Joshua Payne
With a booming baritone voice and an opera background, singer and songwrite… Read Full Bio ↴With a booming baritone voice and an opera background, singer and songwriter Joshua Payne brings an unique set of skills to the pop table. Payne was born almost completely deaf, although an operation while he was still a toddler managed to restore most of his hearing, and music became a big factor in his rehabilitation to a world full of sounds. Payne's early childhood was spent in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, but when he was eight, he moved with his family to rural Arkansas. Both his parents had strong musical backgrounds -- his mother as a classical singer, his father as a preacher and choir director -- and the home was full of music, from James Taylor to Prokofiev, but Payne preferred sports, although his strong singing voice was already apparent. He graduated high school in 1991, attending Ouchita College on a football scholarship, but a serious knee injury turned his attention back to music, and he began studying voice with the tenor Nicolai Gedda, and soon was winning opera competitions. Payne enrolled in the Master of Fine Arts program in vocal music at the University of Memphis, and began touring with Opera Memphis, where his strong baritone won him several title roles.
Following graduation, he relocated to Nashville, which was where pianist Jim Brickman heard Payne sing in 2002, quickly offering him a spot on his package tour. At tour's end, Payne was introduced to noted producer Michael Omartian, who was impressed by this kid from Arkansas with the big booming baritone and a trunk full of songs. The two put together a demo and were shopping it to labels when Ron Goldstein at Verve Music Group heard it and signed Payne to a deal. Payne's debut album on Verve, Your Love, My Home was produced by Omartian and released in 2004.
Following graduation, he relocated to Nashville, which was where pianist Jim Brickman heard Payne sing in 2002, quickly offering him a spot on his package tour. At tour's end, Payne was introduced to noted producer Michael Omartian, who was impressed by this kid from Arkansas with the big booming baritone and a trunk full of songs. The two put together a demo and were shopping it to labels when Ron Goldstein at Verve Music Group heard it and signed Payne to a deal. Payne's debut album on Verve, Your Love, My Home was produced by Omartian and released in 2004.
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Joshua Payne Lyrics
Art Of The Heart Through of flesh and blood We hunger for what lays beyond In…
City Song Go ahead and walk away from me I can see what's…
If If a picture paints a thousand words, then why can't…
If You Leave Me Now (Don't go, please don't go) If you leave me now, you'll…
Let It Be Me I bless the day I found you I want to stay…
Moon I love the moon and all his phases Smiling down on…
My World This is my world And these are the plans I've…
Nature Do you know which way the wind will blow? Do you…
Remember Yesterday Nothing ever lasts for long I can't believe the time is…
Son of the Earth Jesus I′m thankful for the life I've been given And I…
The Art Of The Heart Through of flesh and blood We hunger for what lays beyond In…
The Art The Heart Through of flesh and blood We hunger for what lays beyond In…
The Moon I love the moon and all his phases Smiling down on…
You Made My Life Stand Still Just below the exit sign You were shining like the moon You…
Your Love My Home Home, the only place I know Where the heart, the…