Julian Velard
Encyclopedia
Julian Velard is an American pianist
and singer-songwriter
, born and raised in New York City
.
, New York
. He attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
and Hampshire College
, in Amherst
, Massachusetts, where he studied under Yusef Lateef
. He did the music for the Noah Buschel
film, Bringing Rain
, starring Adrian Grenier
. Before moving to London
and signing a UK based record deal in June 2007, Velard toured around America and released 3 indie records.
, France
and North America
, appearing with numerous other acts, including: Jamie Cullum
, Goldfrapp
, Shelby Lynne
, Marc Broussard
, Amy McDonald
, Kate Nash
, Michael Tolcher
, Jonah Smith
, The Alternate Routes
, Jose Gonzalez
, Sonya Kitchell
, Tom Baxter
, The Clarks
, Horatio Sanz
, The Damnwells
, Ari Hest
, Ben Kweller
, Toby Lightman
, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
and others.
On November 27, 2007, he made his first appearance in Paris
, supporting Kate Nash
. Throughout February and May, 2008, he supported Amy Macdonald
on a sold-out tour of the UK and Ireland. Velard made his first appearance in the Netherlands
in November 2008 at The Crossing Borders Festival, alongside Ben Folds
, Death Cab For Cutie
and Fleet Foxes
.
, and appeared on The Dermot O'Leary
show for "Radio 2 Presents: Julian Velard."
On May 9, 2008, Velard made his television debut with an interview and performance on This Morning
with Fern
and Phil
.
His first commercial single, Jimmy Dean & Steve McQueen was released in Ireland on June 13, 2008. It was released in the UK on June 16, 2008. In addition to Jimmy Dean & Steve McQueen, this release also includes two additional tracks: "You Wouldn't Wanna Be Me", and "All In All".
Velard's recent YouTube cover series, featuring the songs of Madonna
, Chris Brown, 10cc
, Michael Jackson
, Kings of Leon
, Katy Perry
, and Wham netted him over half a million YouTube views.
. The record is a greatest hits package of Velard's material to date, some of which is culled from The Movies Without You EP. After parting ways with EMI
in the fall of 2009, Velard released the record himself on November 23, 2009.
, Velard began writing his follow-up to The Planeteer
, Mr. Saturday Night
, produced by songwriters Jerry Abbott and Grant Black, and mixed by Steve Power
. The album was released in the UK on April 4, 2011 through Velard's own label, Planeteer records. "Love Again For The First Time" was released as a single in the UK on March 10, 2011. In January of that year, Velard moved back to London to promote the new album.
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Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
and singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, born and raised in New York City
New York City
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.
Biography
Velard was born and raised in New York CityNew York City
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, New York
New York
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. He attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts is a high school specializing in teaching visual arts and performing arts, located near Lincoln Center and the Juilliard School in the Lincoln Center district of Manhattan, on Amsterdam Avenue...
and Hampshire College
Hampshire College
Hampshire College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1965 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley: Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of Massachusetts...
, in Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts
Amherst is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States in the Connecticut River valley. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,819, making it the largest community in Hampshire County . The town is home to Amherst College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts...
, Massachusetts, where he studied under Yusef Lateef
Yusef Lateef
Dr. Yusef Lateef is an American Grammy Award-winning jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and a spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community after his conversion to the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam in 1950.Although Lateef's main instruments are the tenor saxophone and flute, he is known for...
. He did the music for the Noah Buschel
Noah Buschel
Noah Buschel was born May 31, 1978 in Philadelphia and grew up in Greenwich Village.Nominated for Breakthrough Director Gotham Award for The Missing Person .*Writer/Director of Bringing Rain starring Adrian Grenier and Paz de la Huerta...
film, Bringing Rain
Bringing Rain
Bringing Rain is a 2003 independent film written and directed by Noah Buschel. It premiered on May 10, 2003 at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released on DVD on September 20, 2005...
