YOU GOTTA LOVA A BOY FROM NEW JERSEY WHO TAKES HOLD OF A MELODY AND INFUSES IT WITH LYRICS THAT TUG ON YOUR HEART...MEET JIMMY WHITE,SONGWRITER AND CONTEMPORARY (AC) ARTIST, WINNER OF THE 2007 CROSSOVER ARTIST OF THE YEAR AWARD AT THE NEW MUSIC AWARDS IN HOLLYWOOD,CA. JIMMY WHITE, WHOSE SONGS AND PRODUCTIONS CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE AND DOMINATE THE AC CHARTS...
A SELF TAUGHT PIANIST, INSPIRED EARLY ON BY THE HARMONIESMAND DISTINCTIVE SOUND OF THE CUTTING EDGE MUSIC OF BRIAN WILSON, WHITE KNEW FROM HIS VERY FIRST SPIN OF "GOD ONLY KNOWS" THAT HE WAS AT LAST "HOME"...THE DISTINCTIVE FUSION OF MUSIC AND LYRICS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT IN THE RECORDING PROCESS CONTINUE TO BE THIS TALENTED SINGER AND SONGWRITER'S FIRST LOVE...
WHITE'S CAREER AS A PROFESSIONAL SONGWRITER BEGAN WHILE STUDYING AT SETON HALL UNIVERSITY, WHEN THIS BUDDING TALENT SOLD HIS FIRST EFFORT TO MCA MUSIC AT AGE NINETEEN, SINCE THEN, WHITE PUBLISHED SEVERAL MORE SONGS TO HIS CREDIT NAMELY; "LOST IN AN ENDLESS LOVE WITH YOU", "LOVER AT FIRST SIGHT", "HANGING ONTO MY HEART", "YOU COULDN'T HOLD ME BACK", AND "YOU GAVE ME".
TODAY, JIMMY'S MUSIC DOMINATES THE AC CHART WITH SONGS LIKE "CHANGE MY LIFE" FROM HIS SMASHING DEBUT ALBUM, "ONE TRACK HEART". "CHANGE MY LIFE" ROSE TO NUMBER 1 ON THE STS MAIN ADULT CONTEMPORARY (AC) CHART FOR 2 WEEKS, HELD T NUMBER 1 FOR 15 WEEKS ON THE INDEPENDENT AC CHART, AND DELIVERED THIS NEW ARTIST TO CERTAIN NOTORIETY WITH A COVETED NOMINATION FROM THE PRESTIGIOUS NEW MUSIC WEEKLY MAGAZINE AS "BEST NEW ARTIST" FOR 2006, WHITE'S SECOND NUMBER 1 SINGLE, "ONE TRACK HEART",DOMINATED THE MAIN AC CHART FOR 5 WEEKS FROM NOVEMBER 2006 THROUGH JANUARY 2007. THE SUBSEQUENT 2007 NO. 1 SINGLES "MY MY MARIA" AND "SURE FEELS LIKE LOVE" LED TO JIMMY BEING NAMED "CROSSOVER ARTIST OF THE YEAR" AT THE NEW MUSIC AWARDS HELD AT THE
FAMOUS AVALON THEATRE IN HOLLYWOOD, CA ON NOVEMBER 10,2007.
THE DEMAND FOR WHITE'S MUSIC IS ESCALATING, AND CAN BE SAMPLED AND PURCHASED ON HIS WEB SITE, AS WELL AS
OF COURSE HERE ON ISOUND. 2007 BROUGHT THE RELEASE OF ANOTHER MASTERPIECE FROM WHITE, THE FOLLOW UP TO "ONE TRACK HEART", "HIDDEN PICTURES".
WEAVING HIS MAGIC ON THIS NEW RELEASE, WHITE COLLABORATES WITH NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED MASTER MUSICIANS LIKE ENGINEER AND GUITARIST DAVE BELLANCA (WHITNEY HOUSTION, MIKKI HOWARD), AND DRUMMER MIKE CAPUTY (WYNONNA JUDD, T. GRAHAM BROWN, AND MANY OTHERS). JANUARY,2008, WILL SEE JIMMY'S FIRST RELEASE FOR HIS NEW RECORD COMPANY, ASPIRION RECORDS, ENTITLED "SURE FEELS LIKE LOVE", AFTER THE NO.1 SINGLE OF THE SAME NAME, AND INCLUDING THE SONG THAT HAS ALREADY BECOME A HOLIDAY CLASSIC, "I WISH YOU PEACE".
THIS "CROSSOVER ARTIST OF THE YEAR" WINNER SAYS MODESTLY OF HIS GIFTS; "I'M JUST GOING TO DO THE BEST WITH WHAT GOD GAVE ME". |
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