Confucius said, "A craftsman, if he wishes to do good work, must first sharpen his tools." That being said, SLY JOE's music is honed like an acupuncture needle. It gets in deep under your skin, demands your attention, then leaves you feeling good all over. Since his musical debut in first grade, Sly Joe's been sharpening his skills on the international stage for over 20 years, sharing audiences with the likes of Train, T.S. Monk, Jackson Browne, Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, & John Prine in venues such as Hard Rock Café (Beijing), The Lotus (Koh Tao), Lambeau Field (Green Bay), WAMI Awards Show(Milwaukee), Leach Amphitheater (Oshkosh), and numerous festivals, halls, and coffee shops from coast to coast. Born and raised in Wisconsin, he discovered a love for music early. He quickly developed into an accomplished performer, and won the highest award for a classical pianist from the Wisconsin Music Teachers Association at age 11. By 17, he was chosen to play guitar for the Wisconsin State Honors Jazz Ensemble. As a songwriter, childhood influences are still the roots he draws creativity from. The imaginative harmonies of the Beatles, the soulful rhythms of Motown, the way Mozart could write hundreds of clever hooks and always sound fresh. Sly Joe's songs have earned him musical residencies in Thailand, San Francisco, and throughout the Fox Valley. Hundreds of college and mainstream radio stations, independent films, and Podcasts across the globe have also found his songs to be a perfect fit. Currently, Sly Joe is promoting his latest album, "Your Lively Love". Mastered by Michael Hateley (Eric Clapton, Green Day, Aretha Franklin, Spongebob Squarepants) at Warner Bros. Records, "Your Lively Love" features songs about love that can transcend long distances, past failures, and even death. "All around the world I've found proof positive…LOVE is still the universal language. MUSIC is the translator. I try to communicate that idea in my songs." _____________________________ Several Songs have been featured on: RADIO: KFAI (Minneapolis, MN) KTUH (Honolulu, HI) WGTV (Washington, DC) WHCS (New York, NY) WPUB (New York, NY) WSVA (New York, NY) WRBB (Boston, MA) WIIT (Chicago, IL) WXAV (Chicago, IL) KAMP (Tucson, AZ) KVDU (Denver, CO) WLOY (Baltimore, MD) WPTS (Pittsburgh, PA) KYMC (St. Louis, MO) KRUA (Anchorage, AK) WSND (Notre Dame, IN) WSUM (Madison, WI) KZMU (Moab, UT) WWWX (Oshkosh, WI) WRST (Oshkosh, WI) WOCT (Oshkosh, WI) WAPL (Appleton, WI) WZOR (Appleton, WI) KAOS (Olympia, WA) KAUR (Sioux Falls, SD) KBHU (Spearfish, SD) KBVR (Corvallis, OR) KCCR (Tacoma, WA) KDWG (Dillon, MT) KEOL (La Grande, OR) KGRG (Auburn, WA) KHNS (Haines, AK) KISL (Avalon, CA) KKCR (Hanalei, HI) KLPI (Ruston, LA) KMSA (Grand Junction, CO) KMSC (Sioux City, IA) KMSU (Mankato, MN) KNDS (Fargo, ND) KNSU (Thibodaux, LA) KOUG (Vancouver, WA) KQAL (Winona, MN) KRFP (Moscow, ID) KRUX (Las Cruses, NM) KSCL (Shreveport, LA) KSLU (Hammond, LA) KSMR (Winona, MN) KTRM (Kirksville, MO) KUCO (Edmond, OK) KULT (Cedar Falls, IA) KUMM (Morris, MN) KURA (Ourey, CO) KURE (Ames, IA) KVNF (Paonia, CO) KXUA (Fayetteville, AR) M3 Radio (New York, NY) SFR (Boston, MA) WARG (Summit, IL) WARY (Valhalla, NY) WBKE (North Manchester, IN) WBRS (Waltham, MA) WBWC (Berea, OH) WCCH (Holyoke, MA) WCCM (Randolph, NJ) WCCS (Norton, MA) WCLH (Wilkes-Barre, PA) WCMR (Dallas, PA) WCWM (Williamsburg, VA) WDBM (East Lansing, MI) WDWN (Auburn, NY) WEOS (Geneva, NY) WGFR (Queensburg, NY) WGMU (Fairfax, VA) WGRE (Greencastle, IN) WHSN (Bangor, ME) WICB (Ithaca, NY) WIDB (Carbondale, IL) WIDR (Kalamazoo, MI) 106 VIC (Ithaca, NV) BearCast (Cincinnati, OH) WIPZ (Kenosha, WI) WITR (Rochester, NY) WKKL (West Barnstable, MA) WLUR (Lexington, VA) WMHB (Waterville, ME) WMHD (Terre Haute, IN) WMPG (Portland, ME) WMUH (Allentown, PA) WMUL (Hungtington, WV) WNCW (Spindale, NC) WNMC (Traverse City, MI) WNSU (Fort Lauderdale, FL) WNTI (Hackettstown, NY) WOBN (Westerville, OH) WOSP (Jacksonville, FL) WOWL (Boca Raton, FL) WPMD (Norwalk, CA) WPNR (Utica, NY) WQFS (Greensboro, NC) WRFT (Ambler, PA) WRIR (Richmond, VA) WRUB (Amheast, NY) WSIA (Staten Island, NY) WSKB (Westfield, MA) WTTU (Cookeville, TN) WUDR (Dayton, OH) WUSR (Scranton, PA) WUTS (Sewanee, TN) WVFS (Tallahassee, FL) WVUA (Tuscaloosa, AL) WVUD (Newark, DE) WWHR (Bowling Green, KY) WWSP (Stevens Point, WI) WXLV (Schneckville, PA) WYBF (Radnor, PA) WZLY (Wellesley, MA) PODSHOWS/STREAMING: Clickklieak (South Africa) Sheep Guarding Llama (NY) Audio Attitude (MI) The Red Light Zone (UK) Phedippidations (Netherlands) Taka No Iyasinbo (Japan) Daily Breakfast (Netherlands) RobKast Radio (Netherlands) NORML Daily Audio Stash (NM) Clarence Cast (Netherlands) MvyRadio Celebrate Radio Moozikoo Radio Desert Highway Radio Radio Fly Pancake Wednesday Longtown Sound 8 Mothpod Daily Pod (Germany) Ziggys Pop Bernie's World Binary Source Code Radio Grafia (Italy) ALBUMS: Your Lively Love - (EP) Other Side of the Bridge - (Solo Full Length Album) Ride On - (JOJA EP) Organic - (Something Phonic Album) Winds of Change - (Something Phonic EP) Trouble no More - (Something Phonic EP) Sopho King Groovy - (Something Phonic Live Album) Tales from the Magic Shoppe - (Something Phonic EP) Color by Numbers - (Something Phonic EP) Something Phonic - (Something Phonic EP) Ex Post Facto - (Ex Post Facto Cassette) Mind Games for the Listener - (Spanky's Wagon Album) FILM: The Third Wheel People Watching