| j o s e f l o r e n z . c o m |
|
|
|
Josef began playing music at age 8, initially beginning with piano and then moving onto double bass a few years later. After participating as principal bassist in several Onondaga County, Area All-State, and New York All-State orchestras through NYSSMA, he chose to study music at Ithaca College. During this time, Josef launched his own personal website for music and was also a member of the piano and saxophone-based rock band, Thanks Mr. Brown. The band received high local acclaim throughout Ithaca from 2000 to 2003 notably for their "original, Billy Joel-meets-Presidents of the USA-in-Ben Folds' basement tunes" [Miller, Jeff. "A Funky Town." Ithaca Times 21 Feb. 2001]. After graduating from Ithaca College with a Bachelors in music performance on the double bass, Josef began work on his debut solo album, "Workin' For The Man". Released in 2005, the endeavor is a piano influenced musical biography of sorts, complete with catchy melodies, clever lyrics, and earnest heartbreak (and even a lustful rendition of a song dedicated to Natalie Portman). All music and lyrics on the album were written by Josef as well as all recording and mixing. With the album released, he then moved to Rochester, NY and Boston, MA, until returning to his hometown of Syracuse, NY in Fall 2006. Currently residing in Downtown Syracuse, Josef has performed as a musician throughout Central New York, the Finger Lakes, and the Mohawk Valley regions in various rock bands, musicals, and orchestras. Aside from music, he works as a marketing researcher for a company based in Boston, is a restaurant columnist for The Eagle Newspapers in Syracuse, and since 2008, has maintained a local Syracuse dining blog entitled Pulled Into Syracuse. Josef is also currently recording material for his yet-to-be-named and much anticipated followup album to "Workin' For The Man". The album has a tentative release date of Winter 2011 and he'll be playing all of the instruments including piano, electric bass, double bass, keyboards, guitars, vocals, cello, violin, percussion, and drums.
|
|