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Label: 16th Avenue Music

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Glenn Galen
Minneapolis, MN        Singer Songwriter

Bio

Glenn Galen's music is different from 99% of what you hear today.

Just listen to the *VARIETY* on this page....

His music is about great melody, and delightful, surprising chords you might not expect. Interesting twists and turns greet you.

He is an experienced performing songwriter, and he weaves thoughtful ideas and melodies into songs that spark your *mind*, as well as your *heartstrings*.

In his songs you'll hear influences ranging from sophisticated Burt Bacharach 60s jazz / pop -...

Songs

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Traveling By Night (Boogie Rock)
Glenn Galen
Traveling By Night (Boogie Rock)
The Journey Up
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Hard to Predict the Rain (Americ...
Glenn Galen
Hard to Predict the Rain (Americana/Country)
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Your Love Shines So Bright (Jaz...
Glenn Galen
Your Love Shines So Bright (Jazz waltz)
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The Ballad of Dan Moody (Americ...
Glenn Galen
The Ballad of Dan Moody (Americana)

Comments

Ben Aaron
Ben Aaron: Great original songs, Glenn. All sorts of styles rolled into one page here! Thanks for the music, Glenn. From another songster, -Ben Aaron  Nov 30
Johnny Miller The Riverside Cowboy
Johnny Miller The Riverside Co...: Hello Glenn. How are you? Wishing you the best in your music Career. Best of luck my friend. God Bless You. Johnny Miller The Riverside Cowboy  Nov 19
PROMIZE™
PROMIZE™: aWESOME mUSIC hERE! gOOD lUCK oN rN  Oct 24
Kara Johnstad
Kara Johnstad: beautiful to back here this afternoon. While listening I realized that you are in MINNEAPOLIS: I am currently in Berlin am setting up this month a concert in Minneapolis at the beginning or December. Perhaps our paths w...  Aug 04
Kristine
Kristine: Wonderful and varied stuff, Glenn! Loved Journey Up, and loving Hard To Predict The Rain now. WIll return often :-)  Jan 25
Judith Miller Band
Judith Miller Band: "Hard to Predict the Rain" great country sound strong vocals over good orchestration...way cool  Jan 18
Judith Miller Band
Judith Miller Band: just stopped for a quick listen..."Lake Shore Drive" this time....thanks  Aug 26
Vesa
Vesa: Love 'Lake Shore Drive' Glenn -great piano playing; with much expression. You're just a stone's throw away. I guess I noticed this song title first, because it made me think of driving many times to Minneapolis. GREAT...  May 06
Dayna Lynn Anderson
Dayna Lynn Anderson: I love the happy, expectant mood of Lakeshore Drive.  Dec 21
Betsy Burnam
Betsy Burnam: Glad to see AND hear you here, Glenn - more please!! I love your guitar work, lyrics and voice - Lake Shore Drive still reminds me of a beautiful summer night driving down LSD in Chicago. Maybe a CD from you one of the...  Dec 19

Chart Position

Singer Songwriter charts
for Minneapolis, MN.

Press

“The Journey Up knocked my socks off! I listened to it about 6 times in a row. Awesome!”
—  Mary Kliewer, Chaing Mai, Thailand

Status

Status: A Happy New Year to all!

Blog

Chords first? Melody First?
Oct 27, 2011 at 01:31 AM
I have always been a "chord-centric" artist. I love beautiful chords and the emotions they can convey. But on my recent song "Your Love Shines So Bright", this caused a problem: I had a set of chords that I found interesting and emotionally satisfying, but they were so unusual and fresh that I had trouble fitting a "singable" melody to them! I en...

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Artist Stats

Fans: 264
Song Plays: 2,052
Visits: 4,102
Video Plays: 167
Widget Hits: 1,241