Josh Ballard

Infobox musical artist
Name = Josh Ballard
Background = Pianist, Lead Vocalist
Born = birth date and age|1979|11|06 Seattle, Washington
Died =
Alias =
Instrument = Lead Vocals, Piano
Genre = Alternative rock
Occupation = Musician, Songwriter
Associated_acts = Until June
Label = Sony BMG, BMG Japan
Years_active = 2001-present
URL = [http://www.untiljune.com Official website]
Notable_instruments = Yamaha CP-70 Korg

Joshua Michael Ballard [ [http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=1747192&search_in=c&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1 ASC
] ] (born November 06, 1979) is a musician and writer best known as a member of Hollywood CA band Until June. Ballard serves as the band's lead vocalistist. He is the younger brother of Until June member Dan Ballard.

Career

Until June

Ballard was in his junior year at ASU with brother Dan when they both decided to drop out of College leave Arizona and pursue music full time in Los Angeles California. After living in Los Angeles for 4 years Josh and brother Dan signged their first record deal with Flicker Records / Sony BMG. [ [http://www.rocklouder.co.uk/articles/1550/Interview-Until-June.html Rock Louder ]

Josh Ballard, brother Dan Ballard and bandmate Daniel Dempsey are all credited as collaborating together on all song writing for Until June.

Until June's music has appeared on television shows such as Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice [ [http://www.greysanatomynews.com/2007/07/10/addison-spinoff-private-practice-gets-a-theme-song www.greysanatomynews.com] ]

History

*Lead singer and piano player for:
*The Retrospects 1999-2001
*Juune 2001-2005
*Until June 2005-Present [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Until_June Until June Wikipedia page] ]

Current projects

In 2007, Until June released their first full-length self titled album on April 17th on Sony BMG. The Album was later released in Japan, Greece, Norway, and Sweden.

Until June is currently in the studio working on their 2nd full-length album. No release date has been mentioned.

Equipment used

Keyboards / Pianos

*Yamaha CP-70, Early 80s
*Fender Rhodes
*Korg Synths
*microKORG

References

External links

* [http://www.untiljune.com/ untiljune.com] : Official band website
* [http://www.myspace.com/untiljune Myspace] : Link to Until June Myspace page.
* [http://www.untiljuneblog.com/ untiljuneblog.com] : Official band Blog