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PJ MORTON- FINALLY PHILLY! JUL 10

LIVE RECORDING IN LA 8/15/08

About Me

PJ Morton, a native of New Orleans, LA, most often describes his music as feel good music that lyrically tells stories about life and lovemusic that makes your heart think. He coins his style of music, soulful pop. This 25-year old musical prodigy is indubitably a true seasoned musician who has garnered a reputation for writing and producing warm, heart-felt, and infectious songs that engage the heart. His humble, yet aggressive spirit, along with his prolific musical talents has afforded him with many opportunities to fall comfortably into the music industry. With PJ's background in music, it is no wonder that he has found himself right at home in the music business. Coming from a musical background, PJ got his start singing in the church. He began to play the piano at the age of eight years old and by the age of 14, he was already writing and producing. His dream of becoming an artist began to take shape while he was in high school. PJ's hard work and dedication to his craft is gaining him national and international notoriety in the music industry. PJ is a Grammy-award winning writer and producer who can be cited for writing and producing for a wide array of artists. His creative prowess allows him to cross all genres of music. He has worked with a range of noteworthy artists from India.Arie to gospel superstar Fred Hammond. He recently teamed up with super producer Jermaine Dupri to co-write for such platinum artists as Jagged Edge, Monica, Heather Headley and LL Cool J.
Having influences that range from Stevie Wonder to James Taylor, PJ reminisces on his childhood. "When I was younger, my mother would put on the Beatles and explain the songs it made me focus on the writers. Ive never been drawn to one style of music; its always been about the songwriters. Thats why Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Sting and James Taylor touched me so because of the songs." Because of the uniqueness of PJs music, one cannot place him in one specific category. He says it best by stating, "Whatever genre you can stick Stevie Wonder or Sting in .Ill take that!" He has the necessary ingredients it takes to break new ground; to be a trailblazer! Without so much as a second thought, he will raise the bar in the industry! If one had to use one word to describe him, it would be FREE, because he does not worry about much. In his own words, PJ sums it up, "I just keep moving, because I know that its not my fight anyway. So, I just do what I do and let God do the rest!!!"

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/17/2005
Band Website: PJMORTONONLINE.COM
Band Members: Instrumentation:::
Lead, Acoustic: Jesse Bond
----Bass: Brian Cockerham
----Keys: ME
----Drums: "Big easy" Ed Clark
----Trumpet: The legendary Keyon Harrold
----Sax: "Scooter" Kenneth Whalum, Mike Burton
----Percussion: David Crenshaw
----Violin: Stephanie Matthews, Shelby Latin
----Cello: Colle Latin
----These are my People!

Influences: STEVIE WONDER
THE BEATLES
PRINCE
JAMES TAYLOR
TOMMY SIMS
BOB DYLAN
STING
BOB MARLEY
DONNY HATHAWAY
Sounds Like: ME! which is a mixture of all my influences that came before me...

Type of Label: None

My Blog

TIX FOR LIVE RECORDING AVAILABLE NOW!!

August 15, 2008Temple Bar1026 Wilshire BlvdSanta Monica$10 in advance at www.templebarlive.comShow time 9 PMGet your tickets now because this will sell out!!ONLY $10!!!We will start promptly at 9pm......
Posted by PJ MORTON- FINALLY PHILLY! JUL 10 on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:37:00 PST

NEW ANNOUNCEMENT-LIVE RECORD IN LA!

Ok family I'm recording a live album in LA at the temple bar august 15th!! I need everybody in the building...if you're a big fan and live out of town..FLY IN! You have 2 months to get your ...
Posted by PJ MORTON- FINALLY PHILLY! JUL 10 on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:17:00 PST

NEW ORLEANS GIRL

OK SO I GUESS I'M IN THE NEW ORLEANS SPIRIT BECAUSE I'M PERFOMING AT JAZZ FEST SATURDAY...1250 ON THE CONGO SQUARE STAGE...SO I WROTE THIS SONG FOR ALL MY NEW ORLEANS GIRLS!!IF YOU'RE A FEMALE FROM NE...
Posted by PJ MORTON- FINALLY PHILLY! JUL 10 on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:15:00 PST

HAVING PROBLEMS VIEWING THE STORE TO BUY LUAP NOTROM??

TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUY IT, BUT FEW HAVEN'T...SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT..I'VE CONTACTED SNOCAP ABOUT THE PROBLEM.... IT MAY BE A BROWSER ISSUE. I UNDERSTAND INT...
Posted by PJ MORTON- FINALLY PHILLY! JUL 10 on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:02:00 PST

HOW TO BUY THE LUAP NOTROM ALBUM?

The store is directly under the music player on my page.. Check off the songs you want to buy and proceed to checkout..you'll be instructed further after that. Make sure to buy all of the songs! Peace...
Posted by PJ MORTON- FINALLY PHILLY! JUL 10 on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:34:00 PST

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU....

THERE WAS AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE TO MY BLOG ABOUT LOSING EVERYTHING...SO MANY THAT I COULDN'T RESPOND TO ALL, BUT THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR ALL OF THE KIND WORDS AND PRAYERS...I REALLY APPRECIATE IT!!....
Posted by PJ MORTON- FINALLY PHILLY! JUL 10 on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:24:00 PST

I LOST EVERYTHING!!!!

SO, SOMEONE STOLE MY BAG WITH MY LAPTOP, HARDRIVE, CHECK BOOKS..EVERYTHING!!....THE HARD DRIVE HAD ALL MY SONGS ON IT...ALL THE NEW THINGS IM WORKING ON FOR A NEW RECORD...SO I HAVE TO START BACK AT S...
Posted by PJ MORTON- FINALLY PHILLY! JUL 10 on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 07:54:00 PST

CAN HE PERFORM TO TRACKS????

NO!!!!! ...I REPRESENT LIVE MUSIC..IT SADDENS ME BECAUSE THIS QUESTION IS ONLY ASKED IN "URBAN" MUSIC (BLACK MUSIC REALLY)..NO ONE ASKS ROCK BANDS TO PERFORM TO TRAX...COME ON PEOPLE..LETS GO BACK TO ...
Posted by PJ MORTON- FINALLY PHILLY! JUL 10 on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:41:00 PST

MORTONOLOGISTS!!!

IF YOU ARE A TRUE FAN OF PJ MORTON THEN YOU ARE A MORTONOLOGIST...MORTONOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF EVERYTHING PJ MORTON..SO I NEED ALL OF THOSE MORTONOLOGISTS OUT THERE TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THIS UPCOMI...
Posted by PJ MORTON- FINALLY PHILLY! JUL 10 on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:23:00 PST

I FINALLY MET STEVIE!!

IT WAS A LONG TIME COMING...THE BEATLES CAME FIRST IN INFLUENCING ME BECAUSE THEY WERE BEFORE I HAD A CHOICE..MY MOM WOULD PLAY THEM AND THE WRITING INTERESTED ME...BUT, WHEN I WAS OLD ENOUGH I SOMEHO...
Posted by PJ MORTON- FINALLY PHILLY! JUL 10 on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 02:04:00 PST