Jon Zucker - singer, songwriter, and recording artist

Take a Walk on Amie Street, Mon Amie

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:47:51 +0000

20 Something Manifesto Now On Sale

admin — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:28:36 +0000

Cindy’s Interview With Me

admin — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:43:37 +0000

Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking at length with Cindy Wright, who has interviewed everyone from Chubby Checker to Taylor Hicks. The piece begins:

“There are many great Indie musicians struggling to get their music heard and delivered to the world. Each one has their story and their voice. Jon Zucker is one such great voice I found. He has a great voice and an interesting story behind searching for his dream to get his voice heard. He graciously agreed to let me interview him…”

Click here to read the entire interview.

Enjoy!

We’re Going To Sundance!

admin — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:44:38 +0000

I am thrilled to have the opportunity to perform at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival in support of Chris Valenti’s documentary 800 CDs, which has its world premiere in Park City on January 23rd. The film follows independent musicians (including yours truly) as we work to make a living and an impact with our music. I am joining Chris and other artists featured in the movie, including Mark Latham and Phil Johnson, to perform three shows during the festival. It’s a tremendous opportunity for us to showcase our music to the world’s leading filmmakers.

To empower you to help me offset the significant expense of traveling to Park City during its busiest week of the year, I am offering you the chance to get my brand new T-Shirts. These are American Apparel, made in the USA garments emblazoned with the iconic “April Rain Man” from the cover of my first CD. Buy a shirt or three and you’ll be getting something beautiful while contributing to the Sundance experience. Pay easily with your credit card or PayPal account, just $19.99 per shirt…

Featured on Live Mic Blog

admin — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:40:39 +0000

In Memory of Uncle Harley

admin — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:24:53 +0000

Last month’s performance in Connecticut was the hardest one I’ve ever had to give. My uncle Harley had recently passed away at the way too young age of 51, and our family decided to throw a “Celebration of Life” in lieu of a mournful memorial service. This is what Harley would have wanted. I was asked to perform one of my existing songs at the party as a tribute, but did not feel that anything I had already written would properly capture his essence. Therefore, I decided to write a new song, one that would do justice to Harley’s memory and resonate with his loving friends and colleagues, of which there were so very many.

Read the LYRICS

The Wedding Singer

admin — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:21:21 +0000

A few months ago, I was hired for one of my most unique projects yet: to write a custom song for a couple getting married, and then to perform the song at their wedding, wearing a white tux and playing a white baby grand, all while being FILMED FOR A TV SHOW! After sitting down with Ada and Amanda, the wedding planners from Fresh Events Company, to learn about my subjects, Jen and Phil, I came up with a song, entitled “You Are My Dream.” The song, and my very presence at the wedding (whose theme was “Sexy South Beach”) was to be kept a hush-hush secret to the couple. You can imagine Jen and Phil’s surprise when a complete stranger broke out into a song with details about how they met, their quirks, and other intimate info, all in front of 200 of their close friends and family members!

Anyway, it was great to be involved, and I learned something important: while I originally took the gig to get on TV, the most satisfying part of the experience was watching Jen and Phil’s tearful reaction to my song, and having them and their parents come up to me afterwards thanking me profusely and giving me hugs! Let’s face it - while many of my songwriting friends and I hope that our songs will bring us fame and fortune, that’s not why we write. We write to make an impact.

Here is a clip of me playing the first verse and chorus:

Click here to see the LYRICS

My film debut…

admin — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:22:02 +0000

I’m excited to be making my first appearance in a feature-length film, Chris Valenti’s 800 CDs, which will be premiering at the Temecula Film Festival next week! Chris is a talented filmmaker, comedian and musician, who, with 800 CDs, explores the journey of the independent artist. He featured several artists in the film, and I was lucky enough to be included. Next week, Temecula; next stop, Sundance! Mr. Valenti, I’m ready for my closeup…

Ring-a-ding-ding…

admin — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:28:32 +0000

Well, I was excited to receive my first royalty check for RINGTONES! I had hardly promoted my ringtone, which is currently only available on Cingular/AT&T, because I wasn’t sure if I’d actually get PAID for it. But now that I’ve received a check for my first 11 tones sold (see pic below), I realize that this is legit, and am going to start promoting the tone and getting it up for sale on the other networks.

All you Cingular users, click HERE and pick up a great ringtone!

August Quake - Just a Flake?

admin — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:38:49 +0000

Well, I believe I have just survived my first earthquake since moving to LA in 2005. I definitely felt it, but since I never experienced one, I wasn’t quite sure. A couple of minutes later, when I saw helicopters flying overhead, I was positive that we had just experienced a little shake, rattle and roll.

I’m feeling a song in the vein of April Rain. Maybe it would go like this:

August Quake, I must forsake
I thought the big one was here, but you’re just a flake
August Quake, ain’t gonna break
All you brought us was just the tiniest shake
August Quake
August Quake…