Jon

Artist responsibility. Freedom of Speech. Clarity through words. When politics, the environment and music meet, I hope to get my message across through my artistry.Check out all of my Jazz/Funk/Groove Fusion CDs on CDBaby.com! If you are a radio station and want to check out my tracks, click HERE If you like what you hear and want me to send you CDs to play on your station, drop me an email! THANK YOU!My latest work, “George Bush Sings!” can be downloaded here onMYSPACE MUSIC MYSPACEMUSICor at CDBaby: CDBABY.COMAND BROADJAM:BROADJAMAND PRESS RELEASES ABOUT THESE TRACKS..... START A BUSINESS- AMERICA'S OIL ADDICTION and MONEY TRUMPS PEACEGeorge Bush Sings is an audio outing for those of us who happen to notice that the emperor's suit hides nothing. It was my thinking that if the Office of the President had truly become a theatre of the absurd, where words had no meaning, then it was time to arrange the order of the President's words so that they may better reflect the truth.This country has always had difficulty escaping the influence of big oil. The way we built our cities and the reasons we went to war were most often at the request and benefit of the folks at the petroleum concerns. Many of the decisions made by government were in the best interest of the oil stockholders but may have been disastrous for the well-being of the planet.At a time when government must take the initiative to fundamentally change our energy and environmental policy, we have a president whose background in the oil business suggests that he may not have been suited to the task of leading the nation away from it's addiction to oil. This president stated that he was a uniter, not a divider, and yet he has done more than any American president to polarize and disrupt the social fabric of the United States. Start A Business is Bush’s version of “let them eat cake.”My last album, “Pacific Electric,” pays tribute to Los Angeles’ long-lost Pacific Electric Railway and my thoughts of energy, policy and interest of expanding rail service between and inside cities to promote healthier air and trying to understand the removal of the Pacific Electric Railway. My previous albums, “3 if By Air” and “The 10th House” both featured CD cover graphics which reflect my passionate visual statement about the fragile nature of the orb we populate. I feel fossil fuels have no place in our future. If we continue to burn them at the current rate, two things will happen as sure as night follows day.....our economy will be disrupted beyond repair, and our planet, likewise, may be damaged sufficiently to induce global catastrophe.I am a songwriter, musician, producer, music publisher and record label executive whose career has encompassed touring the world.....From my first overseas gig in Southeast Asia to entertain soldiers for the USO, to performing with Ike & Tina Turner in Germany with the Rolling Stones as audience spectators. I was signed as a writer in 1975 for Peacock Music, where Jimmy Whitney and I co-wrote "Goodness Knows," recorded that year by Michael Jackson. I'm currently producing my own works and others elaborating on my environmental beliefs as an activist and musical artist on my own independent label, Jon Hartmann Records.