Jody Marie Gnant

Jody Marie Gnant (the "g" is pronounced) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Born April 16, 1978 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona. In addition to her musical career, Gnant also owns an art gallery in Phoenix, Arizona.

At age 19, Gnant first received attention when she co-composed and sang on the soundtrack to Cerise Casper's 1996 computer game, "Treasure Quest" starring Terry Farrell. Some of the songs were co-written by Grammy award-winning producer Richard Feldman. Gnant's tunes were instrumental during the game, and vocal excerpts appeared when certain objects were picked up. The full versions of the songs, though not the instrumentals, were included on a separate CD, "Treasure Quest: The Soundtrack". [ [http://www.thecomputershow.com/computershow/reviews/treasurequest.htm Treasure Quest] ]

In the Phoenix area, she began performing her original, more personal work, which she labeled Bohemian Geek Soul, and moved to a newly renovated Phoenix arts district that was making the transition into a Bohemian artist community.

On July 12, 2005, Kyle MacDonald began a blog called oneredpaperclip.com in which he offered to trade a red paperclip and eventually traded up for a new place to live. One item he was eventually traded was a recording contract. When Gnant heard about this, she hurriedly looked for something to trade and eventually was able to offer MacDonald a room in her home with free rent for a year in exchange for the contract. She was also able to meet numerous celebrities, including Alice Cooper and Corbin Bernsen. [ [http://kjzz.org/news/arizona/archives/200709/afterthepaperclip KJZZ "Arizona News": "After the paperclip"] ] [ [http://www.news.com/Blogger-asks,-Wanna-trade-a-paper-clip-for-a-house/2100-1025_3-6061438.html Terdiman, Daniel. CNet News: "Wanna trade a paperclip for a house?", April 14, 2006.] ]

In a 2008 appearance on MTV's "Made", Gnant coached a tomboyish girl in vocal lessons so she fufill her dream of being a pageant queen.

Lifecasting

On July 31st of 2007, Gnant began lifecasting, streaming her life 24 hours a day, live on Ustream.tv. Less than a week after starting to lifecast, she had the #3 video on MySpace with 186,000 views. Her music is showcased nationwide as part of ScreenVison's pre-show entertainment in 4,000 movie theaters. Due to the lifecasting, Gnant's music reached a worldwide audience with international orders for her album, "Pivot". [ [http://www.aksuperstation.com/entertainment/9646787.html ABC News: "Lifecasting makes YouTube seem like old technology: Singer/songwriter Jody Gnant uses Ustream to boost exposure", September 19, 2007.] ]

Award

She won a Best of Phoenix Award in 2006. [ [http://bestof.phoenixnewtimes.com/bestof/results.php?year=2006&winner=Jody%20Gnant's%20Recording%20Contract "Phoenix New Times", 2006] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.jodygnant.com Jody Gnant official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/jodygnant MySpace: Jody Marie Gnant]
* [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=jodygnant YouTube: Jody Marie Gnant]
* [http://www.revver.com/u/jodygnant Revver: Jody Marie Gnant]
* [http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0323458/ IMDb: Jody Marie Gnant]
* [http://www.jodygnantfanclub.com/ Jody Gnant Fan Club]
* [http://www.jodygnant.net/ Jody Gnant blog]