Jacob Moon

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Jacob Moon
Origin Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • vocals
Years active1994–present
LabelsSignpost Music
Website www.jacobmoon.com

Jacob Moon is a solo Canadian folk singer/songwriter and guitarist based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He has an extensive repertoire of songs, with nine albums to his credit. He has won many accolades and has been invited to perform for and with some of his heroes, including Rush, Marillion, Ron Sexsmith and Gordon Lightfoot. Moon's famous YouTube cover of Rush's Subdivisions [1] went viral in 2009 and has earned him many fans around the world.

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Musical career

Jacob Moon grew up in Kitchener-Waterloo and graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) with a B.A. (hon.) in music. [2] [3] In the early years he taught guitar lessons while pursuing his career in music. [4] His touring schedule took off after the 2002 release of independently produced Landing. [5] His concert dates have taken him across Canada and the United States. Although he does sometimes perform with a full band, Moon is known primarily as a solo artist, and his live performances feature extended use of Live looping. Moon has opened for other artists such as Martyn Joseph, David Wilcox, Steve Bell and Jodi King, and he has also toured with the Mike Janzen Trio. He played as a session guitarist on several Ken Baird's albums. [6] [7] He is also credited with the choir arrangement on Bethany Yarrow's 2003 album Rock Island. [8] Jacob Moon is a member of the Songwriters Unite! songwriters' collective. [9] He has won and been nominated for several prestigious music industry awards as both a performer and as a songwriter.

When Rush was inducted into the Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2010, they asked Moon to perform his version of "Subdivisions" at the ceremony, after noticing him through a viral online video of him playing the song. [10] He was asked to sing at the 2010 Rush convention and at the premiere screening of "Beyond the Lighted Stage" at Princess Cinemas in Waterloo on July 2, 2010.

In November 2013, Moon released a new collection of covers entitled 'Fascination' containing works by Rush, Yes, Marillion, Radiohead, Peter Gabriel, Keane, Tom Waits and two original songs never before recorded. Also in November 2013, he toured Europe opening for Marillion in UK, France, Netherlands and Germany. http://www.marillion.com/tour

Discography

Albums/CDs

On the Trail

  • Released: 1994
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Indie
  • Sales: 500 copies

Among the Thieves(10-year retrospective podcast [4] )

  • Released: 1998
  • Format: CD/MP3
  • Label: Indie
  • Producer: Michael J. Birthelmer
  • Tracks: "Queen of the Western World", "Matter Of Time", "No One Looks Up", "Hamilton Mountain", "Never Make It Right", "Liberty", "Among The Thieves", "Lights Out", "Live in Me", "Leaving"

The World I Left Behind

  • Released: 2000
  • Format: CD/MP3
  • Label: Indie
  • Producer: Jacob Moon
  • Tracks: "Does He Know (Something I Don't Know)", "There's A Place", "Forgive Me", "One Tragedy Away", "Summer Days", "Siren Song", "Chelseaville", "Herky Jerky", "Dependence", "The World I Left Behind"

Landing(reviews [11] [12] )

  • Released: 2002
  • Format: CD/MP3
  • Label: Signpost
  • Producer: Glen Marshall, Jacob Moon
  • Tracks: "Back To You", "We Will Overcome", "The End Of Me And You", "Something Within Me", "Under African Skies", "Leaving", "Travis", "My Life Of Crime", "There's A Place", "I Know You By Heart", "Everything's Gonna Be Allright"

Eventide(reviews [13] [14] )

  • Released: 2005
  • Format: CD/MP3
  • Label: Signpost
  • Producer: Glen Marshall
  • Tracks: "Never Give Up On You", "Okay on My Own", "Magnolia", "Come Talk To Me", "Alone in New York", "Ring Them Bells", "Jesus I'll Never Forget", "Just Like You", "Tell Me Why", "The Pearl"

This Christmas(Christmas seasonal; review [15] )

  • Released: 2007
  • Format: CD/MP3
  • Label: Signpost
  • Producer: Jacob Moon
  • Tracks: "Winter Song", "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear", "Once in Royal David's City", "Rise Up Shepherd And Follow", "I Saw Three Ships", "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel", "See Amid The Winter's Snow", "This Christmas", "In The Bleak Midwinter", "Go Tell It on the Mountain", "You Gotta Get Up"

The Loop(review [16] )

  • Released: 2008
  • Format: CD/MP3
  • Label: Signpost
  • Producer: Jacob Moon
  • Tracks: "Come Talk To Me", "The Great Beyond", "Not Gonna Lose", "I'm Sorry", "You've Got Soul", "Hide And Seek", "Subdivisions", "Alone in NY", "Just Like You", "Esperanto"

