JOE YANCEY, JR.

MUSIC COMPOSER, MUSICIAN, SONG WRITER

At the age of 5, I began my love for music, discovered my talent of playing by ear, and the powerful sound of the drums. I will never forget my very first red drum set sitting in front of the Christmas tree. I practiced so much on that drum set that I broke all the drumheads. I was not professionally taught at this age however played by listening to cassette tapes and following the beat. When I was 10 years old, I began to play for numerous gospel groups and churches gaining experience and by the age of 13, I was one of the most sought-after drummers in the state of Delaware. I played behind gospel greats like Wilmington Chester Mass Choir and The Nightingales. The drums were my passion through Middle school. In High school I developed my love of composing music and the piano. Christmas, my 9th grade year I received my first workstation, an Ensoiq, and began my journey composing music. I attended Delaware State University, studying Music Education, then transferred to Sacramento City College where I studied Music Performance. At Sacramento City College, I was the lead percussionist for the campus Jazz band. I was given the opportunity to be hired as a professional percussionist for the legendary gospel group, Charles Johnson and The Revivers-(Word Records). After 5 years I was offered an opportunity to play as a lead Keyboardist with Darrell Luster. I was featured on 2 Bill Gaither videos and toured as a professional keyboardist for over 5 years. The time came for another journey focusing on composing music and song writing. With 20years of experience I have written songs and composed music for artist such as, Linda Henry (Malaco Records), The Nightingales(Malaco Records), and numerous other artists. I have composed and produced a Jazz CD, Christmas instrumental CD, Serenity CD, also composing, producing and co-writting songs for SoJo Ministries.  I specialize in numerous genres of music, Jazz, R&B, Hip Hop, Gospel, Contemporary Christian, Pop, NeoSoul, Serenity music. I also compose Movie scores and Commercial/Royalty Free Background music.  Music is in my DNA, embedded in my soul, and will never go away… Following Each Beat and Note Throughout This Musical Journey.