Joe was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio and has been passionate about guitar since the age of 10.
After recognizing his unwavering interest in music, Joe’s father purchased his first electric guitar for his 12th birthday. From that point on, Joe would rarely be seen without a guitar in his hands.
By the age of 15, he began playing with older musicians in a local clubs and realized that he loved performing and writing songs. Joe sought out any opportunities to perform anywhere he could.
After graduating from high school, he immediately went on tour with an R&B and Pop band. He decided to make music his life, but also wanted to attend college to get a degree in graphic art and business. After attending four semesters of college, he left to pursue music ventures and worked as a studio musician on various projects - which included artists such as Mariah Carey, Men at Large, as well as playing guitar solos on tracks for Gospel, R&B and Jazz artists.
His musical influences include, R&B, Gospel, Rock, Funk, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban jazz and Classical.
Soon, Joe began to be sought out for various recording projects as a studio musician and eventually met a jazz sax player from Detroit. He was given access to the studio in Detroit and began creating and co-writing with a producer on other jazz and R&B projects.
Joe has performed with artists such as Gerald Levert and Trevel Productions, Kym Waters, Angela Bowfield, Kenny Latimore, Chante Moore as well as opening for many other nationally known artists.
Joe moved to Los Angeles in the fall
He has released of 2005 to pursue better opportunities in music and explore avenues to get into TV and film music production.four Cds and is currently producing music for other vocal artists and well as working on a new Cd to be released in October of 2011.
