http://www.joelbaileymusic.com/

6 months ago Joel decided to turn on his heels, take his songs and do something with them. He left his career in design and a thousand jacket potatoes later Joel has reached the final of the Shure Creative Award, busked on the underground as part of Rythmn of London festival, been featured on BBC london TV and radio, was interviewed by the Evening Standard, reviewed in The Natonal Student Magazine, and recorded a demo with acclaimed producer Joe Fields at the EMI studio as part of the 30/30 project at the Roundhouse. He is now set to play the opening night of this years Emerging Proms and is currently taking his toilet tapes video blog to town, keep an eye out and catch him at a venue near you.

Joel Bailey

Growing up on a balanced diet of Phil Collins, DJ Luck and Zig 'n' Zag, Joel Bailey didn't get the best musical start in life. Despite this early handicap, he decided to start playing the drums when he was about 9, performing in a fancy waistcoat for the school band. He was often given a stern talking to after to trying to 'jazz up' renditions of Christmas carols with rough and ready breakbeats. Later he joined some of Bedfordshire's finest teenage angst bands, which got him gigging, songwriting and underage drinking around the country. Drums are too loud and big for London bedsits, so since moving there 5 years ago Joel began playing guitar, singing, and song-writing.