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instruments when it comes to underlyinghumon thoselisteners ond soy,come see whot l'm doing,
emotionsond possions. Jim Brickmonis o compos- let me shoreo port of myselfwith you. Agoin, the
er/pionistwith on unconnytolent for connecting key is to be pure qnd honest. Thistime, I simply
theseemotionsin on unpretentious woy. Indeed, went into the studio ond storted ploying until
overthe courseof hisyoungcoreer,he hosolreody themesgroduollyemerged.A lot of whot you heor
reopedthe benefitsof his obilities. Stortingout os is immediote,very row ond spontoneous but in on
o high-profile commercioliingle writer,Jim mode emotionolwoy."
the leop into contempororymusic ond ofter two
olbums,hos olreodyreochedon oudienceof over Picfure This olso feqturestwo populor guest
500,000 for his uniquely ortists, top New Adult
touching compositions. ContempororysoxmonBoney
Jomes{on the lote night,lush
"Rocket
to the Moon," piono-sopronosox duet "You
from his 1994 Windham Hill Never Know") ond country
debut No Words, becomethe music stor Mortino McBride
first solo instrumentolrecord- on the sooring bollod
ing ever to hit Billboord'sTop "Volentine."
Bothtrockswere
40 Pop chort, while three produced ond orronged by
tunesfromthe neorlygold sell- Don Sheo (Morioh Corey,
ing follow-upBy Heorf mode MichoelBolton,KennyG). "l
the unprecedentedcrossover wos completelywon over by
into the Adult Contemporory Mortino's voice on her Wild
TopTenolongsidevocolortists Angels olbum," Brickmon
likeMorioh Coreyond Boyzll recolls. "Not only wos it o
Men. His sooring"Hero'sDreom"not only scoled perfectfit in termsof our romonticsensibilities, but
thotchort,but wos olso includedin NBC'sSummer it will help eoch of us reoch new oudiences.
Olympicscoverqgelostsummer. Choosingo countrysinger hod its risks,but my
coreerhos olwoys been obout buckingthe system,
Brickrnoncontinueshis hold on our collective breokingmolds ond chollengingthe stoid ond
heorts with Picture This, o collectionof twelve obvious."
tunesthotperfectlyreflecthisgrowingconfidenceos
on ortist, os well os the intimoteconnectionhe The disc opens with o sweeping orchestrol
shoreswith hisgrowingoudience."Thisis the most touch on the wistfulond elegont "Dreom Come
positiveof the threeolbums,hopefulond spirited," True,"then reflectson the spiritof the "Sun,Moon
he soys. "l'm exploringo brighterside of myself, & Stors"beforelendingon eor to the lilting"Sound
creotingcomfortoblepieceswhich give listeners the of Your Voice." The cotchy title trock breezes
freedomto go wheretheylike." olongo pothof sunnyoptimism, whilethehounting
"Edgewoter"(feoturing
on oboe hormony),shows
"The
olbumtitlehos two meonings,"he odds, o moodierside to Brickmon'sorfistry. He follows
"the
first,thot everyonehos o differentconceptof "You Never Know" with the equolly eloquent
whot my musicmeonsto them,so they con point "ComingHome,"then givesthe troditionolFrench
 Brickmon'sliveshow) otender,lighrheorredspin. Withits
!.[:lt cello
subtle ltfJocques"(o,populorstopleof
hormonyby MortinTillmonn,thecontemplolive "secret[ove"
droris upon the pionist,s
eorly
clossicolinfluences. "First Steps"soors with rhe wonder of new life,' oiJ ort", fte vocol
"volentine," ioyous
Brickmon
pointson i.moge of sunrightthroughrheclouds- "s*J b*.ms,,, whichcloses
theset. "Hero'sDreom"is includedos o bonuion the6D.

. Perhops lhe mostomozingospectofJim Brickmontriseos o solopop pionoperformer

is the foct
thotthe clevelondnoliveneverhought he'd be o recordingo*ist. Wirile
;Lggfinglrri*.s clossesot
cose WeslernReserveUniversilywith clossicolcompositioriondp"rforron""-Joui",
or rt" Clevelond
Institute
of Music,he begonhis musicqlcoreerwritingond selling
iingles.
over theyeors,his busin_ess, Arrongemenl,grew to includesuchhigh profileoccounlsos
.Brickmon
ll".ld:ld9l McDonold's Fun"[ponrioJ("We
("Food.Forks.ond AreDrivingi""irliJ.fu 7-tJpl,,Feerin,
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["We YouBock"l,
MillerBeer
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ff,on. nJUo^
PuppyChow,TheGop ond TheWolt DisneyCompony. i;n""ionfy"r,,;,furino

Brickmonolsoworkedfor Jim HensonAssociotes

writingtunesfor SesomeStreet. In his
,,TheRoinbow live perfor-
ho.lg9eto Henson wirh donnecrion,,
(fromlhe Urppa Moviel,ond
T1.111 ol"_ryf
Inctudes medteyot his greolest iingle hils.
"Eventuolly,"
s:I:, "lwonpd to.moveon. JingresbecomecreotiveryrimiringbecouseI hod
.
.berng le to foke
rrendymuchot the fime. I reolizedI neversot down ond ployedthe pioio,
exceprfor work. I
wontedlo mokemusicthol wos morepersonol,morereol ond fromtire heo*.,,

lhot "if it's pretty,why won'r someonelike it?" Brickmonfollowedhis insrinct,booked

. ,?"lj."utnt some
sludiotimeond recordedo sixsongdemoof composilions combining o romontic lyricism withthemelod-
ic-hooksof Top40 hits. Thosesongsformedthe bosisof his firsrWi.ah",n
nilr ;;;;, No words, in
1994' Brisksolesond moreimporlontly, wide rodiooirployon oduh"onr"rpor"ry
'ay .l;il^, estoblished
o core fon bose,which increosed wiih the successof I 995,s
"rf you _hemendousry iJ"i, ino* threetop
10 singles - "Angel Believe"onj "By Heort,,- modeo t,ug" irpo"i oi thevocoloriented
rormol' l-lehoshod,Eyes,"
exlroordinorysuccess throughoutthe counlryos the only solopop piono ployeron
softrockslotions.He hosolsooppeoredon ThJTodoyshow,cNN ond
lifetime.
Brickmontpopulorityhosolsogivenrisefo one of fie mostentertoining liveshowsin inslrumentol
music.. ond ployingon picture lhig wosinspired
Muchof thecom_p-osing bi histourins,whichin 1996
rookhim ro morerhon 100 citiesnotionwide."l've.been
spending,o ,r"li timereolfi honingmy live
"people
performonce,",he.soys. se6mso connecred with ir ond it;r'.r"r, " [f" p;;;; rife.-tr{ fuet
ing is-youreollyhoveto tokepeopleon o ond give them o rheotricoi
iourney "tp"ri"r*. I thinkof
myselfos on enterloiner
os muchoi o pionoployei.,,

one listento themelodicivory,groce,ond

greotperformoncechorismo of JimBrickmon
for yourself,
ondyou'llimmediotely
ogreethothe ond hismusicpoinro veryprettypictureindeed.

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