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Soul Of Jonas

About Me

Soul of Jonas is on indefinite hold. I'm now working hard on stuff with my new band GLAD HEARTS - MYSPACE.COM/GLADHEARTS .
Also find Glad Hearts on:
- Website - Glad-Heart.com
- Facebook - Facebook.com/pages/Glad-Hearts/9949165195
- Twitter - Twitter.com/GladHearts
- Blog - Glad-Hearts.Blogspot.com
- iLike - iLike.com/artist/Glad+Hearts
- Last.FM - Last.FM/music/Glad+Hearts
- Imeem - Imeem.com/gladhearts
- ReverbNation - ReverbNation.com/GladHearts
- YouTube - YouTube.com/user/GladHearts
Glad Hearts - Welcome to Bing Sound (The making of The Oak and the Acorn)
Glad Hearts - (The making of) Tired Doctor
My name is John Valencia. I write music under the moniker Soul Of Jonas. These songs are all basically my babies. I did everything for them - play, sing, edit, mix, etc. - besides play drums. My friends Tim and Eric helped me out there.
contact: [email protected]
You can download my first album, Iconography, in its entirety on my website, HERE , for free.
If you'd like to buy a hard copy of my CD you can do so by clicking the PayPal link below. It's $4 and price includes shipping.
ALSO, PLEASE CHECK OUT SOME OF MY FRIENDS AND/OR OTHER INDEPENDENT ARTISTS I THINK ARE INCREDIBLE:
- Jay Legaspi
- Kate Sikora
- The Feverfew
- Rachel Jacobs
- John Cole
- Darrin Bradbury
- Ang
- Kyle Avallone
- Lemuria
- Robert Sarazin Blake
- Anais Mitchell
- Louis Ledford
- Rachel Ries
- Robert Icker
- Jeff Richie
- Gilgongo
- Tommy Strazza
- Louis
- Upholstery
- Hand In The Attic
-Projected Through Glass
- A John Henry Memorial
- Geri X
- Seasick
- Lullaby League
- Chess
- LingLing
- The Motor
- Jesse Dunn
- The Shivers
Thanks,
JV

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/28/2005
Band Website: http://www.SoulOfJonas.com
Band Members: John Valencia
Influences: Neutral Milk Hotel, The Good Life, Okkervil River, Bright Eyes, The Mountain Goats, The Magnetic Fields, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Velvet Underground, Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer, The Clash, Murder By Death, Pencey Prep, Cursive, Rilo Kiley, The Cure, The Smiths, Morrissey, Joy Division, Elvis Costello, Now It's Overhead, Interpol, DJ Shadow, Themselves, Tilly And The Wall, Son Ambulance, Ben Kweller, M Ward, Xiu Xiu, Devendra Barnhart, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, The Stills, REM, Weezer, Nicolai Dunger, Young People, Nirvana, Neva Dinova, Jake Bellows, CocoRosie, The Microphones, John Lennon, Ehrlichman, Charlie Mcalister, Nutrition Fun, Edward Gray, A John Henry Memorial, Simon Joyner, David Dondero, Jed Engine, Robert Blake, Jay Legaspi, Tommy Strazza, Louis Ledford, Anais Mitchell, Rachel Ries, The Feverfew, Rachel Jacobs, Voxtrot, The Shivers
Sounds Like: Neutral Milk Hotel, The Good Life, Okkervil River, Bright Eyes, The Mountain Goats, The Cure, Son Ambulance, Ben Kweller, Neva Dinova, Jake Bellows, CocoRosie, The Microphones, Ehrlichman, Charlie Mcalister, Nutrition Fun, Edward Gray, A John Henry Memorial, Simon Joyner, The Feverfew, Rachel Jacobs, David Dondero, The Shivers
Record Label: Whoa-fi
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

NEW BRUNSWICK! PARTY! Glad Hearts Fri May 8 at Court Tavern

Hey all,Reminder about Friday, May 8, at the Court Tavern in the illustrious New Brunswick, NJ. It's the first weekend after classes are done at Rutgers so there should be parties spilling out into th...
Posted by on Thu, 07 May 2009 12:39:00 GMT

Free Show in Brooklyn NYC this Sat Apr 25

We're playing an NYC show on a Saturday. Woo! Look at us!We'll be playing the very familiar, very cool Goodbye Blue Monday in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and the forecast for Saturday looks awesome - high 70s...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:50:00 GMT

Amazing pics from our friends Erin Foster and Emilee Ramsier

Before we left on our recent tour we had the pleasure of doing a photo shoot with our good friends Erin Foster and Emilee Ramsier. The resulting pics are incredible and we're crazy thankful to both of...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:04:00 GMT

Whole album streaming + show Fri Apr 3 + Tour thank yous + pics w Erin & Em

Hey all,Our whole album The Oak and the Acorn is now streaming on our website Glad-Hearts.com on the Music and Store tabs. Just click the little "play" buttons next to song titles.Our next show is com...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:11:00 GMT

Free acoustic set MP3s

Hey all,On Sunday, March 1, we played a really fun (really unrehearsed), fully acoustic show in our friends' attic with a bunch of other great bands/artists/friends. Check this link HERE to see who el...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:36:00 GMT

TWITTER.com/GladHearts

Hey all,I'm running the new Twitter we setup for GladHearts, so if you have one of those tweeting things, hit us up. I hadmy doubts but it's actually alotta fun and cool way to stay in touch. Twitter....
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:03:00 GMT

VIDEO Glad Hearts - Welcome to Bing Sound (making The Oak and the Acorn)

Glad Hearts - Welcome to Bing Sound (The making of The Oak and the Acorn) This video is a sort of docu-vlog (that's a documentary video blog - get with it!) of the making of our first ful...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:36:00 GMT

4 Free MP3s from our album 'The Oak and the Acorn'

www.Glad-Hearts.com/the_oak_and_the_acorn_free_mp3s/Hey All,We posted 4 free MP3s from our upcoming album 'The Oak and the Acorn' on our website along with full album credits and artwork. We'd like to...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:16:00 GMT

VIDEO - Glad Hearts - (The making of) Tired Doctor

Glad Hearts - (The making of) Tired Doctor This video shows the recording of Track 05 off of our first length The Oak and the Acorn, out Mar 21, 2009.Believe it or not, that is us really ...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:51:00 GMT

Fri-Sat, Feb 20-21 shows in Wilmington, DE and Brooklyn, NYC

Fri-Sat, Feb 20-21 shows in Wilmington, DE and Brooklyn, NYCHey everyone,2 cool shows coming up for us this weekend. Check the info and free MP3s below:Fri, Feb 20@ The Spot (ALL AGES)1908 N. Market S...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:20:00 GMT