MJ aka MILES JONES
Miles Jones, a.k.a. MJ, grew up in his hometown Toronto surrounded by music from
a very young age. His interest in music creation and appreciation is very deeply
rooted as a part of his family heritage. His grandfather, Hedley Jones Sr., built
Studio One in Jamaica which was the early recording home to reggae legend Bob
Marley, along with many others. His father, (Deadly) Hedley Jones Jr., came from
Jamaica to Toronto in 1969 and began working in the radio industry, eventually
pioneering Toronto's DJ club scene during the late 1980's. Miles remembers, "Both
my mother and father played music all the time in our house, from Miles Davis to
Stevie Wonder, and it became a part of me."
In 2004 Miles wrote eleven songs for BMG's music catalogue as part of the
Canadian Idol Writers Conference. He also got his first production credit in February
2005 on Mike Ford's album entitled, Canada Needs You. In the spring of 2006 MJ,
alongside his live band, performed at the North by Northeast Music Festival and
they were written up in NOW as "one of the weekend’s better shows."
Miles graduated from McMaster University in 2006 with his honours degree in
Multimedia and Communication. His senior thesis project included his debut album
ONE CHANCE (under his former artist name ‘MJ’), was reviewed by NOW magazine,
Hamilton's The VIEW, and Toronto's Beach Metro Publication. ONE CHANCE is
currently available at HMV nationwide and also on ITUNES.
Miles has opened shows for California Hip-Hop legends Souls of Mischief, New York’s
Sean Price, Ed O.G, as well as Canadian artists K-OS, Mr. Roam and many more. He
is currently looking for promoters interested in doing shows across Canada and the
U.S.
Recently he has been working on ‘The Jones Studio One Project’, which has taken
him to Jamaica and LA documenting music, stories, bios and interviews about his
grandfather Hedley Jones Sr.
He is currently recording new material everyday to build a catalogue of songs in
hopes of locking down a deal with a major music publisher.
MJ - One Chance
1. Intro
2. Rocket
3. The Boom Boom feat. Slakah the BeatChild
4. The Movement
5. So Young
6. Bring it Back feat. Kae Sun & Ashleigh Semkiw
7. Interlude
8. Get Up feat. Kae Sun
9. King feat. Kae Sun
10. Still Standing
11. With U
12. My Lady feat. Ashleigh Semkiw
13. People
Website: www.mojorecordings.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/mojorecordings
Media contact:
Judi Barr Public Relations
jbarrpr@rogers.com
Management:
Tully Management Group
info@tullymanagementgroup.ca
416-561-5432
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