Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
My Bio
Amongst many things, I am a very grateful singer/songwriter. I've been blessed by God and life has taken me down highways of incredible experience just like a fairy tale. Growing up, I became attracted to music at an early age. My uncle Robert and his friends used to jam in their living room and I always wanted play with them. Now I can and I have. I watched them as a fire inside me raged. That fire started 20 years ago.
Before learning to play guitar, I would take songs from the radio and rewrite my own childish versions. Years later, I took my aspirations a step a further and learned guitar and started writing my own songs as well as covering other artists' material. I don't have a lot of covers under my belt but there are a few artists in various genres who's songs have struck a chord in me. Johnny Cash, Jim Croce, Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan and Bob Marley are important songwriters that have songs in which I felt inspired to learn and change around ever-so-slightly to make them my own.
As for my original pieces, they dive into the spectrum head first and come out with either a rock ballad, an edgy/driven rock tune, a fast paced rap/rock song or a country twang all with catchy hooks and meaningful lyrics. When writing, I play with words and create images and feelings. I tell stories. I try to be completely honest and vulnerable and then watch in my mind and heart as the words manifest and then subsequently fall onto paper. I'll strum a few-mostly simple-chords, hum out a melody then apply the lyrics.
Fortunately, I've lived through some amazing occurances which has ultimately led me to write over 75 songs. I don't remember them all and not all of them have a direct correlation to my experiences but the situations I've been in have seasoned my music and thus helped me create. I write about Love, God, Fighting, Desperation, and Emotions.
Also, I'd like to add that I am bi-polar and an addict. There could be a whole chapter written on just what that diagnosis means to me and how it has affected my life in all aspects but for my music's sake, it has made me write incredibly depressing and wonderfully uplifting and inspiring songs.
My childhood was colorful. I was active and ambitious, determined and accelerated in everything I touched but I moved around a lot. However, this gave me an impeccable skill at making friends in new places. It has morphed me into a charismatic and charming adult. Using my personality and talent, I have positioned myself to do big things with big people but only to help those who don't have what I posess.
My goal is to become a historical figure. With music, I feel I'm writing my mark on the industry and there will come the time where I can wave a magic wand and fix the lives of those in suffering. That is my purpose. God has blessed me for a reason and it would be selfish if I didn't share those blessings.
Before learning to play guitar, I would take songs from the radio and rewrite my own childish versions. Years later, I took my aspirations a step a further and learned guitar and started writing my own songs as well as covering other artists' material. I don't have a lot of covers under my belt but there are a few artists in various genres who's songs have struck a chord in me. Johnny Cash, Jim Croce, Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan and Bob Marley are important songwriters that have songs in which I felt inspired to learn and change around ever-so-slightly to make them my own.
As for my original pieces, they dive into the spectrum head first and come out with either a rock ballad, an edgy/driven rock tune, a fast paced rap/rock song or a country twang all with catchy hooks and meaningful lyrics. When writing, I play with words and create images and feelings. I tell stories. I try to be completely honest and vulnerable and then watch in my mind and heart as the words manifest and then subsequently fall onto paper. I'll strum a few-mostly simple-chords, hum out a melody then apply the lyrics.
Fortunately, I've lived through some amazing occurances which has ultimately led me to write over 75 songs. I don't remember them all and not all of them have a direct correlation to my experiences but the situations I've been in have seasoned my music and thus helped me create. I write about Love, God, Fighting, Desperation, and Emotions.
Also, I'd like to add that I am bi-polar and an addict. There could be a whole chapter written on just what that diagnosis means to me and how it has affected my life in all aspects but for my music's sake, it has made me write incredibly depressing and wonderfully uplifting and inspiring songs.
My childhood was colorful. I was active and ambitious, determined and accelerated in everything I touched but I moved around a lot. However, this gave me an impeccable skill at making friends in new places. It has morphed me into a charismatic and charming adult. Using my personality and talent, I have positioned myself to do big things with big people but only to help those who don't have what I posess.
My goal is to become a historical figure. With music, I feel I'm writing my mark on the industry and there will come the time where I can wave a magic wand and fix the lives of those in suffering. That is my purpose. God has blessed me for a reason and it would be selfish if I didn't share those blessings.
I Can Relate...
I can relate...
to feeling outnumbered
to being a rebel
to falling hard
to learning lessons
to being in love
to transformations
to letting go
to accepting God in my life
to faith, truth and honesty
to overcoming obstacles
to breaking rules
to fighting what's wrong
to fighting what I know is right
to spirtual cleansing
to prayer
to being stressed and overwhelmed
to wanting to break things
to making big decisions under the influence
to making wrong decisions under the influence
to feeling selfish and self-centered
to feeling selfless and of service
to neglect
to passion
to ambition
to desperation
to fears of all sorts
and to a life worth living
to feeling outnumbered
to being a rebel
to falling hard
to learning lessons
to being in love
to transformations
to letting go
to accepting God in my life
to faith, truth and honesty
to overcoming obstacles
to breaking rules
to fighting what's wrong
to fighting what I know is right
to spirtual cleansing
to prayer
to being stressed and overwhelmed
to wanting to break things
to making big decisions under the influence
to making wrong decisions under the influence
to feeling selfish and self-centered
to feeling selfless and of service
to neglect
to passion
to ambition
to desperation
to fears of all sorts
and to a life worth living
Entered Different Space
For the first time in my musical career, last night I performed in a bar and didn't drink. I'm undergoing a multitude of emotions all surfacing from abstaining from alcohol. As a proud member of AA, I walked into that bar and laughed at its lack of power over me but afterward I wasn't laughing any more. I actually got depressed. My old memories awakened and I heard that booze calling my name, antagonizing me. Yet in all this madness I was still able to overcome the difficult task of staying sober. So without rambling, I must give myself a pat on the back. Good job Joe. You passed the test...
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