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Jo Davidson is a composer, musician, singer, producer, photographer, independent filmmaker and journalist with her own internet radio podcast.
After growing up in Ohio, she moved to Los Angeles where she started her career as a songwriter, signing to Warner Chappell publishing. She later moved to NYC and signed a record
deal with Edel Records, releasing her CD "Kiss Me There which was played on top a/c stations around the nation. Her music has been featured in many films and
tv shows including an Oprah compilation CD along with Eric Clapton, Enya, Better Midler and others. Her music has been featured on prime time tv shows, soap operas
and in movies featuring people such as Jennifer Aniston, Melanie Griffith, Ashley Tisdale, Shannon Doherty, Patrick Swayze, and others. One of her songs was recorded by the artist
MEAT LOAF, and she has toured as a keyboard player with Susanna Hoffs from the Bangles. She has arranged, produced, performed vocals and played the piano for many independent
artists for demos, recording session, records and tv commercials. Her production of Rachael Sage's song "Pictures we took" won Rachael the grand prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest.
On her radio podcast, Jo interviews NY TIMES best selling authors, doctors, healers and people who have faced life challenges with courage. Her long time struggle with chronic
fatigue immune dysfunction, and lyme disease led her to research hundreds of books and articles, working with alternative and holistic medicine to help herself and others. She is an
advocate for non toxic green living and shares cutting edge information on her show Zentertainment Talk Radio at www.Zentertainment.org
If spirituality and creativity are one and the same, I think I have been getting metaphysical since I was a little girl, thanks to the
family piano, and a vast, poetic imagination. Some days you'll find me composing classical piano pieces, other days playing my electric guitar,
and other times you'll find in a garden as I capture the soul of flowers in my nature photographs.
I'm a New York City-based artist and I love living in lower Manhattan. It's my home....
I also spend a great deal of time on the beach at the NJ shore, and am inspired by the
salt air, the ocean waves, and the stars. I love to ride my bike on the boardwalk and spend
time on my porch talking to neighbors. They often stop by when they hear me playing
my 1929 Steinway Grand piano.
I keep an illegal number of journals strewn about here and there,
and for some reason I actually get very excited when I have a blank notebook in my hand!
I have played the piano by ear since I was 4. My mother and grandmother also play by ear.
I started to take lessons when I was in first grade and started writing songs in elementary school.
As a child, I won many basketball hoop shoot contests, spelling bees, and
awards in classical music. I was very involved with my church and sang in
Haitian churches, also visiting hospitals there when I was 15.
I toured in Europe and Australia after high school and then left for LA
to pursue my career in songwriting. I was a house pianist for Lee Strasberg theater
in West Hollywood, often times sight reading and transposing operas on the spot. I also
played the piano for ballet companies and taught songwriting and piano lessons.
I got to play the piano once while Carroll O'Connor and the cast of "All in the Family"
sang holiday songs. That was fun!
Music was always my life, and I wanted to write songs, inspire people, and help heal the world. I was a
keyboard player and backup singer for Susanna Hoffs, and landed a record and publishing
deal with Warner Chappell and later Edel Records.
After moving to NYC, I released my first CD "Kiss Me There"
which I co-produced with Greg Ladanyi (Jackson Browne, Don Henley, Fleetwood Mac).
Greg was a dear friend, a brilliant engineer, and he gave so much of his time and talent to me generously.
We had a great time working together. Unfortunately, he passed away in September of 2009
after a tragic accident/fall while he was in Greece working on another record.
I miss him so very much!
I wrote all of the songs on that first CD and along with co-producing, played all the piano,
keyboard parts, and many guitar tracks.
"Kiss Me There" was featured on top radio stations around the country. I did a national radio tour and
performed at festivals including one in Tampa for 10,000 people.
I was also featured on an Oprah CD sponsored by DOVE that Oprah gave to her
audiences. My song "Kiss Me There" was on the CD along with artists such as
Rod Stewart, Enya, Bette Midler, Eric Clapton and others.
My songs have been featured in movies starring Ashley Tisdale (Picture This, the song Fragile Tough Girl),
Jennifer Aniston
(The Good Girl, the song I Don't Dance),
Patrick Swayze and Melanie Griffith (Forever Lulu, also named Along for the Ride, the song Ghost Town),
Friends' Til The End with Shannon Doherty
(the song Mental Pollution aka Does Anybody Hear Me). My music has also been featured on All my Children, Felicity, Blossom, General Hospital,
Days of Our Lives, The Initiation of Sarah, Tom & Jerry the Movie, and more. I have won awards in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest,
and the International Songwriting Competition. I've performed in many clubs such as the legendary
Bitter End in NYC, Joe's Pub in NYC, the House of Blues, Peabody Hotel in Memphis, and
top hot a/c radio stations all over the country including tv appearances nationwide. My production of Rachael Sage's
"Pictures They Took" won Rachael the grand prize in the John Lennon songwriting contest. Major artists that have recorded my songs include
Stephanie Mills, Melissa Manchester, and Meat Loaf.
Zentertainment Talk Radio was born out of my interest in holistic healing, and my love for interviewing people
and reading self help books. The biggest thing that changed my course, was getting lyme disease. It has been an
ongoing challenge that has changed my life in every single way. Although the details of my whole story are too
long to share here on this page, I want to tell you this:
The illness led me to create the work I do today, and it has opened my mind and heart to a level of
compassion, and awareness I NEVER could have discovered otherwise. It has led me far away from the typical
cliches that permeate so much of the self help world. This has made me a better healer, and a more humble
person!
I have become a "walking encyclopedia" of health and healing information" which I have gathered in my many years of research. I created Zentertainment Talk Radio to help you discover the possibilities in the midst of what feel like impossibilities. As Martin Luther King once said, "you don't have to see the whole staircase to take one step."
When you feel overwhelmed, take baby steps. One at a time. It really works!
In this fast paced world, we often think we have to sprint to reach our destination. I have done my share of sprinting.
But I have also learned that "turtles rule."
Together on this show, we explore new ideas and consider ways to turn our challenges into
opportunities.
Would you like some great at home spa recipes? Do you have questions for
well known doctors? Are you curious to learn more about
how your dreams can guide you? Do you want to
lose weight, or strengthen relationships?
Are you facing a chronic illness and looking for help?
Find out how others have faced huge life challenges and not only survived, but
become stronger.
Check out my online journal, my gallery of photos and the
store with links to
my music.
Every guest interview is FREE when you click play next to the podcast episode you
want to hear!
One thing I know for sure- healing doesn't happen in a vacuum, and we are better when we work
together.
Playing with friends makes everything better!
Thanks for hanging out- feel free to write me and share your stories.
I know you are brave, and courageous.
WELCOME to the power to transform your life!
Jo
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