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jon foreman
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hi my name is jon foreman and this is my bio.

I'm writing it from a backstage dressing room in Ohio. It's a beautiful fall day outside and the dying leaves make a fitting backdrop for the decaying junkyard across the street. Fall.

Autumn is my favorite time of year. Everywhere. Even back home in San Diego where there is little distinction between the seasons: autumn is my favorite time of year

Perhaps this is because the fall reminds me of the sunset: the beautiful death of another day or another year. A chance to look back- to . look out across the pacific and see gallons of beauty mixed with regret.

I was born in October. Maybe that has something to do with the nostalgia. Even when I was young, the Autumn sunsets were sober reminder that everything loses it's leaves eventually. The body goes cold. The air grows dark. The fall.

I have been on tour off and on since '97. I've had the rare privilege of actually doing what I love for a living with amazing people that I love to be around... And I'm thankful, this life is a real gift.

I kinda grew up all over: lake arrowhead, boston, virginia... but from high school on I've lived in San Diego and the north county feels like home.

It's a pretty incredible place where I can go for a surf with my dad or my brother and almost always see someone I know.

Ten years ago, when I actually started making money with my songs I was nervous that the magic would disappear. That somehow, the passion, the joy, and the high that I got from music would evaporate with every step I took towards the modern music industry. I'm so thankful that that hasn't happened. I'm so thankful that these songs still mean so much to me. In fact, I am perhaps more drawn to music than ever.

Lately music has been my compass: it's neither the map, nor the road but a steady constant that can help me make sense of the both.

Most of the time, the songs that I write are more honest than I am. Sometimes I don't play certain songs for people because I'm not ready for that sort of honesty.

I don't write many happy songs, at least not lately. Which is odd because I'm a fairly upbeat guy. So I've got a few theories as to why this might be the case

It might be because life wears down on you. And you lose that part of yourself.

Or it could be because the songs are the only place where these types of ideas can find a release- like a dream where your subconscious is trying to tell you something.

Or perhaps I don't write songs when I'm happy. You know, a celebration requires a few friends and depression requires solitude.

Either way songs have become my way of finding beauty in the midst of chaos and the pain. It's a way of finding redemption for mistakes and regrets that I have.

In this way I feel like the creative process brings me closer to God. As a creator of a song I get to take all these broken fragments of failure and chaos and weave together something beautiful and meaningful. Decay. Death. Pain. Fall. And if God is a songwriter then these fallen leaves of mine can be redeemed.

Over the course of the year I will be releasing 4 ep's, with 6 songs on each ep. The ep's will be seasonal: fall, winter, spring & summer.

The Fall ep features the following 6 songs:

1. The Cure For Pain
2. Equally Skilled
3. Lord, Save Me From Myself
4. The Moon Is A Magnet
5. My Love Goes Free
6. Southbound Train

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The Winter ep features the following 6 songs:

Learning How To Die
Behind Your Eyes
Somebody's Baby
White as Snow
I Am Still Running
In Love

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Feb 8 2010 4:48 PM

Jon Foreman, you are a genius! 
Jean

Jean Bligh



Feb 4 2010 5:25 PM

May all your hopes and dreams come true in 2010 !
Meire

Meire Rocha



Feb 4 2010 5:24 PM

hi..

 
Jai

Jaime Herrell



Feb 3 2010 7:17 PM

Hey, I'm really diggin' this. Thank you, Jon. :)
Sara Darling

Sesame Ellis



Feb 3 2010 7:16 PM

Good Morning,

I just stopped by for a visit and to

say "HI".









Cutter Gage Band

Cutter Gage Band



Jan 26 2010 7:34 PM

thanks for the add!
Shelby:]

Shelby:]



Jan 25 2010 8:45 PM

Your music...is...unexplainable. Switchfoot's A Beautiful Letdown was one of the first CD's I purchased, and then I found you had your own solid solo thing going. And, its beautiful. It really, really helps me out, when I'm really low. It's inspirational. The only letdown of listening to it is, as an aspiring musician, it makes my own work seem like little Teeny-bop nothings. Its like opening up a "Jim-Bobs' so-and-so's Coffee shop" next to a Starbucks. But, if anything, it makes me work, and become more and more passionate about music. Someday, if I ever get anywhere with what I'm doing, I would love to meet up with you and personally thank you for all the good you have done for everyone who has ever listened to your lyrics; and that includes me.
-Just another Somebody
moe

moe



Jan 25 2010 8:45 PM

Jon Foreman woot woot!
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Jan 25 2010 8:45 PM

Hey : )

how are you?

