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Peak Performance Blog #9
Only one week left in the Peak Performance Project…and I’m scrambling to complete my final report, while touring across the country, and I need online votes in a big way! If you haven’t voted yet, please take a sec to do it up. It would mean the world to me. The past two+ weeks have been an absolute whirlwind, here’s what I’ve been up to:
Last week I was contacted by www.rhythmzonegame.com and they’ve selected 4 songs from “Where Does The Time Go?” to add to Rhythm Zone (An online version of guitar hero). The game has over 30 million users and is about to be added to facebook, so I’m super stoked to see my tunes play a part in such a popular game!
This week I was asked to perform a special 4 song set for CBC Television at The Habitat in Kelowna during The 2010 Break Out West Music Festival and Conference.
And on November 4th we’ll be performing at Creative Mix a giant think tank with an amazing panel of speakers, including Dan Mangan.
Had a great interview and article written in Edmonton’s Vue Weekly and you can check it out online here: http://vueweekly.com/music/story/street_songs/
In other awesome news, I was featured as Indie Track Of The Day on Explore Music with Alan Cross, who I really admire. I love The Ongoing History Of Rock series that he does. http://exploremusic.com/indie-track/bodhi-jones-i-used-to-know-how/
On top of all that “Where Does The Time Go?” received a great review! 4 out of 5 stars from www.pressplus1.com http://www.pressplus1.com/music/timeless-an-interview-with-bodhi-jones.html
The month of Rocktober has been an awesome ride and I’ll be posting a full tour blog when I make it back home on October 24th. Stay tuned for a tour documentary too!
About Bodhi
Genre: Alternative Pop
Similar Artists: David Gray, Ray Lamontagne, Damien Rice, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, James Blunt, and Raine Maida
Bodhi Jones spent his early years poor but happy with his mother and sister on Saltspring Island. He affectionately refers to it as a "1980's hippie paradise” and says spending his childhood there was like living a page right out of Huckleberry Finn. Shortly after his tenth birthday he and his mom moved from Saltspring to Vancouver in search of greater opportunity, during this time Bodhi felt overwhelmed by the big city and became very isolated. He was often sick and spent a lot of time home alone...it was during these pre-teen years that he truly discovered his passion for music.
Over the past 6 years, Bodhi has recorded 5 EP’s and 3 full length albums, selling over 20 000 copies while performing on the streets of downtown Vancouver. In 2009 Bodhi was selected as Virgin Radio's "BC artist of the month", voted into The Peak Performance Project's Top 20, and named Vancouver's best busker by The Georgia Straight. 2010 has brought even more exposure his way: Earning a second consecutive spot in The Peak Performance Project's Top 20 and is being played on 100.5 The Peak, CBC Radio One, Virgin, Citr and CJSFU. He also performed live on CTV's Canada Am and Global's Morning Show during the 2010 Winter Olympics.
In April of 2010 he released a new full length album titled "Where Do We Go From Here?" Produced by Winston Hauschild (Hannah Georgas) and mixed by Shawn Cole (Bend Sinister, Yukon Blonde, and You Say Part! We Say Die!), this latest effort is a big step up sonically and truly showcases Bodhi's heart, honesty, and song writing talents. He's just completed his second western Canada tour and is planning a Cross-Canada tour this spring in support of his new album "Ordinary Madness".
www.bodhijones.com
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