Josey Greenwell

http://www.joseygreenwell.com/ Josey Greenwell Male 23 years old Miami, Florida, US Debut Pop Single "STUCK IN MY HEAD" Available NOW! Mayhem #2098845 Model MM URL: http://www.modelmayhem.com/joseygreenwell About me Facebook --- www.facebook.com/joseygreenwell JoseyTV -- www.youtube.com/joseygreenwell Twitter --- www.twitter.com/joseygreenwell Official Webpage --- www.joseygreenwell.com If you haven't heard of the newest pop household name JOSEY, you're about too. You may have seen him on countless magazine covers including DNA Magazine, Out & About, Men's Exercise, M?nner Magazine, Sensitif, TETU Magazine, and the new face for the 2012 Spartacus International Gay Guide. If that still doesn't ring a bell then maybe his iconic YouTube acoustic covers reaching nearly over 4 million hits and plays from all kinds of social media websites and blogs might spark your memory. WIth an independently released album charting in Australia and his inspirational story dealing with his previous record label being featured in articles all over the world, this 23 year old powerhouse from Kentucky is gearing up to take over. First step, releasing his debut pop single "Stuck In My Head' on April 2, available on most digital stores worldwide including iTunes and for pre-order on 7digital.com and play.com. With all of this under his belt AND an album in the works, there is no telling what the future might hold for JOSEY. All we know is that the entire world will soon be listening and watching?..and we could certainly could get used to the view. Credits Spartacus International Gay Guide 2012-2013 - Cover M?nner Magazine March 2012 - Feature Article DNA Magazine #137 - Mid-Year Fashion Issue Article "American Boy" Out & About Newspaper (Nashville, TN) August 2011 - Cover DNA Magazine #142 - Cover with inside article ft. Rodiney Santiago Men's Exercise November 2011 Issue - Chest and Triceps Workout ==================== Josey Greenwell, best known as a bartender at Tribe Nashville, is working to make a name in another arena: country music. The Colgate Country Showdown champion in 2006, Greenwell is currently working on music for an upcoming project, songs drawn from his experience in the barroom and the bedroom. Telling stories of heartbreak and happiness through music has been a long-time goal for the Kentucky native. After graduating from Bethlehem High School with honors, Greenwell enrolled at Western Kentucky University and started attending writer's nights in Nashville in hopes of making connections. After a record deal fell by the wayside, Greenwell recorded an independent project, My Life On the Radio, that helped him make major headway in the music business. Career highlights include a slot as opening act on Little Big Town's "A Place to Land" tour, and appearances at the 2010 Detroit Hoedown and the 2010 CMA Festival. Greenwell credits his sturdy work ethic and a strong fanbase for his achievements to date, and he takes a break from slinging drinks and singing hits to chat with Out & About Newspaper about what the future holds. What about a piece of music---melody, lyric, instrumentation---grabs you first? Well, it's funny because I'm drawn to different things when listening to a song than I am when writing a song. When listening I usually am pulled in by the instrumentation and chord progressions or beats if it's pop. When writing a song, the melody will usually come to me first and then I build around that. But as a songwriter myself, it's always crazy to hear new songs and think of how they created that or what they had to be thinking when writing the piece together....good or bad! People always ask me if I write songs about girls or guys. I actually think because of the fact I'm gay it puts a more interesting twist on who my songs are about or who they are directed to. Suspicion is always very enticing to the human mind, but like I said it's just interesting. Who I write my songs about is just an interesting factor about the making of it, not a make-or-break key factor to the listener. I hope people will take my songs and apply it to their own personal lives, whether they like boys or girls. Most of the time though they are about relationships I have with people, certain situations I've been in with them, or different wants and desires I have. What's the best part about performing in front of a live audience? I think the best part about performing in front of a live audience is really the fact that you are being given this opportunity to touch someone with a message, that's why I like to write all my songs based on personal experiences. Music is so powerful and can really just define someone's life and I think that is what a lot of mainstream artists are lacking in their songs is true depth, so I always try to keep a balance of emotion as well as that fun factor in everything I write. What's been your favorite place to travel or tour? You know, I haven't necessarily got to be on a full-out tour yet, but I will say that one of the most incredible experiences