Joanna Duff - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I hail from the south and although I spent the majority of my life in Northern Virginia (below the Mason-Dixon line, but very confused when it comes to Yankee/Southerner preferences - we say y'all but only a chosen few, myself included of course, relish the taste of sweet tea), I would have to say that Athens, GA is my adopted hometown when it comes to music. A lot of my musical influences come from my six years there - Athens is a great place to be if you are into music at all. Back in 2004 I decided to head West and I spent the next 3+ years in Los Angeles and San Diego. I recently decided to move back to Georgia and although people thought I was crazy to leave the left coast, I know this decision is for the best. People are so much more real when it comes to music AWAY from LA. It's refreshing to be back in a place that isn't full of people with agendas. I don't know about you, but I was DONE with agendas after middle school.
I like to bring comedy to my music and have a whole plethora of comedic songs to enlighten people with (I'm sure songs such as "Skanky Girls" and "Walk of Shame" are tres enlightening indeed). I enjoy branching out to the serious side more though. I love to laugh and all - of course. But, life needs a soundtrack and I've very blessed to have been able to write my own.My basic goal in life? To rule the iPods of 13 year olds everywhere. I should be doin this for street cred, but that ain't how I roll.
Click here to check out "Drifting" and "Lost" by my good friend, Rob Ray. I laid down the background vocals on these 2 tracks.
Click here to buy Rob Ray's debut album, now available at cdbaby.com!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/02/2006
Band Website: um.. the one you're at...
Band Members:
Influences: Angie Aparo, Caedmon's Call, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Better Than Ezra, Sheryl Crow, Derek Webb, Chris Tomlin, Chris Carraba, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, Pete Schmidt, Peggy Lee, The Beatles, Tristan Prettyman, Bette Midler, Glen Philips, David Ryan Harris, Tony Lucca, Ernie Halter, Nick Daugherty, Alannah Miles, Johnny Reznik, Jimmy Eat World, Good country artists (as opposed to the horrible ones), Tim & Faith, Dixie Chicks, The Judds, Dolly, Reba, and other weird sounding named women who can be identified by their first name only (um. But not Cher). Chicago and Peter Cetera, Hall (but I don't trust that Oates guy), a lot of others I can't think of right now.
Sounds Like: Natalie Merchant, Natalie Maines, Phoebe Bouffet, Flava Flav
Record Label: Non-existent?

My Blog

Much Needed Update.. NEW song, too!

So it's almost been a year since my last blog post. Oops. I have been playing Smith's pretty regularly now, about every month or two. It seems like the shows get better every time I play - more and mo...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:47:00 GMT

Holy crap, they asked me back...

Thanks to everyone who showed up to my last gig at Smith's on July 16th (especially Kim, Marlin, Chrissy, Sarah, Darren, Seth, and Clay, and Nicky in spirit). If you missed it the first time (and ther...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:12:00 GMT

My name in lights... well, kind of...

Depends on the brightness of your computer screen. Still counts I think...This totally beats my name in dry erase marker!!! See below.
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:15:00 GMT

Another show... (and it’s in 2008, not 2009!)

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at Smith's Olde Bar. Details to come...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:53:00 GMT

New Show.. and it’s not an open mike!

Hooray. I booked, yes booked a show. A gig. A pre-established date and time that I will be playing out. There are tickets involved. I'm ecstatic. The Details:When: August 3, 2009Where: Red Light Cafe...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:25:00 GMT

I ain’t got no sugar

Typically, I really despise when songs use poor grammar. Really. I hate it. It's a pet peeve of mine. Sidenote: I also hate when "you" is substituted with "U." Is that necessary? ...
Posted by on Thu, 01 May 2008 08:57:00 GMT

Took me 2 years to get into the studio in LA. Atlanta? 2 months.

Yesterday, I spent some time with Joe over at Mars Hill Music recording my song, "Unsweet Tea." Joe's going to help me re-work it a bit and add some cool lead guitar and maybe a jungle track and some ...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:26:00 GMT

New Video Up

I'm now a legitimate artist. Please send my grammy to: Joanna DuffPO Box 1234Atlanta, GA30342 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGhjlmM91rI I think my cinematography skillz are miraculous. Yep. Skil...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:55:00 GMT

Update: When are you playing out, Jo?

So it's been a year since I posted my first song on here... which has since been taken down due to the fact that it wasn't near perfect enough to share. That's me, the eternal perfectionist. Not that ...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:03:00 GMT

Update: Flo Rida meets... Indigo Girls?

Wow. I really need to get on that music thing. I mean, creating cover songs of various rap tunes is hilarious and all, but what about my own stuff? I'll get on that. Stat. Although I know if Flo Rida'...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:23:00 GMT