Julia Nunes

Julia Nunes at VidCon in June 2012

Julia Nunes (born January 3, 1989 ) is a singer-songwriter from Fairport , New York . Her musical career made substantial progress online through her videos of covered and own songs on YouTube , in which she sings - often with several voices - and accompanies herself on guitar , melodica , piano or ukulele .

Life

Nunes was born on January 3, 1989 in a family of musicians in New York: Her father is a pianist and composes children's songs, one of her grandfathers composed Portuguese Fado music, the other was a jazz pianist. Nunes began taking piano lessons at the age of seven until she switched to guitar as a teenager . She has been composing her own songs since she was 14; She has been playing the ukulele since 2005, as well as guitar and melodica. In a comment on one of her YouTube videos, she points out that she has both US and Portuguese citizenship .

Works

YouTube videos

Nunes became famous for her "entertaining and lavishly edited" videos. known on YouTube These include her own songs, but also covers of some of her favorite bands such as Say Anything , Spoon , The Beatles , The Beach Boys and Destiny's Child . Her own songs have already appeared twice on the main page of YouTube under her user name jaaaaaaa , which, according to her own statement, came about by chance when she pressed the A key after the J key on a PC keyboard - the first and last letters of her first name - several times .

Molly Ringwald reported on Good Morning America on August 30, 2008 that she picked up the ukulele after seeing Julia Nunes on YouTube: "I've always wanted to play the ukulele and she (Nunes) inspired me to do it."

Left Right Wrong

Her first CD Left Right Wrong contains exclusively her own compositions and was released in the summer of 2007 as an independent production by JuNu Music ( ASCAP ) on Nunes' label Rude Butler Music. As a result of her YouTube success, Nunes signed a distribution contract for Left Right Wrong with Burnside Distribution Corporation in June 2008 , so that the album is now also available in normal stores. The twelve tracks (ten of them studio and two live recordings) were recorded with guitar and voice only, without the overdubs that characterize their YouTube videos. A video of her song Into the Sunshine has been viewed more than two million times on YouTube .

I Wrote Thesis

Her second CD, I Wrote These , was released on October 15, 2008. Apart from the track Sugar Coats , which was created together with her friend and musician Kirk Stevens, the CD again contains only Nunes' own songs. Like their first CD, I Wrote These was released by their label Rude Butler Music, the copyright is held by JuNu Music. The album was recorded and mixed by Peter Kobor and Chris Roberson at Studio Arts Entertainment and Hilltop Recording in Greenwich, New York . Most of the tracks are recorded purely acoustically, with a few songs being accompanied by a full band, including Todd Haviland on bass and Dave Harris as drummer. Guest singers are Dan Gocek, Kirk Stevens, and Andy Martin; Whistling , snapping fingers and beatboxing serve as additional accompaniment . I Wrote These was mastered by Steve Forney at Linden Oaks Studios in Rochester, New York.

Recent appearances

At the request of Ben Folds , one of her musical role models , she appeared in the opening act of the pianist in May 2008 . She made an appearance at the Bushman Ukulele Luau in May 2008 after winning first prize in the 2007 Bushman World Ukulele Video Contest . She was later seen at The Knitting Factory in New York. On October 25, 2008, she opened for The Bacon Brothers at the State University of New York in Geneseo. On November 22, 2008 Nunes played her song Maybe I Will on YouTube Live in San Francisco , together with the YouTube Ukulele Orchestra , consisting of YouTube users and ukulele players Wade Johnston, Dustin Domingo, Philip Fernandez and Narciso Lobo. In January 2009 Nunes performed four times to sold out houses in London and was heard with an interview and an appearance on BBC Radio 1 . In June 2009 she played three times at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival , an independent music festival in Manchester, Tennessee , and toured England for the second time.

She started recording her third CD in August 2009. The album was released on February 2, 2010 via iTunes on their own label, Rude Butler Records. The producers were Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn ( Pomplamoose ).

Trivia

In December 2008 Nunes participated in the Vlogbrothers' Project4Awesome . Instead of asking users on YouTube to donate to charity, she put a hand-knitted hat for sale on eBay and pledged to double the proceeds of the Lupus Foundation of America (a non-profit promoting the research and treatment of lupus erythematosus ) to donate. After a bidding dispute, the hat went to Kenny West , a Philadelphia musician, for $ 1,250 . When she realized what amount she had to raise out of pocket, she asked her viewers on YouTube for support and promised to donate $ 500 out of pocket. In January 2009, Nunes made a donation of $ 3,107.85 to the Lupus Foundation.

Web links

• Julia Nunes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Julia Nunes at Discogs (English)
• Julia Nunes on MySpace
• Archive of their cover versions
• junumusic.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Frank De Blase: Profile: Julia Nunes While her ukulele gently weeps . Democrat and Chronicle. July 2, 2008. Retrieved August 17, 2009.
2. ↑ Youtube - Answers to your questions part 2 . April 25, 2008. Archived from the original on April 30, 2010. Retrieved on October 28, 2008.
3. ↑ Music: Julia Nunes, ukelele diva . January 31, 2008. Retrieved November 19, 2008.
4. ↑ YouTube - Do you believe in magic, the lovin 'spoonful . June 7, 2009. Archived from the original on June 10, 2009. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
5. ↑ Julia Finger: In the shoes of: Julia Nunes, probably the most charming singer on YouTube at Jetzt.de (Süddeutsche)
6. ↑ Ukulele Wizard Julia Nunes . gawker.com. May 20, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2008.
7. ↑ Julia Nunes . CD baby . Retrieved June 22, 2008.
8. ↑ Julia Nunes . JuNu Music. Archived from the original on July 22, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 27, 2008. 
9. ^ Burnside Distribution, June 2008 New Releases . Archived from the original on August 16, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 25, 2008. 
10. ^ Left Right Wrong . Amazon.com. Retrieved June 25, 2008.
11. ^ The Gossip Sheet: June 23, 2008 . ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. RopeofSilicon.com Entertainment News  
12. ^ Bushman World Video Contest Winners . Bushman ukuleles. Archived from the original on November 2, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 16, 2008. 
13. ↑ JuliaNunesTalking: driving home makes me tired looking . October 25, 2008. Retrieved November 23, 2008.
14. ↑ Julia Nunes and The YouTube Ukulele Orchestra - YouTube Live '08 . November 22, 2008. Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved on November 23, 2008.
15. ↑ Julia Nunes BBC Radio 1 Interview with Nihal (17/01/2009) . January 7, 2009. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
16. ↑ Julia Nunes at Bonnaroo 2009 . June 1, 2009. Archived from the original on June 7, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 1, 2009. 
17. ^ Very Short List, Girl Uninterrupted . June 26, 2009. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
18. ↑ Julia Nunes Answers Part 5 . August 18, 2009. Archived from the original on April 30, 2010. Retrieved on August 19, 2009.
19. ↑ Pomplamoose . June 27, 2008. Retrieved August 19, 2009.
20. ↑ The 2008 Project for Awesome !!! . December 11, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2009.
21. ↑ (P4A) The Office theme song . December 17, 2008. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved on February 23, 2009.
22. ↑ Julia Nunes Knitted Hat Handmade Toque Cap on eBay . December 26, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2009.
23. ↑ Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, The End (the Beatles) . December 26, 2008. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved on February 23, 2009.
24. ↑ Fairport's Julia Nunes auctions knit hat for charity . In: Democrat and Chronicle . January 28, 2009. Accessed on February 23, 2009.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.