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Jon Roy
12+ albums
about
I'm really just your ordinary everyday guy. Professionally I'm an engineer, but I personally define myself as a song-writer, maybe because I love the feeling I get when I hit the last note and I can hear the cheer of the crowd. I love performing live. I think it's one of the most moving things one could ever experience. It's like undressing your soul to the world. I've been asked a few times if I ever get nervous. The answer is perhaps a surprising NO. The only time I've even felt a little shaky going on stage is when I hadn't planned on performing or when I had only recently recorded the demos at the studio. Once on stage though, the feeling soon passed. I think if you're passionate about what you're doing up there and the crowd is really feeling you, it grounds you beyond any real self-consciousness. This is what is so addictingly beautiful about performing. A good crowd can fill those gaps in your psyche and suddenly you are capable of mind-blowing art if you really want to be. It's about synchronicity, reciprocation. So far I've spent most of my time practicing in my room. I'm a bit modest so I don't see myself as the next best thing or God's gift to music. I guess that is not my real goal with what I do. I would simply like to be a better prepared instrument for the hidden voice I long to unfurl. I just want to give an audience a piece of myself to be remembered by, to take home with them to call their own. My music career to date has included performing in front of a
