Check out this interview with Jon McLaughlin on the Tex Mix Show
http://www.metelevision.com/shows/index.php?id=12
donderdag 21 augustus 2008
dinsdag 29 juli 2008
Jon McLaughlin Is Ready For Some Football
Jon McLaughlin has just announced that he will continue to support his native INDIANAPOLIS COLTS with a few AWESOME appearances throughout the season!
The first dates have just been announced. Jon will be performing the National Anthem on September 21st at the Colts game against Jacksonville.
He will return with his full band on November 2nd perform the half time show against the New England Patriots! He is currently rolling across the country on his headlining tour.
July
29 San Francisco , CA GAMH
30 San Diego , CA Belly Up
August
2 Phoenix , AZ The Brickhouse
4 Dallas , TX House of Blues
5 Austin , TX Stubbs
6 Houston , TX Warehouse Live
8 New Orleans/Kansas City Parish
9 Memphis , TN Newby's
10 Nashville , TN Exit Inn
22 Atlanta , GA Georgia Tech
Source: www.antimusic.com
zondag 27 juli 2008
D/L: You Can Never Go Back (snippet)
D/L: Things That You Say (Snippet)
Here are 2 new snippets of songs that will be
on Jon's upcomming album "OK Now"
I ripped them from his official Myspace
Hope to get the full versions soon!
Tell me what you think
zaterdag 26 juli 2008
Exclusive Interview with Seattle Gay News
SGN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - Jon McLaughlin rockets from the farm to the Oscar stage by Albert Rodriguez - SGN A&E Writer
At the age of 25, Jon McLaughlin has already done what some people dream about their entire lives: appear on the Academy Awards. After performing the nominated song "So Close" from Disney's urban fairytale Enchanted on the telecast, the native Midwesterner became an overnight sensation. Sales of his debut album Indiana surged more than 1,500 percent at Amazon.com, and he was soon asked to tour alongside Grammy-winner Kelly Clarkson, as well as breakthrough acts Colbie Caillat and Sara Bareilles. With a substantial lift of confidence, McLaughlin began working on his second album with a new team of writers and producers that had previously worked magic for such artists as Rihanna and Carrie Underwood. The result is Beating My Heart, a sophomore album set for an October release of this year. The leadoff, self-titled single has just been added to national radio stations and the music video now appears on YouTube. Should you go online to watch the video be warned: it's guaranteed to increase your heartrate significantly. Let's just say from head to toe, McLaughlin's got the whole package. The top-potential newcomer will perform Sunday night, July 27, at The Triple Door (www.thetripledoor.net) here in Seattle. Visit www.myspace.com/jonmclaughlin to ear-sample his music.
A recent transplant to Los Angeles from a rural farmtown, this All-American beefcake appears to be on the fastrack to bigness. From a tollbooth in Ohio, here's what Jon McLaughlin shared with me inside "The Music Lounge."
Albert Rodriguez: Are you in a tour bus or van?
Jon McLaughlin: I'm sitting in my van. I'm looking at it right now, it looks terrible. My trailer is falling apart. I literally have duct tape on the front of it holding the panel together. I can't give up on it, I've had it for too long.
Rodriguez: Where do you call home?
McLaughlin: Home has never been more ambiguous than right now in my life. I grew up in Indiana. Back in May, my wife and I got a place out in California, but ever since then we haven't been there. We've been in Indiana and now we're on the road.
Rodriguez: You're originally a Midwestern boy, corn-fed and the whole thing?
McLaughlin: Total Midwestern boy, every meal.
Rodriguez: What's the biggest change, aside from the weather, with living in California than the Midwest?
McLaughlin: The biggest change, I would say, is space, or lack of space.
Rodriguez: LA is so spread out, you're kind of forced to drive when you're there.
McLaughlin: I love driving in LA, to be honest. I would love it if they had a subway system or a bus system that was a little better, but you just can't do it because it's so big. I love driving in LA because everyone's a little crazy.
Rodriguez: Take me back to Oscar night, what was that like?
