Biography and Info

Here's some random info I compiled! :D

About his music:

  • JV released his debut album, Blue Skies, in October 16, 2012. 
  • Blue Skies features songs he's written since he was 16 years old!
  • He'd love to sing a duet with Jason Mraz or Bruno Mars. (Kababayan LA interview)
  • "If You Stay" is about a long- distance relationship and about a good friend of his (interview). All written in one day! 
  • He's played guitar on-and-off for seven years. (BlogTV)
  • Joseph's first YouTube post was a cover song of Shwayze's "Buzzin." (Read the description box. And here is his cover "Buzzin")
  • He wants to become an international superstar someday. If he couldn't do that he'd be a nurse (interview).
Personal life:
  • JV is from Los Angeles--Northridge! And likes the Lakers. 
  • He graduated from college- University of California, Irvine (UCI)
  • He's interested in marine biology (BlogTV)
  • His favorite Los Angeles Lakers member is Kobe Bryant, but also Lamar Odom because he's left-handed! (This was back in 2010 when Odom was still with the Lakers.) 
  • JV is left-handed but plays guitar right-handed.
  • Joseph is a Catholic (here's his comment posted on YoutTube original song "Sweet Talk"!).
  • What Joe's looking for in girls: "be yourself and down-to-earth." (interview)
Performances:
  • JV won $10,000 from the Ellen DeGeneres show! He's performed twice on Ellen. (Watch the video here!)
  • In some of his videos you might see the messy bed, but it's not his- it's his roommate's bed. lol! (interview)
  • He's performed at various shows and places including:
    • Singapore
    • Australia (Bamboo Club, Sydney, and Melbourne),
    • Toronto,
    • Los Angeles' House of Blues, Roxy Theatre, El Rey, Troubadour, Knitting Factory and coffee shops, Downtown Disney, Norris Theatre,
    • University of California Irvine (UCI), 
    • University of California Los Angeles (UCLA),
    • University of California San Diego (UCSD),
    • Rutger's University, and
    • high schools.
Some shows he has performed in:
  • YouTube FanFest, powered by HP, (Singapore) May 2013
  • West Coast tour May 2013
  • Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Tour May 2013
  • Road to Blue Skies tour 2012
  • Miss Korea 2012 Pageant (Los Angeles)
  • The YouTube Stars (Singapore) 
  • Japonicana Tour- March 2012 (Los Angeles, Vancouver, Hawaii, New York, San Francisco)
  • Totally Tube- May 22, 2011 (Theatre at Westbury, New York),
  • Outside My Window Exclamation twenty eleven benefit concert- May 14, 2011 (San Jose, CA)
  • Takeover Tour- January 2011 (Austrailia),
  • Lunar New Year Festival- January 2011 (Torrance, California),
  • B Here Tour- November 2011 (Raising awareness about Hepatitis B at Rutger's University, UCLA, and UCSD)
  • Academy of Heroes- November 2011 (Toronto, Canada), 
  • UCSD Luminance- October 2010 (San Diego, California)
  •  Featured Acoustic Playlist, and
  • various benefit concerts (Harmony for Heart, Band [Aid] benefit concert, FBLA, Music for Life- March of Dimes, Relief of Japan, Dreamchasers, Not For Sale).
  • He's auditioned for America's Got Talent before! (interview)
Others:
  • Ever wonder what the number 12 is from on JV's Twitter account? It is his "high school number." (interview)
Singles on iTunes and Amazon:
Get Joseph Vincent's debut album, Blue Skies, at these links:

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