- Sean
Lafit Abd ul

Lafit Lafit



Jan 21 2010 9:37 PM

Thanks for the friendship, very beautiful sound of you, 2010 full of success.
Natalie Jasmine

Natalie Jasmine



Jan 19 2010 8:01 PM

Me encanta tu musica..oye muy buena la canción "your love is song" es hermosa, claro que no más que tú....como no fijarse en esos lindos ojos azules...jijiji...ya me fui por otro lado....bye...saludos de Chile...ojalá algún día vinieran.
Greenware

Greenware



Jan 19 2010 8:00 PM

Hey, I recently uploaded a bunch of new songs and I'd love to hear what you have to say about them, thanks!
JON Saturday

JON Saturday



Jan 19 2010 8:00 PM

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Yo! Jon!

Wzup? How's it going?

HAPPY JON SATURDAY!
Thanks for the music!

Have a Rockin' Weekend!

L8er

The JS team

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NITRoX

NITRoX



Jan 19 2010 8:00 PM

jon gracias a Dios por tu vida
porque puedes ser influencia
para nosotros
DTb
chaooooo
Nora

Lady Mar



Jan 15 2010 7:12 PM


Hola Jon!, soy una chica latina de Mexico y me encantaria que tu y tu banda vinieran aqui a Mexico ya que aqui habemos muchos como yo que te admiramos, soy tu fan No. 1 y me has gustado desde que lanzaste el  disco "beautiful Letdown" I am one of your latin fans, i am your #1 Fan, Im from Mexico and i really would like you come to Mexico and give concerts cause I really like you and your songs are the best in this world!!!, I really really love your band since your "beautiful letdown" album, Love you and keep rockin, god bless ya and you guys are the best!!
bUtTeRfLy

bUtTeRfLy



Jan 15 2010 7:11 PM

I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU!!!!
Tim

Tim Williams



Jan 11 2010 5:00 PM

Yeahhhhh!!!!!  Go Jon!!!!!!
Ben.

Ben Johnson



Jan 11 2010 4:57 PM

I thank you jon foreman for getting me through a difficult year. 

Well, your music, that is.

It was a long and screwed up year for me, and your peaceful, reflective music always seemed to be there for me. It could have been a lot worse than what it was. 

I just wanted you to know that you have a lot of really great purpose and are really going in the right direction with your music. I look forward to more! ha

Thank you again, from Colorado.
ALejandra

ALejandra VArgas



Jan 11 2010 4:57 PM




HOLA QUISIERA PODER SABER MAS DE TU MUSICA, AUNQUE SOY LATINA ME ENCANTA LA MUSICA DE SWITCHFOOT Y EN ESPECIAL TU.  I LOVE YOU, AND HI FROM COSTA RICA, SAN JOSE, ESCRIBE PRONTO
ALE
JON Saturday

JON Saturday



Jan 11 2010 4:57 PM

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AWESOME SHOW @ THE REGENCY (SAN FRANCISCO), JON!

L8er
The JS team
CaiTLyN LeShAE

 CaiTLyN LeShAE



Jan 11 2010 4:56 PM

HI IM 1 OF UR BIGGEST FANS EVER IM UR #1 lol my mom went 2 1 of ur concerts in pikeville ky i hope u come again i love ur music i say jon foreman 4 president lol im ur biggest fan please message back if u can ever take the time thnx --caitlyn
Chase Hanselman

Chase Hanselman



Jan 7 2010 7:41 PM

go jon! Love from MIssissippI!
Jim

Jim



Jan 4 2010 7:30 PM

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Hey Jon!

Wzup? How's it going, bro?

Hello Hurricane is friggin' awesome! You rock!

Have an awesome holiday season and a Merry Christmas!
Keep rocking and be blessed!

L8er

Jim




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sjofn



Jan 4 2010 7:30 PM

this is wonderful!
Debbie

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Jan 4 2010 7:29 PM

Good Morning,

I just stopped by for a visit and to say "HI".





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