Joei, originally from Hackensack, NJ, always aspired to be a singer and songwriter. This new collection of cover and original works is Joei following her passions. She has brought into her world one of rocks greatest producers, James Christian. "Joei is a diamond in the rough", says famed House of Lords lead singer and producer. “Her approach to music is innocent and real from start to finish. She has a strong, identifiable voice that could make a grown man cry. In the short time that I have been putting together a CD of songs for Joei, I have learned a lot about her and she is just filled with music and passion”. I think that anyone who listens to Joei and the productions that she has inspired will hear a modern day classic R&B stylist mixed with contemporary tones, with a style of her own, influenced by the great R&B singers of our time. In 2007 Joei, while struggling through hard times in her own life, she started this project to deal with a broken heart and a broken world. But as every butterfly does, she emerges from her cocoon in new and rare form. Now working with James Christian, she has moved on to writing her own songs as well. It's going to be a fabulous CD mixed with all the emotions that the human heart can stand.

INSPIRED FROM TRUE LOVE, BUT EXECUTED FROM TRUE SPIRIT.

Joei's new album is a collection of some of the greatest songs ever written. They were selected because of what they represent to her and her personal journey. Through her own record label, SMG records, Joei is bringing her story and her music to you thru the internet, distributed independently.

There's a time when we all know, deep in our souls that something is wrong . . . that something has changed. And, somehow, we know that life will never be the same. We all wake up to the same new day, but never know what it may bring. For me, I woke up one day to the end of my sixteen-year marriage.

I was one of those who never knew anything was wrong. I thought I lived the ideal dream. To me . . . there were no signs, no indications of another woman, another love, another ANYTHING . . . until that day. So, my life slowly unraveled; my hopes were dashed with each broken promise delivered; my spirit choked with every breath I took. Most days, I didn't feel that survival was an option. My spiritual death seemed imminent. But, like millions of people who have worked their way back from a broken love, broken marriage or broken dream, I too, would find myself on a journey to where I am today. I may never be the same again, but I am certainly no longer broken. Not anymore. If you've been there . . . you know. An author once said, "We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us." And now I can see, not only am I okay, but I'm better than I ever was. There was a time, of course, when he & I were truly happy and always best friends, but that changed last year, sixteen years into a marriage that we both had once thought of as loving and special.

On this CD, I chronicle the loss of my marriage that meant the loss of my best friend, soulmate, and love of my life. Sometimes people change when no one is looking and then suddenly, it's too late. You turn around one day and all you thought you had together got swept away by a bad decision that keeps spiraling into more bad decisions. Such is my story: my marriage ending with his infidelity and betrayal. He never meant to hurt me or hurt us, and he would take every moment back, if he could. This I know. But the fact is . . . he changed and forgot to mention it. He made a huge mistake that could not be erased. Forgiveness is monumental to moving on, but not always easy to do. I share this with you, so that if you're going through something similar, you will know . . . it does get a whole lot better. I did try to hang in there, tried to make it work, and I didn't walk out until the bitter end. But, he continued to do what he was doing to justify doing it! To quote an old 60s movie "I ain't runnin' a mission for lost egos" . . .and so, it was time to move on.

There is a way to move on without the bitterness or the fear of loving someone again. We must know we are exactly where we are meant to be. "Life changes, we can adapt. We can forgive. We do learn from the pain. We can find comfort in God and in ourselves." I hope that my CD and song selections take you from the very beginning when I knew "something" was just not right . . . as I sing Stevie Wonder's ?Lately, to my last song "Me," showing how I now know I have to choose ME over the pain and discomfort of the past. I know I must do more than just survive; I must live my life to its fullest again.

Wishing you Love, Peace and Light, Always, JOEI xoxo