The Bio:
Jillian Ann is a multi-media artist who is equally comfortable behind
a piano or in front of a camera, singing on festival stages or producing
tracks for a DJ set in a nightclub.
This classically trained pianist crosses the musical genres of
electronica to goth/rock, all the while experimenting and collaborating
with cutting edge dj’s and producers in dub step, glitch and even house
and trance and sounds so new there is no name for them yet.
She has written top ten hits with Love-Lights, NitGrit,
collaborated with Bruce Somers of Kidneythieves,
written an album with Heavyweight Dub Champion and is presently working
with a number of new up and coming producers for her unique DJ set which
has her singing live over exclusive tracks.
The Heart:
Jillian is an ardent environmentalist and is committed to human and
animal rights and her lyrics often cut to the core of her beliefs. Her
song “confess” speaks to her experimental lifestyle and the video to it
was banned from traditional television stations barring a re-edit which
she refused to do. The next video for the anthemic “Know us” speaks to
the prejudice that affects all those who look or act differently than
the norm.
The track record and the gear:
Jillian Ann is not a newcomer to performing, she’s performed worldwide and fronted for
Heavyweight Dub Champion and Auditory canvas as well as for her solo
performance shows. This year she added Dj’ing with live vocals and is
producing and remixing tracks for herself and others.
(A complete list of festivals, dates and venues is available upon request)
Jillian’s shows can range from self contained to full band. She is
presently running Ableton as well as Traktor.
Personal Info:
Jillian Ann is a self funded artist from Georgia who now lives in Los Angeles. She lives off of her earnings from performing, acting, modeling and art directing and of course music sales.
Jillian is also a poet, blogger, tweets (a lot) and is skilled in Photoshop and enjoys photography and video.
She has turned down several record deals finding them too limiting and prefers instead to find distribution partners for her musical creations. Jillian has this to say about the present music climate.
“Having a major label partner is great for some acts, but not for those who experiment and want to stay on the creative edge. I’m too much of a control freak to allow somebody I do not know to come in and design a website, plan a strategy or tell me what trends I should follow. When I did have major label support I ended up doing everything myself anyway. Now I own what I do and if people steal my music, at least they are stealing it from me, maybe that way I can convince some of them to actually pay for it or at least come see me live or buy merchandise. Most people have no idea how hard it is to actually make ends meet in today’s climate where the rights of artists are routinely stepped on by everyone from local promoters to pirates sites, all the way to the major cartels, all this in a world were art is more needed than ever.”
Last thoughts:
I’d like to live in a world where compassion and kindness are not seen as weaknesses to be exploited, where being different triggers interest and not suspicion, where art is once again recognized as an important quality to being alive and hopefully get people to recognize that by hurting the planet we are killing ourselves.
Contact:
Management: Jean Renard starmanager@gmail.com
Bookings: Jillian@JillianAnn.com
Confess – Jens Gad Enigmatic Mix by Jillian Ann