, starring Adrian Grenier
Adrian Grenier
Adrian Grenier is an American actor, musician and director. He is best known for his lead role on the HBO original series, Entourage, as Vincent Chase.-Early life:...
. Before moving to London
London
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and signing a UK based record deal in June 2007, Velard toured around America and released 3 indie records.
Touring
He has toured the UK, IrelandIreland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, appearing with numerous other acts, including: Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullum is an English pop and jazz-pop singer-songwriter. Though he is primarily a vocalist/pianist he also accompanies himself on other instruments including guitar and drums. Since April 2010, he has been presenting a weekly jazz show on BBC Radio 2, broadcast on Tuesdays from 19:00.- Early...
, Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp are an English electronic music duo, formed in 1999 in London, England, that consists of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory ....
, Shelby Lynne
Shelby Lynne
Shelby Lynne is an American singer, songwriter and actress. The success of the 1999 album I Am Shelby Lynne led to her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, even though she had been active in the music industry for some time...
, Marc Broussard
Marc Broussard
Marc Broussard is an American singer/songwriter. His style is best described as "Bayou Soul," a mix of funk, blues, R&B, rock, and pop, matched with distinct Southern roots...
, Amy McDonald
Amy Macdonald (singer)
Amy Macdonald is a Scottish recording artist. Macdonald rose to fame in 2007 with her debut album, This Is the Life and its fourth single, "This Is the Life". The single charted at number one in six different countries worldwide, and charted inside the top ten in another eleven countries worldwide...
, Kate Nash
Kate Nash
Kate Marie Nash is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. She had a UK no. 2 hit "Foundations" in 2007, followed by the platinum selling UK number 1 album Made of Bricks. She was named Best Female Artist at the 2008 BRIT Awards....
, Michael Tolcher
Michael Tolcher
Michael Tolcher is an American singer-songwriter who blends pop, blues, and urban grooves. He was born in Front Royal, Virginia, and has lived most of his life in and around Atlanta, Georgia.- Biography :...
, Jonah Smith
Jonah Smith
Jonah Smith is an American musician.He recorded his first indie album, Industry Rule, in 2000 at engineer Matt Stein's studio in New York...
, The Alternate Routes
The Alternate Routes
The Alternate Routes are an American rock band out of Bridgeport, Connecticut formed by Tim Warren and Eric Donnelly in 2002 while studying at Fairfield University....
, Jose Gonzalez
José González
José González is a Swedish-Argentine indie folk singer-songwriter and guitarist from Gothenburg, Sweden.González is also a member of Swedish band Junip, along with Elias Araya and Tobias Winterkorn.- Biography :...
, Sonya Kitchell
Sonya Kitchell
Sonya D. Kitchell is an American singer-songwriter. Sonya Kitchell formed her first band and began writing music in 2001...
, Tom Baxter
Tom Baxter
Tom Baxter is an English singer-songwriter based in London. He was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, and grew up in Cornwall with his sister Vashti Anna, two brothers, Jo Spencer and Charlie Winston, and parents Jeff and Julie Gleave...
, The Clarks
The Clarks
The Clarks are an American rock band from the Pittsburgh region, originating at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Over the course of twenty years, they have produced a total of 12 studio, live and solo releases, selling near a quarter of a million copies....
, Horatio Sanz
Horatio Sanz
Horatio Sanz is a Chilean-born American actor and comedian best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1998-2006. Sanz most recently starred alongside his former SNL castmate Chris Parnell in the Comedy Central series Big Lake.-Early life:Sanz, the youngest of three sons, was born in...
, The Damnwells
The Damnwells
The Damnwells are an indie rock band originally from Brooklyn, New York The band formed in 2001 and has released four full length albums, Air Stereo , Bastards of the Beat , and One Last Century...
, Ari Hest
Ari Hest
Ari Hest is an American singer-songwriter and a native of Riverdale in the Bronx borough of New York.-Early life:Ari took piano lessons as a child and later, as a teenager, taught himself to play his mother's nylon string guitar by ear with influences from both his parents' record collection and...
