I was asked to participate in a podcast interview with "Gay Friends of Amy Grant". I talk about being friends with Amy & also my coming out story & the price I paid for Truth! Please take a listen. The podcast also features a section of our recent youtube song "Hometown Glory".
02/08/08 Be sure and check out the guitar that we are going to auction to raise money for my custody battle! www.myspace.com/fightingformyson.
Daryl Hannah took the guitar to Farm Aid and had artists sign it. She is going to personally present it to whomever wins the guitar!
12-20-2007 Wow! Seems like we are on a roll!
JOJOHO and Ari Gold's song, "Love Wasn't Built in a Day", featuring Dave Koz, wins the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards for the catagory Best R&B Song. The song was produced by HitPlay & Ari Gold. This was a great follow up win after winning the Grand Prize, with their song "Where the Music Takes You", for the USA Songwriting Competition.
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Sean and I along with Ari Gold won the Grand Prize in the USA Songwriting Competition!!
The USA Songwriting Competition is the world's leading international songwriting competition with over 33,000 song submissions by industry professionals and amateurs alike. "Where The Music Takes You," written by Ari Gold and HitPlay’s JOJOHO & Sean Petersen, won the first prize in the Pop Song Category and also the Grand Prize for the entire competition. Judges include, legendary songwriter, Carole Bayer Sager and many other music industry professionals. "WTMTY" was produced by HitPlay & released on Ari Gold's new album "Transport Systems". The song also features the amazing Sasha Allan, who is now touring with Babyface.
Be sure to visit our HitPlay MySpace to hear the song. And ADD us if you haven't. ****************************************************
Grammy and Emmy Award winning Producer/Composer/Songwriter/Musician/Vocalist/Remixer. Check out my website www.JoeHogueProductions.com for Credits, News and music samples.