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Hi, I'm Joanna (not Jo, that's someone else) and I don't have much background in music. I took piano lessons in the second grade and played the saxophone in the school band. Garageband has allowed me to indulge my love for singing beyond concerts in the shower. I love the loops because they let non-musicians like me write songs. I just slap a few loops up and start singing. It's so freeing.
My favorite part of songwriting is writing the lyrics. This makes sense, of course, because writing is what I do for a living. Recently, I've been writing books, and teaching an online class in comedy writing, but in the past I've written for television and even wrote a couple of comic books. I'm a former voice actress (talking, not singing), and even spent a few years as a technical illustrator in aerospace. Go NASA!
Without any real training in music or music theory, I approach songwrititing from an instinctual place. If something sounds good to my ears, I go with it. The kind of music I love to listen to is jazz. I love the old school female torch singers of days gone by -- people like Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Carmen McRae, Julie London, Laverne Baker, Peggy Lee, Dinah Washington, Etta James, Billie Holliday, and the Andrews Sisters.
If you want to know more about me, check out my website, .
My favorite part of songwriting is writing the lyrics. This makes sense, of course, because writing is what I do for a living. Recently, I've been writing books, and teaching an online class in comedy writing, but in the past I've written for television and even wrote a couple of comic books. I'm a former voice actress (talking, not singing), and even spent a few years as a technical illustrator in aerospace. Go NASA!
Without any real training in music or music theory, I approach songwrititing from an instinctual place. If something sounds good to my ears, I go with it. The kind of music I love to listen to is jazz. I love the old school female torch singers of days gone by -- people like Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Carmen McRae, Julie London, Laverne Baker, Peggy Lee, Dinah Washington, Etta James, Billie Holliday, and the Andrews Sisters.
If you want to know more about me, check out my website, .
Music 
Collaborations
| Title | Genre | Released | Plays |
| Whiskey Neat, Water Back | Rock | Apr 22, 2006 | 10106 |
| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Holiday | Dec 20, 2007 | 1532 |
| Rainy Day | Jazz | Apr 22, 2007 | 2646 |
| Ain't No Way | Other | Dec 15, 2005 | 1157 |
| These Tears (Remix) | World | Jun 18, 2006 | 2579 |
| Wine Into Water | Folk | Nov 5, 2006 | 2480 |
| Baby It's Cold Outside | Jazz | Feb 25, 2007 | 4901 |
| When Tears Rain Down (a collaboration) | Alternative | Feb 8, 2005 | 990 |
| Bees and Birds | Jazz | Dec 6, 2005 | 1998 |
| Another Gin & Tonic | Folk | Apr 7, 2006 | 3027 |
| Invisible Dyad #1 | Other | Jan 28, 2007 | 1934 |
Favorites
| Title | Artist | Genre | Plays |
| Misty (cover) | JodyGrenier | Jazz | 952 |
| What a Friend We Have In Jesus | TheTiler | Inspirational | 3563 |
| Christ and Pilate - Jesus Christ Superstar | icanzilb | Rock | 959 |
| Sea Chanty (Ship and the Sea Revisited) | Baboon [+1] | Folk | 3228 |
| Yodel | lincolnthompson | Folk | 1307 |
| Dance New York Away | JodyGrenier | Jazz | 1443 |
| Strange Fruit | mbehar [+2] | Jazz | 2561 |
| Home Town, song for a warrior | bama | Folk | 944 |
Blog
| Other songs on iComp | March 13, 2006 |
I joined this site late, so a couple of my collaborations are on here. One is Bees and Birds with Daphna and Mcboy, the other is Ain't No Way with Stun_Nutz
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