, Ben Kweller
Ben Kweller
Ben Kweller is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.-Early life:Ben Kweller was born in San Francisco, CA in 1981. In 1982, his family relocated to Emory, Texas, where his father, Howard Kweller, became the town's first doctor. In 1986, the Kwellers moved to a much larger city,...
, Toby Lightman
Toby Lightman
Toby Lightman is an American singer-songwriter. Her first album, Little Things, was released in 2004 on Lava/Atlantic. Her second album, Bird on a Wire was released in 2006. During her career, she has toured and performed with bands such as OAR, Rob Thomas, Jewel, Gavin DeGraw, Train, Prince, and...
, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings are a funk/soul band. They are signed to Daptone Records, where the Dap-Kings are the house band. They are spearheads of a revivalist movement that aims to capture the essence of funk/soul music as it was at its height in the mid-1960s to mid-1970s...
, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals is an American rock band from Waitsfield, Vermont.-Career:Grace Potter and the Nocturnals' lead vocalist is multi-instrumentalist Grace Potter, who attended St. Lawrence University for two years before pursuing music professionally...
and others.
On November 27, 2007, he made his first appearance in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, supporting Kate Nash
Kate Nash
Kate Marie Nash is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. She had a UK no. 2 hit "Foundations" in 2007, followed by the platinum selling UK number 1 album Made of Bricks. She was named Best Female Artist at the 2008 BRIT Awards....
. Throughout February and May, 2008, he supported Amy Macdonald
Amy Macdonald (singer)
Amy Macdonald is a Scottish recording artist. Macdonald rose to fame in 2007 with her debut album, This Is the Life and its fourth single, "This Is the Life". The single charted at number one in six different countries worldwide, and charted inside the top ten in another eleven countries worldwide...
on a sold-out tour of the UK and Ireland. Velard made his first appearance in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
in November 2008 at The Crossing Borders Festival, alongside Ben Folds
Ben Folds
Benjamin Scott "Ben" Folds is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and television personality. From 1995-2000, Folds was the frontman and pianist of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five. Since the group disbanded, Folds has performed as a solo artist and has toured all over the world...
, Death Cab For Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consists of Ben Gibbard , Chris Walla , Nick Harmer and Jason McGerr ....
and Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes are a folk rock band which formed in Seattle, Washington. They are signed to the Sub Pop and Bella Union record labels. The band came to prominence in 2008 with the release of their second EP, Sun Giant, and their debut full length album Fleet Foxes...
.
Radio and television
Velard made his UK radio debut in May 2008 with his first single, Jimmy Dean & Steve McQueen. Shortly thereafter, he was featured as "Record of the Week" on The BBCs Radio 2BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
, and appeared on The Dermot O'Leary
Dermot O'Leary
Dermot O'Leary is an English television and radio presenter. He established himself as a presenter of Big Brother's Little Brother on Channel 4 before moving on to The X Factor on ITV. O'Leary has also presented on the BBC and has his own radio show on BBC Radio 2...
show for "Radio 2 Presents: Julian Velard."
On May 9, 2008, Velard made his television debut with an interview and performance on This Morning
This Morning (TV series)
This Morning is a British daytime television programme broadcast on ITV. As of September 2011, its main presenters are Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes, with various other presenters standing in for illness or contributing to sections of the programme.The...
with Fern
Fern Britton
Fern Britton is an English television presenter, known as the former main co-presenter on the ITV magazine programme This Morning alongside Phillip Schofield. She left the show on 17 July 2009, her 52nd birthday.- Early life :...
and Phil
Phillip Schofield
Phillip Bryan Schofield is an English broadcaster and television personality best known for presenting shows such as This Morning, Dancing on Ice, and various game shows including The Cube.-Early life and career:...
.
His first commercial single, Jimmy Dean & Steve McQueen was released in Ireland on June 13, 2008. It was released in the UK on June 16, 2008. In addition to Jimmy Dean & Steve McQueen, this release also includes two additional tracks: "You Wouldn't Wanna Be Me", and "All In All".
