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JASON "HARMONY" THOMPSON WAS BORN ON VALENTINE'S DAY 1980!! APPROPRIATELY SO, GIVING THAT HE IS WELL LOVED AND RESPECTED IN HIS HOMETOWN OF HAMITLON, OHIOAT AGE 3, HE WAS SINGING AT HIS LOCAL CHURCH WITH HIS MOTHER, FATHER, BROTHER AND GRANDMOTHER.AS A CHILD HE WAS FEATURED ON A CHURCH BASED TELEVISION PROGRAM CALLED "CHANNEL 16"WHEN HIS FAMILY'S LONG TIME PASTOR WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD, HARMONY'S FAMILY STRUGGLED TO STAY INVOLVED IN A HOME CHURCH, NONE THE LESS NEVER LOSING TOUCH WITH THEIR SAVIOR.THROUGH HIS CHILDHOOD JOURNEY INTO ADOLESCENCE HARMONY BEGAN TO EXPLORE HIS TALENTS AND GIFTS.IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL HARMONY WAS VERY ACTIVE IN SPORTS AND COUNSELING/MENTORING HIS PEERS AND ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.HE HAD AND HAS FRIENDS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, WHICH IS A TESTIMANT TO HIS CHARACTER, HE JUDGES NO ONE!!!.AT THE AGE OF 17, LIFE WOULD CHANGE AND HARMONY WOULD BE FACED WITH SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISIONS OF HIS LIFE!!.THE YOUNG LADY THAT HE WAS DATING BECAME PREGNANT, HE WAS OFFERED A "FULL RIDE" SCHOLARSHIP FROM SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS COLLEGE, AND A SMALL TIME INDEPENDANT RECORD CONTRACT OUT OF FLORIDA!!!.NOW YOU TELL ME WHAT STATISTIC SAY HAPPEN TO A MAN WITH SUCH CHOICES TO MAKE!!!WITH MANY PRAYERS AND SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, HARMONY CAME TO MAKE HIS LIFE ALTERING DECISIONS.SEEING HOW THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILD WAS ONLY 15 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF THEIR SON'S BIRTH, HE KNEW HE HAD TO STEP UP AND DO WHAT WAS RIGHT AS A FATHER!!!TURNING DOWN HIS SCHOLARSHIP OFFER AND RECORD CONTRACT AT THAT POINT IN TIME WAS NOT EASY, HOWEVER, IT WAS ALOT EASIER THAN HAVING TO LEAVE HIS FLESH AND BLOOD!!.HE LEFT HIS FUTURE IN GOD'S HANDS TO BLESS!!AT 18 YEARS OLD HARMONY RENTED HIS 1ST HOUSE ON HUDSON AVE IN HAMITLON, WHERE HE AND HIS SON WHOM HE HAD JOINT CUSTODY OF SPENT THEIR 1ST YEAR ON THEIR OWNTHIS WAS ALSO ONE OF THE FIRST STUDIOS IN WHICH HARMONY RECORDED.HOMEMADE STUDIO I MIGHT ADDHARMONY AND HIS FRIENDS HUNG 2 MICS FROM THE CEILING IN THE BASEMENT UTILITY ROOM, DRAPED THE WALLS WITH BLANKETS AND COMFORTERS FOR SOUND PROOFING, AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL THEY WERE RECORDING USING A WALKMAN TO PLAY THE MUSIC AND A BOOMBOX TO RECORD!!!.NONE THE LESS, **HARMONY** HIMSELF WAS BORN AS WELL AS AMENTAL LIFESTYLES, HIS CLICK!!!!!!!! HE PURCHASED HIS 1ST HOME WHEN HE WAS 19 YEARS OLD AND WAS THE YOUNGEST PERSON IN CINCINNATI TO PURCHASE A BRAND NEW JAGUAR OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR, AND WAS PROUD TO SAY IT WAS WITH ALL LEGIT HARD EARNED MONEYAS A POSTAL CARRIER FOR MANY YEARS AND HUSTLING HIS DUPLICATED TAPES AND BURNT CDS, SUCCESS FOUND ITS WAY INTO HARMONYS LIFE!!!IN 2004 HARMONY WAS AWARDED FULL CUSTODY OF HIS SON AND NEW AT THAT MOMENT THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!FROM THERE HARMONY BEGAN TO CHASE HIS DREAM AS AN ARTIST/SONGWRITER/SINGERALL THE WHILE MAKING HIS SON A PART OF ITIF YOU KNOW HARMONY AT ALL YOU WILL ATTEST TO THIS.HE BEGAN RECORDING AT TOP NOTCH STUDIOS ACROSS THE TRISTATE BY REQUEST AND INVITATION.ELIOT SLAUGHTER'S SLAUGHTER SOUND MUSIC STUDIO, LOCKDOWN RECORDS, ROBIN HOOD RECORDS, AND FAT E RECZ STUDIO, JUST TO NAME A FEWTHROUGH HIS JOURNEY HE CONTINUED TO RECORD WITH HIS AMENTAL LIFESTYLES CREW ALL THE WHILE SEARCHING FOR HIS NICHEHE WENT ON TO LINK UP WITH SAM CUDDY FROM DAYTON OHIO AS WELL AS NATIONAL RECORDING ARTIST, (formally so so def artist), YOUNG CAPONEHE TRAVELED DOING MANY SHOWS FROM TOLEDO TO CINCINNATI, AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEENHE WAS FEATURED IN A BET UNCUT VIDEO WITH HIS NOW FRIEND SAM CUDDYIN THE SUMMER OF 2007, HARMONY WAS INTRODUCED TO A RAP ARTIST THAT HE HAD HEARD ABOUT BUT NEVER MET.THIS ARTIST'S NAME WAS "BLAYZE"HE WAS BET'S MIDWEST ROC-THE-MIC FREESTYLE CHAMP WHO