I saw his name on a blog I read all the time.  This person had seen him live and said that he was amazing.

I went a listen’in to his first CD called "Indiana", it was full of singer songwriter songs.  He has a great talent for the piano.  He has a nice mellow voice.  The whole cd was "nice".  It reminded me of what comes out of the contemporary Christian world – positive and sweet.

Jon has also provided two songs for recent soundtracks.  The biggy is for the Disney movie Enchanted – the song is called "So Close" and is very, VERY Disney.  "So Close" got him an Oscar nod and he performed it on last years ceremonies.

He also contributed to a song on Randy Jackson’s (think American Idol) collaboration CD.  The song is called "Something to Believe In" which he adds vocals to with Jason Mraz and Van Hunt.  Thissong,  like "So Close", is a very Disney like song.

Now based on what I have said so far you would think I am not huge a fan.  Mind you I think that the music so far sampled is a little sugary sweet but it is the first single off his next CD that has me interested.  The song is called "Beating My Heart".

"Beating My Heart" has similar lyrics to his other material from "Indiana" but the difference is huge in the producing of the track.  I read on his website that his has worked with many top producers in the music business on this new CD.  This has me very interested.  Given that he has created some great lyrics in the past, good producing for this good looking guy has a great chance of capturing more of an audience than the first CD, which did pretty well.  I look forward to October 7th when his new CD "OK Now" comes out.  I think there is a great potential for this CD.

Check out his video for "Beating My Heart" and judge for yourself.  Who does he sound like to you?  Coldplay meets Savage Garden??

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