Lifebeat’s Hearts & Voices Progam is an on-going live performance series for people living with HIV/AIDS.

Every year Hearts & Voices produces an average of 250 concerts, bringing the gift of live music to thousands of people at numerous facilities throughout New York City and Washington, DC including hospitals, residential facilities and day treatment centers. Every week, talented musicians from all musical genres volunteer their time and talent to entertain the most appreciative of audiences.

Many people living with the HIV/AIDS routinely spend time in facilities that can serve their health needs. Most people in these facilities are not able to go out to enjoy live music and entertainment, so Hearts & Voices brings the beat of the city to them.

Jeffrey Paul Bobrick is honored to be a Heart and Voices Artist. "I've always belived that all human beings have gifts that we can share to improve the lives of others," says Jeffrey. "I've been very fortunate in life and it's important that I pass that on. For me, one of the things I can give is music. I'm so happy and joyful to be working with this great organization to share the gift of song with those who could use it most."

Hearts & Voices continuously seeks to adapt to the changing needs of the HIV/AIDS community by tailoring live performances to meet the desires of patients and residents. The Hearts & Voices artist roster is diverse, and always expanding. Celebrity performers who have participated include Destiny’s Child, LL Cool J, Stanley Jordan, Jewel, Ethan Hawke, Jon Secada and Floetry, among others.

“… some days I can barely get out of bed, but I know that I have to fight this thing… music helps a great deal, we can sing along, and it makes us feel like we are still a part of society.”
- Carol, patient

“Music is a form of contact to another person (expressing) your feelings. But it’s not done verbally, it’s done through the soul.”
- T. J., patient

To learn more, go to www.lifebeat.org

Thank you so much for helping "It's Chanukah!" get more than 30,000 views on youtube in two weeks!

Here are some of my favorite comments from fans on youtube:

• "I love Santa with the air guitar. Great video and song."
  
  
• "This was so cool! Really awesome song AND video <3 Have been waiting for this since last christmas :)  Really happy it turned out so great ;)"
  
  
• "omg! I love this song soon much! :3"
  
  
• "Very cute! Donald Faison tweeted that this was catchy, and he's right."
  
  
• "I LOVE THIS! and I'm not even Jewish! Very funny!"

I'm very grateful to all my friends and fans for their support of the fun holiday song and music video. Thank you so much! Let's get to 100,000 next year!!!

Happy Holidays and here's to an amazing 2013!

I am sooooooo excited. After months of work we are releasing "It's Chanukah!" an original Chanukah song and new holiday classic. This project was funded by YOU, my fans, via kickstarter. In addition to the single and EP, which is now available on itunes and my store, there is the "It's Chanukah!" music video. We also have a web site, where you can get the single for free (although, if you are already on my email list, you can also get the song for free). That web site is: www.ItsChanukah.com. Take look at the music video, directed by Evan Savitt. You'll love it! You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy this song. It is for everybody!

FACEBOOK the video! http://on.fb.me/VSZe4u TWEET the video! http://clicktotweet.com/dUhtb "Its Chanukah!" EP, with 4 versions of the single, is avilable at my store or on iTunes at: www.itunes.com/jeffreypaulbobrick

Thanks for your support! Happy Holidays! Enjoy the music video!

Jeffrey is back in the studio working on "It's Chanukah!" His original holiday song will be released in December 2012. Here's a picture from the recording session!

Join Keisha Zollar as she hosts the Soul Glo Project, a comedy variety show featuring a diverse cast of performers bringing to the stage the very best stand up, sketch, improv, video, dance, and music. Just let your SOUL GLO!

This show features MUSIC by Jeffrey Paul Bobrick, SKETCH by Jenice Mathias, IMPROV by Paperclip Rockets (Jennifer Bechem, Aisha Carter, Jed Oldenberg), STANDUP by Chris Lamberth, and the CO-HOSTING stylings of Anna Suzuki!

$5 Tickets Here: http://east.ucbtheatre.com/shows/view/2434

On Saturday, July 14, 2012 from 10am to 4pm, a group of energetic and eclectic performers will convene at the Holley Plaza section of Washington Square Park (located near W 4th St. and Thompson) in New York City.

Poets, singer-songwriters and dancers will convene and showcase their talent as they help raise money for the fundraiser entitled: PERFORMANCE FOR AWARENESS: CHILDREN IN CRISIS. This show is designed to raise both money and awareness regarding the plight of children in Africa whose lives are torn apart by war, poverty and disease.

