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I am a R&B vocalist based out of Houston, TX. I have been doing shows city wide and looking to expand. You can visit me and hear some of my music at www.reverbnation.com/kjazz

My songs are currently on the top 10 charts of CD Baby's Smooth Soul charts. My album in on the Top Albums of CD Baby's Smooth Soul. My music is available now on I Tunes and Amazon.com

If you would like to book me for your next show/event contact kjazz34@gmail.com

Need an opening act?

Contact me.
Much Luv!

Kjazz

I'll check your stuff out when I get back to where my headphones are at.

My laptop has lousy speakers.

But I'm diggin' the profile pic!

Hope you sing, as well as you take pictures.

LOL

Thank you for your response and your support.

K Jazz

WTG on the CD release!

Best of luck & welcome to the forum, KJ.

For some reason, I couldn't get your music to play on your site. No worries - it might just be my fickle sat hookup. I'll try again later.

Sorry to hear that. I Hope you will be able to get it to play. However, you can also visit www.cdbaby.com/cd/kjazz to hear my music as well if you feel It was the reverbnation.com/kjazz site. I really appriciate you trying and your support Philbymon.

K Jazz

I went to the CDBABY site, & your stuff fits perfectly in your genre...but I think that's my problem with it - the genre.

Modern r & b just doesn't grab me. It seems emotionless & mechanical. The mechanical part comes from the drum machine & synths & fake finger snaps & claps. The emotionless part, though, bugs me more than the mechanics.

When I look at a song title like "Can't Keep A Sista Down," Gonna Lose Control," or "Waste No More Time," it makes my mouth water for something strong - an Aretha Franklin kind of power. But the song isn't anything like that, ever, in this genre. It's always the wimpy little aimlessly wandering melody, with everything just so throughout the piece, complete with the overly pretty background vocals holding everything to a smooth drone. Nothing too loud, no emotional outbursts allowed. Smooth smooth smooth groove all the way, but little emotion, if any, comes through, & little deviation from that groove.

There's lots of scale warbling, hardly a note is held for emphasis. It's like a VERY watered down gospel, to me, & as such, it's stripped all the emotion, all the action, & all the power from the potential in the title.

I'm not panning your performance in any way, KJ. It's the entire genre that is lost on me. What happened to the heart & SOUL of modern r & b? Every song seems to be designed to simply grope your partner in a non-attached manner, but where's the joy of love, the anger, the hurt feelings, the emotion? It doesn't come through, for me, & I think the genre either needs to move back into emotional expression, or it could disappear when something that actually moves ppl emotionally comes on the scene.

Or...perhaps I'm just a throwback neanderthal that needs constant tweaking to enjoy music...



You have a beautiful voice, KJ. I'd love to hear you step out of your preferred genre, into some blues or funk or old-school Motown sound, though. There's plenty to be proud of, here. Don't get me wrong. But you're so beautiful that I need you to touch me!

Hey, KJ. Do you have a band, or do you do voice-over-recording, when you perform live? This sort of stuff doesn't seem to lend itself to actual "live" performance, to my ears. Do you work with backup singers, too?

I'm just trying to get a handle on what someone could expect, if they chose to use you for a warm-up act. I'm sure you put on a good show, either way, but the lack of a live band would tend to put some ppl off.

Your opinion is greatly appreciated. However, many people gravitate to certain music and/or songs for different reasons. No two people will agree on the same song as there favorite and that's just the real truth of things. "The Can't Keep A Sista Down" album is the first of many to come. I am sure you will be pleased to know that what you are looking for in more soul, will be one of the main attributes to the next album scheduled to be released at the beginning of next year. I do have a band, background singers and dancers for any show, needed and necessary to perform. I assure you that you will and can expect a great show.

Thanks for not taking offense, as it was never my intent.

As for the rest - I'm glad to hear it, & I'm glad to hear it!

Let me hear some of your newer stuff when you get ti done, cuz I love some good soulful music!

I'll bet you do a heck of a show, m'lady! Post up some vid when you can. I'm a lil far to appreciate you in person.

Best of luck in your endeavors. I really do like your voice.

You are quite welcome. I will definantly keep you updated. And Thank you.