| Joe Gande Singer-songwriter
New York, NY Hey Everybody! I'm a NYC singer/songwriter/guitarist...Hope you dig the songs:)
With soulful, heartfelt vocals, walls of guitars, funky grooves, horns and beautiful string melodies, the music of singer/songwriter/guitarist Joe Gande crosses all barriers.
"Music is supposed to make you feel..."
Joe's music provides listeners with dynamics, heartfelt emotions and raw intensity. His songs are filled with soaring melodies, catchy hooks, addictive, sing along choruses, introspective, self-searching moments and pure driving rock & roll.
"An Emotional Journey..."
Emotions will undoubtedly arise upon listening to the music of Joe Gande. Joe draws on a variety of personal life experiences, painting a thought-provoking, abstract landscape that all can undeniably relate to. Songs about life, loss, ups, downs, love lost and found and the human condition. Songs about learning, searching, questioning, understanding, healing, finding...
Stop, Look, and Listen.
Joe has the uncanny ability to reach people and make them feel - a voice charisma and presence that immediately draw in a crowd and makes any Joe Gande and The Godsend Sessions live performance an exciting, memorable no holds-barred site to see-passion and pure guts!
"A Natural"
Singing, writing, arranging, producing-all without ever taking a formal musical lesson in his life. A prolific songwriter and self-taught guitarist with an ear for melody since a young age, the music just comes into his head. From arranging horn charts, drum fills and grooves, scoring beautiful lush string sections and vocal harmonies, to bangin'out some funky piano...
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PROFESSIONAL INFO
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Influences:
| Aerosmith!!,Steve Tyler and Joe Perry, Cheap Trick!!, The Beatles, Hendrix, Bad Company(Paul Rodgers),Led Zep, ELO, Cream, The Who, Deep Purple, Leslie West-Mountain, Robin Trower, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ronnie Van Zant(southern rock),The '70s, Hard Rock , Metal, Glam, '60's and '70's Soul, R&B, Motown, AM Radio, Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Earth,Wind and Fire!, Tower of Power, War, Early Chicago, Toto, Prince...
My Father...Life!
I also dig Jeff Buckley, The Black Crowes, Foo Fighters, Chris Cornell, Audioslave, Soundgarden, The Cult, Lenny Kravitz, STP, Flamenco guitar, Classical-Love strings..., Antonio Carlos Jobim, Andres Segovia, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin...all kindsa shit...
If I get a chill and my hairs stand up I'll probably dig it...
Grew up listening to real Jazz/bebop & big band(not that smooth sounding fusion musac crap...)
My father Joe Gande-1929-1998-jazz musician-tenor saxophone- U.S. Army 31st Dixie Division, Played w/ and oldtime friends w/ Charlie Barnett, Horace Silver, Art Mooney, Addison farmer, Jo Jones, Joe Porcaro, Emil Richards....just to name a few that I can remember right now...
We miss you terribly Dad...
Sometimes I might even put in a little Pavarotti or Bocelli while makin' macaroni on sunday!:) | |
Other talents:
| Musician, Guitar
Songwriter, Singer-songwriter
Vocalist, Lead
Musician, Piano
Band, Original Band | |
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PERSONAL INFO
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Interests:
| food, Italy, ancient history, Books(Reading and collecting), Fleamarkets New York Yankees,
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Favorite Music:
| See influences....
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Favorite Books:
| Too many to list....
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Favorite Movies:
| The Godfather I, II and yeah, III, Saving Private Ryan, Braveheart, Gladiator, 300, Pirates, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Passion, Old world war II movies
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Favorite Actors:
| Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Nicholas Cage, Annette Bening, Christina Ricci...
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Favorite TV shows:
| I don't like watching too much tv...but... TheSopranos, CSI Miami, Monk, Law and Order CI and SVU, Top Chef, History Channel, PBS, Food Network, Documentaries...HBO's The Band of Brothers, 70's sitcoms...
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People I'd like to meet:
| Steven Tyler, Dolly Parton,
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Eye Color:
| Dark Brown | |
Hair Color:
| Dark Brown | |
Ethnicity:
| White/Caucasian | |
Religion:
| Catholic | |
Marital Status:
| Single | |
Sexual Orientation:
| Straight | |
Education:
| Some college | |
Drinker:
| Socially | |
Children:
| Maybe someday | |
Astrological Sign:
| Aries |
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