Jonathan Hape is a singer/songwriter from Lexington, Ohio who is struggling with the restrictive bonds of obscurity. Born in 1984, Jonathan soon became fascinated with music; some of his biggest influences include R.E.M., The Promise Ring, Sunny Day Real Estate, the Microphones, and Built to Spill.
Jonathan played with bands all through highschool and soon after as well as going to recording school. Jonathan performs most of the instruments heard on his albums (ie drums, guitars, bass, vocals, percussion, keys, etc) and has been writing and recording indie/alternative rock since he was in 6th grade.
Jonathan has performed at such venues as Little Brothers, Skully's, Scarlet and Grey, the High Five, Larry's Bar, Carabar, Park Street Tavern, Club 202, Andyman's Treehouse, Fallen Eyes, Barking Spider, Workbook Studios (for the Jeff Buckley Tribute Concert), Club Khameleon, Baldwin Wallace College, The Ashbury House, The Village Idiot, The Temple Club, Skeletones, Otterbein College, Kent State University, Bluffton College, as well as numerous churches and local affairs. Jonathan will be touring the Eastern US throughout August, September, and October.
Jonathan has played with the likes of:
Communique (lookout records), Low Skies (flameshovel records), Discover America (tooth & nail records), Trouble Hubble (lookout records), Skeletonbreath, The Moving Parts, Spoken (tooth and nail), Ryan Smith, House of Heroes (mono vs. stereo), Mourning September, Eric Metronome (of tiara) (sunken treasure), the Winston Jazz Routine (the record machine), Steev Richter, Justified, Staple, and the Evan Anthem.
here's an article on jonathan:
Issue 119 HM Magazine Page 72
Pick of the Litter
Jonathan Hape:
This singer/songwriter from Lexington, OH is quite prolific. Armed with a minimal amount of instrumentation, he crafts one gem after another on the eleven-track Letters to India. With a slightly sultry voice, and little more than a whisper, he tells stories that pull you in with their personal minutiae and particulars in regards to relationships in just the most charming ways. Like the music that accompanies it, the lyrics take a subtle and detailed route to carry the story. [Picture Box: Apartment Scene/Girl] is a short story set to song of a girl that has to get married too soon, and later takes a trip to remember what her life might have been if she had made different choices; but now she sits in her new home of India.
This guys home needs to be on indie-rockers maps, thats for sure.
-Written by Doug Van Pelt, Editor and Publisher of HM magazine.
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