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Joe Piano is the folk rock solo project of songwriter, producer, and multi instrumentalist Jesse Weber-Owens. Jesse has been involved in several projects, including the sonaBLAST! band named Beady. Jesse also makes music under the name Durotan, which is his secondary solo project that has released records on Jesse's own label, Space Basement Records, named after Jesse's studio, the Space Basement.
Jesse battles schizophrenia as well as other mental illness, which fuels his drive and creativity to make music constantly. of his own original music, Jesse has recorded hundreds of unreleased tracks, and written well over a thousand songs in his lifetime, much of the time hallucinating the music before writing it down.
Jesse started playing guitar at the age of nine, soon realizing he had perfect pitch and a sharp ear. From there his hunger for musical learning stopped nowhere, as he since has learned to play a plethora of instruments, including cello, banjo, mandolin, and of course, the piano to name a few. Jesse chose the name Joe Piano while he was regularly writing music on keys, but classical guitar is his primary instrument.
In 2019, Joe Piano signed to sonaBLAST! for the release of his debut single, Deersinger, which ended up in a limited run of vinyl singles. The single was successful in gaining him recognition locally, and played on various public radio regularly for a period of time, as well as being written about by WFPK's Laura Shine. WFPK's John TImmons and Otis Jr. have both written about the Durotan project as well. Before their closing, Crescent Hill Radio hosted Joe Piano on air twice for two interviews.
Joe Piano has had a rich musical life so far. He's played in many bands, toured nationally, appeared on radio and played on many stages, to crowds of many, and has made many records, but according to Joe, He's just getting started.
WFPK's Write Up on Joe Piano's "Deersinger"
