JOEY AUCH
New York City, New York, United States | SELF
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The 30 Seconds of Giddy Idiocy that has hooked legions of fans; YouTube is full of covers, tributes, remixes, even Filet-o-Fish rap made by Pittsburgh Radio DJs. The men responsible for all this, Josh Peck and Joey Auch working in a Manhattan studio last year... - Rolling Stone
Out of a pool of over 11,000 songwriters from 70 countries Joey Auch has been chosen as a Finalist in The 2004 International Songwriting Contest. - www.songwritingcompetition.com (Jan. 2005)
"Star quality vocals...Excellent song...knows what he is going for, he is credible in his storytelling...Reminds me of Paul McCartney at times...great verse lyrics – specific and everything but cliché...I'd Love to hear more from this artist!”
(Finalist Judge's Comments
2006 Singer Songwriter Awards) - wearelistening.com
"Exquisite vocals! Joey Auch, keyboardist and lead vocalist has a broad range and maturity. (His) songs are fresh and innovative...Reminds me of the band Train fronted by Paul McCartney, which is a cool combination." - Kweevac.com (Feb 2004)
"Vocalist, Keyboard Player, and songwriter Joey Auch's able vocals glide across hook laden melodies...combine rock, brit-pop, alt-country, and even a bit of funk into...catchy rootsy sound." - Performing Songwriter Jan/Feb 2004
"Joey Auch, the lead vocalist, has a voice that soars to unexpected places on nearly every song." - 1340Mag.com (April 2004)
Joey recieved enthusiastic support from GASC Judges for his song's highly effective chorus, bittersweet emotions and memorable melodic structure, and went on to take 1st place in the Pop category. - GASC Hall Of Fame
Joey Auch's songwriting and moving live performance at The Bitter End on the final night of the competition leads the judges to award him 3rd place among the top 12 finalists in the competition. - www.songwriters-circle.com
Discography
LEAVING CAROLINA EP
JOEY AUCH - FOR BEGINNERS
QUEEN CITY FALLING EP
NEW AUGUST- FALL
CHERYL ENGELHARDT - ONE UP
RACHEL PLATTEN - BE HERE
ELEVEN FOOT SEVEN - PACIFY MY HEAD
ELEVEN FOOT SEVEN - CLEARANCE
ELEVEN FOOT SEVEN - THE COLOR BLUE EP
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Bio
Joey Auch is an award winning songwriter, multi instrumentalist, producer and gifted vocalist with a vast repertoire of exceptional music to his credit. In addition to having written and released 3 solo records and 4 band albums on which he served as lead vocalist, Bassist and Hammond Organist, Joey's gifts as a master tunesmith have been recognized by some of the county's top songwriting organizations including the ISC, London's 'We Are Listening', The New York Songwriter's Circle and the Great American Songwriting contest which awarded him first place in the Pop category for his song 'Leaving Carolina'.
In addition to his own records, Joey has turned his focus to collaboration and development of rising talent and has written and produced cuts for up and coming artists like Indie-singer/songwriter Rachel Platten and Pop/Country crossover artist Brittany Cairns from The Voice - Australia.
With regards to broadcast television, Joey's work has been licensed by networks including Bravo, Animal Planet, NBC, ABC, Fox, FX and Univision just to name a few.
As a commercial writer he has written and produced music for numerous national brands including several fortune 500 companies. He was interviewed on the Rachel Ray Show and was featured with his co-writer in Rolling Stone's "Hot Issue--Top Jingle Writers", for the famous 30 second earworm he wrote and recorded for McDonalds Filet O' Fish.
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