WAS ALSO RAISED IN HAMILTON.BLAYZE LATER CONTACTED HARMONY TO RECORD A HOOK FOR A SONG THAT WOULD LATER BE ON THEIR ALBUM CALLED "DREAM"AFTER RECORDING THAT SONG THEY KNEW THEY HAD SPECIAL CHEMISTRY TOGETHER IN THE STUDIOTHIS LED TO THE RECORDING OF ANOTHER 35 TRACKS TOGETHER WHICH THEY HAND PICKED A NUMBER OF THEM TO GO ON THE NOW RELEASED ALBUM ""THE COLLISION""THROUGHOUT WORKING ON THIS PROJECT MANY OF CINCINNATI'S ACCOMPLISHED ARTISTS, BUSINESSES, AND CLUBS BECAME INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS R&B/RAP DUO, HARMONY & BLAYZE, A SUCCESS!!!!!.VIDEO SPECIALIST TEAM, JYS PRODUCTIONS WAS FRONT LINE OF THE CD PROJECT WITH HELPING WITH THE CD GRAPHICS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY ALL THE LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEO RECORDINGS AS WELL AS THE SMASH HIT SINGLE, *GIRLFRIEND* MUSIC VIDEOTHEY LINKED UP WITH SO MANY PEOPLE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, EVEN SHAYNE GRAHAM FROM THE CINCINNATI BENGALS!!!!LOL.THEY RECORDED COLLABS WITH NASTY NATI'S MOST ACCOMPLISHED HEAVYWEIGHTS IN THE GAME SUCH AS K.RILEY, SLICK RICK, AND CROSSTHIS ALONG WITH MANY YEARS OF DEDICATION CERTIFIED THEM TO BE AMONG "THE BEST IN THE CITY"!!!.ASIDE BEING APPROACHED BY NUMEROUS LABELS AND CONTRACT OFFERS HARMONY HAS STILL REMAINED HUMBLE AND HARD WORKING AND REFUSES TO SETTLE FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN PUTTING HIS CITY ON A WORLDWIDE MAP.HE LOVES HIS CITY HE CALLS "H-TOWN" AND CONTINUES TO PUT ON BY WRITING AND RECORDING HOT MUSIC FOR HIS FANS AND FRIENDS!!!PLEASE BE SURE TO READ HIS BULLETINS ABOUT SHOWS AND STAY IN TOUCH WITH HIM FOR HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC AND HIS FANS LOVE FOR HIM AND HIS MUSIC IS HIS SOLE MOTIVATION ALONG WITH HIS SON!!!!!HERE ARE A FEW FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS HARMONY WAS HUMBLED TO ANSWER:.
MYSPACE Q: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING MUSIC?
HARMONY A: SINCE I WAS 3, BUT REALLY CHASING IT THE LAST FEW.
MYSPACE Q: WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE/MOST MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE?
HARMONY A: DEFINITELY MY ALBUM RELEASE PARTY FOR "THE COLLISION".SO MANY OF MY PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE AND CHEERING AS WE PULLED UP IN THE LIMO, WAS ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING AND UNFORGETABLE NIGHTS!! DEFINITELY MY FAVORITE! MUCH LOVE TO
H-TOWN FOR THEIR SUPPORT!!!
MYSPACE Q? WHAT WAS YOUR HARDEST PERFORMANCE EVER?
HARMONY A: MAN, ITS TOUGH TO EVEN TALK ABOUT, BUT MY HARDEST TIME I HAD SINGING WAS AT ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS FUNERAL.I SANG AMAZING GRACE AT MY FRIEND BILLY HORN'S FUNERAL(rest in peace buddy, i still miss ya.) (harmony lookin up at the sky).THEY USUALLY PUT THE SINGERS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM AWAY FROM THE CASKET BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY OF SINGING NEXT TO ITI CHOSE TO STAND NEXT TO HIM, HE WAS MY DUDE!!!IT WAS BY FAR THE HARDESTUUUH, NEXT QUESTION PLEASE, SORRY.
MYSPACE Q: WHERE DO YOU SEE HARMONY IN 10 YEARS?
HARMONY A: WELL, HOPEFULY STILL DABBLING IN MUSIC SOME WAY SHAPE OR FORMITS IN MY VEINS.LOLI LOVE WORKING WITH UP AND COMING PEOPLE TOO, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A BIG PART OF MENTORING OTHERSI GUESS IMMA KEEP DOIN WHAT I DO UNTIL I HIT THAT WALL THAT SAYS STOP!!!.
MYSPACE Q: OK, LAST QUESTION FOR YOU HARMONY! WHAT ADVISE WOULD YOU GIVE ARTIST TRYING TO GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL?
HARMONY A: ITS HARD TO SUM UP ABOUT 100 ANSWERS INTO 1 BUT I WOULD SAY THAT "CONSTANT DEDICATION" WILL GET YOU THE BEST RESULTSTHE MUSIC GAME IS FULL OF HURDLES AND HATERS BUT IF YOU ARE DEDICATED TO WHAT YOU LOVE, WHETHER ITS MUSIC OR JUST YOUR DAILY JOB, THE OUTCOME WILL BE SOME KIND OF SUCCESS!!!I LIVE BY THIS MOTTO THAT I THOUGHT OF BECAUSE OF MY TRIALS IN LIFE, AND I WILL LEAVE IT WITH YOU: **YOU GO THRU WHAT YOU GO THRU, TO GET WHERE YOU NEED TO BE**
Feb 26th Dubz & D Burbs feat Harmony "We Dem Boyz"
