Joey has always been a musician first, since starting to fiddle with the guitar @ age 17... He used to be obsessed with shredding on the electric guitar in his basement throughout his teens... at 18 years old, he was exposed to his first Indie Showcase in Hamilton @ the X-Club, participating were Hayden, Weeping Tile, hHead and GORP, which opened his eyes to music outside of the mainstream... He went to Fanshawe College for the Music Industry Arts Program, in the fall of 1996, where he was taught the art of recording/producing by many fantastic professors, including celebrated Producer Jack Richardson... After 1st year of MIA, Joey joined Golden Lake Diner (Sonic Unyon)... Golden Lake Diner was 3 out of 4 members from the band Gorp (Sonic Unyon)... GORP parted ways with singer CA Smith, who then in turn created The One Man Band Singing Sensation MAYOR McCA... Joey was only on 1 released song by Golden Lake Diner, and that was for the Sonic Unyon "NOW WE ARE FIVE" CD compilation... Golden Lake Diner played shows with Tristan Psionic, Danko Jones, Sianspheric, The Rheostatics, etc..
GLD broke up in the fall of 1998... Joey created MELODICY after that point, with some demos being made @ Catherine North Studios , in Hamilton, ON ... The band was great, but everyone had other ideas of what they really wanted to be apart of, so they parted ways... After the demise of 2 line-ups, Joey moved to BC for a short time, and then Calgary for 1 year to retreat upon a different music scene... He then recorded a solo album on a 4-track in a small room he rented while in Calgary, where he dedicated the whole album to his previous girlfriend... Before moving back to Ontario, Joey toured the province of BC for 4 months between June-Sept of 2000, playing festivals, and shows all over the province... He found a dog at a show he roadied at as a one off favour to a band called Orchid Highway, and after not finding the owner, the dog jumped in the van and the both of them lived the scooby doo lifestyle, solving mysteries and entertaining people all over BC... After his last show in Cranbrook, BC, where he played the Annual Street Festival, his van was hit on his way back to Calgary, which put him out of work for 1 year... He then reformed Melodicy, with former bassist Sean Thomson, (Ex-GORP) in London, ON... Sean & Joey toured the West Coast as a folk/rock/ electronica duo for 2 months in the summer of 2001... They created 3 albums together, where they produced only 200 copies of each... these CDs were specifically made as Christmas presents that they gave away to friends, family and fans in 1998, 2001 and 2002... Joey was then approached by 3 different musical projects about how to get a tour started, and it got him thinking that he could help musicians everywhere, since he has been booking shows for years with all the people he has ever played with... Spherical Productions was then created to help bands tour and play as many shows as possible, and this all started in the Spring of 2002... Balls Falls, (Coqi Records) were the first band put on tour through Spherical, and after finding success from this venture, Spherical Productions became a full force booking agency... Joey then toured again with Eddie Warren to the East Coast in late summer of 2002, where they played as far as Sydney, NS, and then back to London, ON... As a one-man machine, Joey has booked over 70 tours to date, and 100's of shows throughout Canada, here is a list of the acts SP has represented... In August 2005, Joey toured the West Coast as a 4th time touring parts of Canada since 2000, but this time, with the amazing D Trevlon... This tour happened in the summer of 2005 in support of their new albums... Joey just took a break from exclusively booking any London venues, and started focusing more on building Spherical Productions, as well as his own musical career. In the summer of 2006, Joey toured with one of Canada's best solo performers Wax Mannequin throughout Canada, while doing PR for all of the artists he represents along the way... In the fall of 2006, Joey moved back to his hometown of Hamilton, ON, and then started a new band with former Golden Lake Diner singer/songwriter, Graham Peacefull, which has top date became a 7-piece country boogie/roots act called BLIND MULE. Blind Mule has now toured 4 times throughout Canada, playing shows with everyone from Trooper, Coco Love Alcorn, Caroline Mark, etc... They are planning on releasing their debut album in Sept 2009, and will be touring in support of this album after it's release all throughout Canada & beyond... Joey won 'Booking Agent of the Year' in Nov 2008 at the Hamilton Music Awards, and is very proud to have that honour from a thriving music city, as well as his hometown of Hamilton, ON
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First off – YOU’RE AWESOME!
Why are you awesome? ‘Cause you’re one of our friends, and our friends are
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Secondly – THE WAIT IS OVER! That’s right – Our new page is up! We’ve also
recorded NEW SONGS! Isn’t that exciting?!
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-Brandon Robins
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Stopping by to say Hi! We'd love if you took a minute to checkout our new video for Here I Am! It's up on our myspace page...Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Respect Joey Balducchi, continued success with your music. When you get a chance you should checkout this video clip from a Hip Hop Chess Federation I went to not too long ago, great stuff!!
Finally, one of the most known up-and-comers in underground music today, the man thats played with everyone from Bone Thugs to DMX to Tech N9ne To Vanilla Ice To ABK and beyond is releasing his first Professional Full Length Album! This album means more to me than anything I've ever done and highly surpasses previous work, this is the reason alotta peole haven't seen or heard from me as much as they usta! So I hope all you support my efforts! It's 17 Tracks deep and features artists such as King Magnetic (Of AOTP), Delusional (Of DWB), Intrinzik, T.O.N.E-z, Ill E. Gal & More! As a bonus all pre-orders will recieve a LIMITED EDITION MIXTAPE available ONLY with Pre-orders entitled "A History Of H8."This is a 20 track album showcasing H8TRiD's career from the very beginning and ending with a BRAND NEW track along with audio commentary between every song! The album will also be available at cdbaby.com, redrummedia.com, itunes, napster, rhapsody & more! Also, for those of you that dont know who I am or wanna hear the sampler and single for the new album feel free to hit up my myspace or download the free album below! (C'mon peep it, its free...worse thing that can happen is ya delete it if ya dont like it!) So peep the free album by clickin below! Click To Download H8TRiD - Taste Of H8 Find more info at sidestreamrecords.com or h8tridmusic.com!!
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the "ALRIGHT " show for Out of the Cold . the Beatles White album , ( While my Guitar Gently Weeps ) Sat, Nov. 22nd 2008 James, Street Baptist Church Hamilton. ON. Canada ......(While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Alright Concert - Part 1 Sat, Nov 22nd 2008
.....(While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Alright Concert - Part 2 Sat, Nov 22nd 2008
Yo Joey! Thanx for being online buddies with us. I'm looking for storytellers and radical rockers for my radio show Sound Resistance on Vancouver Co-operative Radio (www. coopradio. org). Keep in touch if you have a CD worthy of airplay, I like lots of your musicians. I'm also writing for BC Musician magazine and am always looking for good touring stories. Keep in touch, thanx very much..joey
Helllllloooo Hamilton... God knows when we'll make it out there to play, but we're gonna keep keepin' on til we do. Hope all is well with you. ROCK & ROLL!
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