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Apeldoorn Gelderland, The Netherlands
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Jocey is a singer songwriter and producer with a great passion for music. She grew up in a musical family in the Netherlands in Apeldoorn. At the tender age of 4 she created her own songs and lyrics, while her father was recording her singing. Her mother was a Gospel singer and sang in a Gospel group named "Relation". Jocey often joined her father watching her mother singing. Jocey was very inspired by her mother's singing.
At the age of thirteen Jocey performed for the first time at her high school and since that performance, she didn't want to anything else but sing. At the same school Jocey met someone who loved singing also and they became friends and decided to sing together. They entered many talent shows and performed in clubs. They were singing and taping their songs in studios and Jocey made her own demo-tapes.
When Jocey was just 15 she and her friend auditioned for a popular TV talent show in The Netherlands, called "The Soundmix Show". They sang the song: "Endless Love" by Mariah Carey and Luther Vandross.
In high school Jocey performed in a musical named "Jesus Christ Superstar". It was the first time she experienced singing in a musical. She liked it very but she loved singing pop music even more.
In June 1999 she was accepted to the Conservatory in Utrecht. Most of the time she sang jazz and classical music but Jocey wanted to sing pop music. So after a year she decided to quit her study in Utrecht.
After that she joined a funk/soul/pop band, which featured the music Jocey likes to sing the most, which is soul and pop/dance music. One year later she found out there was a pop department at the Conservatory in Rotterdam. She decided to audition for this school and they offered her a place. This study took about 4 years before Jocey graduated and received her diploma. Jocey now has a great deal of experience in singing in cover bands and also writing and performing her own material in other bands with their own songs.
In 2005 Jocey was asked to join a tour with the Western Experience All Star Band and The Country Line Dance Machine. She joined the 7th Country Music Hall of Fame. Jocey has performed in almost every theatre in The Netherlands and Belgium.
Jocey is always very busy with writing and recording her own songs, spending her days in her studio at home working on her songs. This year she made her debut with her first single "I AM ME", produced by Jocey herself. Jocey started a collabration with Ken Lewis, who is a top major label Mixer / Engineer / Producer / Musician from New Jersey and he has won 6 Grammy's, 48 Gold and Platinum albums and singles, 28 #1 albums and singles and 14 more Grammy nominations so far. Ken mixed all Jocey's songs. Together with Andy Krehm who has associated with names such as the Pointer Sisters, Aretha Franklin, etc. taking care of the mastering of Jocey's songs. Jocey's music is now available for download:
www.legaldownload.net/jocey
website:
http://www.iamjocey.comSingles:
Song: It's Not Irreversible
Produced, written & sang by Jocey.
Song: I Am Me
I Am Me, produced, written & sang by Jocey.
Song: It's Only You
Produced, written & sang by Jocey.
Song: Hop Till You Drop
Produced, written & sang by Jocey.
www.iamjocey.com.