McLaughlin: It was the most extreme of every emotion I've ever had. I was the most nervous I've ever been in my life. I probably had one of the most fun nights of my whole life, definitely the most memorable. That's like a once in a lifetime thing to even be able to just go to the Oscars. So being able to sing and perform and be part of the ceremony, it's crazy. I had to pretend not to throw up.
Rodriguez: Who did you meet that blew you away that night?
McLaughlin: My biggest crazy moment, for me personally, was when Tom Hanks walked out to present. I hadn't seen him before then, he wasn't on the red carpet, I don't think, he wasn't sitting in the theater that I saw. We were sitting right in front of the podium that he walked up towards, so he was four feet away from us. For me, Tom Hanks has been my favorite actor my whole life. That was my big crazy moment.
Rodriguez: I would imagine the small town you're from in Indiana doesn't have any Gay bars, correct?
McLaughlin: I don't think so, none that I know of.
Rodriguez: You work in an industry that obviously has a lot of Gay professionals, from makeup artists to stylists. So Gay culture isn't new to you, right?
McLaughlin: It isn't, and honestly I feel like growing up I sort of had a unique experience because when I was younger, even in elementary school and junior high, I did a lot of musicals and plays. The Midwest is a different culture, like the city I grew up in is a small town in Indiana. But it's not to say there weren't these little communities within this small community. So when I did all these musicals and plays, I feel like I was exposed to a world early on that I'm exposed to now like you're saying. It's not like anything I've had to get used to or adjust to.
Rodriguez: Maybe your wife will meet some new Gay friends in California to hang around with while you're on tour, then you'll have nothing to worry about on the road.
McLaughlin: [Laughs.] True.
Rodriguez: After the Oscars, your first album, Indiana, enjoyed a sales splurge.
McLaughlin: It was really great, and it just goes to show how ridiculous the exposure is to be a part of the Oscars. I can't even fathom how many people around the world sit down to watch the Academy Awards.
Rodriguez: People in some parts of the world have to wake up to watch it at 2:00 in the morning.
McLaughlin: My brother-in-law actually was over in Iraq, he's in the Marines. He had a bunch of his Marines in a convoy, literally they were in a convoy, and pulled off in some tiny little town in the middle of nowhere and found a satellite - and they all crammed around it to watch the Oscars.
Rodriguez: Comments on YouTube for your video for "Beating My Heart" state the obvious. Does it ever bother you that fans prioritize your good looks over your music?
McLaughlin: I think regardless of how you look, if you're going to be in a profession where you're in front of people and be a quote-unquote performer, at some point you have to figure out how to deal with how you look and what your image is going to be. A part of me wishes we just had radio nowadays, for music to speak for itself. I never want to get any sort of advantages, or disadvantages, because of the way I look. As upset and anxious and tense as I get about the whole physical appearance thing, in the end it comes down to the music.
Rodriguez: But music is an art form, and part of that is being visually stimulating to the eye. Fans want to see who's behind the music. It's part of the package.
McLaughlin: You're right, it is an art form - all-encompassing. Ironically, as you say that, I'm getting more and more into video. But I still think bringing it down to how someone looks cheapens it somewhat, at times. I don't want people to focus too much on what I physically look like. I want them to see the video and get the whole experience, not focus on one aspect of it.
Rodriguez: If you didn't want people to focus on what you look like in your video, you should've worn baggy basketball shorts instead of form-fitting jeans and a leather coat.
McLaughlin: [Laughs.] That's definitely true.
Rodriguez: You're very young and I wonder if at some point you'll embrace your physical appearance - your sex symbolism, for lack of a better term. Justin Timberlake is a great artist, and he's hot, and he embraces that by injecting it into his music and performances.
McLaughlin: Justin Timberlake is obviously a very good-looking guy, and if I'm a Justin Timberlake fan - which I am - and if I go to his show, I want to see him do his thing. I want him to own it. I do realize that when I get up onstage, people come and want to be entertained. They want you to be confident, they want you to do your thing. So I'm working on it, I'm trying to embrace it.
Rodriguez: What's the last item of music you downloaded?
McLaughlin: It was either the new Raconteurs album, Consolers of the Lonely, which is like my favorite album at the moment, or the new Coldplay record.
Rodriguez: Who is an artist that you always support or always buy their music?