Maybe Sunshine

  • Released: 2009
  • Format: CD/MP3 (EP)
  • Label: Signpost
  • Producer: Jacob Moon
  • Tracks: "Sara", "End of the Road", "Children of the World", "Memory of the Dark", "Great Beyond", "All Things Old"

Landing 2: the 10th Anniversary Concert

  • Released: 2012
  • Format: CD/MP3
  • Label: Moonbeam Music
  • Producer: Jacob Moon
  • Tracks: "Live a Little", "Back to You", "We Will Overcome", "The End of Me and You", "Something Within Me", "Bend and Break", "Under African Skies", "Leaving", "The Way It Is", "Oh Love", "Travis", "Speak to Me", "Disappear", "I Know You By Heart", "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"

Fascination

  • Released: 2013
  • Format: CD/MP3
  • Label: Moonbeam Music
  • Producer: Jacob Moon
  • Tracks: "Limelight", "Is That All You Got?", "Let Down", "Kayleigh", "Lavender", "Owner of a Lonely Heart", "Bend and Break", "Revelation", "Pony", "Subdivisions", "In Your Eyes"

20 YEARS: The Best of Jacob Moon

  • Released: 2015
  • Format: CD/MP3
  • Label: Moonbeam Music
  • Producer: Jacob Moon
  • Tracks: "Live A Little", "Love Of Mine", "Revelation", "Magnolia", "Just Like You", "Alone in New York", "Ribbon Of Darkness", "Chelseaville", "Sara", "Emmanuel", "End of the Road", "Subdivisions", "Great Beyond", "Leaving", "Everything's Gonna Be Alright", "Is That All You Got"

Jacob's music is distributed through CDBaby and iTunes, except for his first album which is no longer in print. His albums since Landing (2002) have Canadian distribution through Signpost Music.

Songs in other projects

Collaborations

Notable appearances

Awards and recognition

GMA Canada Covenant Awards
Hamilton Music Awards
Shai Awards (formerly The Vibe Awards) [20]
Toronto Independent Music Awards
Unisong International Song Contest
West Coast Songwriters Song Contest

Personal life

Jacob was married on December 31, 2005. He and his wife Allison live in Hamilton, Ontario. They adopted a boy named Gabriel in May 2010, his brother Simon in 2011, and their sister Amelia in 2014.

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References

  1. Subdivisions
  2. Official Jacob Moon site. Retrieved 19 September 2008
  3. Jacob Moon's MySpace Archived November 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 19 September 2008.
  4. 1 2 10-year retrospective podcast on Among the Thieves. Retrieved 19 September 2008. [ dead link ]
  5. Jacob Moon Bio at Unisong. Retrieved 19 September 2008.
  6. CDReviews Ken Baird (with Sue Fraser): Orion (2001). Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  7. CDReviews Ken Baird: Martin Road (2004). Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  8. Allmusic: Jacob Moon. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
  9. Songwriters Unite! Jacob Moon profile. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  10. New home a place to sing praises of our songwriters. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  11. Whitfield, Lindsay. "(Review) Landing". Soul Shine Publishing. Retrieved September 19, 2008.
  12. Christie, Rod (September 7, 2003). "(Showcase) Jacob Moon". Canadian Musician. Archived from the original on May 3, 2008. Retrieved September 20, 2008.
  13. Whitfield, Lindsay. "(Review) Eventide". Soul Shine Publishing. Retrieved September 19, 2008.
  14. Kidney, David. "(Review) Jacob Moon, Eventide (Independent, 2005)". Midwinters Night Publishing. Archived from the original on June 20, 2008. Retrieved September 20, 2008.
  15. Kidney, David. "(Review) Jacob Moon, This Christmas". Midwinters Night Publishing. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved September 20, 2008.
  16. Bell, Steve. "(Review) The Loop". Signpost Music. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2008.
  17. The Design Hope Songwriters' Project 2007 Archived September 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  18. Soul Shine Staff (April 12, 2006). "Mike Janzen, Jacob Moon embark on CD release tour". Soul Shine Publishing. Retrieved September 19, 2008.
  19. In 2008 Jacob was also nominated in the categories of: Folk/Roots Album Of The Year: The Loop, Folk/Roots Song Of The Year: "The Great Beyond" and Seasonal Song Of The Year: "This Christmas" (co-written with Glen Soderholm). CGMA 2008 Covenant Award Nominees Archived September 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  20. Canadian Christian/Gospel music awards originally known as the Vibe awards. The name was changed to the Shai Awards in 2005 to distinguish them from the American Vibe Magazine awards.