Surrounding the stage will be tables collecting donations for three different organizations: UNICEF, INVISIBLE CIHLDREN and GROUNDWATER GO. Each table will also have volunteers with flyers distributing information about both the situation overseas and the organizations that are advocating for their cause. Items (such as CDs, books, etc.) will also be offered in exchange for donations.

The website for this event is located at: www.childrencrisis.wordpress.com

The schedule is as follows:
10:30AM Helene Fitzpatrick (performance art)
11:00AM Madly Loved (poetry)
11:30AM Molly Phelps (modern dance)
12:00PM Andrew Saliba (acoustic)
12:30PM Kelsie.Janel (neo soul)
1:00PM Jeffrey Paul Bobrick (acoustic / indie / pop)
1:30PM Inky Glass (blues / folk / poetry)
2:00PM dawn zahra (poetry / indie)
2:30PM LE Sphinx X (electro)
3:00PM Luciar (indie / acoustic)

Thank you to everyone who attended the house concert tonight. Look at this beautiful audience in a pic we took after the show (I'm smiling near the center, behind the little girl)!!! Special thanks to Cheryl and Ben, my wonderful hosts.

Jeffrey Paul Bobrick will be performing in SoCal in May. Check the Shows page for more info but make sure to catch him in San Diego on May 14 and Los Angeles in May 16th.

Thank you so much!

Yes, YOU!

To all my fans who contributed to make my kickstarter holiday project happen, thank you so much. I am so grateful!!!!

I can't wait to share my 2012 Holiday song and music video with the world in November!!!!!

Here's the link to the project: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/85423862/its-chanukah-song-and-music-video

It's too late to contribute via kickstarter, but if you still want to contribute, get your name on the itunes release credits and all that fun stuff, just let us know!

With love and gratitude,

Happy Holiday Season!! I hope you and your family had a Merry Christmas or a Happy Chanukah and are enjoying this wonderful time of year.

I have some some cool news. My new project, a Chanukah song and music video, has been accepted as a kickstarter project. Kickstarter is the world's largest funding platform for creative projects. Every week, tens of thousands of amazing people (like YOU) donate to artists they like or love.

I really want you to check it out. Ideally, this music video goes viral next year during Chanukah and makes me a huge success!! YOU can help make this happen.

Watch the video: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/85423862/its-chanukah-song-and-music-video

Check out the rewards: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/85423862/its-chanukah-song-and-music-video

Make it happen: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/85423862/its-chanukah-song-and-music-video

(by the way, you'll notice it's the same link -- please CLICK IT!!!)

If nothing else, please make sure to click and watch the video because its a fun video and I had a great time making it.

Please take a moment to view my Kickstarter page, watch my video, and check out the great incentives you'll receive for your generosity.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/85423862/its-chanukah-song-and-music-video

Every little bit helps! If every one of my fans donated just $5 we would easily meet our goal! And $10 gets you a mp3 digital download of my original "It's Chanukah" single before anyone else gets to hear it!

You'll also see we have some really cool prizes for people who want to be even more generous and get more bang for their buck.

Thanks again and my best wishes to you and yours for an amazing 2012! Best. Year. EVER!!!!

With love and gratitude,

P.S. Click here and watch the video please: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/85423862/its-chanukah-song-and-music-video

Happy Halloween, my lovelies!

This Halloween I was Marilyn Manson. See pic below.

If you are in Brooklyn on Tuesday, the day after Halloween, come celebrate The Day of the Dead ("Día de los Muertos") with me and other NYC artists.

What: Day of The Dead Themed Concert!
When: Tuesday, November 1, 2011 from 8:30pm-11:30pm (I will be performing near the beginning, I believe)
Where: Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn
Directions: F or G train to Carroll St. (first car if coming from North/West). Walk 1 block up Smith St to 1st Place. Make left. Walk down past highway (walk over walking bridge) to Columbia St. Make left to 315 Columbia.

Featuring performances by:
Luis Betancourt
Frightened Cellar w/ Jessica Kimple, Dana Athens & Katie Jarman
Useless Beauty
Jeffrey Paul Bobrick
& more!

Be there! You're wanted dead or alive! ;)

Jeffrey is performing on Saturday, August 6th at the Sixth Annual Huntington Folk Festival. The free event, at Heckscher Park, Main Street (Route 25A) and Prime Avenue, in Huntington, extends from 11 a.m. into the late evening. JPB will be performing from 2pm-2:45pm in a song swap called "All Keyed Up" (yup, all keyboard players) hosted by AcousticMusicScene.com / Michael Kornfeld. Joining him are the lovely and talented Anna Dagmar and Marci Geller.

