Fenix Falling

Born October 19, 1978 in Fort Collins, CO, USA. Nick Fenix was raised in a household of celebrating music. In the car singing on family roadtrips, the sounds of the piano resonating throughout the household. There were two distinct moments in his life that inspired him to follow the path of a musician. Watching the 1986 animated film "Adventures of the American Rabbit", Bach's Minuete in G Major resonated through him and was the first time the beauty of music pushed him to tears. He then began learning how to play piano. His mom set up a key chart on the piano, and notated the alphabetic letter next to the notes in some sheet music. The moment that altered his path forever came in 1990 when he brought home the Nintendo game Final Fantasy from the historical Blockbuster. The music was incredible, written by Nobuo Uematsu, changed the way he looked at music forever. That was someone's job and he was paid to do that. Best gig ever. He then became very involved in school choirs, learning performance, and school musicals. Just a couple years later - the first compositions began to find form. By the end of high school he had began performing his own compositions and could be found busking in the local area. Influences from this time period include classical, classic rock, popular music from the 50's, 60's, and the 70's. MTV began its rule. Ska was huge, swing dancing found its revival, and acts determined on being the most authentic version of their bad selves countered the overly formulaic and over produced pop genre. Pop was no longer popular and through the power of the people, Grunge changed the world. The Beatles, The Doors, Van Morrison, Queen, Pink Floyd, Queensryche, The Cardigans, Cake, No Doubt and Nirvana were huge influences. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was a song that sent a bolt through him the first time he experienced it. It was dark, beautiful, angry. The industry had acknowledged a new definition of popular. Offsprings, Smash, could be heard blaring out of his car window. An independent punk band who broke the records of the biggest independent release, overcoming the Smashing Pumpkins whom seemed unbeatable at the time. Then Hip-Hop began to take the industry in a whole new direction. Out of high school he joined the Navy and began his tenure across the world where he began. From 1999 to 2004, stationed in Japan, he was introduced to a completely new culture of music. Genre fusion, Hip-Hop influenced rock acts full of soul, the rise of EDM, began shaping the music of Fenix Falling. In the aftermath of 9-11, MandD Entertainment became Nick's first recording studio, and recorded a two track demo, unreleased in the USA. "Bring Me Home" and "How Can I?" He could also be seen outside of train stations rocking his acoustic guitar. Nick had a difficult time adjusting returning to the USA experiencing culture shock home. So many small things changed over time passed un-noticed to those in the environment. In 2007 -- Cakewalk made home recording possible. The alternative rock project Fenix Falling was founded and released a home made demo over social media. A promoter reached out to arrange a meeting for an event he was hosting on the stage in downtown Fort Collins in the summer of 2008. Fenix Falling was offered the opening spot with Flobots, 3OH3!, and headliner Sublime. The band formation was formed shortly after with Brandon Pounds (Bass), Jake Kirchenheuter (Guitar), and Eric Tregoning (Drums) with 6 months to prepare for the show. Fenix Falling began gathering a local following when the MySpace reset happened. Not only did Fenix Falling lose contact with the promoter, the event didn't happen. We played around the Northern Colorado area and Denver, A promoter of a festival in Wyoming contacted Fenix Falling and offered them to be the VIP afterparty music for The Misfits. Eric and Jake decided to leave the band, and they were replaced with Alex Scott (drums) and Chris Algeo (guitar). Fenix Falling kept playing shows until the cancellation of MetalFest. Fenix Falling as a band was dissolved back into a solo project and Nick went to college. In 2011, Attending Front Range Community College with a focus on composition and orchestration. It was at the school Nick was discovered by the director of Open Stage (Lincoln Center affiliate) playing the grand piano in the practice room. Nick was invited to compose and perform the music for the play live on stage. For him, this was a step towards the dream of writing music for video games. A three month process from rehearsal to performance, Nick composed a full soundtrack for the play, Dead Man's Cellphone which had a two week run for a sold out house for the run of the show. After receiving payment of $50 from the playgroup, he stepped away from collegiate pursuits in music. Though busking and songwriting continued during this hiatus. 2011-2025 - Fenix Falling Hiatus. The pandemic years, while music had always been in the background, Nick directed his efforts back to music. Composing to pass the time. Performing for friends on Facebook live following the example of Norah Jones. He produced a music video series using Garage Band and LumaFusion on his phone. In 2024, he upgraded to Logic and decided that the biggest regret of his life would to not release his music. February 14, 2025 - Fenix Falling began releasing music leading to the album release of Fallout on February 2nd, 2026.