Joel Piper

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Joel Piper
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Background information
Birth nameJoel Piper
Born (1985-10-18) October 18, 1985 (age 37)
Origin Sonora, Mexico; resides Visalia, California
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • percussionist
  • record producer
  • DJ
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • drums
  • guitar
  • piano
  • bass
  • sampler
Years active1998–present
Website Joel Piper's Official Website

Joel Piper (born October 18, 1985) is a Mexican-born American singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and disc jockey born in Sonora, Mexico. He most famously known for being the ex-drummer and clean vocalist for the metalcore band Confide from 2009 to 2013. As a solo musician, he has released three full-length studio albums and three EPs.

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Early life

Joel Piper is half Native American and German. He was born on October 18, 1985, in Sonora, Mexico to missionary parents who resided in a humble cement home there for 5 years helping the less fortunate. He was raised there until he was 5, at just eighteen months old Piper started playing an actual drum beat on the couch with drum sticks cut in half by his father so his small hands could hold the sticks. He would make up songs and sing them all day long. Finding ways to jerry-rig components and devices, Joel made his own albums for him and his friends in which eventually progressed into producing and recording songs. [1]

Musical career

Piper played the drums for Olivia, a band from the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii.

Piper founded Avery Pkwy in 2006, the name “Avery Pkwy” came from a street in Orange County, California where he used to work and eventually started going to church there. He released one full-length album ‘You Have The Roadmap’ in 2006. [2] The single 'Dream Big' was released on iTunes on March 11, 2014.

His debut EP, "The Only One" was released on November 1, 2011. With 210,000 downloads in one week, it debuted at No. 11 on the iTunes pop chart passing big names such as Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato and Adele. The EP also reached top 40 on the Billboard Heetseekers Chart. His debut pop album Dying to Live has an experimental and ballad heavy track list where he explores a different side of his songwriting abilities taking his sound to new depths with a unique and engaging blend of rich organic sounds with electro-pop touches. "Dying to Live" debuted at No. 17 on the iTunes pop charts, putting him side by side with Swedish House Mafia and Zedd. [3]

Discography

Joel Piper
Albums
EPs
Singles
Avery Pkwy
Albums
EPs
Singles
Confide
Albums
Guest appearances

Music videos

YearSongProducerAlbum
2012"My Little Earthquake 2.0"Joel PiperMy Little Earthquake 2.0
2012"Smile"Joel PiperDying to Live
2013"Summer Love"Dan Coronado & Ian Robertson Summer love
2014"Dream Big"Joel Piper, Tally Phillips and Dale Piper Dream Big
2014"When Will I Realize"Joel Piper You Have The Roadmap / When Will I Realize
2014"Through the Night"Joel PiperThrough the Night
2016"Will You Be Mine"Joel Piper '''TBA''' / Will You Be Mine

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