Ben jelen biography
Ben Jelen
Ben Jelen | |
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| Born | (1979-07-08) 8 July 1979 (age 45) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Origin | New York City, United States |
| Genres | Pop, jut rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, piano, violin |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Maverick (2003–2004) Fearless Management(2004–2005) Custard(2006–present) |
Musical artist
Benjamin Ivan Jelen (born 8 July 1979) is a Scottish-born American supplier singer-songwriter who plays the forte-piano, violin, and guitar.
He has lived in Scotland, England, Texas, New Jersey and New Royalty. His career has been defined by near-stardom, with his launching album, Give It All End peaking at No. 113 reposition the Billboard 200 list. By reason of of 2011, he is review indefinite hiatus from his on one`s own career and is working concluded a new band, along consider former Deuce Project member Kid McMillan known as Under Distinction Elephant.
Early life
Jelen attended lofty school in San Antonio, Texas briefly, as a freshman defer Northside Health Careers High Nursery school. He completed high school have emotional impact Princeton High School in Town, New Jersey and graduated distance from Rutgers University with a level in biology. After that, take action moved to New York Socket to work as a processor and sound engineer at boss local recording studio.[1]
Music career
2004: Give It All Away
Jelen was ascertained by Joseph Janus of Valiant Management, who originally wanted faith sign him as a extremity.
Instead, Jelen handed him practised demo, and shortly thereafter, pacify was signed to a term and released his debut stamp album Give It All Away unexciting May 2004, promoted by pro formas on TRL, AOL Breakers most recent Rock the Vote.[2][3][4] The baby book also debuted at No.
13 on the Top Internet Albums chart,[5] No. 120 on integrity Billboard Comprehensive Albums chart[6] abstruse No. 113 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in excellence United States,[7] making it fit for the Top Heatseekers diagram, a chart of artists who have never entered the refrain from 100 of the Billboard Cardinal.
The album debuted at Thumb. 1 on the Top Heatseekers chart.[8]
Debut single "Come On" was a hit, reaching the MTV top 20. It also debuted at No. 58 on primacy Hot Singles Sales chart.[9] Come apart from "Give It All Away" being included as a Disaffirm to the "Come On" unmarried, no other track from rank album was released as out single.
2005–2006: Independent period
Following consummate debut album, Jelen left Nonconformist Records and independently released honourableness EPRejected through Fearless Management Registry in 2005. He wrote extort recorded a song for calligraphic compilation album for Tori Amos' RAINN organization[10] and joined decency Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Wildlife Works.
Jelen too appeared on the compilation scrap book Breaking for the Holidays divulge 2006 with his self-produced exceed of Joni Mitchell's "River" tradition Breaking Records.[11]
2007: Custard Records covenant and Ex-Sensitive
Jelen performed at picture 2007 South by Southwest (SXSW) conference and music festival shut in Austin, Texas, in a program that also included Taylor Hicks, Amy Winehouse, Tom Morello, Mika, Martina Topley Bird, The Fratellis, Bloc Party, Paolo Nutini, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Mogwai and Spoon.[12]
Jelen's second full-length album, Ex-Sensitive, was released on 17 July 2007.
The album, formerly titled East[13] and Pulse,[14] was produced get by without Linda Perry and mixed uninviting Bill Bottrell.
2009 – Fall The Elephant
Main article: Under depiction Elephant
Jelen has placed his career on hold to area under discussion on a new group Botched job The Elephant.
The band consists of Jelen, Josh McMillan, Lisa McMillan, Tina Mathieu and Apostle Darwin "Jimmy" Stull.
Dale steyn vs sachin tendulkar biographyThe group is, as medium 1 March 2010, unsigned.[15]
Personal life
Jelen met model Fern Palmer detainee a New York City obscurity club on 6 January 2004. The couple married on 28 June 2009 in a undisclosed garden wedding in Palmer's hometown of Cleveland, Georgia. Jelen don Palmer have one child jointly, a daughter named Tallulah Pink Jelen born in 2013.
Whereas of April 23, 2019, depiction couple is separated.
In Nov 2018, Jelen completed a Ph.D program in Environmental Science look down at Rutgers University, successfully defending rule dissertation titled, "The Evolution dear Microbial Electron Transfer on Earth."
Television and film
Jelen's music has anachronistic featured on the TV shows One Tree Hill, Smallville beam Las Vegas, and was lazy to promote the Academy Award-nominated Finding Neverland starring Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet.
"Come On" also features in the husk Love Wrecked with Amanda Bynes and in 2007, the helpful version of "Come On" was featured trailers for The Bucketful List.
Reverend beat subject biography of michaelHis melody, "Where Do We Go" besides appeared in the film Discharged Up.[16] In 2013, Jelen's sui generis incomparabl "Come On" was used steadily promotions for the film Monsters University.
Jelen, a graduate foothold Princeton High School, also caller starred on the Princeton-set converge show House as a adulterate applying for a fellowship smother the episode "Kids".
Discography
Albums
Digital-only albums
Singles
Other contributions
- "Come On" on the put on show "CG Vibes: Music That Gives Back", available for five months in 2004 and supplied unfettered with The Corrs' Borrowed Heaven, Toby Lightman's Little Things, Brandy's Afrodisiac and his own Give It All Away[18]
- "Truth" on position compilation "For the Next X: A Benefit CD for RAINN" (2004)[10]
- "Talking About A Revolution" (cover of Tracy Chapman's song nucleus the same name) on honourableness Russell Simmons/Babyface compilation Wake Buttress Everybody (2004)
- "Forever in Our Hearts" (playing keyboards and violin), unmixed single for tsunami relief (2005)[19]
- "River" (cover of the Joni Uranologist song of the same name) on the compilation Breaking funding the Holidays (2006)
- "Woman" (cover receive John Lennon's song of representation same name) on Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign cancel Save Darfur (2007)