I've had was my short stint of opening with Little Big Town on their 2009 "A Place to Land" Tour. That was a huge eye-opener just for the fact that I actually saw people in the crowd singing some lyrics back to me off of my first album. I realized it was without a doubt what I wanted to do for a career. You know, it really is an amazing experience when you're in an arena and see people mouthing the words to a song you wrote in your bedroom. I would have to say that was the most fun I've had performing, not to mention Little Big Town were so talented and just downright good people. Hopefully I can really start up a tour with this next project I'm working on. How has working as a bartender influenced your music? It honestly has really helped me a lot. Seeing so many people every time I work has really helped me to see just what certain people like, what gets them in a good mood or what they don't like. With the diverse crowd that comes in, it's great writing material! (laughs) As much as I put myself into the songs I write, I think if certain people would like them just to keep it very universal. I like to hone in on the songs that people are having a good time with and kind of analyze why they like them. When I first started bartending, no one really knew I had already been through a lot with my music career and with a label here in town, so I kind of kept to myself and observed while I started to write for this next project. Everyone has a song; it's just about pulling it out of them! So if you're ever seeing me with this blank look on my face, that's usually what I'm doing is thinking. Being a bartender not only has influenced my music, but also given me the opportunity to be flexible with my schedule if I needed to go somewhere on a whim. So I owe most of that "thank you" to everyone at Tribe for allowing me to chase my dreams and still be a part of their team. What are your main goals for your music career? Breaking out! I'm working my way up to hopefully becoming a household name and just getting myself out there to the world. You can get so wrapped up in a bubble here in Nashville and that's why I've been wanting to and in fact have taken a step out on this next project with my sound. I think country was great for me at first, and it really helped me to be able to add true depth to my songs, but I'm now using what I've learned and moving everything towards a very universal sound a lot more with my writing style. It's actually pretty great so far, and I want a product that the whole world can listen to, something unheard of while keeping that real element and truth to it all. I'm definitely going to keep my online presence strong because after all that's what is pushing me today. I love seeing all the comments and answering all the messages and different things on my YouTube videos and it's fun to let everyone in on different things happening. I definitely am going to be filming everything...so stayed tuned in to JoseyTV! UPDATE: Josey is currently in Miami Beach, FL. singing, modeling, partying, and promoting; he just appeared on the cover of DNA Magazine showing a perfect body that sent shock waves through the fitness world; and appeared inside in photos with Rodiney Santiago [rumored to be his current boyfriend] of Logo's "A-List NY" fame; their picture together will appear on the cover of the 2012 International Gay Guide "Sparticus". Josey will be in Berlin in early spring 2012 to promote the guide. Also, he had a major article in the fitness magazine "Men's Exercise" recently showing his awesome fitness routine. Josey was one of my picks for 2012 Mr. FitHotGuy and I love his music; but It's hard to ignore what may be one of the most classic male physique beauties in a long time. And juggling such a physique and music....sounds hard; who spends hours daily in the gym. ====================== Growing up in the rural South, country music was the music that I was raised to listen to. Most new country music is not for me anymore, but from the time I was born until a girlfriend introduced me to Alanis Morissette, I only listened to country music. I still think Garth Brooks was the end of true country music, but that is a debate for another time. I grew up listening to Dolly Parton, Hank Williams, Jr., Willie Nelson, Alabama, Tanya Tucker, Lori Morgan, and many, many others. I still love some of that music, and I can still sing some of those songs when I can?t remember the words to a Lady Gaga song. Country music has never been known for its liberalism (unless you count the Dixie Chicks and sometimes Reba and Dolly), and they have never been what you would call gay friendly. When k.d. lang came out as a lesbian in 1992, her career in country music fell apart. I still love to hear k.d. sing, but you don?t hear her on the radio a lot anymore. Even though I am gay, I?m still somewhat a country boy at heart, as Ricky Scaggs sang: I may look like a city slicker, Shinin' up through his shoes. Underneath I'm just a cotton picker, Pickin' out a mess of blues. Show me