Website and YouTube
Julianvelard.com, designed and built by WeFail, was nominated as the “Best Interactive Website of 2008” at the .NET Awards.Velard's recent YouTube cover series, featuring the songs of Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
, Chris Brown, 10cc
10cc
10cc are an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians -- Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme -- who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the "10cc" name...
, Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
, Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon is an American rock band that originated in Albion, Oklahoma but formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 1999. The band is composed of brothers Anthony Caleb Followill , Ivan Nathan Followill and Michael Jared Followill Kings of Leon is an American rock band that originated in Albion,...
, Katy Perry
Katy Perry
Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...
, and Wham netted him over half a million YouTube views.
The Planeteer (2008-2009)
In July 2008, Velard put the finishing touches on his to be released major label debut, The PlaneteerThe Planeteer
The Planeteer is the debut full-length studio album from singer-songwriter Julian Velard, released on November 23, 2009.The album was originally intended to be Velard's major label debut but after parting ways with EMI in the fall of 2009, Velard released the record himself.-Track listing:All songs...
. The record is a greatest hits package of Velard's material to date, some of which is culled from The Movies Without You EP. After parting ways with EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
in the fall of 2009, Velard released the record himself on November 23, 2009.
Mr. Saturday Night (2010-present)
Following his departure from EMIEMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
, Velard began writing his follow-up to The Planeteer
The Planeteer
The Planeteer is the debut full-length studio album from singer-songwriter Julian Velard, released on November 23, 2009.The album was originally intended to be Velard's major label debut but after parting ways with EMI in the fall of 2009, Velard released the record himself.-Track listing:All songs...
, Mr. Saturday Night
Mr. Saturday Night (album)
Mr. Saturday Night is the latest full length studio album from singer-songwriter Julian Velard, released on April 4, 2011 in the UK. A US release date has been set for November 1st, 2011...
, produced by songwriters Jerry Abbott and Grant Black, and mixed by Steve Power
Steve Power
Steve Power is an English record producer best known for his work with Robbie Williams. He has produced and mixed a wide variety of artists over the years, including Blur, Busted, Andrea Bocelli, Feeder, Joe Cocker, Diana Ross, Babybird, Babylon Zoo, Stephen Duffy, Black, The Bangels, Billy Ocean,...
. The album was released in the UK on April 4, 2011 through Velard's own label, Planeteer records. "Love Again For The First Time" was released as a single in the UK on March 10, 2011. In January of that year, Velard moved back to London to promote the new album.
Studio albums
| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Nitetime (Self-released) |
| 2003 | Make Me Feel 3.27.03 (Self-released) |
| 2006 | The Movies Without You (Self-released) |
| 2007 | The Movies Without You UK Version (Lucky Number Records) |
| 2008 | iTunes Live: London Sessions EP (Charisma/EMI) |
| 2009 | The Planeteer The Planeteer The Planeteer is the debut full-length studio album from singer-songwriter Julian Velard, released on November 23, 2009.The album was originally intended to be Velard's major label debut but after parting ways with EMI in the fall of 2009, Velard released the record himself.-Track listing:All songs... (Self-released) |
| 2011 | Mr. Saturday Night Mr. Saturday Night (album) Mr. Saturday Night is the latest full length studio album from singer-songwriter Julian Velard, released on April 4, 2011 in the UK. A US release date has been set for November 1st, 2011... (Planeteer Records) |
Singles
| Year | Single | Album |
|---|---|---|
| June 16, 2008 | Jimmy Dean & Steve McQueen (Charisma/EMI) | The Planeteer |
| March 10, 2011 | Love Again For The FIrst Time (Planeteer Records) | Mr. Saturday Night |
| June 20, 2011 | Sentimental" (Planeteer Records) | Mr. Saturday Night |
External links
- Julian Velard Official Website
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- Burgoblog.com Review of JV
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