michaeljoy: News

Travel Channels 10 year running popular SAMANTHA BROWN'S PASSPORT TO GREAT WEEKEND has licensed Night Flight Over Water for a recent show on Samantha's weekend trip to Minnesota(MINNESOTA SAM VS WILD is the episode's title) ...

Pandora Internet Radio adds River of Days to their playlist. Pandora radio is quickly becoming the standard for user chosen radio playlists. River of Days is now listed with Pandora, here's the link
http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/michael+joy

Pioneering record label Magnatune, based in Berkeley, California, has added both River of Days and Float to their listings..Magnatune is a revolutionary record label opening new pathways for independent artists.. check out their work and philosophy at http://www.magnatune.com/

Pump Audio has added 'float' to its library for licensing:

Founded in 2001, Pump Audio is a new kind of agent for independent musicians, digitally connecting them with buyers in the mainstream media. With Pump Audio, artists can license their music into productions without giving up any ownership, while TV and advertising producers can discover new music ready for use.
With a growing catalog of tens of thousands of songs, all by independent artists from around the world, customers access music through Pump's innovative search software and delivery services, the Soundtrack Service online, and the PumpBox™, which is currently on the desktops of thousands of creative professionals worldwide.

Pump Audio is based in New York's Hudson Valley.

"float" and "River of Days" will be featured on XM Satellite Radio The Radar Report, Thursday 2/28/08 10 p.m.( Eastern Time) XM free signup for 14 day trial, give it a try!

Pump Audio, a worldwide licensing company has chosen River of Days to be added to their most recent "Pump Pox". "Founded in 2001, Pump Audio is a new kind of agent for independent musicians, digitally connecting them with buyers in the mainstream media. With Pump Audio, artists can license their music into productions without giving up any ownership, while TV and advertising producers can discover new music ready for use.
With a growing catalog of tens of thousands of songs, all by independent artists from around the world, customers access music through Pump's innovative search software and delivery services, the Soundtrack Service online, and the PumpBox™, which is currently on the desktops of thousands of creative professionals worldwide.

Pump Audio is based in New York's Hudson Valley."
http://www.pumpaudio.com/artists/about.php

"All I Do Is Float", "Between The Lies", and "What Is This Dream" are in the regular rotation on XM50 The Loft, satellite radio and much thanks to music director Jerry Rubino for adding the songs to his play list. It's an honor to be heard on such a ground breaking radio show.

For three weeks in november XM Satellite Radio's The Loft has featured "All I Do Is Float" from the most recent cd "float". The Loft focuses on new music ranging from independent singer/songwriters like Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Liam Finn, Peter Mulvey,Christ Stills, to lesser none recordings by well known artists such as Norah Jones, rem, and Wilco.

MICHAEL JOY – FLOAT (Rivulet Records)
Delving into multiple genres, including country, folk, pop, and folk rock, Michael Joy's latest release can only be described as true Americana.
RATING: THREE STARS

The new cd has arrived and will be available at cd baby and other online stores in the next few weeks

John Cuniberti,Veteran mastering engineer put the final touches on the new cd "float" at The Plant in Sausalito, California. Groove House Records in Los Angeles will manufacture the disc. "float" will be available by early June.

guided by master mixer and sound engineer Justin Phelps at Hyde Street in San Francisco, we had some great days adding to the original tracks and mixing down.

This last week saw the final sessions for the "FLOAT" CD. Dave Mihaly was just off touring with Jolie Holland and laid down drum tracks for three songs. Marisa Martinez, violin player with Eric Mcfadden, added her magic to two songs, Max Butler who has worked with Chuck Prophet and many other San Francisco artists played some wonderful steel and lead guitar tracks, and drummer Michael Israel who has worked with Bonnie Hayes, The Mermen, The Lomaxes, and many other, put the perfect groove to the gospel feel of "Johnny Told Me", winding up the final sessions for the cd.

Dan Eisenberg, keyboard/ multi-instrumenalist for Ryan Adams, Tift Merritt, Jonathan Richman, and a host of well known bands/songwriters,came to Hyde Studios this past friday to add acoustic piano and organ to the final song on the CD "FLOAT", "Johnny Told Me". The gospel feel of the tune took on new life with the old upright piano and the Hammond B3 organ once Danny took the song under his wing... "Johnny Told Me" will soon be on this website and myspace with other new songs from the cd.

It's a great pleasure to hear today that Pump Audio, one of the foremost innovators of music licensing in the world, has added River of Days to their library. Below is the basic information on Pump Audio.... Pump Audio is a new kind of agent for independent musicians, digitally connecting them with buyers in the mainstream media. With Pump Audio, artists can license their music into productions without giving up any ownership, while TV and advertising producers can discover new music ready for use. With a growing catalog of tens of thousands of songs, all by independent artists from around the world, customers access music through Pump’s innovative search software and delivery device, the PumpBox™. Pump Audio is based in New York's Hudson Valley.

MTV has offered a contract to license the songs on River Of Days to be used in shows for the coming season... MTV music supervisor, Jen Schwartz will be in charge of placing the songs

11 new songs were
recorded with independent producer, Duane Lundy, known for his work with many independent artists. Members of the band "Scourge Of The Sea" added their unique talents to the project along with Duane's own multi-instrumental contribution, pictures, and some rough mixes will be up on this site soon..............

Thanks to the fine people at Tinderbox Music, Minneapolis, MN, over 145
college radio stations had songs from "River of Days" in rotation throughout the summer months.Thanks so much to each and every station who played the songs!

From the first listen of track one, “To Climb”, from Michael Joy’s “River Of Days”(Rivulet Music) one feels to be with a very dear friend. This is a confident debut of the east coast Joy,
that moved to the west coast, and now is living in Berkeley, California. Michael Joy has fashioned a fairly diverse and arresting mix of contemporary singer-songwriter pop, and seventies americana. These eleven songs are as catchy as hell! Fine laid back guitar lines and a beautiful groomed arrangement of each song.... Stand out songs are “Night Flight Over Water”, “Bakersfield”, “Mark Twain”, and “Better Men Than You”. This subtle CD, with certainly
commercial (positively meant) aspirations has much to offer. Considering the potency of the
songwriting, I expect in the future Michael Joy will find himself being courted by numerous
record labels. Meanwhile, there’s much here to enjoy on this excellent CD, “River Of Days”
Aug 05 review in Alt-Country (Netherlands)

Michael Joy hails from the East Coast, where he fronted a few groups before migrating to the West. He’s settled in Berkeley, a suitable spot for his easy mannered Americana, which is enriched with a glow of ‘70s era singer/songwriter charm. He is, at the core, a folk artist, but with a pop heart. And a Zen-like sense of warmth and wonder that imbues his subtle, yet crafty, material. Emmy nominated songwriter/producer Benjamin Birkbeck describes his songs and sounds as "a mix of Dylan, Traveling Wilburys, Beatles, Cowboy Junkies (and) The Grateful Dead with a modern alternative western rock edge." (Rivulet Music)