McLaughlin: It would definitely be my all-in-all guy, who is Billy Joel. But he hasn't done any pop stuff since '93. I would say now it'd probably be Ben Folds, regardless of what he's doing. I'll get anything he does.
Rodriguez: On your last visit to Seattle, did you have a chance to scope it out?
McLaughlin: The last time I was in Seattle was amazing! My band and I rented scooters. We got there early and across the street was this scooter rental place, and we rented these scooters. It was like the most gorgeous day in Seattle, and we just rode these scooters around all day long. Ever since I did that, I was thinking non-stop about scooters so I went out and bought one.
Rodriguez: Here's to gorgeous days and scooters! Safe travels to Seattle this weekend.
McLaughlin: Thanks, and I will see you soon.
posted Friday, July 25, 2008 - Volume 36 Issue 30
Source: Seattle Gay News
Original link:
http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews36_30/page38.cfm
At the age of 25, Jon McLaughlin has already done what some people dream about their entire lives: appear on the Academy Awards. After performing the nominated song "So Close" from Disney's urban fairytale Enchanted on the telecast, the native Midwesterner became an overnight sensation. Sales of his debut album Indiana surged more than 1,500 percent at Amazon.com, and he was soon asked to tour alongside Grammy-winner Kelly Clarkson, as well as breakthrough acts Colbie Caillat and Sara Bareilles. With a substantial lift of confidence, McLaughlin began working on his second album with a new team of writers and producers that had previously worked magic for such artists as Rihanna and Carrie Underwood. The result is Beating My Heart, a sophomore album set for an October release of this year. The leadoff, self-titled single has just been added to national radio stations and the music video now appears on YouTube. Should you go online to watch the video be warned: it's guaranteed to increase your heartrate significantly. Let's just say from head to toe, McLaughlin's got the whole package. The top-potential newcomer will perform Sunday night, July 27, at The Triple Door (www.thetripledoor.net) here in Seattle. Visit www.myspace.com/jonmclaughlin to ear-sample his music.
A recent transplant to Los Angeles from a rural farmtown, this All-American beefcake appears to be on the fastrack to bigness. From a tollbooth in Ohio, here's what Jon McLaughlin shared with me inside "The Music Lounge."
Albert Rodriguez: Are you in a tour bus or van?
Jon McLaughlin: I'm sitting in my van. I'm looking at it right now, it looks terrible. My trailer is falling apart. I literally have duct tape on the front of it holding the panel together. I can't give up on it, I've had it for too long.
Rodriguez: Where do you call home?
McLaughlin: Home has never been more ambiguous than right now in my life. I grew up in Indiana. Back in May, my wife and I got a place out in California, but ever since then we haven't been there. We've been in Indiana and now we're on the road.
Rodriguez: You're originally a Midwestern boy, corn-fed and the whole thing?
McLaughlin: Total Midwestern boy, every meal.
Rodriguez: What's the biggest change, aside from the weather, with living in California than the Midwest?
McLaughlin: The biggest change, I would say, is space, or lack of space.
Rodriguez: LA is so spread out, you're kind of forced to drive when you're there.
McLaughlin: I love driving in LA, to be honest. I would love it if they had a subway system or a bus system that was a little better, but you just can't do it because it's so big. I love driving in LA because everyone's a little crazy.
Rodriguez: Take me back to Oscar night, what was that like?
McLaughlin: It was the most extreme of every emotion I've ever had. I was the most nervous I've ever been in my life. I probably had one of the most fun nights of my whole life, definitely the most memorable. That's like a once in a lifetime thing to even be able to just go to the Oscars. So being able to sing and perform and be part of the ceremony, it's crazy. I had to pretend not to throw up.
Rodriguez: Who did you meet that blew you away that night?
McLaughlin: My biggest crazy moment, for me personally, was when Tom Hanks walked out to present. I hadn't seen him before then, he wasn't on the red carpet, I don't think, he wasn't sitting in the theater that I saw. We were sitting right in front of the podium that he walked up towards, so he was four feet away from us. For me, Tom Hanks has been my favorite actor my whole life. That was my big crazy moment.
Rodriguez: I would imagine the small town you're from in Indiana doesn't have any Gay bars, correct?
