Peak Performance Blog #3

The Peak Performance Project is rocking my world once again! After all the stress and madness of last years PPP, I swore that if I ever made it back in, I was gonna stay calm and work smarter than harder….but no such luck, I’ve gone straight back to crazy town! I’ve been stressing and constantly obsessing over how to make my mark in this years project. However with that being said, there hasn’t been a dull moment yet and things are going really well.

I’ve just been voted into Red Robinson’s Talent Show Down for this years star search at The PNE. 30 competitors were selected out of 500+ applicants. The contest is broken into three age groups and so I’ve got a 1 in 10 shot at winning $5,000 and gaining a ton of publicity! The most notable past winner of the event is Michael Buble, he took top prize back in 2002. Fingers crossed.

I also did an awesome interview with supper blogger Jax Said a few days ago, and you can check it out Right Here! On a different note….Over the past few months I’ve been growing more and more frustrated with politicians, corporate greed, and the devastation of our planet and it’s people…so I threw together a little slide show set to music, please Check It Out and pass it on to a friend. Thanks*

Talk to y’all next week, much love! 

9 July 2010 ·

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