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Promis

Both albums at CDBaby.com and ITunes!

About Me

.. CDBABY LINK for PROMIS: Promis 2 --

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/16/2004
Band Website: zebox.com/jpromis
Band Members: Just myself, and sometimes guest singers for shows, as well as my mandolin player, drummer, stand-up bass player, and ocassional burlesque dancers, guitaritsts and accordionists.
Influences: Charles Aznavour, David Bowie, Jacques Brel, Marlene Deitrich, Serge Gainsbourg, Ennio Morriconne, Tchaikovsky, Nina Simone, Dusty Springfield, Scott Walker, Natacha Atlas, Tom Waits, Kurt Weill, Pedro Almodovar, Simply Red, Dalida, Joe Dassin, Marianne Faithfull, Harry Belafante, Elton John, Amalia Rodrigues, ABBA, Eurythmics, Khaled, Yves Montand, Billy Idol, Michel Sardou, Amr Diab, Moby, Rufus Wainwright, Johnny Cash, Seal, Sinead O'Connor, Marilyn Manson, Faith Evans, Edith Piaf, Robert Plant, Dead Or Alive, Madonna, Bonnie Tyler, Claude Nougaro, Georgio Moroder, Claude Francois, U2, Rachid Taha, Leonard Cohen, Eros Ramazzotti, Sly & The Family Stone, Paolo Conte, Phyllis Hyman, Sufjan Stevens, Diana Ross, Yianni Poloupolous, R. Kelly, Pet Shop Boys, Camilo Sesto, Cesaria Evora, Googoosh, Mark Lanegan, Caetano Veloso, Jobim, Sade, Cole Porter, Alexander Vertinsky, Burt Bacharach, Chico Buarque, Amy Winehouse, Maria Bethania, Don McLean, Frank Sinatra, Morrissey, Richard Swift, Fiona Apple, Enrico Macias
Sounds Like: Jacques Brel, Rufus Wainwright, Leonard Cohen, Charles Aznavour, Jobim, Kurt Weill, Pet Shop Boys
Record Label: JFPMusic
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New songs from Promis III posted!

Hello! Today six new songs were posted from upcoming CD "Promis III," which will be available in July internationally via CDBaby.com, I Tunes (worldwide), Rhapsody, etc.The new songs are "Tomorrow Sta...
Posted by Promis on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:42:00 PST

Check out this event: Farewell Los Angeles (for now) show at Gardenia!

Hosted By: Promis When: Wednesday May 21, 2008 at 9:00 PMWhere: Gardenia7066 Santa Monica Blvd.Los Angeles, California|5 90038United StatesDescription:Promis Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Promis on Tue, 06 May 2008 10:43:00 PST

My third album, PROMIS III, coming very soon!

Hello everyone! Be ready...my third album Promis III is nearing completion, and should be finished and available via CDBaby and ITunes by early summer. 14 brand new recordings...more of what you love ...
Posted by Promis on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:59:00 PST

Live performances posted below my bio!

I have posted two live performances...one was captured by someone at the Other Side, a piano bar in Silverlake, with James Lent at the piano. I am singing Edith Piaf's "If You Love Me Really Love Me."...
Posted by Promis on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:17:00 PST

Hear Marlene Brideau sing "En Juin"!!!!!

Hello! French Canadian singer Marlene Brideau has covered my song "En Juin" and she did so beautifully! You can hear the recording at her website: http://www.myspace.com/marbrineThis is a dream! I set...
Posted by Promis on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:44:00 PST

New music video for Could This Be Our Time!

Hi everyone! My second music video is now finished...the director sent it to me today and I am very very pleased!!! It's for the song "Could This Be Our Time," from my first album Promis. Now I have ...
Posted by Promis on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:23:00 PST

My song "It’s A Fire!" used in a film!!! Look!

Hello! My song "It's A Fire!" from my first album is used in the new independent feature "Marta's Sex Tape"! They even use the song in the trailer!You can go to www.myspace.com/martasextape and click...
Posted by Promis on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:07:00 PST

See my friend David Pascucci sing two of my songs!

From his recent show...this is David Pascucci, who produced Promis 2. At a recent show he sang two of my songs and he managed to get something that I have yet to have...good footage of himself singing...
Posted by Promis on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:44:00 PST

With Some Of Us Blessed featured on Darfur benefit CD

Hello! My friend Helene McCardle, whose profile you can find on this page, just finished project with a who's who of L.A.'s cabaret world. It's a benefit album for Darfur titled "A Drop Of Rain: Songs...
Posted by Promis on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:48:00 PST

Low quality live performance from 2006...all that exists!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3758788093602595691
Posted by Promis on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:07:00 PST