Sunday Supper Club: Emily Hearn & Joey Green

I think I was eleven when I first realized I might like to take the stage as a performer. I had been proudly singing different musical numbers around the house for years, so I figured it was about time that I auditioned for a play. My whole family piled into the tiny audition room to support me. Within a few moments I was up on stage, terrified, staring at my feet, quietly singing my best rendition of “Tomorrow” hoping that they would cast me as Annie.

I think I got the understudy for a non-speaking role in that play.

So you can understand why I honestly didn’t dream of a music career until eight years later when I was in college. I had played piano for a few years, and taught myself how to play guitar in 2008. I loved the way music made me feel, and how an honest song could tell a story with more intensity and emotion than any book I’d ever read. I admired great songwriters like James Taylor, John Denver, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan--the artists who inspired me to use my voice in a way that could be heard on a different level. So at nineteen I began creating my own world of songs.

I released my first EP, Paper Heart in 2010 and my full length album, Red Balloon last year. I saw these records as a chance to give my feelings a life of their own, and to express them in a way that was genuine and honest so that other people who felt the same way could know they are not alone.

I was lucky enough to land some amazing opportunities following the release of these albums. Some of these include a surprise Bill Murray cameo in my first music video (which was a highlight moment of my life) and the chance play my music all over the country where I’ve continued to meet amazing friends and fans.

After all these years I’ve finally overcome my stage fright and strangely enough, I truly feel at home when I’m up there performing. I think that’s because when I come down off the stage I meet people who thank me genuinely for writing a song. They say it describes exactly where they are in life. That pinpoints the whole reason why I do this--because I believe I’m standing before a group of people who feel the same way that I do and need to know that they are understood.

Joey Green has been playing music in the Fort Worth area since he was 17. He started out in his former band Defining Briscoe, and he brought his friend Noah Garcia and started Joey Green Band. Since then, he has become a household name in North Texas. He has toured/played with National acts such as Eli Young Band, Kevin Fowler and Randy Rogers. He has released 6 albums since his debut, and plans on continuing making great music!