Nashville, Tennessee
27 Years Old
Vocalist, Melodist, Lyricist

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BIOGRAPHY

I grew up in Santa Cruz, CA. At 17, I signed a recording contract with PLG/SonyBMG, and moved to the friendly and muggy town of Nashville, TN. I co-wrote and recorded several albums, and realized after 7 years of being on the road full time that it was song-writing that kept tugging at my heart. I am now signed as a full-time writer with Judy Stakee at Warner/Chappell in LA. I'm also with ASCAP. I write for various projects daily with a team of very talented people from around the globe. I'm stoked to have had the chance get to work with American Idol finalists, rock bands, pop acts, indie artists, tv/film projects, CCM, country and more. I love crafting a melody and lyric, and I freakin' love what I do. I have also recently formed a new company, called sensibility music LLC, to facilitate recording and releasing new Joy Williams music in the future.

LEVEL

professional

GENRES

Pop, Alternative Pop, Singer/Songwriter

PUBLISHING COMPANY

WB Music Corp./Spudnut Music/Shankel Songs, major publishing company

Contact

Management: nate@sensibilitymusic.com
Publishing: info@sensibilitymusic.com
Label: info@sensibilitymusic.com
Booking: email@currentmm.com

P.R.O.

ASCAP

INSTRUMENTS

piano

INFLUENCES

Too many to name, but here's a few over the years All Time Best: Bach, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Patty Griffin, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitz, etc. Growing Up Greats: Amy Grant, early Whitney Houston, Smashing Pumpkins, Sarah McLachlan, Mazzy Star, Fleming and John, Alanis Morisette, REM, Musicbox-era Mariah Carey Up To Date Favorites: Feist, Death Cab For Cutie, MIA, Vampire Weekend, Regina Spektor, Dustin O'Halloran and Yann Tierson

DAY JOB

I am stoked to be able to write full time.

I AM INTERESTED IN

in co writing online
in co writing in person
in networking with songwriters
in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

experience >

SONG CUTS

1. David Archuleta - S/T (Release Date: Nov. 11, 2008) iTunes exclusive, 'Waiting for Yesterday' 2. Mandisa - True Beauty (2007) 'Oh My Lord' and 'Only You' 3. This Beautiful Republic - Even Heroes Need a Parachute (2007) 'Right Now' (radio single) 4. Pure NRG - Here We Go Again (2008) 'Girls Can Change the World' and 'Are You Ready' 5. The Rubyz - S/T (2008) 'Staring At the Sun', 'Time of My Life' and 'Baila Chiquita' 6. Luke Benward - S/T (2008) 'Get Up', 'Let Your Love Out' and 'We Shine'

SONG PLACEMENTS

"Charmed Life" featured in the ABC drama Grey's Anatomy season 5 finale, Here's to Future Days (Episode 523). (May 14th, 2009) "One of Those Days" featured in Lifetime's DROP DEAD DIVA, airing on August 24th, 2009. 'Every Moment' featured in VH1's Surreality commercial ad campaign, Mary Kate/Ashley Olsen video game

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

ASCAP writer award for song 'Hide' (2006) 7 time Dove nominee (including Female Vocalist of the Year and Song of the Year - 2002 to 2007) 5+ songs featured on 5+ Gold and Platinum selling WOW compilations 2 songs featured on Grammy-nominated Mandisa album 'True Beauty' (2007) blah blah blah...:)

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Cadillac Sky

Cadillac Sky should be a lot more tired. It’s early Saturday afternoon at MerleFest and the band–Bryan Simpson, Matt Menefree, Andrew Moritz, Ross Holmes and newest addition David Mayfield–has already logged two performances on the day....

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Sessions: David Bazan

It was pretty slow. I mean, I played [the songs] on acoustic guitar for a long time, but I didn’t know how to transfer them to the other format. I didn’t want it to be a solo acoustic record. I wanted there to be bells and whistles and full band arrangements even if I didn’t want it necessarily to be electric guitar rock....

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Sessions: Vetiver

“It’s always slightly confounding to me whenever Vetiver is depicted with the same tropes that people have read off of press sheets,” says Andy Cabic. “The same sort of milestones get mentioned but then no one really digs to find out that there are those other things going on.”

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Behind The Song: “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing”

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell sang, it has been remarked, like lovers, although they weren’t. Similarly, Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, the team behind one of Marvin and Tammi’s most enduring hits, “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” wrote as if under the influence of amatory forces; even if, in the spring of 1968,