Patty Griffin, Feist, Allison Krauss & Robert Plant, Ray LaMontagne, Damien Rice, C.S. Lewis, Alanis Morisset, Jennifer Knapp, Cardigans, Norah Jones, Over the Rhine, Natalie Merchant, Coldplay, U2, Switchfoot, The Shins, Sarah McLachlan, David Gray, Imogen Heap, Wilco, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris.
*My husband, Dave, and I moved to Nashville, TN from Arizona in September of 2006. This past December we welcomed our little girl, Lucy Love Heller, into our family. We are truly blessed!
Dave and I have the unique privilege of writing songs and playing music for a living. We travel most weeks out of the month to share our hearts with people all across the country. We've been full-time musicians since we were married over five years ago, and we've been able to watch each other grow in artistry and in love.
My husband plays the guitar and provides backup vocals and comic relief when we perform. I don't think I can ever comprehend what a treasure I have in such a man who is willing to place me in the spotlight ahead of himself. Our official band-name is JJ Heller, but Dave is perhaps a bigger part of this than I am, and I know that I could never do this without him. Sharing the stage with my husband is one of the greatest joys of my life.
In our short musical career, Dave and I have been able to release four full-length records and two EPs. Painted Red (November 2008), The Pretty & The Plain (2007), Wake Up The World (Christmas EP - 2007), Only Love Remains (2006), Collection of Thoughts *EP (2005), and Songs That I Know (2004).
We had the awesome privilege of working with producer MITCH DANE (grammy award-winning engineer of Jars of Clay) at Sputnik Sound in Nashville, TN for the past three years. We couldn't be happier with the way that Mitch truly captures the spirit of our music.
Music has a way of speaking to my heart like nothing else can. It is my hope and prayer that my songs will somehow speak to you and bring you hope, peace and inspiration. Thanks so much for taking the time to read this.
Blessings,
*jjheller
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2008 STUDIO JOURNALS -
JJ spent ten days in the studio tracking a new record. The following videos document some of the work that went into the project.
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Painted Red, The Pretty & The Plain, and Only Love Remains were produced by grammy award-winning producer/engineer MITCH DANE (Jars of Clay, Bebo Norman, Sarah Kelly).
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In case you didn't have a chance to watch the video journals from the road, we've made a "Best Of 2007" video for you.
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In August of 2007 JJ was back in the studio working with Grammy-winning producer MITCH DANE. JJ's new full-length record, "The Pretty And The Plain," and Christmas EP, "Wake Up The World."
We edited down JJ's 2007 Studio Video Journals 1-9 (over an hour of footage) to create this 35-minute highlight reel from JJ's time in the studio.
WORLD VISION
JJ is committed to helping World Vision in their mission to tackle the causes of poverty around the world. About $1 a day can change a child's life forever. CLICK HERE to sponsor a child!
See what these two boys are doing to make a difference...
I wanted to thank you for performing at Calvary yesterday. I can relate to the story you told us about your basketball career: I have a similar one, and I'm still discovering what God really wants me to do with my life. You have an amazing voice, thank you again!
Haven't taken the time in a while to look at your site,but the song "your all I need"well it is just so beautiful.I am glad I looked.Keep making love songs,your good at it!Be blessed.
you are without a doubt my favorite christian artist. your songs are so uplifting and i listen to you whenever i have something important coming up.you are an inspiring musician. thank you for being.
HAHA I was just down in Kansas City at the international house of prayer and I bought your cd. I thought, this name sounds really familiar. I just realized that I've had you as a friend here on myspace for a long time! Anyways...your cd is fantastic! I even quoted one of your songs on my profile....Thanks for the good music!
can you PLEASE put all the beauty on your free playlist?? PLEASEEE! i can't find it anywhere and I really want to listen to it, it reminds me of Remuda and I get so happy <3
Love your music, JJ! You sound great! Thank you so much for adding me to your list of friends. The honor is all mine! Stop by for a peek and a listen any time, as YOU are always welcome! God bless, Donita :o)
took a beautiful drive up hwy 9 through the Santa Cruz mountains and was able to share your music with a very close friend... Your music connected us together and set our hearts and minds up to be more open to God and more honest to our selfs and one another. We stopped at the White Raven cafe in Felton (not far from Vintage Faith church- our later destination) and totally got into God's word and had such an deep bible study. . . we were so amped up...
thank you so much for sharing your gifts and your stories...
