JODY JOSEPH

SONGWRITER, SINGER, AND PERFORMER, JODY HAS MUSIC IN HER BLOOD. HER FAMILY BLOODLINE GOES BACK TO THE FAMOUS OPERA SINGER AND MOVIE STAR, THE LATE MARIO LANZA. MORE RECENTLY, SHE WAS GREATLY INFLUENCED BY HER GRANDFATHER AN ACCOMPLISHED SELF TAUGHT MUSICIAN, WITH PERFECT PITCH, WHO COULD PLAY ANY AND EVERY INSTRUMENT HE WAS HANDED

JODY'S EXPOSURE TO MUSIC STARTED AT AN EARLY AGE. "MY MOM AND DAD HAD MUSIC PLAYING IN THE HOUSE ALL THE TIME." JODY STARTED AS A PERFORMER WITH HER SISTERS, PLAYING GUITAR AND SINGING FOLK SONGS. IT DIDN'T TAKE MUCH TO PERSUADE JODY TO SING AND PERFORM, AND SO SHE DID, AT FAMILY GATHERINGS AND PARTIES. HER SONG WRITING EVOLVED FROM A COMBINATION OF MUSIC AND THE POETRY SHE STARTED TO WRITE IN HER DIARY.

JODY STARTED RECORDING PROFESSIONALLY AT THE POWER STATION IN NEW YORK CITY. SHE WASN'T SURE OF THE TYPE OF MUSIC SHE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH, SO SHE TOOK A TRY AT THE WORLD OF ROCK & ROLL. AFTER MAKING AN ALBUM, AND HAVING A VIDEO THAT WAS SHOWN ON MTV, SHE DECIDED THIS TYPE OF MUSIC WAS NOT FOR HER..

HER SONGS ARE NOW INSPIRED BY A REFLECTION OF HER LIFE EXPERIENCES AS A WOMAN, AND A SINGLE MOM TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. PASSIONATE AND INTELLIGENT ARE TWO ADJECTIVES THAT DESCRIBE THIS ARTIST. SHE COMBINES LYRICAL PICTURES WITH A GLIMPSE INTO THE HEART OF A WOMAN WHO KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS.

JODY HAS ALSO PERFORMED AT SEVERAL CLUBS IN NEW YORK CITY. HER FANS, WHICH BY THIS TIME BECAME QUITE A FOLLOWING, TRAVELED INTO THE CITY AS WELL TO SEE HER PERFORM. AT ONE OF THESE GIGS, SHE WAS ALSO SEEN BY SCOTT WELCH, OF ATLAS THIRD RAIL MANAGEMENT, IN LOS ANGELES ,WHO APPRECIATED HER TALENTS, AND BECAME HER MANAGER.

ASCAP SPONSORS A WRITERS WORKSHOP IN NEW YORK CITY CALLED "SONG TO SONG". SEVERAL HUNDRED ARTISTS ARE PRESENTED EVERY YEAR AND CRITIQUED ON THEIR ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS. IN 1994 JODY'S SONGS WERE SUBMITTED, AND ASCAP AWARDED HER WITH HAVING ONE OF THE TOP TEN SONGS OF THE YEAR.

JODY HAS DEVOTED HERSELF TO PERFORMING AND CREATING FULL TIME, AND IT IS NOW HER SOLE SOURCE OF INCOME. SHE IS DETERMINED TO SHARE HER ENTHUSIASM AND COMMITMENT TO HER MUSIC WITH EVERYONE.

HER DISTINCTIVE STYLE HAS BEEN DEFINED BY THE ON-GOING LIVE PERFORMANCES SHE PLAYS WEEKLY. SONGS LIKE "ON COMING TRAIN", "IF I COULD", AND "THAT'S SO ME" DEFINE JODY AS A SONGWRITER WHO HAS A GRASP OF HER EMOTIONS AND EVENTS THAT SHAPE OUR LIVES. IF MUSIC IS THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE, THEN JODY HAS A GIFT THAT MAKES HER A UNIQUE MUSICAL EXPERIENCE.

RECENTLY, JODY HAS SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH WARNER BROTHERS, AS A SONGWRITER, PERFORMER.


Submitted by Jody's Mom UPDATED 05/98

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