Joshua Payne
With a booming baritone voice and an opera background, singer and songwriter Joshua Payne brings a unique set of skills to the pop table. Payne was born almost completely deaf, although an operation while he was still a toddler managed to restore most of his hearing, and music became a big factor in his rehabilitation to a world full of sounds. Payne's early childhood was spent in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, but when he was eight, he moved with his family to rural Arkansas. Both his parents had strong musical backgrounds -- his mother as a classical singer, his father as a preacher and choir director -- and the home was full of music, from James Taylor to Prokofiev, but Payne preferred sports, although his strong singing voice was already apparent. He graduated high school in 1991, attending Ouchita College on a football scholarship, but a serious knee injury turned his attention back to music; he began studying voice and was soon winning opera competitions. Payne enrolled in the Master of Fine Arts program in vocal music at the University of Memphis, and began touring with Opera Memphis, where his strong baritone won him several title roles.
Following graduation, he relocated to Nashville, which was where pianist Jim Brickman heard Payne sing in 2002, quickly offering him a spot on his package tour. At tour's end, Payne was introduced to noted producer Michael Omartian, who was impressed by this kid from Arkansas with the big booming baritone and a trunk full of songs. The two put together a demo and were shopping it to labels when Ron Goldstein at Verve Music Group heard it and signed Payne to a deal. Payne's debut album on Verve, Your Love, My Home was produced by Omartian and released in 2004. The independently released Same Shoes Second Verse followed in 2007.
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Discografía
17 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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Your Love, My Home
Pop - Editado por Verve Reissues el 13/07/2004
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While He Was a Boy
Folk - Editado por Kitty Hawk Music Group © 2014 el 25/06/2014
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Vincent's Ashtray (The Work Tapes), Vol. 6
Folk - Editado por Kitty Hawk Music Group el 2/05/2019
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Same Shoes Second Verse
Joshua Payne, The Everett Buchanon's
Clásica - Editado por Kitty Hawk Music Group © 2007 el 1/01/2007
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One Pass (The Work Tapes) Vol. 1
Folk - Editado por Kitty Hawk Music Group © 2008 el 23/03/2008
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Medal of War (The A Sides)
Rock - Editado por Kitty Hawk Music Group el 26/02/2019
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God so Loved
Clásica - Editado por Kitty Hawk Music Group © 2012 el 9/10/2012
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L.A. Alone
Rock - Editado por Kitty Hawk Music Group el 21/02/2019
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Baby I Died Strong
Folk - Editado por Kitty Hawk Music Group el 10/11/2010
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Nothing Less Than ..
Pop - Editado por Kitty Hawk Music Group el 9/03/2024
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Woman Got Secrets
Rock - Editado por Kitty Hawk Music Group el 14/02/2019
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Be Still and Know
Humour/Spoken Word - Editado por Kitty Hawk Music Group el 3/01/2020
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Missing You
Country - Editado por Kitty Hawk Music Group el 30/03/2017
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Lonely Room
Rock - Editado por Kitty Hawk Music Group el 28/02/2019
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Medal of War (The B-Sides)
Rock - Editado por Kitty Hawk Music Group el 14/02/2019
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40 Winters
Folk - Editado por Kitty Hawk Music Group el 11/01/2020
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