OPERATION: BATTLE OF THE BANDS
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 7:00 PM (ET)
New York, NY
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Winner will receive a cash prize, radio spot and a meeting with
Artist Group International agent Peter Pappalardo
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Joey DeGraw is a widely known independent recording artist, songwriter,
voice over actor, and NYC based entrepreneur. His current record, "Say
Something Strong," was recently released on National Underground Records
and distributed by SONY RED.
The brother of Platinum Recording Artist, Gavin DeGraw, Joey has toured throughout the US and Europe and has appeared on television shows including CW11 in New York City, Fox TV Good Day Dallas and Fox TV Good Day Austin, and radio shows including The Jonathan Clarke Show on 104.3 FM in New York City and the Matt Pinfield Morning Show on 92.3 FM in New York City. Joey was also a regular guest on the nationally syndicated Joey Reynolds radio show.
Joey has written with artists including Joss Stone and Chris Barron of
The Spin Doctors both of whom appear on his record, as do Gavin DeGraw and
Leslie West.
As a noted voice over actor, Joey has been the voice of A&E Television Network and ITunes, and has performed voiceover spots for major corporations such as Denny's, Coca -Cola, Capri Sun, Gillette to name a few.
Joey is co-owner with Gavin DeGraw, of The National Underground, 159 E Houston, NYC, a roots rock/ Americana music venue situated on the Lower East Side. The National Underground has attracted recording artists such as Norah Jones, Moby, Billie Jo Armstrong of Green Day and John Popper of Blues Traveler and Sports figures such as NASCAR Champion, Jimmie Johnson, who recently named The National Underground as one of his favorite places in New York City, in an NBC interview.
Clarke is frequently called upon as a music industry expert and has
been seen on interviews recently that aired on MSG, CNBC, Court TV, NY1,
WABC-TV, and the WB11 and has
been spotlighted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post , The New York Daily News and other publications numerous times. For more than nine years, Clarke’s been showing his support to
musicians with a forum dedicated to showcasing their latest music in his weekly
Sunday night show on Q1043. “Out
of the Box,” a show that spins deep cuts from new CD's by classic rock
artists, new music from newer artists, as well as music from the garages,
basements and lofts of the many undiscovered artists and bands in the NYC
tri-state area. Green Day, Brian Wilson, Julian Lennon,
Carly Simon, Lenny Kravitz, Bryan Adams, Ray Davies, John Fogerty, Fountains Of
Wayne, Heart, Chris Cornell, John Mellencamp, The Killers, Matisyahu, Russell
Crowe, Walter Cronkite, Noel Gallagher, Michael Stipe, Mark Knopfler, Liz
Phair, Robert Randolph, Bruce Hornsby, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart are just a few of the personalities and
artists that Jonathan has interviewed. He was the first in New York to play
Maroon 5, The Strokes and Robert Randolph on the radio, before they had record
deals. Prior to coming to Q104.3, Clarke served as Music Director/On-Air
Personality at WDRE/WLIR on Long Island.
He was also on-air at several radio stations in the NYC tri-state area
including WDHA in North Jersey and WPDH in Poughkeepsie. While on the airwaves for the past 18 years, Clarke stood out from his
peers with his extensive background as an A&R person, rock historian/
interviewer and journalist. He
started his career as a charts researcher for Billboard Publications before
heading to Arista Records as a
national director PR. During his
tenure there, he also successfully signed The
Samples to Arista with Clive Davis
in conjunction with his A&R activities. Clarke also held high level
creative positions at the Hard
Rock Live Television show, and
I.R.S. Records with Miles
Copeland. Clarke also been a contributing writer to industry trade magazine Hits
and Creem Magazine, profiling various recording stars and industry execs. An active member of N.A.R.A.S, A.S.C.A.P and A.F.T.R.A and a singer/songwriter/producer in his own
right, Clarke continues to record/produce original music for himself and other
upcoming artists. For additional information on Jonathan Clarke, log on to q1043.com. S.E. is a political columnist and culture critic. She has a regular online column at the New York Daily News, and a regular feature at The Daily Caller. She is a contributing editor at Townhall magazine, and a regular contributor to Politico's "Arena." She has been published in the Washington Post, Newsmax, Slate, Human Events, American Spectator, Townhall, FOXNews.com, Sports Illustrated online, Maxim online, NASCAR.com, FrontPage, Detroit Free Press and others. S.E. is a political commentator. She has appeared on FOXNews, MSNBC, CNN, CSPAN, Al Harra and others. She is a regular guest on "Hannity," "Larry King Live," "Fox & Friends," "Geraldo," and "Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld." She has been heard on dozens of radio shows, including The Dennis Miller Show, The Mancow Show, The Curtis Sliwa Show, Bubba the Love Sponge, Andrew Wilkow, The Alan Colmes Show and others. She is a graduate of Cornell University (2000) and a Masters candidate at NYU (2010). She was born in Carlsbad, CA and grew up primarily in Andover, MA. She lives in New York City.
Jonathan Clarke can now be seen as the host of “The Director’s Chair”on
Time Warner Cable, a show all about indy films and
filmmakers. Clarke is also a recurring guest host with the MSG Network with
recent appearances on “MSG NY Extra” and
“Soundcheck”. For close to two
years, Clarke was heard nationwide across America on Sirius Satellite Radio’s Classic
Rewind channel. He joined Q104.3,
New
York and America’s most listened to Rock Station, as an on-air personality and morning show co-host/newsperson in
1997, and continues to be on the air there. Clarke is also host and executive
producer of the highly rated “Out of the
Box,” show on Q1043, a show
that debuted over nine years ago and has remained #1 in the ratings in it’s
timeslot since the show’s inception. He also is on air with 106.7 WLTW (Lite-FM),the most listened to radio station in Americas and is the mid-day host of 103.7 The Band, KKSF Radio in San Francisco. He
also has a bi-monthly column in Boulevard Magazine.
S.E. Cupp is author of the new book 
"Losing Our Religion: The Liberal Media's Attack on Christianity,"
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