Musical Talents Of Bethany Joy Lenz

When I first started watching One Tree Hill I did not know that Bethany Joy Lenz, also known as just Joy (formerly spelled as Joie), was not only a talented actress but also a talented singer/songwriter as well. Joy is known for her acting talents on shows like One Tree Hill and Guiding Light. She has had guest spots on Charmed, Felicity, Off Centre, and Maybe It's Me. She has also starred in movies such as Bring It On Again and Thinner. But I recently discovered that she happens to be a very talented songstress who plays and writes her own music. Sure she has sang on a couple of episodes of One Tree Hill, but it's a show and sometimes the actors aren't really that talented they just pretend to be by lip synching to someone else's voice. That's the magic of TV.

After discovering about her music I was on a mission to download as many songs of hers as I could find. After listening to them all you just could hear how beautiful and soulful her voice is. She clearly is very talented. Her music is mostly acoustic and doesn't have much of the technical sound like a studio CD. Joy had independently recorded these tracks in a friend's home. She also put together two unreleased CDs Preincarnate and Come On Home.

This past year Joy went on tour with Gavin DeGraw, Tyler Hilton, and The Wreckers on the One Tree Hill Tour. The tour was sponsored by the show and everyone who went on the tour were featured in the show. Gavin DeGraw performs the show's theme song and had a guest spot in the show, The Wreckers appeared on the episode The Hero Dies In This One in Season 2, and finally Tyler has a recurring role on the show as Chris Keller. An extra bonus on the tour was in every city cast members from the show would do introductions. Also on the tour Joy sold copies of her Come On Home CD. The tour was a huge success and was sold out in every city.

Joy has been gaining much exposure musically since the tour. She recently signed with Epic Records and hopes to release her first full length CD in 2006. She is also featured on the One Tree Hill Soundtrack performing a duet with Tyler Hilton called When The Stars Go Blue.

Overall Joy is just one very talented woman. I anxiously await her CD. The songs I listen to now are just beautiful. I wonder if on her new CD if it will be better. If you want to find out more about Joy check out this site:
http://www.joieluckclub.com/

Here's another site where she occasionally posts in her journal:
http://www.bethanyjoylenz.com/index_high.html

Next time my review of the awesome One Tree Hill soundtrack. You can already tell it will be positive. LOL