What: BlazinRy Radio 1st Anniversary Show
Where: Midtown Theater @ the HA! Comedy Club, 163 West 46th Street, NYC
When: Monday, July 20th 10pm-11:45pm
Facebook Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115239248564451

There will be a $10 Cover and a 2 Drink Minimum. Cash only at the door. Please email Blazinryradio@gmail.com to make a reservation with your name and the number of people in your party. Or, you can likely just show up! :)

The following performers are scheduled to appear: Jake Silbermann (Gossip Girl, As The World Turns), Ben Cameron (Wicked, Aida), Celina Carvajal (Legally Blonde: The Search for Elle Woods), Cait Doyle (Hot Mess in Manhattan), Ashley Austin Morris (Love, Loss, and What I Wore, PBS's The Electric Company), Misfit Dior (VH1's The White Rapper Show), John Anderson (30 Rock), Michelle Kinney (Drift), Jeffery Paul Bobrick (Michael: The One and Only), Steve Hofstetter (National Lampoon, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson), Matt Leisy (Off Broadway's The Fantastics) + special guests!

My first holiday single, “Winter Wonderland” is out! NOW! YAY!

You can see a fun video on youtube and you can buy it on on iTunes. It costs $.99. Making $1 may not be a big deal to you, but it is to me because it means that I’m in the music BUSINESS rather than the music hobby.
 
Here's the link to click and pick up my song “Winter Wonderland” right now: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/winter-wonderland-single/id410792212

If you don't like iTunes, you can buy it directly on my web site at: http://ilovejpb.com/store
 
Also, if you like it, please share the youtube video with anyone you think will like it. You know, Facebook wall, email, etc. That’s free, after all. Here’s that link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e70UfikI1Tg

In fact, here's a link to SHARE directly on your Facebook wall or with a Facebook friend: http://bit.ly/sharewonder

Thank you for supporting independent music.

I'm excited to let all of you know that I just WON the Cyber Holiday Song Contest. The contest asked songwriters to take a holiday song and wrote original lyrics to it about Ariel Publicity, Cyber Pr and online marketing. If you don't know, Cyber Pr is one of the top online marketing companies for singers and songwriters. I'm very happy and honored to be the WINNER!

My song has been distributed to all their friends and colleagues as their HOLIDAY VIDEO CARD, on their @cyberpr and @podsafe twitter accounts and included in their Holiday Songs Pre-Cleared newsletter that goes out to 16,000+ social media makers. Plus, I've won a 2 month Cyber Pr campaign from the company! Yay!

These are the lyrics (to the tune of...you guessed it..."Winter Wonderland")

Tweeting in a Cyber Pr Land
Lyrics by Jeffrey Paul Bobrick

On the net, are you tweeting
'Cause your pitch bears repeating
People will look
At your Facebook
While Tweeting in a Cyber Pr Land.

Will your friend count get much higher
'Till myspace is retired
We're having some fun in Reverb Nation
And Tweeting in a Cyber Pr Land.

Go online to update your press kit
Making sure your music is podsafe
Email your 1,000 true fans with wit
So they'll enjoy the music that we make

Then we'll share Derek Sivers
His blog always delivers
We'll blog and retweet Music Success In Nine Weeks
Tweeting in a Cyber Pr Land.

There are more in-jokes there than you can shake a stick at! Last week I went to Cyber Pr headquarters in Brooklyn, NY for a wonderful holiday meal made by Ariel Hyatt. While there, we shot a fun little video to the song.

Well, it's beginning to feel a lot like...Winter here in New York City. And I'm feeling a little under the weather. "Pobrecito," as my high school Spanish teacher used to say. But I'm not too sick to move forward with a holiday song for you. It will be online soon. Thanks to everyone for their suggestions and ideas!

JPB Vlog for NERFA 2010 Music Conference. This video will take you inside a conference showcase and features performances from a number of singer-songwriters, including yours truly. I hope you enjoy this inside look at the "Songs In The Key of Life" Showcase hosted by Lucky 13.

Jeffrey will be performing two songs as part of a special evening of music at the Christopher Street Coffeehouse.

Where: Christopher Street Coffeehouse, 81 Christopher Street
(at 7th Avenue right near the 1 train and close to the West 4th station and the PATH train)
When: Thursday November 18th at 7pm
Cost: $5 donation + a can of food if you have one

Friction Farm will be hosting this fine evening, playing songs from their new CD and taking donations of non-perishable food items. Friction Farm and Robin Greenstein will each do a short set and some very talented folks will jump on in and join them!

