Ken Tamplin

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| background = solo_singer

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| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar}}

| genre = {{hlist|Christian rock|hard rock|Christian metal}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Vocal coach|YouTuber|singer-songwriter}}

| years_active = 1980–present

| label = {{hlist|Intense|Benson|Girder|Spring Hill|Song Haus}}

| website = {{URL|kentamplinvocalacademy.com}}

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Ken Tamplin is an American vocal coach and former Christian rock musician. He is a former member of the bands Joshua, Shout, and Magdallan.

Early years

Tamplin began playing guitar at age six and singing at age nine. Despite being raised in a Christian home, he was not openly Christian until some time before he began his musical career.{{cite book|first1=Dan |last1=Milette |title=A SHOUT for Mortality |publisher=CCM Magazine |volume=12 |issue=2 |date=August 1989 |language=en |page=17}}

Career

Tamplin was one of the members of the group Joshua in the early 1980s.{{cite news |last1=DeBoer |first1=Terry |title=Singer-songwriters new album is 'strictly pop-R&B |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1120399974/?terms=ken%20tamplin%20joshua&match=1 |access-date=5 February 2025 |work=The Grand Rapids Press |date=21 January 1996 |language=en}} He left Joshua to form the band Shout along with Chuck King. The group disbanded in 1989 after financial difficulties. He went on to found Magdallan with Lanny Cordola.

Tamplin signed a solo recording contract with Frontline Records, releasing the album An Axe To Grind in 1990.{{cite news |last1=Van Pelt |first1=Doug |title=Ken Tamplin: Now a solo, the one time Shout frontman is still in your face.|url=https://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Ken_Tamplin_Now_a_solo_the_one_time_Shout_frontman_is_still_in_your_face/36396/p1/ |access-date=4 February 2025 |work=Cross Rhythms |issue=4 |date=1 November 1990}} He later had recording contracts with Benson Records{{cite book |title=Billboard |date=30 April 1994 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |page=40 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RggEAAAAMBAJ |access-date=5 February 2025 |language=en}} and Spring Hill Music Group.

Tamplin is the winner of four GMA Dove Awards, including Hard Music Album of the Year at the 25th GMA Dove Awards in 1994, for his album Tamplin; and received 12 nominations.{{cite web |author= |title=Ken Tamplin Bio |url=https://kentamplinvocalacademy.com/ken-tamplin-bio/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202004127/https://kentamplinvocalacademy.com/ken-tamplin-bio/ |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |access-date=February 1, 2023 |website=Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy |via=Wayback Machine}}{{cite news |last=Lobdell |first=William |date=February 19, 2001 |title=Raising Their Voices |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-19-me-27425-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=October 14, 2009}}

In 2001, Tamplin produced the album Make Me Your Voice, featuring gospel singer Andraé Crouch, to help raise funds for Christian groups working in Sudan.

Personal life

Tamplin is married and has two children.{{cite web |url=http://kentamplin.com/index2.php?page=news |title=News Archive |last=Tamplin |first=Ken |website=Ken Tamplin Online |access-date=2023-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331085900/http://kentamplin.com:80/index2.php?page=news |archive-date=2009-03-31 |via=Wayback Machine}} He was a resident of Costa Mesa, California, and co-owned Music Painter Studios with Robert Hart, located at the nearby Santa Ana Heights.{{cite web |url=https://www.izcorp.com/studio/united-states/california/music-painter-studios-ken-tamplin-robert-hart/ |title=Music Painter Studios — Ken Tamplin & Robert Hart |author= |website=iZ Technology Corporation |access-date=2023-02-06 }} He later relocated with his wife to Flagstaff, Arizona. His Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy and studio are based in Sedona.{{cite web |url=https://kentamplinvocalacademy.com/in-studio-singing-lessons-sedona/ |title=In Studio: Singing Lessons - Sedona |author= |website=Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy |access-date=2023-02-01 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201230528/https://kentamplinvocalacademy.com/in-studio-singing-lessons-sedona/ |archive-date=2022-12-01 |via=Wayback Machine}}

Tamplin's brother Lance is a pastor with whom he started Living Stones Fellowship in 2001, which was based at the La Tierra Elementary school in Mission Viejo, where he served as a worship director.{{cite web |url=http://kentamplin.com/index2.php?page=news |title=Living Stones Fellowship |last1=Tamplin |first1=Ken |last2=Tamplin |first2=Lance |website=Living Stones Fellowship |access-date=2023-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010224061308/http://www.livingstonesfellowship.com/ |archive-date=2001-02-24 |via=Wayback Machine}}

Tamplin is a cousin to former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar.{{cite journal|date=July–August 1997 |title=What Sammy Hagar Sez |journal=HM Magazine |issue=66 |url=//www.hmmagazine.com/archives/SammyHagar.htm |accessdate=2007-04-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001031180228/http://www.hmmagazine.com/archives/SammyHagar.htm |archivedate=2000-10-31 }} Hagar said of Tamplin in an interview: "I've only met him once. But you know, he sends me his records and all that stuff."

Discography

=Albums=

Source:{{Cite web |title=Ken Tamplin {{!}} Frontline Records |url=https://frontlinerecords.us/artists/?22 |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=frontlinerecords.us}}{{Cite web |title=Shout/Tamplin |url=https://girdermusic.com/collections/shout |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=girdermusic.com |language=en}}

1984 – Joshua – Surrender
1987 – Shout – It Won't Be Long
1988 – Shout – In Your Face
1989 – Angelica – Angelica
1989 – The Power Team – Take 'Em Back
1990 – Tamplin and Friends – An Axe to Grind
1991 – Ken Tamplin – Soul Survivor
1991 – Magdallan – Big Bang
1992 – Rock Of The 80's – Volume 1
1993 – Tamplin – Tamplin
1993 – Hollywood Hairspray – Volume 2
1994 – Shout – At The Top Of Their Lungs
1995 – Tamplin – In the Witness Box
1995 – Ken Tamplin – We the People
1995 – Ken Tamplin – Goin' Home
1996 – Magdallan – End Of The Ages
1997 – Ken Tamplin – Liquid Music Compilation
1997 – Ken Tamplin – The Colors of Christmas
1997 – Shout – Back
1998 – Major League Soundtrack – Back To The Minors
1999 – Ken Tamplin – Brave Days of Old
2001 – Ken Tamplin – Where Love Is
2001 – Ken Tamplin – Make Me Your Voice 1
2002 – Laudamus – Lost In Vain
2003 – Ken Tamplin and Friends – Wake the Nations
2004 – Ken Tamplin – Make Me Your Voice 2
2009 – Ken Tamplin – How Sweet the Sound (Spring Hill Music U.S.)
2011 – Ken Tamplin – Got You Covered Vol 1
2011 – Ken Tamplin – Got You Covered Vol 2
2011 – Ken Tamplin – Got You Covered Vol 3
2011 – Ken Tamplin – Got You Covered Vol 4
2011 – Ken Tamplin – Got You Covered Vol 5
2011 – Ken Tamplin – Got You Covered Vol 6
2012 – Ken Tamplin – Then Sings My Soul
2012 – Ken Tamplin – Superstar Medleys
2014 – Ken Tamplin – Ballads of Ken Tamplin Vol 1

=Additional credits=

Kiss – Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions{{Cite web |title=KISS Concert History Online - Song Stories - "I Confess" (1997) |url=https://www.kissconcerthistory.com/song_stories/song_stories_cos_10.php |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.kissconcerthistory.com}}