About Me

My name is Joel and I live in So. Cal with my amazing wife Anna Marie. I am a musician/composer trying to make somthing special happen with my God given gifts. I just graduated from APU with my BA in commercial music and have been blessed with many opportunities in the music industry so far. Besides being a woodwind player, I have been able to compose for Television and Film. My wife is a wedding consultant along with a background in performance(Musical Theatre/Voice/Acting). We have been married for two years this past May and let me tell you, I AM THE LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE.

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You Have A Type B+ Personality
B+ You're a pro at going with the flow You love to kick back and take in everything life has to offer A total joy to be around, people crave your stability. While you're totally laid back, you can have bouts of hyperactivity. Get into a project you love, and you won't stop until it's done You're passionate - just selective about your passions Do You Have a Type A Personality?

My Love and I at Graduation 06 from APU....finally!

Check out this funny parody of that big blockbuster movie about a ring, and hobbits. It's called Lord Of The Bling and was written and directed by my friend Kevin Wilson. I wrote the music. Have fun.

Lord Of The Bling

"Tweek City" Trailer Directed by Eric G. Johnson. NEW ORIGINAL SCORE by Joel D. Catalan

Tweek City
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"Urban Poets" Trailer. Music composed by Joel D. Catalan

Urban Poets Promo
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Here are pics of our newest addition. World meet my little man Caleb Daniel Catalan!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone affiliated with music performance, music composition, music production. I'm trying to get my feet wet and would love any help, advice, and work realated to any part of the music industry. Anybody need some fat beats, or want to record vocals?

My Blog

Film/TV Update!!

Hey everybody! It's been a while since I have updated this thing and I wanted to get you all informed with whats going on. I recently found out that a film I composed music to was accepted to its' fir...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 21:46:00 GMT

Home from South Africa!!!

We are Back!! South Africa was so amazing. For those of you who don't know, Anna and I were in South Africa for 3 weeks performing a show called Scribble with a group of very talented people from Mosa...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:29:00 GMT

South Africa Bound!!!

Hey Everybody, Well we are off tonight to South Africa! This is a very exciting trip for Anna and I. Our team, Urban Poets, has put together an amazing show for the people of South Africa. As many of ...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:42:00 GMT

Updates!

Hey everybody! It's been so long since I've updated this thing so I wanted to update everybody. Since graduation, I've been SO busy with some great opportunities. This last month I was able to compose...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:06:00 GMT

See ya Starbucks

Well tonight is my last night at Starbucks! This is an end to a long time spent serving coffee, lattes, mochas, and the most detested of them all the Frappuccino. Well if any of you are around feel fr...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:47:00 GMT

Australia

Well like i said Australia was amazing. We had such a good time playing jazz and checking out the sights. Plus i got to see The Stones in concert, it was great. I can't wait to go back. If i was rich ...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:44:00 GMT

Australia was great!

Well i am back from Australia and wow it was great! ill be putting up pics soon and telling all about it later. Take care!joel
Posted by on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 20:35:00 GMT

Staying busy!

Well it's been a while since i have logged anything, and that's mainly because i started my last year of school! At last. Well as i mentioned before, i recently finished my first big gig as a composer...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:44:00 GMT

What's new?

Well things are finally a bit slower this week. I finished writhing for the TLC show last week and they have loved all the music i have sent them. So keep your eyes and ears out Moday nights on the TL...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:08:00 GMT

Busy!

Hey everyone hope your summer has been great. I have been sooo very busy with music stuff. Like i said a few weeks ago, I was offered a job writing music for a tv show on cable with three other compos...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Aug 2005 14:12:00 GMT