McLaughlin: I don't think so, none that I know of.
Rodriguez: You work in an industry that obviously has a lot of Gay professionals, from makeup artists to stylists. So Gay culture isn't new to you, right?
McLaughlin: It isn't, and honestly I feel like growing up I sort of had a unique experience because when I was younger, even in elementary school and junior high, I did a lot of musicals and plays. The Midwest is a different culture, like the city I grew up in is a small town in Indiana. But it's not to say there weren't these little communities within this small community. So when I did all these musicals and plays, I feel like I was exposed to a world early on that I'm exposed to now like you're saying. It's not like anything I've had to get used to or adjust to.
Rodriguez: Maybe your wife will meet some new Gay friends in California to hang around with while you're on tour, then you'll have nothing to worry about on the road.
McLaughlin: [Laughs.] True.
Rodriguez: After the Oscars, your first album, Indiana, enjoyed a sales splurge.
McLaughlin: It was really great, and it just goes to show how ridiculous the exposure is to be a part of the Oscars. I can't even fathom how many people around the world sit down to watch the Academy Awards.
Rodriguez: People in some parts of the world have to wake up to watch it at 2:00 in the morning.
McLaughlin: My brother-in-law actually was over in Iraq, he's in the Marines. He had a bunch of his Marines in a convoy, literally they were in a convoy, and pulled off in some tiny little town in the middle of nowhere and found a satellite - and they all crammed around it to watch the Oscars.
Rodriguez: Comments on YouTube for your video for "Beating My Heart" state the obvious. Does it ever bother you that fans prioritize your good looks over your music?
McLaughlin: I think regardless of how you look, if you're going to be in a profession where you're in front of people and be a quote-unquote performer, at some point you have to figure out how to deal with how you look and what your image is going to be. A part of me wishes we just had radio nowadays, for music to speak for itself. I never want to get any sort of advantages, or disadvantages, because of the way I look. As upset and anxious and tense as I get about the whole physical appearance thing, in the end it comes down to the music.
Rodriguez: But music is an art form, and part of that is being visually stimulating to the eye. Fans want to see who's behind the music. It's part of the package.
McLaughlin: You're right, it is an art form - all-encompassing. Ironically, as you say that, I'm getting more and more into video. But I still think bringing it down to how someone looks cheapens it somewhat, at times. I don't want people to focus too much on what I physically look like. I want them to see the video and get the whole experience, not focus on one aspect of it.
Rodriguez: If you didn't want people to focus on what you look like in your video, you should've worn baggy basketball shorts instead of form-fitting jeans and a leather coat.
McLaughlin: [Laughs.] That's definitely true.
Rodriguez: You're very young and I wonder if at some point you'll embrace your physical appearance - your sex symbolism, for lack of a better term. Justin Timberlake is a great artist, and he's hot, and he embraces that by injecting it into his music and performances.
McLaughlin: Justin Timberlake is obviously a very good-looking guy, and if I'm a Justin Timberlake fan - which I am - and if I go to his show, I want to see him do his thing. I want him to own it. I do realize that when I get up onstage, people come and want to be entertained. They want you to be confident, they want you to do your thing. So I'm working on it, I'm trying to embrace it.
Rodriguez: What's the last item of music you downloaded?
McLaughlin: It was either the new Raconteurs album, Consolers of the Lonely, which is like my favorite album at the moment, or the new Coldplay record.
Rodriguez: Who is an artist that you always support or always buy their music?
McLaughlin: It would definitely be my all-in-all guy, who is Billy Joel. But he hasn't done any pop stuff since '93. I would say now it'd probably be Ben Folds, regardless of what he's doing. I'll get anything he does.
Rodriguez: On your last visit to Seattle, did you have a chance to scope it out?
McLaughlin: The last time I was in Seattle was amazing! My band and I rented scooters. We got there early and across the street was this scooter rental place, and we rented these scooters. It was like the most gorgeous day in Seattle, and we just rode these scooters around all day long. Ever since I did that, I was thinking non-stop about scooters so I went out and bought one.
Rodriguez: Here's to gorgeous days and scooters! Safe travels to Seattle this weekend.
