Creating his own music video from his tour footage and running his own PR, the song was picked up by Youtube, Soundcloud, and Spotify playlists in Europe, UK, Australia, Canada, and the USA. Spending 3 months performing and perfecting his live show in Austin, Johan released his 3rd single "Sunrise" independently along with his debut 4-track EP "Peace and Purpose" in Dec 2017. Learning of his music, he was given the opportunity to perform for Google in Austin with a place to stay. Performing Daybreaker Festival, Capo Supper Club in Boston, Bowery Electric in NYC, Belcourt Taps in Nashville, the Social in Orlando (where Johan had once promoted Rebelution, Pepper, and Xavier Rudd in college), and Charlotte NC for a fan booked show, the tour was a success.
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Travelling via trains, buses, and sleeping on floors or couches, Johan moved from playing half cover shows to full original shows. Now on a shoestring budget, Ken Twohy directs the music video for free, citing Johan's "passion, talent, and drive, make any project I can work with him on, always worth my time."įlying to Oregon and working at the Orekron farm to fund his next tour, Johan then booked a follow-up multi-city US tour. Releasing his second single "Fighting For" in mid-2017, Johan teamed up with Australia's premier PR lady Kitty Kitty Bang Bang to get the single premiered on. Returning to Australia for his first Australian tour in 2017, Johan received the recognition of being named "one of the top five songwriters of Australia" by Songs Alive Australia. Releasing his first single "Fall in Line" Sept 2016, Johan teamed up with Hollywood icon and local film celebrity Ken Twohy as director for the music video. Funding his album through an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, Johan booked a multi-city tour across the USA playing Nashville, NYC, Boston, LA, Vegas, and Orlando (most of the cities he had never been to), sponsored in part by Jersey Mikes Subs.
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Working with Who Agency to fine-tune his brand, Johan set out learning how to run the business behind his music as an independent artist.Ī songwriter since his teens, Johan did demos until connecting with Byron Bay's internationally recognized songwriter Garrett Kato as his producer. To help the local scene, Johan created a weekly original music series to showcase local and national acts called 'Live & Local GC' that ran for two years.
Ditching his tie for a guitar strap in 2015, Johan started performing 6 covers shows every week on the Gold Coast of Australia to make a living.
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