Joel Gildersleeve has been playing guitar for 15 years, and writing songs for the last 10. His lyrics often tackle deep topics with musical precision and reveal raw, heartfelt emotion, always with original, infectious melodies that stem from his vast musical influences ranging from rock, hip-hop, african and jamaican musical styles. Joel's original compositions have been winning the hearts of all those that hear them for the last seven years, and he has collaborated with many Bay Area Producers, Musicians, and Rappers over the last 10 ten years, blending the lines between acoustic rock, hip-hop and reggae.
Joel Gildersleeve has written the words and melodies for over 80 songs, not including any of the numerous Reggae, Hip-Hop and Funk collaborations he has done with other Bay Area Musical Talents over the years. Of these 80, Joel considers around 30 to be potential HIT SONGS,
Joel performs regularly in the Bay Area with his band, Insight Sound System
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