After playing nearly ten years in the northwest music scene with funk and jam bands (Pale Green Pants, The Furleys), Brian Copeland is returning to his roots and focusing on structured melodic pop tunes - songs that strike a chord with people, songs that people really feel. Enter his new project, the Brian Copeland Band. The band released its debut recording in 2003 to a standing room only crowd at Portland (OR) hipster hangout FUEL. Folks are taking notice. The new CD has been getting rave reviews ever since its release. Portland newspaper Willamette Week says: "The Brian Copeland Band is a lot like a northwest version of Matchbox 20...both projects contain pop orchestrations so sweet they'd leave Bigfoot a drooling, drunken beast." In addition, the CDs title track "Daffodil" recently made it to the semi-finals of the international Make-a-star.com songwriters contest. The band is currently in the studio finishing up tracks for the second recording, due out Spring 2006.

Influences

Crowded House/Neil Finn
Dave Matthews Band
The Beatles
INXS
Peter Gabriel
Guster

Bio

After playing nearly ten years in the northwest music scene with funk and jam bands (Pale Green Pants, The Furleys), Brian Copeland is returning to his roots and focusing on structured melodic pop tunes - songs that strike a chord with people, songs that people really feel. Enter his new project, the Brian Copeland Band. The band released its debut recording in November to a standing room only crowd at Portland (OR) hipster hangout FUEL. Folks are taking notice. The new CD has been getting rave reviews ever since its release. The CDs title track "Daffodil" recently made it to the semi-finals of the international Makeastar.com songwriters contest. In addition, the band is currently in the regional finals of the Emergenza international music festival and is performing at venues throughout the west coast. A new CD is scheduled for release in September of 2006.

The Band
With mature songwriting and a new recording, the Brian Copeland Band delivers powerful magnetic pop with rock and funk flavors. This time around, Copeland has joined forces with lead guitarist/vocalist Jon Taubman. Jon’s jazz background (he holds a jazz composition degree) combined with his keen pop sense and vocal capabilities make him a key addition to the band. Taubman blends sweet lead lines and vocal harmonies with Copeland’s rhythmic strumming and lead vocals to