McLaughlin: Thanks, and I will see you soon.
posted Friday, July 25, 2008 - Volume 36 Issue 30
Source: Seattle Gay News
Original link:
http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews36_30/page38.cfm
donderdag 24 juli 2008
JM Summer Tour video
Check out the new Jon McLaughlin summer tour video, courtesy of his myspace.
Jon McLaughlin Summer Tour
Jon McLaughlin Summer Tour
dinsdag 22 juli 2008
New track: Smack Into You
Here's a track originally recorded for OK Now titled "Smack Into You", written and produced by Tricky and The-Dream.
http://www.divshare.com/download/4964284-1ea
Jon McLaughlin Live @ The Rock Boat VIII
D/L: Jon McLaughlin Live @ The Rock Boat VIII, Xanadu Lounge
"The Rock Boat" is the world's greatest floating music festival..
The Rock Boat VIII departed January 19, 2008 from Miami..
One of the many artist on the festival was Jon Mclaughlin, and
we have the audio of his concert!
Tracklist:
01. Places I Already Know
02. "Get a little snap going..."
03. Far From Home
04. Perfect
05. "learning about my own equilibrium"
06. One of Four
07. "that's how it's done on The Rock Boat"
08. Untitled
09. Indiana
10. "getting ready to make a new record"
11. Four Years
12. Amelia's Missing
13. Beautiful Disaster
14. Human
15. Industry
Please just use this for personal use only!!!
Further more... just Enjoy!!
Jon McLaughlin Readies New Album
Published June 17, 2008
Singer/songwriter/pianist Jon McLaughlin is previewing material from his forthcoming album during a coast-to-coast US tour.
The pop-rocker, who's been on the road since early June, will finish out the month with a couple of shows in his native Indiana and a Los Angeles gig opening for British singer/songwriter Duffy. He'll start up again July 10 in Boston and make his way across the US, playing clubs and theaters through late August. Details are listed below.
McLaughlin is gearing up for the Aug. 19 release of "OK Now," his sophomore set for Island Records. The lead single, "Beating My Heart," impacted the Hot AC radio format last week and is streaming at the performer's MySpace page.
The new record follows McLaughlin's 2007 major-label debut, "Indiana," which saw a huge spike in sales after he performed "So Close" at February's Academy Awards ceremony, according to a press release. McLaughlin sang that Oscar-nominated song in the Disney movie "Enchanted."
He also got plenty of exposure last year, touring with Sara Bareilles, Paolo Nutini and Kelly Clarkson, and performing on CBS-TV's "The Bold & the Beautiful" and NBC's "Today" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
Source: www.livedaily.com
Jon A Crowd-Pleaser, Even In Rain
Thursday, June 05, 2008
BEAVERCREEK — Rain and thunder didn't stop Jon McLaughlin from taking the stage at The Greene on Wednesday, June 4.
More than 800 concert-goers filled the Greene's town square despite the wet grass.
Extras"It actually turned out perfect, even with the weather," Kelli Kooken, The Greene's director of marketing, said. "We had one little downpour and there was a break, but people came out and still enjoyed it."
The Oscar-nominated artist rocked the stage and performed new songs and music from his first major label album, "Indiana." The alternative singer-songwriter and pianist made his silver screen debut in "Enchanted" last summer and performed at the Academy Awards in February.
Sam Coffey and Randy Miller, both 19-year-old Waynesville residents, were at The Greene by 4 p.m. to ensure their front-row seats, even though McLaughlin was scheduled to take the stage at 8 p.m.
"He is an incredible live performer," Coffey said. "It was a very energetic show."
Though the opening local band, Northmont, got a late start and a 30-minute rain delay cleared the green space, concert-goers came back.
"I'm going to stay until Jon McLaughlin comes out," Holly Gebert, 25, of Beavercreek, said. "It's only rain."
The Indiana heartthrob got a late start too, but it was well worth the wait. His power ballads and piano solos were crowd-pleasers.
"He is an amazing piano player," Allyssa Oney, 16, of Dayton, said. "He has so much feeling when he plays."
His 50-minute set included his new song "Beating My Heart," which debuted on radio stations Monday, June 2.
Source:www.daytondailynews.com
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