First half of the night will feature music by:

Jeffrey Paul Bobrick
Carolann Solebello
Jean Rohe
Mark Allen Berube
Friction Farm

Second half:
Meg Braun
Marc Balck
Elaine Romanelli
Robert Katz
Robin Greenstein

Wicked Pissah Showcase (11/12/10):

The Pieces
The Game
Nothing In The World

Songs In The Key of Life Showcase (11/13/10):

Home Away From Home
The Game
The Pieces
Nothing In The World

Zippiddy Do Da Showcase (11/13/10):

Pictures
The Game

Jeffrey will be attending the NERFA Music Conference for the 4th time this weekend. The event will be held at the Hudson Valley Resort, 400 Granite Road, Kerhonkson, NY. He is "Looking forward to giving and receiving lots of love and great music!" Jeffrey has been selected to perform in three "Guerrilla Showcase" performance slots at NERFA. This is his performance schedule:

When: Friday/Sat am from 1:10am-1:30am
Where: Wicked Pissah, Room 1524

When: Saturday 2pm-4pm
(with Anna Dagmar, Lucky 13, Kevin So, Allison Tartalia, Allison Scola, The Yayas)
Where: Songs In The Key of Life, Room 1521

When: Saturday/Sun am 1:15am-2am
(Song Swap with Kathy Moser and Chuck Schaeffer)
Where: Zipiddy Do Da, Room 1516

Here's some concert footage live at Garden Stage in Long Island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOYVIruCjeY

Billboard Award Winning singer/songwriter Jeffrey Paul Bobrick performs throughout the east cost, creating a buzz with his "very clever, bright, intelligent songs" (Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame DJ Joey Reynolds, WOR radio). He is “a singer with great vocal control who tells a story with an honesty and sincerity that makes his music strangely appealing” (Sandie Reilly, co-producer, Horses Sing None Of It).

Jeffrey Paul Bobrick will be the opening act for Kurt Fitzpatrick's one man play "The Last Straight Man in Theatre."

Jeffrey will be performing a 20 minute set, followed by an intermission and "The Last Straight Man in Theatre." Jeffrey's set will include some of his favorites and yours too!

When: Saturday, October 23rd at 8pm SHARP
Where: Flushnik Studios, 698 Flushing Avenue - Studio 1B
Price: $12 (includes JPB performance and Kurt Fitzpatrick's one man show)
Directions:  One block away from J/M Flushing Ave stop. Two blocks away from G Flushing Ave stop. Go to google maps for more info: https://maps.google.com/

About Jeffrey Paul Bobrick Billboard Award Winning singer/songwriter/pianist Jeffrey Paul Bobrick performs throughout the east coast and is creating a buzz with his "very clever, bright, intelligent songs" (Joey Reynolds, WOR radio). His demo EP, “When You Are Free,” is now available on iTunes. Jeffrey’s Michael Jackson Tribute Song “Michael (The One and Only)” has been performed at the Iridium on Broadway, the Rev. Al Sharpton's radio tribute to Michael and the “Memorial to Michael” in Harlem for thousands on fans. His YouTube series "American Idol Response" has now been viewed almost 100,000 times online.

About "The Last Straight Man in Theatre" The show is a multimedia, multi-character comedy that involves a live Fitzpatrick portraying a cast of characters on stage, as well as interacting with filmed versions of himself as even more characters. The result is a strange, wild, and hilarious ride through one weird night in a neighborhood of Kurt’s imagination.

The Winnipeg Free Press comments, “One man or many, however you choose to label it, it’s brilliant.”

The Fully Fringed review of Kurt’s Ottawa performance stated, “This play is not for the faint of heart or those who like their world to make sense… It will make your fingertips buzz with the joy of the unknown. It’s what theatre should be: challenging and exhilarating.”

Jeffrey Paul Bobrick has written two "jingles" or theme songs for Angel Wings International, a non profit dedicated to building health and hope in Haiti.

In this video, Jeffrey works on demos of the songs with producer Rick Warren and speaks with Myrlande Affriany RN, founder and President of Angel Wings International.



For more information about Angel Wings, go here: http://www.angelwingsinternational.org
For more information about contributing sponsor Cutco, go here: http://www.cutco.com or here: http://vectormarketing.com/
Photos Courtesy of Angel Wings International and Lindsay Musser / Encompass Photography (http://www.encompassphotography.net/)