where I start. Find a horse and cart. I'm just a country boy, Country boy at heart. There is a new star on the rise in the country music world that just might make country music change its tune about gay people. That rising star is Josey Greenwell. With his looks and that voice, he is on "The Edge of Glory." Josey Greenwell, the small town boy with the big time voice, snuck up on the scene by capturing the Colgate Country Showdown in 2006, a title also held by greats such as Brad Paisley, Garth Brooks, Martina McBride, Billy Ray Cyrus, Sara Evans and Miranda Lambert. In reality though, this young Kentucky talent has been grooming a career in music since first finding his voice in the school choir at St. Joseph Parish. ?I was twelve or thirteen, and showing quarter horses around the country with my mother, when my dad became seriously ill,? Greenwell said. ?He died rather quickly, way too soon, and it changed my whole perspective on life in a good way. I don?t know what kind of person I would have been if my father had lived, but I know who I?ve become because he didn?t. It?s brought me closer to my two older sisters and my mother, and I?ve learned to live, laugh and love as much as possible.? Through the difficult teenage years that followed, the high school basketball and soccer player poured his heart and soul into singing and song writing, and a career was born. ?I?ll never forget the day writing and my love for music clicked,? he said. ?I?ve known for a long time this is what I want to do with my life.? After graduating from tiny Bethlehem High School with honors, Greenwell enrolled at Western Kentucky University and started attending Writers Nights in Nashville to test out new material. Much of the music was popular and he soon was picked up by an independent label and began to write for his first album. During this course, some unreasonable mishaps occurred and Josey parted ways with the label and began to record an album entirely on his own titled, My Life On the Radio, writing all 13 songs on the recording. Playing in and around Nashville, Greenwell successfully showcased at the electric 12th & Porter nightclub, and a new path formed. What happened with that first record label? They found out he was gay and decided that they were not the trailblazers to bring a gay country music star to the public. In moving to Nashville when I was 19, I was signed to a record label here. After we had been recording for months, they found out I was gay and dropped me from the record label and debut album wasn't released. I ended up finishing the project myself and spent all that year promoting it myself and trying to get any kind of help I could. They said, "Music isn't ready for something as controversial as you and we sure as hell won?t be the first label to have it." I don't think that is true at all and actually think music is READY for someone like me to come along! Music can put someone on such a pedestal and it's up to them whether or not they use that for the greater good and I definitely feel like I am not only strong enough, but now brave enough to be able to stand up for millions of people out there just like me and stand as a role model with my music. I have launched myself full force into the country/pop world and am definitely looking for any opportunity to share my story. It took me a long time to be ok with the fact that what happened with the label "wasn't" ok to do. Music should be about talent and not sexuality, but I'm proud of mine nonetheless. He struggled with the decision to go back to school, but finally decided to pack my bags and chase a dream, said Greenwell. So far, the road has been good. He recently won a national online voting competition for an opening spot on Little Big Town's 2009 Tour, along with Zac Brown Band. Since then he has also opened for Dierks Bentley, Mark Chesnutt and grabbed a few other spots on some tours. He also played at the 2010 Detroit Hoedown and the coveted 2010 CMA Festival in Nashville, had a music video aired on CMT and recently was mentioned as an upcoming star in features in CMA Close Up Magazine, The Los Angeles Chronicle, World Sentinel, The New York Times, Countryweekly.com, The Kentucky Standard, and GACTV.com The future looks bright for the young singer-songwriter, and if his websites are any indication, his reputation and music are growing rapidly. With over 72,000 friends on MySpace and more than 3.6 million plays already collectively on his Myspace, Facebook, and YouTube channels, this internet sensation hopes to someday soon become a big name in music. ?I?m gaining valuable experience and writing more each and every day. I'm a very real and fun person and I want to portray that in my music, whether it?s a get up a dance track or a heartfelt ballad, it's real and I want you to feel it,? Greenwell said. ?I'm so excited for what's to come with my music and It seems like there?s not a lot of young guys thriving in the industry right now, but I?m optimistic that I'll soon find the right team to work with."