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Stephen Kalpin

Been tOO lOng

Short Bio: Stephen Kalpin him, at first a nearly total hearing loss, and forced
him to leave the band and recording. As his hearing
Ever since he touched his first instrument in his very began to return, he began to slowly play again with
early childhood, Stephen Kalpin (AKA Seth Koos friends, until a relocation moved him hundreds of
and Steven Jericho), has always been keenly miles away.
interested in creating original music. During visits
to his grandparents’ house at a very early age he At that point, unsatisfied with playing acoustic
would play songs on their organ, using the numbers guitar alone, he began recording again. After years of
of course. But he was always more interested in what comments like “this is too good to keep to yourself”,
made that combination of notes work, and how it “Music is meant to be shared”, “You should be on a
made him feel, than the song itself stage somewhere”, and “That should be published”,
and because changes in technology, made it easier
Around age 4 or 5, he began playing guitar, to record at a much higher quality, he began writing
experimenting and looking for combinations that to publish. His first single “Banishing the Beast” in
made him feel a certain way. At age 11, he began 2016 under the name “Seth Koos”. He has since been
taking lessons and studying music theory. At age 19, working on an EP that will be titled “Days of Vinyl”
after playing in a few bands, he stepped up for a bass You can find a few of these tracks on soundcloud at
player with an injured finger in a band, and the link below. So come, feel the music.
immediately became their new bass player. Listen to Been Too Long by WinRec on #Sound-
Frustrated by the bands unwillingness to try Cloud
original music, he would book studio time and write, https://soundcloud.com/user-265070968/been-too-
and record songs. Those songs drew the interest of long
a smaller label. He continued to play with that band
and do studio work until age 29, when a virus caused https://www.hopeforhomelesshearoesheartsii.com/

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