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Well, okay, maybe not the girls, at least not three of them, but his adventurous nature leads him to stomp willingly into places where even angels might fear to tread. "As an entrepreneur," says Canadian musician Luke Jackson, "he has a spirit and refusal to quit that is really inspiring. He demands the best of himself and the people around him." Pretty cool for someone who calls himself a jack of all trades and...master of all of them. </p> <p><span class="text">Since he first picked up a guitar at the age of ten, his career has spanned making music, producing music, professional photography, and many more projects too numerous to mention. He s up to try anything at least once, because for him, there are too many things in the world to waste time doing the same stuff more than once. </span></p> <p><span class="text"> Although his newest album "Leaving" is similar in style to his first solo album, "Thirteen Songs About Love", Justin's early music career was less vocals, more shouting. The San Jose, California native played guitar with punk band The Blamed on their first Tooth and Nails Records release. He released one record with industrial band Mortal on Intense Records and two CDs with Spitkiss, whose remixed single  Violent Consumption" landed a spot in a Mercedes-Benz television ad.</span></p> <p><span class="text">Despite all these years of playing in loud, thrashy bands, Justin found himself writing sad love songs more often than not. "Thirteen Songs" is what he calls "wuss rock"; despite the caramel corn deliciousness of each track, it's clear that Justin is seeing the world through sad-colored glasses.</span></p> <p><span class="text">Justin sold everything he owned to get the album produced by Brainpool frontman and genius engineer Christoffer Lundquist at Aerosol Grey Machine Studio in Malmo, Sweden. When that still wasn't enough, fans and readers of his popular blog (jwinokur.com) flooded his mailboxes, virtual and real-life, with donations that enabled him to take the next step towards realizing his dream. </span></p> <p><span class="text">As a way of saying thank you to the people whose lives he'd touched with his blog, who had all but funded his musical project, and as a way of promoting his new album on a grass-roots level, he packed all his belongings and an acoustic guitar into a tiny red Fiat convertible and departed on a year-long trip across the United States. Along the way, he stayed with blog readers and new friends, wrote about his experiences online, and began taking photographs to document his trip. His artwork from this off-beat "tour" was eventually showcased in numerous locations across North America, and led to a current collaboration with Los Angeles-based photographer Glenn Campbell (link). </span></p> <p><span class="text">"He's talented, but he's multitalented," says Lisa Klein of OpticNoise Music Licensing and Distribution. When he first considered producing a second album, Justin asked all of his friends and family what music they'd like to have played at their funerals. He then produced 18 original songs based on their recommendations, including the softly poignant title track, "Leaving," written for Spitkiss bandmate and longtime friend Adam Bannister's mother. The album also includes Justin's only cover, "Don't Fence Me In," which was originally made popular by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters. "That's what I want played at MY funeral," Justin points out. </span></p> <p><span class="text">A fan of his blog pointed out, "I want you to know that you are loved and your art begets more creation." That certainly holds true for Justin, who is already working on a new album with A&M guidance from Mark Mazzetti, who is best known for his work with Bryan Adams, sarah Brightman, and Sting. Of the new music, Mazzetti says, "[Justin] is quick to try new ideas and he is not afraid to share his differing opinion.  He is very committed to writing great songs and making a broader impact on the world-wide audience.  I think he will do that with this next record." </span></p> <p><span class="text">What's next for Winokur after that? It's hard to say, but the calibre of his work shows that it will be something worth keeping an eye on. As a producer and the US agent for Swedish band Brainpool, he is working to bring a touring production of their rock opera JUNK to Scandinavia; the show already played one sold-out nine-week show in Los Angeles, and was performed as a staged reading off Broadway. Luke Jackson says, "If some like-minded philanthropist gave him a million dollars to go create something, he'd come back with a show that would rival the best of Cirque Du Soleil."</span></p> <p><span class="text">Both as a musician and an entrepreneur, Justin feels an obligation to give back to the world that's given him so much: the numerous gifts from his friends, fans, and family, but also the talent and success that he's worked hard to sharpen. The future of the music industry may be shaky, and the destiny of the independent artist is an uphill battle. But, like his supporters and collaborators, Justin believes in the future of music, and that people will find ways and reasons to buy it. <p><span class="text">Justin once said his lifetime goal was to bring peace to the world through art, and, despite making him sound like an enormous hippie, that is really his goal: to inspire, to create, and to change the world and the way people see the world, through his art, in song, to lead the world forward and generate a new music industry."</span></p> <br/> <br /> </span><span class="header-sub">(Text by Allie Foley)</span></p> </td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#000000"><img src="images/line_blue.jpg" width="750" height="1" border="0" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#000000"><img src="images/square_bullet.gif" width="10" height="10" hspace="10" align="absmiddle" /><a href="contact.html" onmouseover="MM_swapImage('contact1','','images/button_contact_hi.jpg',1)" onmouseout="MM_swapImgRestore()"><img src="images/button_contact.jpg" alt="Contact" name="contact1" width="64" height="20" vspace="2" border="0" align="absmiddle" id="contact" /></a><img src="images/square_bullet.gif" width="10" height="10" hspace="10" align="absmiddle" /><a href="privacy.html" onmouseover="MM_swapImage('privacy','','images/button_privacy_hi.jpg',1)" onmouseout="MM_swapImgRestore()"><img src="images/button_privacy.jpg" alt="Privacy Policy" name="privacy" width="107" height="20" vspace="2" border="0" align="absmiddle" id="privacy" /></a><img src="images/square_bullet.gif" width="10" height="10" hspace="10" align="absmiddle" /><a href="index.html" onmouseover="MM_swapImage('home','','images/button_homepage_hi.jpg',1)" onmouseout="MM_swapImgRestore()"><img src="images/button_homepage.jpg" alt="Home" name="home" width="57" height="20" border="0" align="absmiddle" id="home" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#000000"><img src="images/line_blue.jpg" width="750" height="1" border="0" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle" background="images/tan_bg.jpg" bgcolor="#000000"><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="750" height="10" /></td> </tr> </table> </center></td> </tr> </table> <p class="footer"><br /> <span class="text">&copy; Justin Winokur - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED <br /> <br /> </span> </p> </center> </body> </html>