one of the school’s piano rooms, and went to work. From then on, he was hooked, and he’s been working on the craft of songwriting ever since. He mainly performs as a solo artist, singing and playing acoustic guitar, but he’s also played in indie bands such as Blindfold the Sun and My Friend Autumn. His music is a blend of power pop, indie rock, and Americana, and some of his favorite artists include Michael Penn, Neil Finn, Pete Yorn, Old 97s, and The Replacements.
Chris recently released his 6-song EP, Write It Over, and it's been garnering some high praise: "Write It Over is a great project from this pop-rocker, and my former city of residence – Philly – ought to be proud of their native son," writes Shaine Freeman of I Am Entertainment magazine. The Indie Rock Cafe compares the experience of listening to Write It Over to "...driving down the boulevard with the top down on a beautiful summer day." The EP was recorded at Portrait Studios in northern NJ with producer Chris Badami, and it includes performances by some incredible musicians and great friends. A blend of the power pop and alt-country/roots rock that Kudela loves so much, the songs on Write It Over run the gamut from all-out anthems like Greenroom and TKO Chicago to raw, stripped-down offerings like the reimagined Ring of Fire and the bluesy, barroom romp Wine & Whiskey. Chris is currently touring in support of this project. For more information, visit link.
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Past Events
Sun
Mar 15
2:00 AM
All Ages
East Coast Recording Company
United States, Pennsylvania, Warminster, 780 Falcon Circle Suite 300, 18974
Fri
Apr 03
7:30 AM
21+
Black Walnut Winery
United States, Pennsylvania, Phoenixville, 260 Bridge Street, 19460
Fri
Apr 24
8:30 AM
21+ or w/ adult
Spring City Hotel Bar & Restaurant
United States, Pennsylvania, Spring City, 88 N. Main Street, 19475
Sat
Jun 06
9:00 AM
All Ages
West Reading Tavern
United States, Pennsylvania, West Reading, 606 Penn Avenue, 19611
Fri
Nov 03
7:30 PM
All Ages
The Vault at Victor Records
United States, New Jersey, Berlin, 150 South White Horse Pike, 08009
Wed
Nov 15
7:30 PM
All Ages
1867 Sanctuary Arts & Cultural Center
United States, New Jersey, Ewing, 101 Scotch Road, 08628
