Today we’d like to introduce you to Joey Salvia.
Joey is a Brooklyn born songwriter-musician & indie artist who’s also an executive producer in radio/digital media. He’s commercially released over 9 albums and has clocked well over ten thousand hours behind a mic and soundboard. Currently, he’s working on a new batch of songs with hopes to release by Fall of 2018.
He is a voting member of SAG-AFTRA and The Recording Academy for The Grammys.
Joey performs solo acoustic and on bass/vocals with DFW bands, missing 3 and Moving Colors. He also produces a wide variety of radio content, podcasts, and commercials. His audio-production & voice-over work is heard nationwide on Cumulus Media/Westwood One stations each day. He’s been living in Frisco since 2012.
Can you give our readers some background on your art?
I write personal/story songs that are melodic and in genres from pop/rock to Americana. My most recent singles even feature cover art by my son, Roman Coda (9). I’ve recorded everywhere from big studios in NYC to a little room in Baltimore with the great, Andy Bopp. These days, I record from a home studio. I’m currently working with a friend in Chicago. He’s (Nick Bertling) helping me produce a few new songs that are family related and very personal. I write songs that are mostly about love, loss, and topics that are easily relatable to people from any walk of life. I’ve written melodic power pop songs for my old band, The Montgomery Cliffs, and I’ve composed Americana/Country songs for the band, Bleaker Street Cowboys. Whatever styles of music I choose to tackle, my lyrics are mostly based on real life experience.
While they’re not always directly about me, they are usually based on the things I see people going through in life every day. My solo albums are mostly singer-songwriter based (folk, pop, rock), and I like to write with my guitar or piano but, I’ve been known to write while driving as well. Although some might consider songwriting or performing live with a musical instrument “Art”, I see it more as a skill. It’s a craft that you work at (or not) throughout your life. I’m also an experienced “live” performer when it comes to sharing music. I can fit into a band on a large stage playing for thousands while singing with my bass, or strum or pick an acoustic guitar and solo on my harmonica in a small cafe with only a few people. I enjoy performing my songs as well as other artist’s songs. I love playing music!
How do you think about success, as an artist, and what do quality do you feel is most helpful?
Being able to grow as an artist is the most important aspect of what I do career-wise. Getting to work with various people, learning from one another, and creating is a special gift. I get to tell my story. I can leave something behind for the next generation to tap into. While we can’t control how popular our work is in the end, we can still have a legacy. We have the ability and power to do the work and share it with the world. If I was being held back from playing music, writing songs, or being creative in my daily work… then I’d be a failure. When it comes to work, success is being able to grow creatively in more ways than one. Success is also having the freedom to do what I love. Success is making a living using the tools and skills I’ve nurtured since getting a 4-track tape recorder back in the day… or my first beat-up guitar.
Success is having people enjoy my performance or a “live” show on a Friday night… after working a tough job and taking care of their family all week long. It’s also writing a great song…. recording a good vocal… connecting with someone through a lyric I’ve written. Success is really no one thing to me… because you can be successful making money but, a failure at keeping your family together. I’ve been blessed over the past years. I’ve had great moments in my career as well as in my personal life. I’ve made lots of mistakes, had some setbacks but, if the 10-year-old version of me as boy jumped into a time machine to visit me today, he’d be amazed. He’d say, “Yeah, we’ve made it!” That kid knows what had to be done to get to this point. He remembers the many hours alone, the setbacks, the failures, the hard work, never giving up, digging down deep to express ourselves in both our work, art, life… and he remembers the promise he made to himself to become a good songwriter, musician, performer, and to leave something behind that is real. I’d guess success is also progress for me. I can say progress has been made both artistically and personally. Still, I’m working hard at it all! I have a way to go, ha!
What’s the best way for someone to check out your work and provide support?
My webpage www.joeysalvia.com includes my discography, live dates, radio work, podcast productions, and more. I’d suggest exploring that for the links to Spotify, Apple, Soundcloud, and a few other places online. I perform several nights a week around the DFW area as well. It’s not too hard to find me in real life or in the digital world!
Contact Info:
- Website: http://www.joeysalvia.com
- Email: joeysalvia@yahoo.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joeysalvia/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/joeysalvia
- Other: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6feGDOt3VpyadgHR9SxwOa?si=EYNxi-UVTQiFU8ZrcSk8RA
Image Credit:
J. Salvia
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